Dust Jacket

This is the proposed dust cover for my fathers book "Lim"
I hope that when it finally gets out that you will all read it.

A Perfect Shot

I took this nice deer off of a pond stand near Abbeville many moons ago. I had not practiced with my bow that year and was surprised when the deer wandered out 20 yards from my stand. I pulled the string back, aimed carefully behind the shoulder and released. I jerked and the arrow would have missed the deer by at least four feet, but the deer jumped the string and sprang up and forward. The terrible shot hit the deer in the base of the neck, dropping and killing her instantly.
I did not mention this to the rest of the members of the camp.

Who is This Jr. Blogger?

Who is this very serious little girl that is now a professional blogger? We have very deep discussions about what she should blog about and what is funny. Suddenly there are lots of phone calls and emails to make sure she is putting up a good post and she wants to link and learn who all my online friends are. Thanks to you who are already linking her and taking the time to share comments with her.
I have to admit that I am very impressed with her early post and hope that you all will go by and visit the Jr. Deer Camp Blog.
Oh, and while you are over there, please check out the copper tree from Bob and Marian! They make a great gift!

Birthday Shots 1

Natural Born Killers

Hot Lead, MS> I have never seen anything like it. My brother Paul is a natural born killer. Everytime he strolls into the woods, something is going to get the hell blasted out of it.
Saturday afternoon, Paul and Michael head over to the Double WhiteOak and suddenly walk up in amongst a herd of wild hogs. Paul quickly took advantage of the situation and commenced firing. This is a family blog so I will not go into gory details. But, suffice it to say that there was blood, dead hogs and shell casings scattered everywhere. Paul was temporarily satiated and wandered back to camp to get help getting them out.
The next morning Paul and Michael headed to the Negotiation Field. They had taken a turkey there last year and Paul knew they would be there again. A few quick calls and they were surrounded by turkeys. Michael cut loose. His turkey tumbled and he told Paul that his turkey was down. Paul is not one to waste words when there is killing to be done. He snatched the shotgun from Michael and cut down on the escaping turkeys. He reached down to reload and found they were completely out of shells. He rushed the staggering turkey but it evaded him and headed into the brush. Paul was mortified!
They got this nice 22 lb. gobbler with a 10 inch beard. Congrats Michael!

Spring Break Cats

While we are getting ready to go after the turkeys, my cousins Dean and Matthew are reelng in some big cats on their spring break.






PS. GuyK is still having a few problems

A Gobble In My Ear

Caw-Hoot, MS> Well, as you can guess, turkey season officially starts this weekend. Now for all you diehards, good-luck. Me, I still just don't get it. At the famous Christmas Place Rack and Spur club, you can't trot to the outhouse without stepping on a gobblers beard. Hello? How hard can it be?
Dad is sitting in his office right now blowing on his damn turkey call, practicing. Why? Hello??? they are big chickens.
I guess I will take Spencer. Maybe we can club one with a gunstock to make it more sporting. We really need a turkey eradication program launched at the camp, but I have not heard a word from Othmar.

2 Hoofs Down

Oxpatch, MS> Thunderhoof had been driving me crazy to see the new adventure movie called 10,000 B.C. He said it would be great and I would get to see how it really was in the old days when he had to put up with Wooly Mammoths, Mastadons, Saber Tooth Tigers and other gigantic varmints all the time.
They made us sit in the back of the theatre because of his big horns. I had to pay for three seats too. Then he ate 2 big buckets of popcorn and a couple of boxes of goobers before we got halfway through the movie.
I liked the animation for the mammoths and for the saber tooth but the story line was very weak and we were both very disappointed in the movie.
We will have to say two hoofs down on seeing this movie.

Birthday Presents

Gray Beard, MS> I know all of you are concerned that I did not receive your birthday gifts. You can still mail them to me at P.O. Box 1072 in Water Valley.
I did receive some great gifts and wanted to share them with you. I really, really needed some golf stuff. I got golf balls, tees, a towel, gloves and some more golf balls. I am set for the summer.

Then I also received some extremely nice birthday gifts. Marian found an original Coke bottle from Vicksburg that she gave me. It is a beauty and says Vicksburg Steam Works across the front. She and Bob were great and I loved having them come over. They are only a couple of hours away. Kind of like Debbie or David.


Last, but not least, a lot of people gave me booze of one kind or another. Lots of wine, whiskey, and beer. Seems like they know something that I don't. I have enough booze so that when that crazy KeesKennis comes to visit, we will party hearty through the delta. My, I look good in my new hat! Click and you will see that there is only one real bourbon around here, that is Ezra Brooks.

Let's Par-tee

Geezer, MS> The famous Birthday Bash was Saturday night. All the cool peeps were there like me, Camo and Marian. Hell, even my Dad made a guest appearance and wore the best gift of the night. The Watermelon Hat!
The party was great and we did not even have to call the fire dept to put out my cake. Denise did an amazing job putting the party together and I can not thank her enough.

