HUNTING?

Is it to soon to start talking about hunting yet?

Daniel has it figured out.

The Schmidt's went camping this weekend. After they packed up and got in the car to leave they saw a deer. Daniel immediately said "chk chk, pow! I shot that deer" I think he'll fit in just fine (the car was moving, etc.. :-) And then Sam said "Stop it, don't shoot the deer"... "chk chk bang, chk chk bang, chk chk bang!" -;)

Later he was telling his new friend about how he was going hunting this fall and that he needed a camouflage shirt. Gary was invited to come along so he could cut the horns off Daniels deer.

New strategy

http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/03/hapless-deer-be.html
Looks like this would make things easier... Of course, you could just shoot them when you are trying to attatch the cell phone... :-)

The three little pigs

Akkerman Acres?

Any suggestions for a name for the farm/hunting lodge? Dad's first idea is the title...

Pictures

Try the link below. Let Me know if doesn't work.

http://picasaweb.google.com/cagronewold/January2008Hunting?authkey=JYkvjzP_JSY

Pictures forthcoming

I know that those of you who couldn't make it are excited to see some pictures of the meat, but we just got it all cut up yesterday. I don't even have my camera cable in SD! I'll have 'em up soon.

Unfortunately we didn't get any pics from west river which is too bad because those hills were absolutely fantastic. Its hard to get a good picture when you've chased deer a mile and a half and you've got to carry one out on a stick over 400 foot saddles and draws. Maybe next time we'll hire a photographer...

No more hunting 'till fall for me. Back to the cities today.

Chicago deer

I just saw as many deer while taking the dog to the dog park in chicago as we saw in SD. Some of them were a little farther off at about 50 yards. But about 6 of them we walked up to about 30 yards to take this picture (with a camera phone... sorry for the quality) (did you bring your bow Chris? :-) We saw 9 total, 6 in this photo, although you can only really see 2 right by the bill of Patricia's hat. Several people with dogs walked by about 10-15 yards from them.

Mountain Lion

GFP reported a farmer shot a mountain lion on December 3rd in Miner county. For those who don't know, Miner is the county just south of Kingsbury. The news release can be read here.

Just something to think about next time you're walking through a slough in the dark to your deer stand...