Sinkin' The Gator

We have had a lot of rain around here, and every bottom turned into a swamp.
We had a couple dogs doing circles in the deep part of the swamp, which meant some of the boys had to hike in and a couple rode in on 4 wheelers to get the dogs, and drag a few deer out.
One of the boys went over to the barn and got the John Deere Gator and was doing pretty good through the thick stuff, but then he found spring.

Before any of the wheelers got back, they decided to use a come-a-long a winch him out

Did not do much good, wound up having to use the winch on my Kawasaki Bear Tracker, and the snatch strap on a Honda Foreman.

We got him out.

After that, and all the deer were skinned, we all went down to the Turkey Shoot at Potomac Hunt Club

My son Bobby won a meat round

My brother Karl won a couple meat rounds and some money rounds.

Just so you know, you get some people shooting at a target with equal guns, and equal loads, at the same distance, and the one with the pellet closest to the mark, or the most pellets to the mark wins the round.

The money goes for a good cause, and it's a chance to get together with some good guys and just have some fun

We use an old Belgium made Browning 12 Ga, and have a Remington 870 to shoot with.

I did see a few Thompson's, Ithaca's, and even a Mossberg that gave a few good shots

The Last Of Them For This Season

My Colt in the snow, We did get day with some snow

My Bobby with a spike

My brother Allen. His first year down in a long time, but he is hooked now

Nick and his mouse award winning doe. He finally got one with a slug

Our hunt club. It was a post office about a hundred years ago, but a landmark for us now

More Deer Season Pics

Here is a couple of the beagles after a drive. Only 2 here because the dogs got split on 2 different deer, and these 2 and another were on the first one shot. The third beagle heard the other dogs and went to them so we could not catch him

From left clockwise, my son Jesse, My son Colt, Jason, Big Paul, Ryan, Eric, and my oldest son Bobby gutting a doe

My uncle Jr. and his best friend Babygirl. He has been a member of the hunt club for over 50 years

From left clockwise my son Bobby, Nick, and Ryan. The doe in the middle was shot by Nick with a slug. I do not know how the eye fell out, Maybe he is a good shot

The guys down in the powerline road gutting out another one. I have a few more, so for those of you looking for your pic's, check back in a couple days.