Hey guys, we got a little snow here in S.E. Tennessee so I thought I would get out the bow and go spend some quality time with my oldest daughter Morgan. We got an awful stump problem in this area and I wanted to do my part to control the population!! (I was also hoping to run across a rabbit or two but they seem to be on a down cycle here so tracks were even hard to find.)
Morgan and myself loaded up a little backback with some water and snacks and hit the woods. Man it was beautiful out there!!!!
We had not gone too far when we came across my grandmother's deerstand. She is 83 and still manages to spend a little time in the woods.
Like most kids, Morgan was full of questions, "What kind of tracks are these dad? Do you think we will see any deer?" I can remember when I was the same little wide-eyed kid trying to take it all in. Like I said before the woods were gorgeous.
I had grown up roaming all over this end of the mountain, trapping, hunting, catching crawdads in the creeks.... you know, the important stuff. I was shocked at how much it had changed. Alot of the woods near my parents house had been clearcut, so I was trying to explain how things looked when I was a kid roaming around these woods.
I even found a stump or two to shoot.
Here is the bow, given to me by my good buddy Jim Feilds.
And here is a pic of my oldest daughter Morgan!!
We did come across some coyote tracks, which started a whole 'nother line of questioning by Morgan,,,, what do they eat, will they eat us, you know the usual!!
All in all it was a great afternoon spent in a place that I love with someone that I love.
She is wanting a bow something fierce now so it looks like dear ol' dad is gonna have to save some money and get her one.
Thanks for reading!!
Topic: Stump shootin' on Sunday (with new resized pics) (Read 170 times)
