Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Jared draws first blood!

Well, we have our first confirmed report of blood. Here is the brief version of the story from Jared:

"I shot this deer last night (Monday) with Cooper at Nonya Creek (near Toston). The deer spooked past me, ran about 30 yards, and stopped within 5 to 8 yards of Cooper. Cooper was able to see the arrow pass through the buck when I shot. Don't worry, he was safe and out of the line of fire:)

When we got to the buck we noticed an old Zwickey broadhead with a cedar arrow that had passed through the buck's snout and stuck out the side of its face. We couldn't believe that this did not affect the deer, and he seemed to be fully functional until my arrow poked him.

It was a great experience, and having Cooper there to witness the whole thing made it even better; a hunt neither of us will ever forget."


Jared said that there appeared to be some infection inside the buck's chest cavity. He is having it looked at tomorrow to make sure it is safe to eat. Way to go Jared (and Cooper)!
Good luck to everyone else,
Ryan

Friday, October 3, 2008

Introduction

Brethren,
Welcome! My wife has introduced me to the world of blogging. I thought that this would be a great forum for us to communicate, share, and save for posterity, our hunting experiences and photos. My whole life I have found myself waiting, calling and asking for you all to let me know how the hunt went that day. I guess I have never grown out of my childhood obsession. We can now do this via the internet and that way we don't actually have to talk to each other (ha ha).

Anyway, let the blogging begin!!

Well, so far this year I have bagged one new son and some permission to hunt in a couple weeks on about 6000 acres next to the Dearborn Ranch. That is all I have so far. Feel free to post pics and tell stories from years past.
Enjoy,
Ryan the BlogMaster
P.S. Here are a few of the pictures from last year's exploits. Russ, sorry I don't have any photos of your doe from last year. That was one of my favorite stories.