1st week of 1st grade

I took off  8.11.25 thru 8.17.25 in order to ride my bike to school with the boys. After I dropped them off I would go on a 5 mile ride.

October 25, 26,27

Got down last night in time for a 45 minute  sit down, wind was perfect. Did not see anything. Charlie got in around  1030.

 I hunted the pop up this morning and seen a doe but but did not have a good shot, Charlie hunted the tripod at the bow stand and didn't see anything. 

  We put chum out at the field stand and the camp stand and we got in the stands around 430. 

We need new wind ribbons.

October 19 & 20

Me, Morgan, the boys and Charlie made it to the lease. We all seen deer, I hunted sigman and seen 5 bucks but they were all too small, Charlie was at the field and he seen 4 or 5 and Morgan hunted camp with the boys and seen a big spike.

24-25 deer season

Me an charlie came down for the hunt. Beutiful Saturday afternoon sunny skies, 88 degrees, 7 mph n breeze. He is at bow stand and I am at the camp stand. It is 552 been here about an hour

12.1.23 Deer lease

Came down on Friday night,  I drove my car and Morgan, Kaitlyn and boys came down in truck. It is 38 degrees, little to no non wind with overcast skies.

Nothing was seen Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon we moved the maverick blind so we could utilize it.

Saturday evening i seen 4 does at dusk. Morgan shot a doe.

Sunday morning it is crisp.

12/31/23

What a beautiful morning 3 mph west wind, clear skies and 31 degrees. Here I am sitting in the pop up at camp stand. I have a bog pod death grip that my crossbow is sitting in, I practiced with it at the house and it really is a game changer for me. Nothing seen in morning. Got to pop up around 330. Wind is non existence coming from west maybe 3 mph. Feeder goes off at 430 which attracts the doves, cardinals and red shouldered blackbirds.

Amtrak California Zephyr

I took some time off from hunting to ride a train. The wife and I were gone from 11/15/2023 to 11/22/2023. This was our first Amtrak ride and it was great. Lots of beautiful scenery and nice people. We went from Dallas to Springfield Illinois, got a bus to Galesburg Illinois where we got on the California Zephyr to Emeryville California. We stayed in the Hyatt House, we went out to eat with her California cousins at the Left Bank in Jack London Square then Sunday we were back on the train.