When Animals Attack!!!

Well... No deer for me this year thus far. The investment in a new Bear Archery Done Deal bow has yet to pay dividends, and having a rifle in my hands this weekend didn't improve my odds either. I did see 7 doe on Saturday evening, and what looked like a very large buck around 100 yards away that was approaching as daylight was quickly fading. As I turned to try to pull him up in my scope, a doe that I thought had walked past already, spotted me and raised the white flag as she abruptly vacated the area taking the other does and the possible buck with her. I saw nothing the rest of the week. Now, this brings me to the heading and main topic of this post.

After going all morning without seeing anything but a few squirrels, I decided to change strategies and head down to the stand where one of our friends/property owner Dean had shot a monster buck on opening morning (see above pictures). After the roughly 47 mile hike through the thickest cover, tallest grass, and nasty terrain I have ever seen, I got to the stand. Already upset that my chiefs managed coach their way out of another game (I left at halftime), I sat in my stand without a movement or sound from 1:30 PM until 5:45 PM, which really is a lot longer than you think when sitting 15 ft up, hanging from the side of a tree in 30 degree windy weather. Luckily I saw nothing.

After sitting in my stand until it was pitch black, hoping that one of the other hunters in the area would kick up a large buck and send him packing my way, I decided that nothing would visit me that evening and it was time to head back. On about mile 46 of 47, I could see the cabins lights in the distance, and knew I was almost home. Just then, I heard leaves crunching, and thought I may have kicked up a deer, after a quick regroup, I scanned the area and tried to catch a glimpse of the source of the noise. I didn't see anything, and then realized that the sound was coming towards me, I was finally able to locate the source of the noise, but could see only leaves flying and they were flying in my direction. A quick thought went through my mind... I knew there were bobcats in the area, I knew that this area was known for having mountain lions as well, and regardless of whether you believe or not, Sasquatch is always a possibility as well! So I start thinking, I am about to be mauled by a bobcat, mountain lion, or a 10 foot tall Sasquatch. At this point, the fight or flight mentality took over, and I decided that since I was armed with 30.06 Remington rifle with 4 in the clip and 1 in the chamber, a Rambo knife, and many sticks and stones nearby, I was prepared to fight. As I unshouldered my rifle and clicked the safety off, I took a few steps back and waited for the culprit to come into view. Then he did, the monster I was wanting to see was an ARMADILLO!!!? Although this thing was few, my nerves were put to ease when I saw this 15 pound glorified rollie pollie. I stood wondering why this thing thought he was tough enough to charge me, and was suddenly gang rushed again!!! Well, this was the straw that broke the camels back, not only was this thing a lot smaller than me, but he wasn't packing any heat either. After kicking him as hard as I could and knocking him silly, I decided that he needed an attitude adjustment, and that's just what I gave him. In case you were ever wondering what a 180 grain Winchester XP3 Ballistic Silvertip will do to a 15 pound Armadillo, please see the above pictures. Needless to say, this armadillo will not be charging anyone else anytime soon!

Election Season 08

Well, with the election only 3 days away, I find it my patriotic duty to force my opinions on the few of you that actually read my blog... With that said... HOW ARE PEOPLE REALLY PLANNING ON VOTING FOR BARACK OBAMA!!!??? I say that as my own flesh and blood is planning on casting his vote for the most the person that has the most far left bleeding heart liberal agenda in the entire US Congress...? This is the same Congress that contains characters such as Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Harry Reid, and Ted Kennedy! Aside from the fact that this man has only logged 143 days in the halls of Congress, our ignorant country somehow thinks that this man is qualified to run a country? It would be the equivalent of asking for a promotion to President of a country after 4.5 months of working in middle management.


Up until this point, the most used argument I have heard for him is that hes such a great speaker, and he really gives me hope...? I know quite a few great speakers, that doesn't mean that I feel they can run a country. His far left agenda scares the scat out of me, and the fact that he is most likely going to have a filibuster proof Congress in his back pocket makes me ready to move to the mountains and live in a cave for the next 4 years. I realize that the liberal media has done a great job of brainwashing the country into believing that everything bad that has happened to the country over the last 8 years is 100% George W's fault, but if people would just do their research, they would know the truth. Today's media has gone so far left, that they are only going to publish and show things that portray anything conservative in a negative manor, and I think its so cute how they have done such a good job of blaming the economic mess we are in on the republicans.

