OK, I HAVE to do a posting about the BEST HUNT OF MY LIFE SO FAR!
On December, 27 2008, my wife (Melissa), my son (Jimmie III/LJ), and myself (Jimmie Jr.) went on the first Loats Family Hunt EVER!!!! My son is only 2.5 years old and the hunt lasted all of about 30 minutes, but it was a great one.
We went to 98 (about 75 yards behind my camper) and ran off a couple of turkeys, Mommy and I saw 1, but LJ was too busy looking at all the wonderful things in the woods to mess with to be bothered with looking for wildlife. Man I love this kid, he really reminded me of all the great things in the woods that we step over to go look for deer every time we go into the woods. I guess it is safe to say he even taught/reminded me of a few things!
The hunt didn't last long, once Jimmie got in the house, looked through the "noculars" as he calls them, he was ready to go back to camp and play with Jim Evans' grandkids! He tried to pick up every stick and point out every leaf and tree to me on the way. We went down to the field and looked at some turkey tracks but didn't get to see any deer tracks due to all the rain, I GUESS THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR NEXT TIME!
So it is official, my son can now say for the rest of his life that his first hunting trip was when he was 2 years old in 2008 and it happened at Fur & Feather Hunting Club. And it may not mean much to him for the next 15 years, but it sure meant the world to me. Having my wife there with me only made the entire experience better (Her first time as well). Thank You to both of you for sharing this WONDERFUL experience with an old fart like me!
Monday, December 29, 2008
The FIRST Loats FAMILY HUNT!!!!!!
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12/27/2008 4 Wheelin Fur & Feather Kids
Man, I know I'm getting old when this is the highlight of my day at hunting camp! Santa Clause brought my boy a 4 wheeler that looks a lot like mine believe it or not. Well he tore up the hunting club in it two days later.
And Jim Evans had his three beautiful grandkids there as well (Kayla, Caitlyn, and Christopher) and they played with my boy Jimmie III all over the club! Great times, Great Day, and I look forward to many more just like them.
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12/27/2008 Chillin at Camp
Well it was a Hot weekend after Christmas, but we were there at camp Chillin' as usual. The lie telling is never ending, no one EVER sees anything other than does and yearlings!!!
Good Times as Usual!
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Piebald Deer near Birmingham, AL
This wasn't taken at Fur & Feather, but I work with a guy named Dan at UAB and he knows how I like to hunt. On Christmas morning, his grandkids looked out the back window and said look at that dalmation and after looking, they saw this extremely rare piebald deer in their back yard. They live in a residential area that has been extremely developed over the past 20 years and right on the other side of this ridge is a Lowes on HWY 280.
I just thought this was way to cool not to share on the blog.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
2008 Season Re-Cap SO FAR!
This little slideshow is just a re-cap of mostly what I have pictures of this year at Fur & Feather. (Yes, Britt, I put the picture of you and the doe from your horrible phone camera!)
There have been quite a few more deer taken, but I just decided a couple of weeks ago to start this blog so I don't have pictures of it all. But I'm trying to get some help from others from this point forward so we can document this a little better.
Doe season is now over at our club, so any other pictures will be of Bucks so hopefully we can take some nice ones before the end of January when we have to all start waiting on next year!
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2008 Jason and Christian 6 Point Slideshow
OK, a couple of weeks ago, my podna Jason took his first legal deer, and to make it better he did it with his boy with him! I already posted some pics and info earlier, but I wanted to create this slideshow that shows what happened roughly in order!
Anyway, we all know Jason and really dark don't go together. Well after he shot his 6 point he went to get his bike and it didn't start! So he proceeded to wig (we know this because his son testified!) So I got a message, "Jimmie, I think I just shot a little 6 point, now what the hell do I do?" and then another message, "Jimmie, man I shot a deer and my bike won't start we are walking back now!!!!!!!!" LOL, anyway, Chuck and Bit found him on the road with his boy walking back to the club!!!! We found his buck and Jason was a champ!
Fur & Feather tradition is first deer ever AND OR first Fur & Feather Buck, you get bloody! And first buck, well, I made him a nice little necklace for him to remember the experience by. Jason took it like a champ (which he is good at) and even gutted the deer with some instruction from Brad Savage!
GREAT DAY, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED OUT AND THAT WAS A PART OF IT!
Oh, one more note, to be fair to my wife, Jason was one of only a few who went hunting in the rain that evening and everyone else stayed back and watched Alabama SMOKE THE HELL OUT OF AUBURN!!!!!!!!
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Fullfilling my Promise! Chip and Jimmie Buck Rack Mount!
OK, well I haven't found my wood burner to etch in "The Chip and Jimmie Buck 2008" yet, but I did make the mount for my son. He thought it was REALLY COOL!
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Monday, December 8, 2008
THE CHIP AND JIMMIE BUCK! 12.06.08
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Fur And Feather 07-08 Deer Pics
Above are some pics I had from the 07-8 Season, Great Season for a lot of folks, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR BRAD SAVAGE. He took 2 REALLY nice 8 points on openning day and the last Saturday of Rifle Season.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
FIRST POST FOR FUR & FEATHER SITE!
This is my podna Jason's FIRST BUCK EVER from this weekend! First pick on the blog. This is also his boy, Christian, a future Fur & Feather Whitetail Slayer! We'll be working on his first deer this weekend.
(I'm the ugly guy with the "sort of" beard!)
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