2017 Random

Shane Boy

Discovered some drawing ability.

Deer Processing 2017

2 Deer
All sausage mixed with 30% pork

25 lbs Italian sausage
12.5 breakfast sausage links
12.5 breakfast sausage patties
12.5 sticks
12.5 straight ground for burger

Used pre mixed sausage cures from ???
Used casing from S&S which were the best casings we've ever used finsausage and sticks. 

Got alot if roasts as well as steaks.

Deer hunting '17

Jadon and Rick no deer opening morning, they watched a couple does.  Opening afternoon I was only one to hunt, sitting in West stand on oak hill.  Deer moved in between two stands.  Had Jadon been sitting it would have been an easy shot for him. Deer moved through heavy cover 150 yds away.  30-06 impressed with a shot to the heart.  Deer ran 85 yds with and exploded heart.  Blood trail was crazy.  Turned out to be a small 8, very similar to the 7 and 8 we shot last year. 

First Sunday morning Rick gets a lifetime deer.  Approached West stand and offered up a decent shot.  Hit it in the lungs.  Congrats Rick on a very nice 10 pt buck.

Late morning offered a doe for Grandma Lin 100 yds from West stand. 

Sunday afternoon Jadon sitting in West stand for 30 mins and has a nice doe come in and Jadon makes easy shot.  Watching Jadon gut his first deer was fun. 

Three hunts, four deer.  One amazing buck and one respectable buck.  Feeling blessed with a good hunt and venison in the freezer.