Beautiful night.

I saw two does 35 yards in front of me tonight. They were grazing in a field very peacefully. They had no idea I was there. I heard some rustling behind me along with some grunting. I was anticipating a big buck and out came a raccoon. The raccoon stood on it's hind legs and stared at me. How annoying, I thought. The little bugger ran pretty fast after I started shooting arrows at him. Luckily for him, I wasn't out for the kill:).

Orwell Dam with the boys!

Brody, Weston and I went to the Orwell Dam yesterday.  It was overcast, 65 degrees and buggy.  I thought the fish would be biting, and was hoping for a walleye or two.  I purchased a box of angle worms, peanut M&Ms and a 12 pack of Coke.  My wonderful father-n-law, Gary, swears by worms; especially for river fishing.  No such luck for the boys and me.  I did switch over to the rubber tube, Gitzit.  We ended up catching two smallies.  The boys had fun reeling them in.

We also met another family while fishing.  We gave them some tips, and I gave them a Gitzit to try.  They also were using the angle worm with no luck.  The Gitzit I gave them produced one smallie for them as well.  We didn't spend long fishing, as the boys were getting bored.  Once they starting running off, I decided to take the line in and let them play at the park. Hopefully one day, the boys will rather fish than swing, slide and spin at the park.

The next time I take them fishing, I am going to tell them that they can not have any M&Ms or Coke until they at least catch five fish each.   Just kidding.  So far, fishing has been fun.  They are certain to take up fishing if they find it a fun experience:)

A shout out to my friend Todd.  We went fishing a month ago on Big Birch Lake and slaughtered them.  I did not blog about it because I was so busy.  The pictures in todays post are from that day, August 21st, I think.  Both Todd and I did well that gorgeous day.  We caught some nice smallies, a fairly large crappie, a very nice Large Mouth Bass, Northern and maybe a sheep head.

Ice fishing is just around the corner.  I am trying to talk the wife into a portable 4man ice house.  There is one on Amazon that is fairly cheap.  I am sure to get more time fishing if I can bring the family, well the boys anyways.

I am hoping to get some time in the deer stand soon, perhaps this week.  I am dreaming of the monster buck.  I have some good literature about bow hunting.  One article indicated that where the does are, there are bucks too.  Lets hope so.


Peace out!

Nada!

First hunt in Breckenridge. Didn't see a thing. I did see deer as I was driving off of the field. My friend AJ assures me that the deer will start moving as it cools off. Today was warm and very windy. On a positive note, I had some good God time:).

A new place to hang the stand.

A gracious coworker offered her families land for me to bow hunt on. They have a farm 8 miles south of Breckenridge.  It is a perfect location and I have it all to myself.   As you can see from the picture below, there is some corn standing adjacent to the grove that I chose to hang my stand in.  I learned today that I have about 11 days until this corn is harvested.  I am certain that a monster buck frequently cuts through the grove to visit this field.

I took Brody with me today as we scouted the area and hung the tree stand.  Brody had a great time, as you can see n the picture below.  He did get a little scared climbing up the latter to the tree stand, not bad for four years of age.  The picture above is of the grove that my stand is in.  I have plans to hunt tomorrow after work.  Wish me luck.