Fun times shooting

Had a great time at the recent Refuge Day on Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge!  We had a JAKES TAKE AIM trailer...there was also an archery range and lots of other fun stuff for the kids to do!

time sure does fly!

Just realized that I had not posted on my blog since last year!! Shame on me~! Oh well, I found this quote that I really liked and decided to put it up!

"No, I am not a good shot, but I shoot often"-Theodore Roosevelt

Guess that pretty much sums it up!

Wylde Thang!

Well a dream of over 20 years has finally came true...I got to see my absolute favorite guitarist Zakk Wylde and Black Label Society in concert for the first and probably last time...The music was great and he played it to perfection. He played the House of Blues in New Orleans October 9th...I sang every song and even my mosh pit skills were somewhat still there for a 39 year old. I was really kinda sad as it was over too soon but all good things must come to an end. Thanks Zakk for a lifetime of memories..keep on doing what you do! TBLO/ SDMF!

Wheel in the Sky

Ohh its that time of year again! Opening day of dove season was great...cool and windy and burning some powder....make that alot of powder as I took my new Versa Max to the field and killed the first dove I shot at.....quickly going down hill from there....I also had my trusty dove dog with me Kanden...thanks again buddy for three years straight....check out the lunch as we fried some of the doves up coupled with some good southern cooking...thanks Mrs. Rebecca!

In Loving Memory

As the sun sets on this day, I feel my heart grieving over the loss of a dear friend. This friend I came to know as a child. He was there for my whole life and now mine must move on without him. Nothing hurts like losing someone that you love, and I can truely say that I loved him like a member of my family. I have very good memories of working and even playing with him. He was always up for whatever fool idea I came up with. Like the time I wanted to preach and had him dig out of storage a podium and placed it in the house. I think at the time he was the only member of my congregation. Or the time that I wanted to go fishing in Morgantown and so we loaded up on my 3 wheeler and went....I am sure that we were quite the site. The list goes on and on. He watched me grow up and go through those times that everyone does. We skinned deer and turkeys. We talked about the weather and "how that rain was coming in" and how cold it was because "that wind was blowing off some ice" However, my first memory of him was getting in his car in Reform at the end of a long day....finishing work and getting ready to go home, the sun setting below the horizon. I can remember feeling safe with him...knowing that I was alright in his care.

I can sum up what Willie Gray meant to me and how much of an impact that he made on my life in a simple statement...He was always faithful!

I will never forget you. I will always love you. May you rest in peace with our Lord where the sun always shines from our beautiful Savior.....you were always faithful.

See you later Will!

man these are gonna smell great!

Leanne fried our last catch of fish from the freezer one afternoon, I had just finished cutting grass and Leanne told me to go get a shower while she finished frying the fish....I told her "Let me just smell them a bit longer..." They smelled fantastic....Young and I looked at each other and knew that it was time to catch some more!

We had both been working so hard that it looked like it was not going to happen, but we did squeeze in to very productive July weekend trips.....we brought home 105 the first weekend and 132 the next....5 bags of filets now sit in the freezer...cant wait to smell that grease in the air!!

What a whirlwind!

Turkey season was one of the best that I can remember...I harvested two birds in Mississippi both with 11 1/2" beards one had 1 1/8"spurs and the other had one 3/4" spur missed my third bird last week of the season on a chip shot....wish that I could bore you with the details but I will leave them in my mind! I was extremely lucky and won our NWTF chapter gun raffle that was a Remington Versa Max 12 gauge a $1400 gun for $20. Cheapest gun I ever bought! So that eased my missing pain a bit... Went to South Dakota late May and limited out in a day and half...total of 10 Merriam birds killed...unbelievable trip!