Monday, November 26, 2007

Extreme Thanksgiving

Oh My God! Here's what happened. We got in to camp and everyone hunted Wednesday afternoon with no success. The hunters stumbled from bed Thanksgiving morning and hit the woods with no success again.

Early that afternoon we had a Thanksgiving Feast.
Lots of people, lots of fun and Wanda supplied a meal fit for kings. Afterwards there was still enough time to get in a late afternoon hunt. I hunted Spike Camp and at 4:30 I heard a loud gunshot from the Secret Field.
Oh Hell, When Trent came in he had this giant 200 lb. 8 point!
Holy Crap, what a monster! That night we celebrated and at 4AM every foot in the house hit the floor ready to get after them. I, of course am not seeing crap. At 8AM
I hear a rifle start blasting at the Crossover! When I get in, Paul has got this big mammer-jammer 8-point!They are killing me as the rain sets in, but I am out there beating the woods to a froth trying to get a deer when gunshots erupt all around me. Drew and Erin come in with this 250lb. monster hog.
I look around and my young daughter, Sarah, comes up with her very first deer!
She was hunting at the Gamewarden Stand with Michael and Wanda and shot the deer perfectly right at dark. What a wonderful night!
That's all the action, will add more pics later. A truly extreme hunting Thanksgiving.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! That is awesome. Some nice bucks there. Congrats to everyone, especially your daughter on her first deer!

Anonymous said...

Sounds like your holiday weekend was even more exciting than mine! Great bucks and hog. Oh, and thanks for the mention below.

Marian Ann Love said...

Way to go Sarah...I knew you could do it! Congrats from one lady hunter to another! :)

Marian Ann Love said...

Also..congrats to both Paul and Trent on their 8 pts., and to Drew & Erin on the big hog kill! Rex, you will get the BIG ONE...don't fret!!!

Anonymous said...

Mr Ed. are we getting a little nervous. Congrats to Trent and Paul.

Anonymous said...

Congrats to everyone!

GUYK said...

Sounds like a great hunt..hope you get a big one next weekend..if you don't get one this season you will never live it down!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to everyone, especially Sarah on her first deer. Looks like there was a lot of successful hunting at the Christmas Place over the holiday.

Anonymous said...

Great stuff...Big time congratulations!!! Maybe you're next, Rex!

Holly Heyser said...

That is one of the most touching holiday stories I've heard all year! Wow!

Please high-five your daughter for me :-) And congrats to everyone else who brought 'em in, too.

Editor said...

it was a great camp and I am so proud of Sarah, will post her bloody face tomorrow.
GuyK, thanks for not putting any pressure on me :)

CDGardens said...

Neat pictures and stories to match way to go guys! Congrats to Sarah, gettin' a good start to her career.

Ah Rex, there is probably another buck in the camp somewhere just waiting for you to find him.

GUYK said...

Never ever put pressure on some one carrying a rifle!

Anonymous said...

goodgodahmighty rex. you got to get up earlier and stay later.

Mike Shimniok said...

Wow... congrats to all those folk... nice critters there! :)

Michael

Anonymous said...

Good pictures.

The biggest thing is your Daughter getting her first Deer! A great start and a great thrill for you!