South Dakota Pheasant Hunting

My (Jeb) GC took the Commonwealth team and some others on a pheasant hunting trip up near Clark, SD in mid-October. It was a great weekend of hunting, poker and manly fellowship. Here are a few snapshots from the trip.

Waiting to start

Senator Johnson... taking an aggressive stance on something.

Birds

Line of Death

Jeb and Dave

Jeb takes a load off

Another line of death

I wonder where Sid stands on matters political?

Sid with dog
Ryder deep in the cattails

After a day of hunting

Corn rows

Jeb on 425th Street in Clark, SD

Walking for birds.
Eric Johnson and Jeb waiting to get started.

Jeb waiting.

Jeb and Ryder Knowlton

Blocking

The Commonwealth Crew (Dave, Jeb and Sid) with the day's take.

The whole Evans crew.

Walking back to the farm.

Corn, corn and more corn.

Simon's Gold Star Day

Simon's gold star day. The camera ran out of batteries so we don't have as many pictures as we'd like.

You should be dancin' - yeah!
I pick........... You!

Corn Maze

We visited a corn maze in October. You got a card with 12 spaces to punch and then had to find all 12 numbers in the maze. It was fun, even if we did go in circles following our little leader.

Out big boy leader pointed out the way.

Trying to call the goats snacking in a nearby field.

Daddy & Simon in the corn maze

Daddy... I think we should go this way.

Following the leader

Watching the baby cows in the barn.

Punching a number

Petting the animals

Simon leading the way through the corn maze.

North Texas Deer Hunting

After a nearly 20 years since my last deer hunt, I went to N. Texas for a "trophy deer hunt". The land was no-fence non-feed. We saw 1-2 very large bucks but always too far away to take a shot. While waiting for the "big one", I had several does and even a small buck walk within 10' of me. Beautiful animals.




















An old windmill that worked a well before the well went dry.

My guide scouting for movement.

A typical view from our hunting positions.

Bar Harbor, ME Vacation

Jeb & Stacy took a long weekend up in Bar Harbor, ME in early October. Neither of us had been to Maine before and found it absolutely beautiful. We hiked in Acadia NP, rode bikes, ate well and generally had a great time.

Stacy climbing a steap hiking path on the way up Gorham Mountain

View of the ocean through the trees
Looking out South over Otter Cliffs

Fall color

Stacy on Gorham Mtn overlooking Great Head and Sand Beach.