O Tannenbaum

Yesterday we went and cut down our Christmas tree at a tree farm. You'd think since you cut it down yourself it should be cheaper right? Not quite the $2 tree permit back in MT.

Latest Taxidermy Project

This was my latest project. Grandpa Dan and I found one of these sheds on the ranch. After talking to Pat the hired man, come to find out he had found the match.

After nearly falling to my death trying to hang this in our stair well, we found out it won't fit there. So, it gets to grace our living room wall for a while.

Was that a wolf, Daddy?

Sam either really likes, or really dislikes Joseph's harmonica playing.

Party Time

The fort at the cabin is always a party waiting to happen.

Hunting trip in Montana

We made a trip home to Montana last week. Our friends the Roethler's came along. Jeremy, Amy, and Jackson. Also Jeremy's brother Kenny. Jeremy and Kenny both had deer and elk tags. We saw elk everyday, but to no avail. Although the mule deer hunt turned out pretty well.
Here's Kenny with his Lewis Ranch buck.

Jeremy was done about 10 minutes after sun up. Poor Kenny had to hunt for almost an hour before he got his buck.

Having bagged their bucks there was plenty of time for prairie doggin'.

Here's the boys on top of the mountain where we planned to glass for elk. We got a little too high for our own good. All we could see was clouds and snow. So down the mountain we headed before we froze.

Here's Jeremy, Amy, and Jackson at the top of the trail.

Kenny, David, and Jeremy on top of a ridge just after sniffing out a bull at the base of this climb.