Thank you to everyone that came to the party! Denise even made a chocolate cake to absolutely die for and there was enough food and drink to feed an army and get them drunk too. Erin acted as the barkeep as we set up the bar in the garage. It worked pretty well and made everything flow nicely.

Hey! You can have your cake and eat it to! That Denise was great and I did not realize that I had so many friends. Of course in Water Valley, the offer of free food and booze is going to make a lot of people show up for any party. I guess 50 was not so bad and I got a cool WaterMelon hat that everyone got a chance to wear.

Party Emergency!

Dusting, MS> Late yesterday as we were preparing the house for the big party, it started to snow. Rapidly it grew to blizzard-like conditions as almost a 1/2 inch of snow covered the ground. Little old ladies quickly jumped in their 4-wheel drive trucks and headed to the supermarket to clean out every gallon of milk and loaf of bread in town.
Many people will probably cancel coming to the party due to the horrible weather.
I hope we are not snowed in for three or four months.

Night Action

Slippery Slope, MS> The night I got this deer behind the lake, I got Burney and Mark to go with me to get it. Using flashlights going up the lake, locating the deer and dragging it out was fun and I think helped us bond a little closer than we had been.
I realized that we were in it together for a lifetime and to start enjoying it.
Burney took so-called action shots and we kidded each other about fainting or having a heart attack dragging the deer back to the boat.

Something Important

Water Valley, MS> Contrary to popular belief there is something interesting going on.
This weekend I am reaching the magical age of 50. I have seen and done a lot in that time. Denise is throwing a party for me on Saturday night and I hope my blog friends will maybe leave a comment or two about it.

Hard Courses

SanDestin, FL> The courses down there were very hard and tricky. None more so than this one which is near our condo. This course is filled with hazards and traps for the unwary. There are ample (very ample) distactions that can cost a golfer all that he has. I would not recommend for a married man to play here.
On the other hand, occassionally someone makes a birdie!

Tracking The Bet

SanDestin, FL> Each night we would get back to the condo and the cards would be pulled out to determine the bet. Mark Larson was usually on the winning end of things. For some reason they always made Paul call out the scores. I wonder why?

Return Of The Reprobates

Mark Larson, Bill Howard, David Hyde, Alan McLeod
Rex Howell, Chuck Nicholson, Paul Howell, Greg Myers,
ATO- Alpha Tau Omega brothers from college

Well Bless My Soul!

I want to welcome the newest link to my site (hint, hint). Her monicker is Blessed. She runs a very nice blog called A Blessed Crazy Life.

I'm a wife and mother who enjoys reading, hunting, fishing, scrapbooking, cooking, hiking, and a whole bunch of other stuff and I am abundantly blessed and always feel just a smidge crazy.

She is! She is also looking at life from a humorous point of view even though it is hard and trying most of the time. Go give her a look and smile at her hunting stories. Oh yeah, how come I can't find her picture? Darn it, that reminds me of another shy blogger.

The Lost World

This morning I watched the old movie "The Lost World" from 1960. As I knew all along it was originally shot on location at the famous Christmas Place.
It has all the things you want in a movie.
The story has strange prehistoric creatures.
Lots of guys running around with guns.
Hot Chicks.
A Lost Hidden Mine.
Secret Symbols and A Deadly Conspiracy.
A Buried Treasure , lots of Bad Guys, a truly diabolical and Evil Genius, and an Unlikely Hero.
A fun, great movie for everyone or you can just keep coming back to The Deer Camp Blog.
Please bookmark this site and come back soon!

Helping Bloggers Get Noticed

When I first got into blogging I decided to design and give out business cards. When I would tell people I was a blogger or ran a blog, people would look at me as if Old Scratch had said he killed a deer. (A very blank and unbelieving stare). So I had the cards printed up. At first I was shy about giving them out but soon learned that if you tell someone about your blog they might visit, but if they have your card they will almost assuredly come visit. Do Not Be Shy In Handing Your Cards Out!
Marian sent me an example of her new cards and mine is reprinted underneath.

A Handful of #2's

Piasa, MS> I, for one, am glad that turkey season is about to get here. The main reason is that I am sick and tired of these damn Thunderbirds. It seems like every time you get a deer in your sights, one of those giant birds comes swooping out of the sky, snatches it up and carrys it off.
I am going to take buck shot or #2's with me this year and if I see one of those things, I am going to blast the hell out of it.
I have no idea what the state regulations are for shooting these so called Piasa Bird varmints but I can't find any rules against shooting one.
If you come visit, bring your shotgun and make sure you have some heavy load shells and you can help me get rid of the damn things.
We will have Thanksgiving dinner for everyone that reads this blog!
Paul says they "taste like chicken"!