My brother and I put up a tree stand last night, and I mean last night. We had a gathering at my uncle's Sunday, and afterwards he came by my house at around 8:00 and we marched through the woods with my 2 young sons in tow and assembled and attached his tree stand for next Saturday's bow hunt. I wanted to go out there today and get some pic's of the spot he picked out, but when my boy's and me got close to the stand, a snake dropped off the ladder. I HATE SNAKES ! so armed with only my camera, I decided to go back to the house and grab a shovel.
Off again, back to the stand, and before we could get into the trail, here comes the snake. I thought it would be a good idea if I got the boys back into the house and handle the situation. I got them to the front door and heard my wife scream because he had followed me to the door. That was all I needed, it was on now
I got him to the edge of the grass put him out of my misery
After I got a good look at it, I found it was some kind of pine snake or something, supposedly harmless, but how harmless can it be if it could cause me to break my leg running from it, or staring my brother in the face when he climbed up into his stand with his flashlight in his mouth and they met eye to eye ?
I will try to get some pics on Tuesday
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.
We hunt with beagles. Here is a pic of the boy's walking the dogs into the woods. One of the guy's saw 3 deer cross the wheat field, so they are going to try to get the dogs on the trail
We got a couple last Saturday
Here is big Jay and his massive spike buck
