An All Hunt Adventure

In the latter part of January via email, I was contacted by Brian, CEO and Founder, of Allhunt.com (a blog network of hunting and guns) to come on board.  I was very humbled and accepted this new adventure.

The site is off to a great start with professionals and even 'celebrities' on board such as Michael Lee (www.huntlikemike.com) and Vincent Buckles from the hit TV show, Sons of Guns (www.vicentbuckles.com).  My blogging friend, Phillip Loughlin, from The Hog Blog, (http://hog-blog.com) is also featured and the list is still growing (http://allhunt.com/bloggers/).

The ultimate goal is to increase awareness in our great industries while increasing everyone's traffic via reaching a broader audience that you may not have reached previously!  It is a win win situation and offers some good perks to go along with it.  So head on over to AllHunt.com and also check them out on Facebook!  It may be what you're interested in and I look forward to working with Brian and his staff and watching the new network grow.

Vicksburg Youth On The Hunt

Sara Grace Daniels killed this 8-point deer while hunting with her grandfather in northern Warren County on January 29.  She is the daughter of Mark and Shannon Daniels.  

Kade Lott shot this 300-pound hog while hunting with his father, Brian Lott, at Kerr Farms near Valley Park.  Kade made the 200-yard shot with a 7mm-08.  Phillip over at The Hog Blog would get a kick out of this!  I think this is the first time that I have seen a youngster harvesting a wild hog and being published in The Vicksburg Post!

My congrats to both Sara Grace and Kade for their successful hunts in our great wild outdoors!

Tennessee Turkey & Deer

I have a dear friend, Sharon, who loves to turkey hunt and lives in Tennessee.  When her husband was transferred to Vicksburg for a year, we got together and went to my hunting camp, Jasper Bottom, in Claiborne County and hunted for a whole week and had a blast. Since she and her husband have gone back to Tennessee, they put up this cam to see what's walking by on their land.  I love this picture of the turkey...looks like he's posing for the picture!  She has invited me up this Spring for a turkey hunt and I hope I can make the trip. 

Deer caught on cam.  Very nice!  

The Woodland Ninja

I came across this blog the other day called, Babe In The Woods. The blog is owned by Kim who lives in Louisiana and is a nurse by profession.  She considers herself a novice hunter and loving the path she is on.  She has had three hunting seasons under her belt and loves hunting and the camaraderie it brings.  Meeting new people and making new friends is what hunting provides her. She thought that hunting was a solitary endeavor but while you are in the stand it is nothing but solitary.  After the hunt her family and friends are eager to find out about her hunt.  Even friends on Facebook and the sporting goods store asked her about how her season went.  Technology also has provided her the means to stay in touch with her friends while hunting.  Text messages fly through the air on each hunt she goes.  She loves going on women hunts and enjoys sitting by the camp fire telling tales and congratulating each other on their successes...and sympathize and encourage the ones in their failures.  Go over and say hello to Kim and read about her accomplishments in our great wild outdoors.

For A Good Laugh

They don't make them like they used to!!!  

I like the last one the best!

These three clips have to be some of the funniest ever seen.  

This kind of talent may not be seen again.  

Watch all three of the them and enjoy.

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In Full Bloom

As I look around town I see a lot of flowers in full bloom now.  Above is a picture of our Japanese Magnolia tree and it's flower in bloom.  By Sunday the temps will be dipping again below freezing. I don't know if it will have any affect on the blooms or not.  This has been the strangest weather yet for winter here in Vicksburg that I can recall.  It has also been unseasonably warmer in most parts of the United States as well.  We just got to take it all in stride and enjoy each day as it comes and be thankful for all that we have.

Bear vs Bison

8 pt. Buck Found Near Stand

Early yesterday morning my husband, Bob and step-son, Greg, took off for Brown's Point on Kings Point Island before the storm hit.  Greg was going to get his chairs from the deer stands and Bob was going along for the ride.  When they got to the stand Bob looked over and saw a deer carcass lying on the ground.  It was a very nice 8 pt. buck.  Greg took a picture of it on his phone and later reported it to the camp.  They surmised that it may have come over from another camp and died there.  They had recently hunted the area a couple of weeks ago.  Above is a picture that I took of the buck on our front walkway.  Greg took it home to do an European Mount on the deer. If you are interested on the "how to" on a European Mount, watch the video below.  

Vicksburg Youth On The Hunt

Colton Brewer, 10, shot his first deer while hunting in Warren County on January 15.  He took down the 8-point, 175-pounder with a .243 from 350 yards away.  Colton is the son of Tony and Noelle brewer.

John Ryan Hall, 5, harvested his first buck on January 15 while hunting with his father in Warren County.  He shot the 6-pointer with a .243 rifle from 40 yards away.  John Ryan is the son of Joel and Amanda Hall.

My congrats to both of our young hunters taking their first deer in our great wild outdoors!  Way to go guys!

72 Years Ago Today

In 1940, seventy-two years ago today, my parents (Mr. and Mrs. Marion Edward Love, Sr.), got married here in Vicksburg.  Dad was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and came to Vicksburg at the age of nine years old when his Father (James E. Love) was transferred to Vicksburg with the Illinois Central Railroad as a telegraph operator.  My mother, Evelyn, was born near Fort Smith, Arkansas and not sure when she came to Vicksburg.  I was the first born, my sister, Laura and then my brother, Marion, Jr., now deceased.  I love very old photographs and of course this one is very special to me and in memory of their wedding anniversary today!