Hunting and then some...

I just realized that our Ranch blog has turned into Jones' blog!  So lets change it up a bit:)

We had our first large group of hunter's come out this week for a very successful hunt!  11 to be exact plus 5 guides.  All the guys were great, very nice and a pleasure to be around!  We hope they come back!  I was very busy cooking and catering to them and got in on some of the action!  Kristen came down to stay with us to tend to Jones while I was back and forth from our house and the lodge.  I just assumed I would make breakfast at a certain time, be done, cook dinner at a certain time and be done.  It didn't quite go that way.  I started breakfast each morning around 9:30. A few hunters would come in want breakfast then head out to see their animals being cleaned and meat being packed in their coolers.  Another group would come in, I would cook for them, they would head out to see their animal being cleaned and meat being packed in their coolers, then the guides would come in wanting to eat.  Then I would have to clean up and sometime in the middle of all that I would have to run home and feed Jones. I would get home about 12:30, feed Jones, head to the lodge to do laundry, head home to feed Jones, chill out for an hour and head back over to the lodge to start dinner at 7:30, head home at 8:30, feed Jones and put him to bed, head back to lodge to feed round one of hunters at 9:15, feed another group at 10:00 and finally sit down with the guides at about 10:30 to eat, clean the kitchen, set out donuts, cereals, bowls etc, for early hunters in the morning, home at 12:30, bed by 1:00! Then somewhere in the middle of all that taking pictures..Whooo, I am tired!

All the hunters were very impressed with all the facilities and all the guides did a great job!  At the end of the hunt they were pros at cleaning an animal!

All the guys had exciting hunts and meat packed in their coolers to last a year!

They were supposed to stay till Sunday but got everything they came to get and left yesterday (Friday) We were exhausted yesterday and was in bed by 9.  This has not ever happened! Ever!  It was so nice!

 I definitely spent more time at the lodge helping than I planned on but had a great time.  I couldn't have done all this without Kristen!  Jones had a great time with her and whined anytime she left the room!  He even gave her a couple of explosions up his back that she had to change! lol.  He has been looking around the house for her today and even crawling to her room a couple of times:(

All-in-all it was a great few days at O Bar Ranch!

I am left now with 17 sets of sheets to wash, 17 beds to make, a lodge to clean, upstairs and down, and a house of my own to clean that I have neglected this week.  All this can wait till Monday!

The Hunting begins.....

Jeff came down last weekend with 2 of his boys and he came down again this weekend with 2 more of his boys. They all had a good time and they all left with a kill. This is Jeff and his 2 younger boys, Micheal and Nathan. They each shot a white-tail and Micheal shot this black buck. Both boys enjoyed helping Cody harvest the meat.

This is Jeff's third oldest son, Joel. He got a shot at this black buck and we think it might hold a record somewhere. We shall see!

Jeff's oldest son brought his dog, Murphey. He is one cute dog! I think Cody fell in love with him because he actually fetched the ducks. I keep telling Cody if he wants to spend the money to train our dogs, go for it, but he keeps preferring his wader's (sp). This dog also rode down in the plane with them. I think Duke would freak totally out if we put him on a plane, lol.

While Cody was putting out more feeders this week he came accross one of the new Minnesota bucks we let out last month. Cody thinks it was the stress :(

He also came accross one of the Minnesota bucks from last year, that didn't make it through our hot sumer :(

Although I don't enjoy the actual hunting part (getting up at 4, shooting a gun) I enjoy the fellowship of it all and the scouting, and getting ready for hunting season and sharing something with my husband that he has a passion for. I also enjoy watching little kids enjoy the outdoors and getting excited about "the hunt" and then telling their story of how the day went and what they saw and when and how. they got what they wanted. It is also rewarding to see a father and son bond over "the hunt."

Website

The ranch website is up and running, YAY! It is www.O-Bar-Ranch.net and it looks pretty good. Now we just need to get on the ball and sell some hunts! Anybody wanna buy a hunt? :)
Let us know what you think of the site!