Awesome input guys. Here's a couple of pics from the ranch we'll be hunting starting Dec 31st.
The first pic is of my Grandson. I'd told him to climb the windmill and see if he could spot the javelina that generally frequent this water hole around dark. Just as he reached the top I turned to see javelina coming single file under the near fence. I silently motioned to Jake in the hand signals that only us hunters know "javi's are under you. be quiet". I grabbed the camera and took advantage of the awesome west Texas sunset.
After the encounter we drove to camp and talked of tomorrows plans of getting him his very first big game kill with a longbow, a nice javelina. Jake pretty much knew where he wanted to hunt
so I tagged along to burn the moment in film(high def). And it would seem that he'd learned all he needed to learn to take his first.
Of course I got to hear all the details of the hunt for the entire 7 hour drive back home.
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