Grandmom sees BEBO

Hi this is New Year's Eve and I am finally learning to use this blog. Chip is trying hard. Tune back in to see if I can really do this after he leaves.

Happy Birthday Rob

Happy Birthday to my "Little" Brother



BTW. Chip and Rob took a green hill after posing for the picture.

Pheasant

On Sunday afternoon the boys and I went hunting. I shot two rabbits and Toby and I together shot a Rooster pheasant. I knocked it down when it flew out of a plum thicket. It landed near Toby and tried to hop off. Toby then finished it off. We are still debating over whose Pheasant it really is. For now we have decided to share it equally. I am still deer hunting but have not seen any deer to shoot.

Toby scores again

Today was Toby's first muzzle loader hunt. We had 5 inches of new snow this morning on top of Monday's snow. It was about 16 degrees. We were very cold.

After lunch we left this area. This is where Toby shot his buck 3 weeks ago.

Those cows would make good prime rib.








Cold, very cold.

Toby is holding his .50 cal hawken he got for his 12th birthday in May. It is loaded with 80 grains of powder and a patched round ball.








Button Buck.

We saw this deer from our truck. After a short walk and a 10 minute sit we saw two deer. We were set up on the field edge about 30 feet above these deer down on the creek. After moving several times to get a clear shot as the deer slowly walked, Toby was able to take a 70 yard broad side shot just before the deer jumped the creek.

Uncle Lee. This deer is within 30 yards of where you shot your deer.

My tree stand is about 20 yards to the right.