This is my brother Randy and his grandson Seth. Randy is an extrovert who loves crowds and people. He’s been a county commissioner here in Monroe, doesn’t mind speaking in public, and is generally a very outgoing guy. But come November a sort of metamorphosis comes over him, as he heads to [...]
Merry Christmas Deer
Posted by Mike in December 19th, 2008
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This nice 8-pointer above my fireplace wants to wish you a Merry Christmas. It would of been nice if one of his relatives would of cooperated with me this year, but hey, at least we got some good tracking snow on the ground now.
My 4 year old granddaughter (Ava Taylor) likes to take pictures with [...]
The Breakthrough
Posted by Mike in December 12th, 2008
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Your first deer is always special, especially in my case. I hunted, with a bow, for over ten years without putting anything in the freezer. It wasn’t that I was a bad shot, as I took my share of trophies at local archery shoots. The problem was “buck fever!” If the target was made [...]
Old Soldiers Reunited
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Talk about pictures from the past. That’s me in the middle and my army buddies Alroy Strand (L) and Roger Heesch.(R) We served in the 16th. Engineer Battalion stationed at Fort Hood Texas. Alroy was from Minnesota and we both like to hunt and fish. He told me stories about Rainy [...]
Thanksgiving Day
Posted by Mike in December 1st, 2008
As you can see I’m the offical turkey carver in our family. We held Thanksgiving over at my oldest daughter Tara’s place. They have enough room to accommodate the clan that was present. There were only 18 of us this year, as my son and his fiancee were sick, and my daughter Meghan, her husband, [...]
Tony’s Thanksgiving Buck
Posted by Mike in November 30th, 2008
“Now there is only one of my hunting buddies who hasn’t shot a deer yet this year; me! Tony (my son in law) shot this 6-pointer Wednesday evening, but was having some problems tracking it, so he came home to wait for the morning sunshine. I met him at 6:00 a.m. and we headed over [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted by Mike in November 29th, 2008
Today I visited my grandkids daycare run by our friend Mary Boudrie. My granddaughter Ava is wearing pink and kneeling right in front of me. Her sister Addison is the furthest on the right wearing green and pink, and Kyle is right in front of Ava wearing blue and orange.
We had a great time at [...]
