More Bucks

Results of buck wars

I wonder what kind of force it took to break this buck's main beam close to the base?

Here is one missing his right brow tine.

This young buck has his main beam busted off too.

Bucks

Some of the big boys like this food plot and corn feeder.

Katelyn puts her jeans on and goes ranching...

Wet Ranch party moved to Syring's hunting lodge

Our Ranch sausage party almost got rained out. Sam and Dianne Syring were gracious to let us move it to their hunting lodge across the road. It was a fun time for all. One of the highlights was watching Sam feed his "pasture deer". Thanks again Sam and Dianne.

Enjoying Emmy's Christmas Rat Toy

Katelyn has officially named her Grammy to be 'EMMY' instead. This is Katelyn playing with Emmy's Christmas dancing musical rat toy!

Katelyn

Ready for a bowhunt?

I just put up this popup blind the other day for bowhunting. I threw some corn out this afternoon and then crawled up in another box blind hoping to get a picture like this. It's nice when a plan comes together.

More hunting with my camera... "Ace"

I was about to crawl out of my deer blind when "Ace" showed up. The quality of these pictures is not much because there was not much light.

Two year old ten point buck

Diez

Here is a five year old I named Diez. I took pictures of him today. He was at about seventy yards when I snapped this one.

Macho

This is an nice four year old deer. Eleven points, if he makes it to next year it will be fun to see what he looks like then.

Ace

Ace walked by my blind at ten steps two days ago and there I sat with no camera.

Hunting with my camera...

This is the deer I call "Bruto". He came by the blind I was in this evening, checked his scrapes, and went about the business of locating a doe that was ready to breed.

Javelina video

Javelinas

This group of javelinas hit a corn trail I'd put out on this sendero and made quick work of eating every grain.

Big Tom Bobcat

This big Tom Bobcat bit the dust this evening while I was out scouting my deer herd.

"Bruto" doesn't miss many meals.

Bruto looks like a contest winner in the weight class to me.

Thanksgiving 2010--What a Difference One Year Makes!

Thanksgiving 2010 was very different from last year in 2009 when our little Katelyn was only a few months old. Lindsay and Greg came to South Carolina to be sponsors for Katelyn's baptism and we sure missed them this year. Look at the gorgeous flower arrangement Lindsay sent for the holiday---the lilies smelled so good as they opened! We were very happy to visit with Kristi's parents, Mary (Mimi) and Raymond (Pops) Kilgore along with Kristi's sister Cindy and her darling little baby boy, Drew. Lots of family was so much fun!

Katelyn is getting to be a 'big girl' now...look at her and Lex having the cutest 'Daddy-Daughter' conversation at the little playground in their subdivision. She is really growing up fast!

Grammy holding Katelyn in the back yard on Thanksgiving day!

Caught Pappy and Katelyn in the backyard too on Thanksgiving Day!

Grammy and Pappy are holding Katelyn while she is 'styling' her cute Thanksgiving bib.

Lex and Katelyn took Pappy and Grammy on a wonderful trip to the Greenville Children's Museum where Katelyn just loved the little area with a house and garden. She loved the sink in the kitchen. Lex said that she has already gotten a lot more 'into' the museum since the last time they went a short time ago.

She was also very 'into' cooking with the child-sized utensils...she will be a big help for her Mommy and Daddy in the years to come.

Katelyn is Daddy's helper too...so sweet!

Kristi had thyroid surgery on Tuesday and Katelyn was lovin' up on her Mommy the next day when Kristi got home. She was happy to have all the family (her Mimi and Pops Kilgore and Aunt Cindy and cousin Drew Fleharty) along with Grammy and Pappy, but there is nothing like her Mommy!

Thanks for the wonderful Thanksgiving holiday visit in South Carolina, Poth's! Can't wait to see you all in Texas in a few weeks for Christmas! Love you all!