Blinded

Finally! Something to blog about! Since August I've been saying to Dad, "We need to get our blinds set up." And since August we've been putting it off. Now it's November and every leaf in Michigan is on the ground and bow season has been open for 41 days and neither one of us has been hunting yet. So today we finally got around to getting our blinds set up.


With a little help from our trusty 4310 John Deere we cleared a couple places to put our blinds.
Opening day of Michigan's shotgun season is November 15th. It's pretty much a statewide holiday except in the Detroit area. No comment on that. Anyone who forgets about the 15th remembers quite quickly. After the inital shock they remember that it isn't the beginning of World War 3, just the opening day of gun season.


It's always especially fun for my family because after coming in from our morning hunt we head over to our cousin's house where a lot of the extended family gathers for "deer camp", bringing a variety of food, games and bull crap (bragging is a family talent) about our morning hunts. We eat, talk (quite loudly I might add, another one of our many gifts) and hang out for awhile and then leave in time to go back out for the evening hunt. After the evening hunt we head back to our cousin's to hear more expertly crafted tales about everyone's evening hunts. I look forward to it every year. Somewhere I have a picture from last year's deer camp that will give you and idea of what goes on. I'll have to find it.

Here's a picture of me being happy that my Primos Ground Max blind is finally in place and ready to use. Unfortunately it's in the 60's this week, not exactly ideal temperatures for hunting. But, regardless of the temps I will for sure go out on the 15th if not before. Stay tuned for stories from the woods!