Monday, November 24, 2014

Thanksgiving

There are a lot of things happening in the outdoors right now!  Wisconsin's deer season, people are ice fishing across the ice belt, ducks are going down and all other kinds of things!  Don’t you just Love it!!  


Here in central MN where I live, the duck season closes on the 25th of November and I am hoping to get the kids back out before the closing bell rings!  My son Mac (12) just shot his first duck early in the week and it was a big green head with curly tails.  He was pretty pumped and so was I, we shot 5 mallards that day all on Gull Lake.  The divers are a little too quick for the little guy and sometimes for me too.  We will see if the girls can whack a few divers in the next day or two.  


I am still holding a MN and WI archery tag for whitetail and I plan on using them!  I was back down to the Buffalo/Pepin county line last week and had a great sit - but cold!  I saw about a dozen deer, including a smaller buck, pushing the does around the field.  I could have easily shot a doe with the crossbow, but elected to hold out for a buck!  We will see what happens.  


We will be trading in the bows for a CVA muzzleloader early December as we head to Bluff Bucks in search of a monster!  In the meantime, we will try some more duck hunting (hopefully), some archery deer and then down to the Ice Show in St. Paul!  Enjoy the season and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
-Dan