Friday, December 5, 2008

Beware: Dead Deer Pictures

Apparently November wasn't too eventful for us. Lara and I have mostly just been working, shopping, and trying to get in the occasional hike. The big news from the month is that the Fiscus's (Lara's Sister Jenny, husband Jed, and 4.5 kids) are leaving us in State College and moving to Brookville. As I believe that Lara already mentioned, they will be dearly missed.

Well as most of you probably know, it is right in the heart of deer season. The Laws have had a pretty good year so far. My dad shot a buck (9pt) and a doe in archery, Jason shot a buck (8pt) with his new Knight inline muzzleloader, and today I shot a buck with my tried and true Winchester 30-30. I hunted the first day and saw 39 deer, 6 of which were buck. I tried my luck at being a trophy hunter, I figured it must be in my blood, so I passed up all the deer I saw. Today, for some reason, I just couldn't let this little 7 point get by. Possibly more entertaining than the hunt was my beautiful wife's reaction to the kill. I called her on the telephone and said, "Did you get my message? I shot a buck this morning?" Her reply, "Yea, how big was he?" "Oh" I said, "he was just a little sev......... "No", she interrupts, "how big, how much meat?!" Gotta love a country girl!!! Don't worry sweetheart, I still have a doe tag.