Five years ago today, my dad’s father, my Grandfather Duane passed after a lengthy illness. His passing affected our family deeply, the tremors of which are still being felt. With his passing, a handful of his favorite hunting implements were transferred to our family and we still use them to this day. I know he wouldContinueContinue reading “The Thirty One L: Scouting With an Old Gun”
Category Archives: Hunting
2016 Hunting Chapter 2: Farmegeddon
The following weekend hunt ended up being one of the more eventful weekends out at the hunting ranch. Coined “Farmageddon,” the hunting party ended up shooting only one very small deer. But we did harvest a few other animals. Most notable among them was an Auodad, which is one of the many African exotic animalsContinueContinue reading “2016 Hunting Chapter 2: Farmegeddon”
2016 Texas Deer Hunting, Chapter 1
If we are being completely honest, “Deer Hunting” doesn’t quite adequately describe the hunting efforts this year, as although deer were the primary target of my hunting excursions, this season brought new game animal opportunities outside of just deer that I had not really anticipated. As I previously wrote, I tried my hand at archeryContinueContinue reading “2016 Texas Deer Hunting, Chapter 1”
Lackadaisical Archery Hunting
I am a horrible Archery Hunter. Not necessarily a poor archer (although archery is not my strongest suit), but a very lackadaisical archery hunter. The difference being, an archer is someone who regularly shoots a bow, and an archery hunter is someone who is actively trying to harvest animals with a bow and arrow. I consider myselfContinueContinue reading “Lackadaisical Archery Hunting”
Finally, Texas Deer Hunting
I did it. I finally, after over a year of living in Texas, have managed to get out into the West Texas wilderness and harvest a Texas Whitetail Deer. It has been a long journey. But I did it. In actuality, this past weekend was not my first experience deer hunting. Earlier in the season,ContinueContinue reading “Finally, Texas Deer Hunting”