First Day of Rifle Season 2012

I finally got a video uploaded to this site...I have no idea how I did it and I certainly would not be able to describe how I would go about doing another one. I am definitely NOT a tech guru. I took the video camera with me hunting on the first day, both to mock the professional hunting videos and to make a serous attempt at documenting my last words if one of the 1 million orange cloaked PA lunatics hit me with a stray bullet.

These are the two deer that Erikson and I rolled. I left Erikson hunt in one of my archery spots, but he paid me back by helping me drag my buck almost two miles out of a swamp:)

Slow Down You Knucklepucks!

Did you know that people in our super-speedy world sometimes need news that is late....its so much about the newest, fastest, hottest gossip on the block these days, that speed and interconnectedness have now passed the minor prophets.

I flipped the radio on as I hopped in my car on thanksgiving day...."The fiiiirrrrrst noooooeeeel the aaaaaangels did...."

SLOW DOWN YOU KNUCKLEPUCKS!!! I'M NOT DONE WITH THANKSGIVING YET...I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD TIME TO BE THANKFUL!!!! So I'm STILL on Thanksgiving a whopping two days after the fact, and have some LATE thanks-giving to God.

You know...I have some great brothers and Dad, and I've been realizing how much better it is when we share our work.

1. On Thanksgiving day all of us helped Shannon finish his barn and helped ship his family off to Poland for 6 months.

2. I was more than happy to do this because my brothers helped me replace all the windows in my cabin one day...not to mention Dad, Ryan, and Shannon have allowed me use a lot of their tools to remodel.

3. Two of my good friends (Javan and Rosina Lapp) came and helped me paint for a weekend.(Thems be two good painters)

4. Dad and Erikson helped me dig a 50 ft ditch in the blitzin cold today, even though we were mucking around in freezing, knee-deep mud.

5. My brothers and I helped each other shoot our guns in on Thursday, and we'll certainly help each other tell bigger hunting stories at the cabin this weekend.

So much more gets done when we work together, AND its a lot more fun. Now to be fair, I feel like a blatant recipient of "community" at the moment, but I have a lot of energy to be the giver in the next moment. A blessed Thanks-giving to everyone!



You're looking at a deer's biggest fear in North Western Pennsylvania right here...these guys can pick flees off a calf's rump...

 The wise old eye of "Black Feather" carefully guides the education of "She Who Gathers Berries"

 
I found these antler 30 yards from my tree-stand this spring. I'm hoping its a good omen for Monday...

Good times to you other 1million PA hunters that will be out there on Monday. Above all, be safe, have fun...and shoot a deer on the side if you happen to get a chance....

Ankle Fail...

Ok...so I sprained my ankle on Thursday night playing basketball. Here is what you should definitely NOT do if you ever sprain YOUR ankle. I went to school the next day and walked around on it even though it hurt. Sure its a little gross, but by the end of the day that ol' boy had swollen up to a ginormous size.