Took birthday treats to Raleigh's Ethel Boyes class, went to Ral's rec league basketball practice at the Apple, broke G-Ro's pumpkin pinata in the gym with Ral's team, went to McDonald's and actually let the kids get happy meals, took Ral and Spencer to the Shamrock Park ward Trunk or Treat, opened presents with Ty's parents, went to the Rec Center to watch the Skyline boys play, took Spencer home, ate ice cream and cupcakes, put kids to bed, played pinochle, and watched an episode of Modern Family (with Ty's parents). Whew, what a day!
It's nice to report another successful hunt. Damon, Giff, and I spent a couple of days camping and hunting together. I will eventually send the story of how it unfolded, but briefly we had a pretty good time. We put several miles on the boots to find the elk, but once we did it was good action.
Damon and I hunted hard on Friday morning but couldn't locate any animals. Giff joined us in the afternoon and we got into lots of fresh sign and Damon had a close call as the sun was going down, but no shots. Saturday morning our area was basically run over by moose (we saw 10 by noon) that had probably pushed most of the elk out of the immediate area. I ended up having a close encounter with a bull that morning but didn't get off a shot. Giff plinked a few grouse with my Daisy and then we headed back out for an evening hunt.
We spread out in some timber and moved relatively in tandem. A bull came over a small timbered ridge to investigate my cow calls. Another raghorn came and stood behind him. I shot him at under 50 yards and he immediately went down. I got mine about three in the afternoon and after getting a couple of pics Giff and Damon went back through the timber and Giff got his just a couple of hundred yards from where I shot mine. Mine was a 4x4 and Giff's a 6x6. It was a lot of fun and the pack out was suprisingly easy between the three of us the next morning. The weather was great and the scenery beautiful.
Anyway, I will eventually write the whole story, but here are a few pics from our hunt.
Austin
My bedtime conversations with the girls involved discussions about
electrical safety. After explaining to Shay that the tv could shock her if
she licked it, she looked at me, puzzled, and said, "But mom, tv's don't
have hands.....they can't shock us!" Then a few minutes later Kysa told Ty,
"Dad, if we get too close to the tv, it will SHOOT us!" I am a stellar
safety instructor, aren't I?
When we were at Grandma Rue's last month at the same time, Uncle Bryce was
telling me about making these neat chairs for his grandkids and I asked him
if he might be willing to make one for Bodie. Well he got it done lickety
split. Just what you'd expect from him. He is great. He dropped it off on
his way to a dance in Blackfoot. He still loves to dance!
The girls sang Grandpa Jer-Bear happy birthday tonight on Skype and showed
off the chair. Then Grandma read them a story. Sometimes technology is
such a blessing.
