October 2012

Hunting 2012

 This is opening weekend 2012.  Dennis came out from Virgina and hunted with us.  We gave him quite a workout (all got one, actually).  Nick was up with his dogs, Maddie and Ellie, that's Maddie in the photos.

A couple of Christmas Photos

We had a good Christmas at Mom and Dads, the weather was certainly better this year. Spent quite a bit of time outside and had lots of good food.

Opening day 2011

This is from opening day of pheasant hunting season. We didn't run into a lot of birds, but got most of our limit and it was a nice day. Nick and Kristen were up from Omaha with their dogs, Maddie and Ellie.

Family on the 4th

Christmas Eve

We had a good Christmas weekend at Mom and Dad's. Nick made it back from Omaha and Jason and Amanda were around all weekend. Above is Nick with a video camera that he got. Below is a grandma sweatshirt that Mom got.

Molly really wanted a closer look at the fur lined hat that Nick got Dad. She kept a close eye on it. Jason and Amanda having a good time unwrapping gifts below.

Pheasant season opener

It was a good opening weekend for pheasant hunting this year. Nick made it back for a few days and we all went out to Wik's for the opening weekend.

This is the whole group. We got our limit both days. It was good weather and good times for all.

July vacation.

I didn't take a whole lot of photos this year, we were just busy running around it seems.
Above, Megan with here cake for her 10th birthday (June 9th.) We also had a cake for Nick.

Jason finishing off the last of the sweet and sour pork. Took it just because I could.

Megan and Dad above. They had some pretty good weather this year.
Below, this is the only photo that the dog, BJ, was looking at the camera. I didn't get one where everyone was looking or not blinking, so I choosing this one just for BJ.

Opening Day, 2008.

A few shots from Opening Day of Pheasant season 2008. We were out at the Wik farm again this year. Here's Nick with one of his birds.

Good day and good weather. We got out limit around 5pm.

Me, Dad and Nick with our groups birds.

Roads and snow in Yellowstone.

This is what much of Saturday looked like. We tried to go three different directions, but got turned around by the weather each time.

Some folks weren't as lucky. This accident shut down the road for a couple of hours. Don't know if anyone was hurt. The tree was all that kept them out of the lake.

These two slid into each other while waiting for traffic to clear from another accident.

This is my truck, almost home at this point. A semi and a muddy road in Montana did most of the damage.

Photos from Megan, part 3.

Grandpa Chet.

Uncle Scott with his camera.

The Bath fireworks.

Anna's horse, Reese.

Photos from Megan

Here's some photos that Megan took on her vacation to South Dakota.

Plenty of fireworks.

Alex waiting to play baseball.

I thought I was the photographer!

Megan

Opening Day 2007

Dad and Nick

The whole gang.

A few photos from the pheasant opener. Nick came up from Omaha this year and went hunting with us. He didn't do too bad for a rookie. He got 3 Saturday (maybe 4, but 3 is the legal limit you know!) and a couple today. It was decent weather except for the wind today. We got our limit Saturday and about 30 on Sunday.

Opening Day 2006

Here's the regular gang together again on the Opening Day of Pheasant Season. It was a bit windy and cold, but we managed to get our limit of 48 birds by late afternoon.
Dad and I - we did get more birds than this, these two just had long tailfeathers.

A trip to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone.

A few pictures from a weekend trip to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone last weekend. It was a photo taking getaway for the long weekend - I have to take a few for myself and not the state for a change. There was some snow, fog and some sun, but lots of animals and not too many people.
This big bull Elk was protecting his herd about two miles from Old Faithful. He came within 30-40 yards of us several times. There were elk everywhere and they were all bugling.

Had to get my new truck dirty, I only got it two days before and didn't want to look like another tourist. The color doesn't show the dirt well. I'll have to go south and find some red dirt for it.
We watched these two bulls for about an hour before they finally got close to each other and locked horns. The fight only lasted about 30 seconds and the challenger lost. The old bull kept his small herd and was still king of the lake when we left.
This was one of the first pictures I took that weekend. The four moose were about 35 yards away, there were geese flying around and elk right behind us bugling. A nice start for the weekend.

A little weekend hike.

This is from the top of Little Devils Tower in Custer State Park. That's Harney Peak in the top center. I was up there taking pictures, Saturday was National Trail's Day.