Work Day Notice and Logos

OH, I almost forgot. All members should receive their rules by no later than tomorrow. I brought them to the post office on Friday and a lot of folks told me they had them by Saturday.

NOTICE: FIRST SCHEDULED WORK DAY IS THIS SATURDAY! FEBRUARY 21ST!!!!! It is nice to knock out one of the mandatory days while the weather is still cool!!!!! And it is easier to cut back brush now rather than in August!!!! See you there.

I also created a couple of logos the black and white one which you saw on the rules. I made this color one as well if you like it I thought I would share it with everyone, but for letter heads and all the color was to much so I stuck with the black and white.

Black and White Logo 2009


Color Logo 2009

Other Deer Pics I missed during the Season

OK, I finally got out the rules to everyone and I received a few good pictures from folks at the end of the season I said I would post (Sorry for the delay)

First off was the Preacher Buck! This 8 point was a beauty! I didn't get to put my hands on him but I saw some other pictures and MAN WHAT A DEER! I believe it weighed 165 pounds and was taken on 96 (the same stand as the Jimmie Sr. buck) about a week and a half before the season ended (Jan 19th I think). Awesome Awesome buck, really heavy main beams all the way to the end and a MASSIVE neck on this bad boy. The Preacher (Jonathan Lambert) got in the club this year and took his first rack ever on this same stand earlier in the season a nice 6 point. He had one hell of a year and is probably spoiled for the rest of his life now!



Next up HUNTER'S 6 POINT!
This buck was also a dandy and weighed in at 170 pounds (five pounds short of our heaviest taken this year). He took this dude on 105 behind the club house smack in the middle of the day in the last week of the season. Look at the way the main beams come all the way around and almost touch! Unreal! Great Job, Hunter! (Sorry for the delay in posting).



Hunter also sent me this picture of my Dad's buck because it captured all the junk and kickers I explained in the posting but didn't have a great picture of. Thanks again. So this is another shot of the Jimmie Sr. 10 point.


OK, I think that does it. All season long I believe there were less than 3 or 4 bucks I did not get posted on the site or email out before I created the site. (I think!) Hope ya'll enjoyed it!

Fur and Feather LSU Supporters at the CACO!

All those raised in New Orleans, Louisiana like myself, understand that we are all called by a higher power to a mission that brings meaning to all of our lives. It is part of our calling to spread the word and find confused and lost individuals and let them all know that they will be saved as they proclaim their faith and loyalty to Louisiana State University. LSU is the one and only true college that deserves their eternal love and respect and in turn will help them find their way.

As LSU missionairies we have spread the word and miraculously had a great turn out and converted more fans at the 2009 CACO than ever before. In only three short seasons, we have brought the overwhelming majority of Fur & Feather including 4 of the 5 board members into the Purple and Gold Light! Can I hear a GEAUX TIGERS! Amen to that brother! Here is evidence of these Born Again LSU Fans:

THE 3RD ANNUAL CACO (COON ASS COOK OUT)

Well, we had another great year and on the last day (after beating each other up at the club meeting) we like to remember why we are all here and remind ourselves how much we love this land we hunt and the folks we hunt with with a celebration. We successfully had our 3rd Annual CACO (Coon Ass Cook Out) and enjoyed over 60 pounds of crawfish with vegetables, sausage, and other good stuff along with 3 dozen crabs, 20 pounds of jumbo shrimp, and 100 oysters. It was delicious!!!! Myself and Jason (Our head coon ass chef) have enjoyed the hell out of putting this on the past few years and it just seems to be getting better each year. THANKFULLY, this year was fairly calm, no craziness, and was just an enjoyable evening with our club friends and a lot of good food!

There were a lot of kids there this year, and I love that! My boy had the Evans clan to run around with and enjoy and we had three beautiful youngins (Lil-Weigel, Lil-Gill, and Lil-Lemley who will all be up and terrorizing the place by next year) walk around catching everyone's eyes! Good family crowd and we loved it up! So here is to one more good year at Fur and Feather. Enjoy the slideshow:

THE FNF MEETING 2009

Well we got through our annual meeting with no Fur & Feather Deaths! There was some heated discussion, but it all comes from good places and our passion for keeping the club the club we all love.

