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Week of Blaze Orange


It's that week of the year... The Friday where truck after truck with ATV's go by our house, when you drive down the road you see the neighbor's blaze orange hanging on the line to air out. When your brothers go digging through storage containers to find their warmest winter clothing, and their blaze orange makes an appearance.

Saturday AM comes- no snooze button is hit this morning- excitement is in the air! The brothers make themselves breakfast [this happens once a year 😏 ].  Just before the first rays of light they are off. It's the Silas' first year to hunt so he heads one direction with Nate, while the Matt heads another direction.  It's a cold windy morning, but they brave the weather to go sit and wait for some deer to come past... not much deer action though and Saturday passes. They hunted some on Sunday and Monday, but still no shots fired.

Tuesday- Matt heads to the ground blind they moved the day before and takes a heater and school work- he's going to make a full morning of it. Mid morning Mom got a text "Paper's done, no deer". He stayed out there until 1:30, and saw deer, but nothing he could shoot.

Silas, on the other hand, sleeps in a bit, and eventually heads out to do chores- only to come flying back in a few minutes for his orange and his gun, Nate had spotted a buck down by the other barn- they leave in a hurry. I listen for a shot and don't hear any, must not have got it, I figure. But then Nate pulls in, smiling, and motions for me to get the camera..... 



Here's why:

His first deer!!!



One happy Hunter!
If you want details ask him!... :) 






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