should be a good weekend

What a wierd day.  I rode the cycle to starbucks at 7, beautiful calm morning.  Read the new "HOG" magazine.  Came home, started a sprinkler and it began to rain.  On radar there was about 1 square mile out of 200 square miles where it was raining.  It was ok since our lawn is trying to die from drought stress.  the neighbor is getting new shingles so the workers had to spread plastic on the exposed boards of the roof.  Hope we can get a ride in today.  I think all my farmers are ok with their seed for the weekend.  Hopefully.  I'm thankful for my wife and children and especially for Jen and their baby girl Sophie.  Jen got her cerclage (sp?) out yesterday so a baby should be forthcoming soon.  Sophie is my guess for a name just so no rumors get started.

Thursday AM about 6:30 I scored my third turkey.  I called in 3 gobblers to my decoys which I had set up in a rather tricky fashion so they couldn't see them until they were within range.  They did come from the only place they could have and tried to trick me.  They were all on one side of the blind where I couldn't get a shot then after they figured out that the decoys were only foam and rubber they went away but I was able to get a shot at one at about 25 yds.  It was a good sized bird.  8.5" beard.  Probably 18-20#.  overall a good season.  Wished I could have helped out Adam a little more and he could have scored a turkey.  Hope to add pics but probably won't work

Neal

weekend fun

dear ones all...

I took a tiny vacation to he old home place to do some field checking and hunting turkey and mushrooms and maybe a little fishing. Saturday am in the blind by 4:30 am.  didn't think about the fact that it doesn't get light there as early as in Lincoln. I sat in darkness for about an hour. I had turkeys all around, probably 8 or so within 200 yds.  Just couldn't get any to come within the 20 yd range.  Preferably 10-12yds.  Seemed to be spooked by something.  Anyway I gave that up about 10 am.  visited with DeAnne a while.  Went fishing for a little while.  Had a giant ca fish on for about 5 sec. until he straightened out a stainless steel swivel.  Large fish!!  sure wish I could have landed (and eaten) him... or her.  Decided to go mushroom hunting,  Morels, and found quite a few.  It's a little  hit and miss.  Went with zero for 20 minutes then found about 35 in 2 minutes.  Hopefully will sample them later today.  Got home about 11:35 PM.  When I left I had made it to  york when Darlene called and informed me I had not taken any clothes or anything else like toothbrush, shaver etc.  I looked pretty nasty when I made it back home.  I did see several hundred deer, multitudes of bird species etc.  It was lots of work carrying a blind, bow, decoys, calls, and chair everywhere I went when hunting.  good exercise.  I think Darlene and I will go have a mid am breakfast.   Maybe some of you would enjoy taking up hunting turkeys.  Good to eat, I hear, and good for you!!  Coming home I was so tired I put a Portis Head CD in about 3/4 full blast to keep me awake.  I guess it worked.  Darlene is still struggling with sciatic pain in her left leg.  Seems to improve a little but nights and mornings are not good.

Neal