And the nicest rack of the year award goes to... MY DAD?????

Well, my pops (Jimmie Sr.) took an unbelievable 10 point on the second to last day of the season. I was in a doctor's appointment when they brought it in and my phone blew up. The doctor just about kicked me out! No one understands our obesessions!



So here is the story. He was sitting in 96, gas line stand, one of our best stands that took more deer than any other this year. The number 1 draw every morning goes here every time, and he was lucky enough to draw number 1 this time. WAIT, let me back up, for the record, my Dad hunts about no more than 5 or 6 mornings a year, so miracle number one, HE WOKE UP! Miracle number 2, he drew number one! Miracle number 3, HE ACTUALLY WENT HUNTING instead of doing one of his I'll go out about 8:30 ventures! My Dad has become very allergic to temperatures under 40 degrees in the past 10 years, and it was 25 degrees on the morning of 1/30/2009.

So, it was a morning of miracles before he even got to the stand! But he bundled up, and went out. Well about 7AM he realized that he was so bundled up he didn't know if he could shoot if one came across our big gas line. So he started to adjust his jacket. As he was fighting this jacket, the he heard a stick break off to his right between the stand and the green field. He wasn't too worried until he did a second look to see nothing but these horns tearing out of the woods and burning fast across the gas line. He barely had time to get his rifle up and fire right as the buck made it to the other side of the gas line.

He was certain he had missed. And strangely enough, as he told me this story, he said after getting upset about his miss, he began to think of me!!!!! THANKS DAD, just cause I can't hit the broad side of a barn, huh? So he couldn't take it, he got the shakes really bad, the not knowing and the questions of "what just happened?", "what did I do?", "did I get him or did I miss?" and he just couldn't take it, he got out and went to go look for blood. He found nothing! This gas line is extremely hard to find the actual spot you shot on because there is nothing but grass and no trees or bushes to landmark from the stand. He knew a road came down the wood line and he might be able to spot blood on that road a little easier so he worked around to the road.

Back and forth up and down the road he looked and looked finding no blood. Now when I saw wood line I should say thicket because you might be able to see 10 to 15 feet MAX into this thick stuff, I should know, he was only 25 yards from one of my stands on the thicket edge overlooking the creek with HUGE rubs I found in the early season and told him about. As he was looking for blood he kept hearing some leaves ruffle around every once in a while and he was certain it was nothing but birds in the leaves. But right about the time he was ready to give up and go to plan B (GO GET HELP JUST IN CASE, WE DON'T QUIT) he heard the noise again and spotted a horn move through the brush. UH OH!

He went in after the buck and ended the hunt as quickly as possible. The buck's final resting place was 6 feet from my stand (the one my future brother in law helped me hang earlier in the year).

My Dad has been hunting for basically his entire adult life. He began driving to Alabama and bringing a pain in the butt little 6 year old son 24 years ago. No matter how much the kid moved and wiggled around and they didn't see deer, he kept bringing that boy and built a never ending bond that for sure still exists today. About 15 years ago that passion for the Alabama Outdoors brought my Dad and his wife to the Birmingham area. Almost 6 years ago, the same Alabama Outdoor passion he passed to that pain in the butt son of his picked up his life and moved to Alabama as well. This move is the reason his son met his wonderful wife and also the reason they now have their son, or his grandson, who bears the proud name Jimmie Wayne Loats III.

In his lifetime, he has only killed one true wall hanger before this buck who is still his biggest buck ever. But this beauty has more character than the one he has on the wall now and will make an excellent addition as his second biggest, but nicest character buck. Out of the three kickers on the base, we only believe one will actually score, most would call this a 12 point, but we believe it will only score as a 10 point (it is going to be very close). Nevertheless, and unbelievable creature, and just a great end to our 2008-2009 Fur & Feather Hunting Season!

GREAT JOB DAD! I'm so very proud and happy for you and your AWESOME accomplishment!
YOU DID IT, POPS!

Thanks for introducing me to the beautiful woods of Alabama, thanks for bringing me even when I now know it was hard, and thanks for all of the great times we've shared together in the woods and at hunting camp!

Love, Your Son, Jimmie Wayne Loats Jr.