Sorry guys, We had a whirlwind evening and just too tired to post. A bit overwhelmed at work this morning so I have to make this one short.
We hunted hard...I pulled every trick out of my bag that I had...I took him to every honey hole we had time too, and only the hottest spots...but the temps, drought, whatever were just too much for us. It's been very, very few times that I have put in that many hard hours and not at least had shot ops.
But, we did have a great time hunting, talking, and eating with each other...Fred is truly a fine fellow that I would be honored to have as a camp-mate on any trip, any where. I just wish we had seen the critters. It just wasn't in God's plan, I only hope he sees our hard work on this one as a "deposit" and soon we will both be able to make a "withdrawal"! :D
Thanks for following along, I'm sorry we couldn't provide any hero pics at the end. Hopefully you were entertained some with the pics and story.
Thanks for bidding on the hunt for the kid's Fred. Thanks even more for being such a fine Christian man who I now can call a friend. Hopefully you'll be able to come down again before your year's license runs out: I can't promise the hunting will be any better...but it sure couldn't get worse :rolleyes: And of course, there will always be a consolation prize of one of Kim's good meals at the end of the day.