The Deer Hunt

How do we lift this thing up?

A four-pointer no less!

Joseph got his first deer last Friday----what an experience! He and Papa Joe left about 5:30 a.m. to scout out the perfect place. I guess lots of other people thought it was the perfect place too, because they had lots of company! Joseph said that he got his deer about 11:30 a.m. Well, we didn't see Joseph or Papa Joe until about 8:00 p.m. that night.....so what happened??!!?? Well, of course, there's the story! Dragging the deer back to the truck after it was shot was another story. Joseph kept saying, "I don't know how we did it-----I was totally exahausted, but I wasn't going to let a 70-year-old man beat me! If Papa Joe could do it, then so could I!" We forgot to tell Joseph that Papa Joe's mantra is "If it's not hard, it's not worth doing!" Just kidding! They had a great time and we learned the fine points of bottling venison on Saturday---those 16 quarts of meat are very precious! If you think tomato soup is time consuming----try bottling venison! Anyway, Congrats to Joseph on his first deer---a four-pointer, no less!