DAVE & GOLIATH (or Guinnea fowl, that is)

Dave is the only one that had a "confirmed" kill with his home made flipper. This is the guinnea fowl that Dave shot . One blow to the head with a rock did this guy in and put food in our bellies! Haha!

That night all the guys wanted to try their aim with the flippers. So they all lined up on the deck and tried to shoot the bats flying around, each with their own flipper. The bats sonar was freaking amazing to watch. They could zig and zag on a dime. The only way that you would actually "hit" a bat, was if the bat was flying away from you because their sonar was disengaged. Leave it up to Layne and the great games he comes up with out of the blue. He sure knows how to make things fun.

BowHuntinG MemorieS

My Kudu

Layne's Sable

Nate's Waterbuck

Dave's Warthog

Well with bowhunting season in full effect, I thought that I would give a shout out to our success this year. We did quite well in Africa. I was really hesitant on taking my bow. But as you can see, I am sure glad that I did. Four out of the six of us that took our bows were able to capitalize on the opportunity. Out of the bow kills, I would have to say that Dave's warthog is my favorite. Spending the time with Dave and Nate in the blind was fun. But not as fun as watching Dave draw his bow and let down about 30 times. This dang pig wouldn't stand clear long enough from some piglets to get a shot. When it finally did, it was a great sight to see him running away with an arrow stuck in his side. It took us quite a while to find him, but once we found the lucky feather, everything else was history! I just wanted to say thanks again, "Dad" for coming with us. It was a blast!!

ForE GolF!!

Green in St. George. You have to hit it over the canyon. Very pretty.


N8


Ryan


Perfect form, I must say.

Ry-Dog

Nate

T-Bone

Well, hunting season is coming around, which means that golf season is coming to an end. This season started out rough. First it was the crappy weather and then my golfing buddy, Buzz, moved away. Buzz, if you are reading this, I miss ya!

Anyways, we usually start off the season with a yearly trip to St. George with Ryan, Heidi, Shannon and Tyson. Here are some pictures from our trip. Its always interesting hitting those first balls of the season. Which means for me, its.... throwing out those cuss words that you thought had been deleted from your vocabulary. It seems like every year, that one part of your game gets better, as another part gets worse. For me it was my driving had improved along with my irons, but my chipping is horrendous. I hope next year is the year that it all comes together.

CrookeD HorN

40 Yards with a Bow


Nate's Antelope




Well, as you can see the hunting season has officially started. Which means that we are going to be gone pretty much every weekend from here on out. Well, at least Nathan is...... which means I need a fill in husband. Anyone? J/K

Here is the antelope that Nathan got with his bow on Monday. He has been trying to get this buck for about 2 weeks now. He has been sitting on the same water hole and this buck wouldn't come in any closer than 100 yards. His does would come and drink but this stubborn dude kept his distance. Probably because he knew what was awaiting him. Well as you know, every Labor Day weekend, it rains. So of course they wouldn't be coming in to the water hole. Nate came home on Sunday and grabbed his decoy and went back out that night to take one last stab at it. So Monday came and was rainy almost all day long. The weather cleared finally around 4:00 and he seen this buck and his does out in the distance. So he grabbed his decoy and called the buck in. Once the buck seen his decoy and heard the challenge call, he was on a dead sprint. He stopped at 40 yards and was "STUCK"! We're pretty sure he will go Pope and Young. Good job babe!