Where the H*ll have you been?

I was on a friend’s blog and noticed he had not posted since July! I was shocked W.S.! That was until I looked here… D’oh! So, call me kettle. What have I been up to? Well, from a purely riding position, I have not really done anything save for one Denton bike night since the July ride below this posting. Since Sept, I have been on a deer lease, and have seen nothing except crows and zombie nighttime deer pics from the camera. I duck hunted one day and had two firsts, a hooded merganser drake and a woodie hen. These are detailed in photos below. The box blind has become my weekend place, and by ET standards is not too shabby. No central heat, kind of cramped, no plumbing, but again by ET standards, nothing out of the ordinary.

I hope to ride more, and the hunting has really hemmed up my budget, but in the spring there will be a little more cash, and with an aging hunting dog and poor luck at the lease this year I will have to really question if the hunting with its high price of entry is practical when competing against riding, family camping and kayak fishing.

Hunter was really resistant to get the birds we downed in the big water, but was a little more open to going in the mud for the woodies until he tweaked his hip pulling up a hind leg in knee deep mud. So, I have said for a few years that “I am really only hunting for him and when he is done I probably am too.”

Where will I ride next? MN is off the table until I am gold-wing- corbin-saddled wealthy, but I would like to try another trip to the west. Maybe a ride to my cousin’s place on the river.