We have had a pretty good week considering Luis is on vacation and Cody has double duty this week, plus doctor's appointment's for me, plus gotta get time in the stand:) I think Cody has been on edge for awhile because he hasn't been deer hunting in a long time. He didn't shoot anything last year, even though Jeff told him he could shoot pretty much anything he wanted, Cody didn't feel right about taking a huge deer in the high fence plus he had no luck at the deer lease in Jayton last year. He has gone out several times to sit and scout in the high fence for when Jeff comes and he has even gone to the back of the ranch to scout the low fenced native deer some just to see what he have coming in. He went out Wednesday in the low fence part, took the camera and his gun and was gonna shoot something that needed to be shot. Luckily for him this 4 1/2 maybe 5 1/2 mature 9 point comes walking straight in his camera view and he got the whole thing on camera! This is the first time he has a deer hunt on camera, that he filmed himself and it is actually pretty great footage! He isn't the biggest deer he has ever shot, but he is old, needed to be shot and he had a HUGE body. Cody had a time getting him in the truck by himself. I think he has watched the tape at least 10 times since yesterday:)
Since Luis is on vacation Cody has been feeding and taking care of the elk too. I have gone with him a couple of times this week but this morning I was feeling blah and didn't want to be bounced around in the truck:) He calls me about an hour after he left to tell me that the battery is dead on his truck and if I could meet him by the elk pens to jump him off. So glad I did not feel good to go with him the first time! That would have been a long 6-7 mile walk back to the barn for another vehicle and extra long with a 8 1/2 month pregnant person waddling for 6-7 miles!
Since Luis is on vacation Cody has been feeding and taking care of the elk too. I have gone with him a couple of times this week but this morning I was feeling blah and didn't want to be bounced around in the truck:) He calls me about an hour after he left to tell me that the battery is dead on his truck and if I could meet him by the elk pens to jump him off. So glad I did not feel good to go with him the first time! That would have been a long 6-7 mile walk back to the barn for another vehicle and extra long with a 8 1/2 month pregnant person waddling for 6-7 miles!
