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That time of the year. Just hauled the snoblower out and fired it up. All systems a go.

Still running around on three but it seems to bother him less and less all the time. He's got long setter legs so he's still way faster than my short stocky pure bred lab.

Thanks for asking.

I was throwin da cows over da fence some hay, da chores were all done it was opening day Orion da hunter was fadin in da sky it was almost time for da lead to fly !!!

easier to throw the hay over the fence.

Good day today. Passed up a nice 8 pointer. Shot a nicer 8 pointer! Details when I am not so darn tired.

How are the Chickenbuckeroos doing up there? Any pictures of the good food?

Looks like the heaviest snow went to the east of Chickenbuck.

About 3.5 inches Saturday where our camp is located and more to come today. Rained here in central WI all day Saturday. Very light snow falling now.

as usual had a blast at chickenbuck, have a bunch of stuff I need to do now, couple of deer were hangin from the meat pole this weekend though, and more deer are out there, I heard a buck come towards me last night through the swamp, heard splashin and then antlers rubbing on a tree, but it got too dark to see clearly. hopin a swampsquid doesn't get him before one of us do!

we got a smattering of snow over the last couple days, not much at all to speak of. hopin more gets there before next weekend

how about them vikes eh?

What's a "vike"?

its what I call the Vikings when they play like crap

ahh, so they lost?

Here's one for you Viking fans:

The Minnesota State Police are cracking down on speeders heading into Minneapolis!
For the first offense, they give you 2 Minnesota Vikings tickets.
If you get stopped a second time, they make you use them.

Talked with Tzone this morning. Sounds like he's got about 11" of snow to clean out of his driveway when he gets home.

at least denver is kickin butt

Dont try this at home.











Insta-buck, yes, yes we are "that sick"

mama didn't get no deer but she manages to bring some critter fer dinner anyways.



I have interest in a critter that's been carving up trees by my swamp ladder stand.

As usual....the wife doesn't know what 11" is. it was more like 3 or 4 really wet inches. I almost blew up the snow blower. Litterally, I almost doused it in gas and lit a match.

and we were completly sober. I think that is the worst part.

What else did you attach to that doe to make it a buck?

that was a buck. It was a nubbie Captain Bang Flop shot. We didn't have the doe until later that day.

I spent 4 days trying to get a shot at a rather large buck that we spotted. At one point Saturday, I even wimped out and left the handgun at camp and went out with the scoped .270 because I knew where he was, and I could only set up my climbing stand for a shot of around 200 yards if he moved the right direction.....he didn't

Anyhow, my run of "buck luck" ended this year.

Then, after deciding to just shoot a doe and fill the freezer, I had the hammer thumbed back on a big doe I was watching for a few minutes when out came the fawn, and I couldn't drop the hammer. That was Saturday evening and, of course, after that I didn't see another deer this morning.

Oh well. It was my first skunking since I started rifle hunting about 10 years ago. I got to spend a lot of time out in the woods watching the wildlife including:

-a bunch of LOUD trumpeter swans
-a hawk catching a red squirrel
-several eagles
-a bunch of does I didn't even aim at because I KNEW buckzilla was right behind them....

I have been so lucky over the last several years when it comes to success during the season that it was good to realize that I really do love the hunting, and that enjoyment really has nothing to do with the success.