Dec 30,2015 Our Last Full Day

Robert and Katy got in late last night.  I had already went to bed. We did our morning hunt and I saw 4 does...Later during the day Regan and I took one of his flatbed trailers. We headed out on our evening hunt and saw some Axis deer.Big Mike got a shot and we saw the deer drop. When we got to the place we found no deer and no blood. We scoured the hillsides and found nothing..We headed on to our stands. I saw two bucks and Regan killed a spike. It was another good day.

Dec 29, 2015 A Pretty Day in Junction

It was a nice day today. The sun came out and the wind was calm. Overall the deer hunting wasn't great. We saw a few bucks but thats all. So far I haven't seen a cull buck to shoot, all mine have been good bucks. Some of Regans friends came over ( David, Bunny) and spent the day. We finished filling all the feeders during the day. Regan cooked steaks outside for supper. Robert/Katy were coming tonight but had not made it when I went to bed.

Dec 28,2015 A Little Snow

We got a little snow accumulation last night. We didn't see a lot of deer this morning but Regan killed a spike at the house feeder. The temperature stayed around 30 degrees with a 20-2mph wind. Later in the day the sun finally came.out and the snow all melted.. We filled feeders during the day. We had another good evening hunt.

Dec 27,2015 A Dreary Day in Junction

We had a pretty good storm last night. I had to put the awning up around 12:38 am.  40 mph winds with hail and rain. 40 degree difference in temperature from yesterday.   Regan, Big Mike and I did a morning hunt. Regan and I saw nothing but Big Mike saw 5 bucks and killed a spike. We had a nice fire  in the fireplace and chilled all day, while it was a cold mist outside..On our evening hunt we had snow. We all saw deer. I saw an 8 pt and a 10 pt. It was a good day.

Dec 26 Travel Day to Junction

We got on the road to Junction about 5:30 am. It was 74 degrees. We stopped in Shulenburg and had breakfast at Franks. Back ion the road and we arrived Junction about 12:30  Mike and Lavonna were close behind.  Regan and Kerry got there about 2:00 pm.. We just chilled all evening. Lavonna cooked chicken n dumplings for supper.

"Franks"

Junction

Dec 25 Christmas Day

We got up early and went to Kristis to watch the girls open their presents. We headed back home and Kyle /Kristen and kids came over at noon along with Kevin. About 4,  all of our family showed. up. The grand kids all had a big time. When everyone left I finished loading the trailer getting ready to head out in the morning.

Nov 29-Dec 20 Last Days at the Deer Lease

I pretty much lived at the lease the last month. Most of the time it was just me and John Callahan. More people came on the weekends. The deer hunting was slow. Not many deer seen during the day. We got a lot of good night pictures on the game cameras. I did a lot of walking in the woods and just enjoying. Usu ally i see a lot of deer on my tree climbers this time of year. Not so this year one reason is that we have so  many hogs there is not an acorn to be found so the deer are just laying up in the thickets.I am not sure how many hogs we have killed or trapped but it is in the thirty's..I did go home one day so we could go to Mackennas first Jr. High band concert. They did pretty well especially since when school started no one could play a note.On the evening of the 10th I shot a longhorn spike. It dropped  in its tracks but then dragged itself in the woods. I didn't think it would go far. I went back to camp and put my boots on and David Bird was there and we headed back to get deer.Lots of blood for about 15 yards then quit bleeding .We tracked it for about a hour  in a pine thicket only finding a  drop on a limb or tree. Finally we ran out of sign and couldn't find the deer. Hated to lose a deer, in the good ole days we would have put my beagles on it and we would have found the deer. When I get to where I don't travel much I will get some more beagles. It has been really warm the past few days (9,10,11) but today is supposed to be our last one as a front is blowing in sometime. Light turnout for the weekend but normal for December. Its my favorite time of the year here as the woods are so pretty. I met Susan in New Waverly on Sunday . We had breakfast there and then headed to Bryan to see the grand kids and leave my truck for Kyle to do some work on it. It rained all day going and coming back.. Susan dropped me off at the deer lease on the way home.  I am afoot till Kyle gets my truck back to me. I have started seeing a few deer very late in the evening. Saw one big heavy horned 8 pt. Not sure if he was 13 inches wide. Once again I have very bad black thoughts about TP&W. It has been a nice cool week. I have been moving game cameras around to different spots and still getting plenty of pictures. Ranger had a carrier bearing go out so I have been using Little Johns 4-wheeler. Sure miss that windshield on cold mornings. On the 19, we wound the season down with a little picking and grinning. Eddie, David, and their cousin Howlin Howie played all evening. David cooked us a feast of smoked pork and coon. We had a nice fire to sit by and it was a great night. Sunday the 20 I am packing up and heading home. Another good year at Mack Creek.

Home Sewing Retreat

Mackenna 1st Band Concert

Rommel, Max  and Kevin

Max

Nana Peyton Luke

Maggie sleeps good at rhe lease

Picking & Grinning

Susan enjoying the fire

Barbra and Kenneth