Life is good

[Pappy]

Then a peaceful night by the fire, I got a new pump and light for my fish tank, they are really enjoying it as am I. I did manage to get my deer all taken care of. It's a start for my winter supply. 
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Then a day of clean up getting ready for the Baggett reunion. Lots of leaves falling already because of the dry summer I suppose.  :-\I always save the scrap from any deer I clean and the girls love it.  Will gifted me some gourds , I plan on making bird houses out of them when I get a few minutes. 
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Then another peaceful night with Moose steak and more taters, Rocky gave me the Moose and of course Dave the taters, great to have good friends.  Hope yall have a good one also. Had a big doe given to me this weekend so headed down to take care of it today, then maybe back to the woods, the weather is really cooling down so should be good and get rid of the skitters and no see um's. Life is Good. 
 Pappy

[mullet]

Looks like y'all's season is off to a good start. Ours is really slow with not many people in the woods because of the storms. Our woods are a mess with trees down everywhere with most of the mast crop on the ground unripe. I'm still sawing trees myself. Finally got the huge Hackberry that fell on the house cut up yesterday. Starting on the Popular trees to take to the sawmill now. Looking forward to see you guys and glad to see the new pup fitting in. Take care and good hunting.

[WhistlingBadger]

Looks like life is delicious as usual, Pappy.  Love that fish tank.  Always thought a big tub like that with goldfish in it would look cool in the shop.  Did I ever tell you I'm a serious aquarium nerd?  I ran into somebody on here the other day that said they used to be...JW, perhaps?

[chamookman]

Thanks for sharing Pappy! Season seems to be starting out slow here, but a Good Friend of mine shot a nice fat 8pointer last nite.  Bob

[Pappy]

Ya WB I wouldn't say I am a aquarium nerd but do love my fish, had these about 3 years now and have really enjoyed watching and caring for them, guess it don't take much to entertain me  Ya a little slow here also Bob, I think the guys in the club have killed 10 or so, that is down some for this time of year. Headed down today for several days and now that I am feeling better plan on doing some hunting, we will see how it goes. Dave O and Conner his grand son are coming down tomorrow for a few days also so should be a fun week.
 Pappy

[JW_Halverson]

Tattoo Dave from Michigan reached out to me the other day. He kinda dropped off the planet for while but seems to have come up for a breath. He's tempting me to come out to Michigan in the spring to hunt turkey birds. I had the exquisite opportunity to hunt with him when he came to the Black Hills to my turkey camp and I can tell you all he is a real pleasure to have around camp and sounds better than most hens in the woods!

It's got me thinking that maybe if I say my prayers nightly, live a good and just life, and hold my tongue just right I could roll this into a monster vacation that turns southward and brings me to the Tennessee Classic again this spring. Wouldn't that be fun? I'll have to stock up on trout for smoking this time because we ran out of it pretty quick at the potluck.

[Pappy]

That would be great JW, let me know when it get's closer and you know you always have a bed open in the cabin. Had a great few day at the cabin hunting and hanging out with Dave and his grandson Conner along with other buddies. Got some hunting in and some shop and hide work, also managed to miss my 4 point  but that OK, may be I can shoot better if he gives me another chance. Dave and Conner didn't miss their chance though !!!!! Shawn and I started off with a couple of hides and trying out my new fleshing pole, worked great. The old one was getting pretty worn.  Annie is really getting into to leg bones and this time of year. 
 Pappy

[Pappy]

The girls love it when we are fleshing hides, they get their belly full and take a nap,Kind of like me.  First hide in the rack. 
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Both hides in the rack and ready to scrape, then a big supper of moose/inner loin and taters.  Late evening Dave and Conner showed up. 
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Dave hit his spike a little back but wasn't to bad to find with the crew we had. all these guys are use to tracking deer and are very good at it. Nice spike 100lbs about a 12 yard shot and ran about 100 yards.
 Pappy

[Pappy]

Conner on the other hand made a heart shot, little hard to find because it left no blood trail, good thing it only went about 75 yards, he was using wheels but I forgave him at only 14 years old. Nice buck 168 lb 8 point about 120+ inches. It was a very fun time and Dave and Conner are both class acts and I really enjoy spending time with them.
 Pappy

[Pappy]

I did spent a little time and finishing my blue bird houses. Great week with good friends and ate like kings  , hope yall had a good one also.
 Life is Good.
 Pappy

[chamookman]

Good times for sure ! Thanks for sharing Pappy -  Bob.