Happy "Heavenly" Birthday, Herschel Howell

I met Herschel through my hunting friend, Rex Howell, on May 5, 2007, at the famous Christmas Place Plantation and Hunting Club near Eden, MS. They are both hunting in heaven now and celebrating his birthday.  

Deer Comes to Me Now!

Since this past July, when I first saw a pregnant doe, I was curious if she had been coming all along to eat the leftover corn for the birds, squirrels, etc. So, I put up a security camera, and lo and behold, she comes every night to eat. As a deer hunter, it's great to have deer come to me where I live and enjoy their lives.

 

It's safe to say I can shoot her with my camera and not my rifle.

Happy Birthday Will and Noah!

Wishing both great-grandsons, William David "Will" and Noah, a very Happy Birthday. Yesterday was Noah's 8th Birthday, and today is Will's 9th. Looking forward to the family get-together to celebrate soon. They celebrated their Mom's (Lucy's) 29th Birthday last weekend on a beach in FL. She will be giving me my first great-granddaughter in Feb. 2027. Love y'all so much! Great Gran Gran

The Birthday Boys!

Happy 54th Birthday, Suzi

I'm wishing my youngest daughter, Marian Suzanne "Suzi," a very Happy 54th Birthday today. I took this picture of her, which is my favorite, outside Cracker Barrel while visiting family here in MS and LA about 13 years ago. Suzi was pregnant with her second daughter then. She is a stay-at-home mom in Fredericksburg, VA, to her two daughters, Emma and Kate, and her hubby, Dennis. I love you so much and enjoy the birthday outing you have planned with family.

Happy 54th Birthday, Suzi!

Kareen's Hog Kill in Alpine, TX

My Facebook friend, Kareen, is a hog-killing machine.  This is what she killed Monday in the great outdoors of Texas!!

So this is what has been happening with the hogs. Two nights in a row before last night, I went out after dark, and both times they were already there and ran off. I decided I would go out earlier and was there by 7:38 pm. Sure enough, some deer came in, ate, and left, and at 8:15, a sounder of youngsters came in. I waited as I wanted to see that big hog. As the moon grew brighter and brighter, I could see very well. When these hogs came in, I could see a boar outside the pen who would not come in but kept letting out a long grunt. When he did that, a few of the young hogs would run off a few feet, then go back to eating. I don't know if he was warning them or what. A little later, I saw the big boar coming up from the creek, but apparently he knew something was up or caught my scent because he turned and went back down into the creek, and I knew he wouldn't be coming back. I finally told myself to just shoot a hog. Really doesn't matter if it's a big one or not, and there were about 8 to choose from. I took my shot, and down he went, and he didn't even do a death dance. That makes only 3 for the year, but makes my grand total 215. I've got to go drag him off in a little bit. Oh, and I shot him at 8:38 pm.

My congratulations to Kareen!  Way to go, girlfriend!

Awesome Buck Photo by Mike Persichini

I couldn't have asked for a better morning, per my Facebook friend Mike Persichini from Michigan.

Rozzy's Large Trophy

Pretty confident Rozzy needs a larger trophy room!!! She is pregnant and still stacking the big bucks.  Congratulations Roz!  It looks like this is number 18 or 20, and it's over 18 inches wide!!!

My congratulations!

Great Grandson, Noah Going to Bass Pro

Kids can say the darenest things - My daughter, Debi, took my great-grandson, Noah, to the Bass Pro this morning, and on the way, all of a sudden he hollered out, "Oh my G-d, look at all the hair on my legs!! Yeah! I'm a man now! 

When they were riding the elevator upstairs at Bass Pro, he said, "Umm, is this elevator professionally made?" The guy in the elevator said, "I sure hope so." 

 My grandson will be celebrating his birthday with his brother, Will, in the next couple of weeks, since they were born a day and a year apart. He's a man-soon-to-be 8-year-old, sitting on a 4-wheeler at Bass Pro. Love him so much; he always gives the peace sign in his photos.

We Remember

 

Good Morning, Bloggers

 

Dove Hunting in Kansas

The Dove Hunting Gang!

 

Charlie (Dad) and John Kirk (my Godchild).

The Rings and a hunting friend.

  A great picture of John Kirk (Godchild), Charlie Sr., Michael, and Charlie Jr. (sharing the same birthday, 27 January).

So glad the Ring Family had a good time dove hunting with hunting friends in Kansas during the Labor Day holiday.  Their mother, Jeanette, is my bestest friend in the whole wide world.  So proud that Charlie and his sons enjoyed the great outdoors in Kansas.  Congratulations!

Buck Photo Bomb

This is my Facebook friend, Mike Persichini, taking pictures of deer and saying it was a great morning to be in the woods!

 

Not sure if this is his daughter or his wife.

He has been doing this for years, and the deer are not afraid of him.  He also feeds them in Michigan's great outdoors.