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Got home around noon today, so I asked my middle (21 yr old) son if he wanted to go shoot some crows this afternoon.  Heck yeah! he says, so we saddled up and headed out to a neighboring county.

Of course, the dog comes with.


It was a beautiful day for hunting.  Not too hot, not too cold.


Our first stop was a pine plantation.  We both missed several here.


We went on down the road to a clear cut that borders a ranch.

"You hear 'em over there?"
"Sure do.  That's where that ranch is at."



There's not a lot of cover here, so we had to shoot from a sitting position.

Puppypopper's broomstraw colored ghillie would have been just the ticket for this spot.


Daniel got one here with his full choke.  Don't tell me #8 shot can't erase a crow's head.

I love that fractarn camo.


They finally wised up after I expended an embarrassing amount of ammunition, so we moved back to our home county.


All my usual spots were crawling with deer hunters, so we made due with this one.


It's kind of a tough (for me), straight overhead shot in here, but I managed to bring one down.


It sure felt good when Daniel said, "Great shot, Dad!"  Especially after my dismal performance on our previous stands.


It was running close to 3:00 by then, and we had stuff to do, so we called it a day.

All in all a great day outdoors with a great son, and a successful hunt for each of us.

Homeward bound.


Thanks for reading!
Jon

-- Edited by jonthepain on Friday 3rd of December 2010 08:46:30 PM

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Jon
I love the pics and the terrain,I have some of that West German Camo you son is wearing and its great camo.smile



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Great story and pics Jon. Thanks for sharing!

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Hunt with my boys (33 & 28) makes it so much more fun. I'm content to just watch them shoot.

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I hear that.

When else could you say that scoring one crow apiece amounts to a successful hunt?

(especially when guys like skip and Bob count day's totals in the hundreds and sometimes thousands? lol)

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SHANEDOG wrote:
I have some of that West German Camo you son is wearing and its great camosmile

 

My coyote gun is at the gunsmith's right now, getting painted with that pattern (as well as a little trigger work.)

Can't wait to see it when it's done!

 



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Please post a few pics. of that rifle!!

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will do, Shane. It's nothing special (now), just a Savage .223 w/composite stock. But PP is giving it "the treatment."

Oh boy!

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Great pics and story... thanks.

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Glad to see you back Jon I thought you had gone under!!!

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Hey chip, Thanks!

nope, not "gone under" (isn't that a Jeremiah Johnson quote?), just crazy busy trying to get a new company off the ground.  And trying not to lose the house in the process.

Had to leave a lot of other promises and responsibilities aside.  Will try to get back to them this winter.  Hope everybody understands.

Good to be back, tho.  I missed all you all.

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