Wisconsin

We spent the weekend checking out our land as Glenda haad never seen it without snow. The first shot is me standing in an 8 or so acre meadow looking back on the 40 we walked thru to get to this area. I did not get lost finding this spot!!! I don't care what Glenda says!! We jumped two large deer feeding out there and one grouse. We heard anoth 15-20 grouse drumming. If the spring doesn't get too wet, it could be another good year for grouse.

The second shot was taken a third of a mile East of the first shot. It's right off the main gravel road and is where we someday hope to put our house. In the lower right of the shot is some of the wood I brought up to create more monuments to the gods (deer stands). Oh, and I found 30 or so old tires in this meadow. Anybody need a free tire???

The ticks were out in full force, but that's part of woods living.

This week I gotta pick up my boat as the dock and lift get put into the lake this next weekend. Crappie season is upon us and then it's back to Wisconsin for more turkey hunting.

Turkey Hunting - 2009

We had a great hunt this last week. I nailed this 22 1/2 pounder opening morning using the "modified Johnny stalking method". I can bore anybody who's interested some other time. Heck, I can even bore anyone who's not interested. Never stopped me before. But, once again, I digress...

Johnny got this nice jake on the third morning. He made a nice shot. I was with him just hanging out as once I shot my bird, I put my gun away. It was fun just sitting there, behind a deadfall, whispering back and forth. Well...I guess you just had to be there.

Kurt passed on a couple of jakes so went home turkeyless. (Is that a word)??

Sammy took a tumble following his brother Hank in pursuit of a squirrel. He could hardly walk for two days but seems to be getting a little better. I don't know how those battered joints hold up. He's a tough dog but I get worried sometimes......

Next weekend it's up to Wisconsin to see our friends and show Glenda our land as she's never seen it without snow on it and hasn't walked it at all. I'll bring up some wood in anticipation of more new deer stands for this fall.

Then in three weeks it's off to Wisconsin again to hunt turkeys with Al. AND, then back home for DeweyFest. BTW, "Dewey's Greatest Hits Volume 1" is complete and I am busy burning copies. I hope everyone likes it.

Oh, and "Real Texas Fish", a copy will be in the mail this week!

April 1st 2009?

Well, we got hammered last week. 14+ inches of snow and we were stranded for 1 1/2 days. My snow plow guy even got stuck in my driveway.
Glenda slid off the road, went through a ditch and ended up in a farmer's field. She said she was just holding onto the wheel, was heading towards the ditch sideways and thought she would flip the truck. She said the wheel suddenly turned, saving her from flipping the truck. She doesn't know how that wheel turned. I guess Pvt. Malone rides with her as well. The Trailblazer is pretty well crunched and is in the shop for repairs but she's ok and that's all that matters.
Speaking of Pvt. Malone, Walker is heading up this way next Sunday and will help me put "Dewey's Greatest Hits, Volume 1" onto a cd. The play list is a secret but you can probably guess one song that will be on there....
We hunt turkeys in less than two weeks and will probably still have some snow to contend with. I took a 3 mile walk down the road this morning to check out those big birds. A lot of gobbling was going on and I've been seeing a lot of birds of late. I'm looking forward to that hunt and hanging out with Johnny and Kurt. That reminds me, I probably should pick up a bottle of champagne. Let's not wait until the last day to get our birds this year. Ok guys?
I'll probably try and get over to Wisconsin in the next few weeks. Need to get some tree stand wood over there and start some scouting before the leaves start to emerge. Then it's off to southern Wisconsin for some more turkey hunting, then I gotta get the new dock and the lift in the lake in preparation for "DeweyFest"!
Finally, some things to do......