Dove Hunting

This weekend was my first time dove hunting and it couldn't have been a greater success! I went to a property with a couple friends and while they were more seasoned hunters than I am, I managed to get a few of the 19 birds that night. The doves come flying over the trees at 30-60 mph straight into the decoys, sometimes a flock of ten will come at one time. Between my less than perfect shooting percentage (12% of about 35 shots) and the fast moving birds these birds could challenge any new hunter. And they taste great too!

River FIshing

While fishing from the shores of the river I ventured out through quite a bit of mud and weeds to get to a small lake I saw on Google earth. Sadly I could not fish it from shore because of how shallow it was at this time of year. But i am looking forward to getting back there in the boat and seeing what kinda of fish make their homes in this waterfowl paradise.

 But while the lake may have been a bust, the river was pretty fun this week.Throughout the whole week we caught a couple northern's, dogfish, bass, and a lot of sheep head. The biggest of the bass was the one pictured above although most of them were closer to the size of the one below.

Leech Lake Sunset

                                 The sunset over leech lake was fantastic as we trolled for walleyes.

Successful Day on the Water

Walleye fishing on Leech lake was pretty successful this weekend, with a couple keepers and a lot of them that weren't withing the slot limits. We also caught a lot of Northerns and this unexpected Musky! The Musky was measured at 34 inches and was estimated to weigh 20-25 pounds. It was my second musky of my life, the first being in 2008.

Trail Camera Check

Checked the trail camera this weekend and found that this buck was coming through during daylight hours. 

Pan Fish Paradise

The fishing was very iffy this weekend but on Saturday we were able to get on the fish and managed to catch three bass and enough sun fish to have breakfast for six the next morning.

Water Sports

With Minnesota being the land of 10,000 lakes, there are plenty of opportunities to do some pleasure riding!

Old Boat Gets a Make-Over

This weekend we were up at a cabin and decided to bring the boat along to try and get the 25 hp Johnson motor going and do some work on the trailer. My dad and 

I had rewired the trailer recently and the trailer is road ready again!

This is the trailer with the new rollers down the middle. They were definitely not meant to be changed very easily.

After only a couple of pulls the motor started up like new! and we had no problems with it all weekend.

New Hunting Shack

Finally made it to the woods to put together and set up this stand for early bow season. This stand was definitely a project, taking over seven hours to complete. But now that its up and couldn't be more confident in this seasons chances.

Toilet Talk

This is what we can only assume is the "toilet" for a porcupine's home. The porcupines are causing some serious damage to the trees in the area.