Still adding length to points...

They all look good when they grow up....

Looking Good

Pictured are some of the 2012 bucks.  I see that I need to set the current date on some of my cameras.  I haven't been running them for a few months.

What does a dog do?

On a hot day after a good run through the pasture, Ella jumps in a water trough for a cooling soak.

Proud Property Owner

Sandra stands at the entry gate to her "SL" Ranch.  Nice colors on the gate too, think?  WhoooooHooo!

Co-Pilot

My companion, Ella.  I told Sandra that one of the things I like about her is she has brown eyes.  I started to name her "Chula".  We call her our "wild child".

Ella my "deer" dog

Here is Ella my daily companion.  I'm talking to her while taking this picture and she cocks her head like she is trying to understand what I'm saying.  She is a Blackmouth Curr and shows all of the characteristics of her breed.  I think she will make a good one.

Springtime in the "Brush" country.

One of nature's beauties.

Bucks look funny after they shed their antlers

It was a good Spring for Turkeys

"Shiner"

 Pictured is Shiner before the rut.  Then................. after the rut.

Game Camera Pics.

Some Poth family history

 My Poth ancestors came to Texas and the United States by ship and landed at Indianola, Texas.  There they traveled by foot to the Guadalupe Valley near Yoakum, Texas, and settled on fertile land that became known as the Hochheim Prairie.

The picture above shows St. Ann's Catholic Church which was built on land that was donated by my Great Grandfather and his wife, Jacob and Anna Poth.

This stone is erected in the center of a burial plot where some of my family are buried.

This stone marks the grave of Jacob Poth who served in the Confederate Army.  As a kid, I remember traveling to reunions held near the above church and meeting cousins, both close and distant. Some even had the last name of "Leissner", my Grandmother's maiden name.  She had a brother named Ferdinand Leissner for whom my Father, Leissner Ferdinand Poth, is named.  Now Levi is the fourth in the line. And I'm betting that the four of us, Dad, Me, Lex, and Levi are the only four who have been on this earth.

Now, like Paul Harvey used to say, you know the rest of the story.

Sprinkle out some corn and wait for the bucks to show

Even though he looks like he is artificial, the buck facing left IS alive...he is focused on something interesting in the brush to the left.  The other buck is not concerned about what his compadre sees.

Levi is 1 Month Old!!

Check out how Levi is growing!  You can tell he is a contented and happy baby boy!  He weighed 8 pounds and 7 ounces at birth and now, at one month, is 10 pounds and 13 ounces; also, he has stretched out from 21 inches at birth to 23 inches already!  He is doing so well!

Scouting for a hunt

Poth Family in South Carolina

We just returned from visiting Kristi, Lex, Katelyn, and Levi for Thanksgiving.  We already miss them "Mucho".  Levi is such a calm content little boy.  I thought I could notice him growing each day.  Miss Katelyn is such a good "big sister".  She goes non-stop playing each waking hour.  I barely arrived when she had me sit and play school with her.  During one of the sessions she surprised us all by learning to spell her name... K A T E L Y N.  Then soon after.... P O T H.  Not bad for two years, three and a half months.  She was always coming up with some huge word and using it correctly.  Kristi and Lex will have a full time job keeping new stuff in front of her.  Thanks Lex and Kristi for the fun time.

Poths are celebrating this morning! Leissner Ferdinand Poth, IV, "Levi"

Mighty good looking boy.  In time he will understand how lucky he is to have Kristi and Lex for parents.

 Everyone is smiling and happy in South Carolina.

Katelyn is happy too!  All of Levi's family and extended family are celebrating.  I went in to my daily "El Castillo" for breakfast this morning celebrating and giving all a big South Texas "Grito" and announcing " Tenemos Nieto", we have a grandson after a loud Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!