Apparently they forgot that before Slick Willy left office, he passed legislation allowing a easing of regulation on lending rules, he did so with the best of intentions, hoping to put many first time home buyers into homes. What he didn't realize, or didn't care to realize, is that Murphy's Law is ever present. Once lending laws eased and more people became eligible to get loans for the first time, despite having less than perfect credit, CEO's of these huge mortgage companies opened the flood gates. People with no credit, no down payment, and no money were suddenly able to borrow 120% of the value of homes to purchase them, and then have a little spending money for their housewarming party? The liberal media also failed to remember that twice, in 02' and 06' the Republicans in Congress attempted to pass legislation to tighten these laws before we had a real problem ones these ARM rates started going up... Luckily the ignorant liberals in Congress felt that we were discriminating against people with less than perfect track records, and they wouldn't stand for it. They blocked any additional regulation, and the rest is history.

I told you all that to tell you this. The far left are idiots! I am all for equality, I am not as extreme as some conservatives, if gay people want to get married, let them... If you want to marry a farm animal, who am I to stand in your way, as long as you work and pay taxes who am I to tell you that its wrong. Yeah, I disagree with it, but its because of my religious views, it all goes back to separation of church and state, so if they want to get married, let them. Back to the topic though, they take equality too far, they are taking it far enough that they are putting the minorities beliefs and rights ahead of the majority. For that, I would love to punch quite a few of these morons right in the jaw.

One part of me feels that maybe if we see how horrible Jimmy Carter Jr, I mean Barack Obama, and his filibuster proof Democratic controlled Congress do they will realize just how bad these far left idiots are. The other part of me feels that if they are elected (which I unfortunately think is going to happen), they will do more damage in the next 2-4 years to ensure that we will never recover. Now that I am off my soapbox, I hope that you all will realize how important this election is, and regardless of your political views, if you allow a president of any party to have a filibuster proof congress, you are knocking on the door of insanity, the far left liberals will be allowed to carry out their tree hugging hippy agenda that will do nothing but cost you and I more money, and restrict us of our constitution given rights. Think before you vote my friends!!!

That time already!!!

Well, here we are, November 1st, and I can hardly contain my excitement for Christmas. To those who know me, this should come as no surprise, but I am really ready for the holiday season. With all that has happened this year, I know the holidays always put me in a good mood, and its about time for that to happen! I have already changed my myspace layout to a completely Christmas oriented layout, my background on my laptop, you guessed it, Christmas. Ashley is also starting to get excited for it as well, she asked me this morning if I felt like putting some of our Christmas stuff up this weekend, which as you can imagine made me very happy. Looks like some of my Christmas jubilation has started to wear off on her.

Nothing exciting with us right now, Ashley and I are busy right now, I have mid terms going on, we are both working overtime at work, and we are also both putting in more time than usual in the gym. Hope all is well with the small group that reads this! Ohh yeah, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Catch of the Year

I know I am a little late in posting this, but hey, I did just start this blog a few weeks ago. This was by far the best day I personally had on the lake, these 14 were all 10.5" or bigger, no monsters, but all were very nice, quality fish, and boy did they taste great! This was done over the 4th holiday, JP, Big Mike, JP's friend Brad, and myself went out on a flooded Truman Lake in early July. By 11am when the nut jobs started getting on the water, we had very close to 30 very good sized crappie in the boat, and at least 70 or 80 very close to keeper size that we threw back. Anyways, just figured I would post on of the best days I have personally had on Truman in quite some time as I am have really started to develop a whole outdoorsman theme here on my blog. Enjoy!

Big Ugly Catch

Well, here he is, but first, I will give you the story leading up to this catch. Ashley and I spent last weekend in Baldwin City, Kansas at the annual Moore Family Hayride. We were lucky enough to have our friends Mike and Kate come with us, along with many other members of my family I hadn't seen in a while which was fun, but I digress. Mike, my father Mike, myself(Mikey), and my cousin Lori's Husband Mike(there is a theme here) left early to get some fishing done at my Aunt and Uncles farm to ensure we had enough table fare for the fish fry my dad does for the hayride, which I am starting to inherit. Typical day at their pond which has roughly 12 million bass ranging in size from 10-12", and nothing else in it, so we thought. Mike and I had already caught 4-5 apiece, and were trying to switch things up in hope of catching a little larger bass, so I decided to put on the ugliest colored worm(Candy Corn BPS Stick-O) in the history of the world to see if the sight of that god awful color drew in the big one. Well, it did, but not the one we were looking for. What you see above is a 30 pound grass carp. To confirm your suspicions, it is the ugliest fish in the history of the world, but my goodness it was a blast to land him. Using my 10 pound test line, a 2500 series shimano spinning reel, and a 6'6" Medium action rod, it took me just over 20 minutes to land this monster. Although I am not proud of the species of fish I caught, I was very impressed with the sheer size of this monster, and man it was a battle getting him in on such light tackle! I just started this blog for fun, and to kind of let everyone know how Ashley and I are doing, have fun, and I look forward to posting again. Until the next time!