November 18,2017 Deer Season is here

Well, deer season finally arrived.  So far it has been the hottest deer season in my memory. Opening weekend was in the mid 80's and humid. it was also the worst hunting weekend in our history. We finally got a little cool weather and was actually able to have a fire a couple of days. At the time of this writing we have killed 11 deer. This means we will at least have tied for the worst year ever since we have kept records. The 13 inch rule has had a big effect on low numbers as you cant shoot a buck with less than an inside spread of 13 inches.( Yes, the government in its infinite wisdom tells us what a trophy is ) The other biggest reason is we have a bumper acorn crop and them deer don't have to go anywhere for food. I have used Max and Rex on two deer and the caught both of them. Unfortunately we lost Rex on the second deer, its a real mystery on what happened but he is missing. Susan has only spent 2 nights at deer lease so far. She left on a quilt retreat last Sunday but came home early on Wednesday. I also came home Wednesday to get a few things done like mowing the yard and getting a tractor tire repaired. We are supposed to get a cool front in on Saturday so I will head back probably Friday night. I  took Susan to the urgent care dr Thursday evening, she thought she was coming down with the flu but luckily she wasn't. He gave her several prescriptions as she was run down and something for her back.  I ordered a gps tracker for Max and it came in. Looks like its going to work great. You use your cell phone and as long as you have service it will track..It updates every 5 minutes and you can run a history track. You can also set a perimeter and if the tracker goes outside the perimeter you will get an alert on your phone. Hopefully no more lost dogs. On Friday I went to Sammi"s school to have Turkey Day lunch with her. Its always entertaining. When I got back home I carried Susan to the chiropractor. If she is doing better tomorrow I plan to head back to the deer lease.

Lunch with Sammi and friends

That little deer can stretch her neck

It was hot

David , Kyle & John, 

Mack Creek

Them dogs caught this deer

A night walk

Max caught the Buck