Cheers to Snow

Cheers to the first sign of snow! We only got a dusting but I just could not contain myself. 

Jeff's Mule Deer Hunt

Todd and Jeff have been putting in, to hunt in Unit 2 since Todd graduated high school (14 years). This has been a dream of theirs for a long time and Jeff drew his tag this year. Todd and Jeff spent time scouting the area and looking for big muley bucks.  They hunted hard for 8 days seeing nothing but smaller bucks, big elk, wild horses and tons of coyotes.On day 8 of 9 Jeff got it done at  4pm.  

Jeff checking out a water hole 

3 X 4,  30 inch Mule Deer

At the taxidermy 

Not only was I happy to have Todd home but these little guys were pretty excited too!

Great Job Jeff, we are so proud of all your hard work!

Harvest 2014

We started the harvest year with the purchase of a dump trailer. This little trailer made our lives so much easier getting crops out of the field. Below are some pictures of our harvest.

Jeff and Todd checking out the new dump trailer

Todd combining a corn trial

Beth "The pilot car"

Lots of corn

Todd dumping his corn

I came to pick up Todd from cleaning the combine. He had a lot of help from our pack mule friends.

Carving Pumpkins

We had a great time carving pumpkins with our nephews and Tara this year. This was Levi 's first year to carve a pumpkin. He was not impressed at first, but later dug into the fun. We collected all the seeds and roasted them. They were delicious!

Teaching Levi to dig out his pumpkin

Levi digging into his pumpkin

The boys and their pumpkins, the little one in the middle is for their new baby coming at the end of spring.

Todd and Beth's pumpkins. I used a drill to design my pumpkin and Todd carved the Browning logo into his. 

Todd's design at night

        Our pumpkins only lasted 4 days in the hot sun, so these happy campers enjoyed them!

Otis and Doc

The boys enjoying our pumpkins

Last week in Elk Camp

Todd and I had an amazing last week in elk camp. I almost had a shot opportunity at a cow elk and later that day a nice 6 point bull elk. It was nerve racking but I learned a lot and made memories that will last a life time. We had great weather the whole time except the last day it rained the whole day packing camp out. 

The view on our way up the mountain

The hunters

All our clothes were drying from the afternoon rain

                                                       Beth's new fashion statement!!                                              

It rained and hailed all the way out of camp. It was a wet three hour mule ride, but a first for me. The best part was my mule could care less that is was hailing and raining, but Todd's mule (who was leading the pack) was not happy about the hail pounding her ears. Lets just say we got home a little quicker.

The aftermath of camp brought home

The drying out of everything

The Boys Elk Trip

Adam, Pete and Todd had a great nine days hunting elk. When they got home the stories went on for days. Adam shot a beautiful 6 X 6 bull elk from 50 yards with his muzzleloader. 

Here are some pictures of their trip

Packing out the meat

Adam and  Todd 

Pete preparing for a delicious lunch

Moose in camp

My 2nd Weekend Elk Hunting

My gear

River crossing are always a little tricky for me

Miss September is Amazing!! Todd and I had an unforgettable stock on a bull elk. Todd held Miss September up as we both snuck behind her. The bull elk was so confused! 

Another great weekend in elk