No more hunters ed

Well,yesterday was the last day of hunters ed. : ) We went out and shot and did stuff like that,which was MUCH more fun than sittin' in a classroom all day!
Here are the happy graduates!
From left to right: Asa, Colby, Me, Kody, and Nash.

~Ben

BRANDING!

Well,we went to a branding at a neighboring ranch yesterday. I was the guy who vaccinated the calves. I will put more of a story up later. : )


~Ben

Hunters Ed

Well, my little brother Nash and I had our first day of Montana Hunters Ed today. I took it in Indiana a long time ago, but I wanted to do it here also. : ) So far it's been really fun.
~Ben

Hip Hip HOORAY!!

Yeah! The toneboards I ordered came today! Now my calls will sound great!!
~Ben

NEW COYOTE CALL!!!!!!!

I got a new coyote call today! I really like!! It's an open reed. I'll put some pics up later. : )
~Ben

Grrrrrr...

Well,we didn't get any. I don't know what we're doing wrong. We ain't got a single coyote all year.
~Ben

I can't wait!

I can't wait! Tomorrow,me and Dad are going coyote calling first thing in the morning. Hopefully we'll call one(or 10!)in for a shot!
~Ben

New coyote call!!

I got an awesome little whitetail and springbuck custom coyote call yesterday from one of the great guys on Predator Masters Forums! It makes really good rabbit distress. : )



Thank you Billy aka WSMBUCK!!
~Ben

Big coon hunting extravaganza!!!!

Well,it's been a big weekend!! Trevor,who has a pup from our litter,and Taylor his friend,came out on friday to go coon hunting.
Day 1.
Well they got here and got kind of settled in,and them,my brother Nash and I went over to the river to go catfishing. We didn't catch squat,I caught two goldeneye and Nash caught some tiny catfish,but no keepers. Once we were done fishing,Trevor,Taylor and I went up the river a little way to wade around. Trevor and Taylor got all wet,and Trevor sat down in the 45 degree water!!


Well,we went back to the house,ate supper and started gearing up to go out hunting. We got Cap Rountree,who is my pup,Tug,Nash's pup,Trigger,Trevor's pup,Sandy,the mother dog,and Luna,Trevor's Black and Tan hound. We drove over to where we were going to hunt. We started walking with Sandy and all the pups loose,and Luna on a leash. We had gone a while and stopped to take a break,when we heard Sandy sound her treed bark! We let her get it treed good and hard before we started over. We got there,and Dad had us tie up all the dogs because he was going to walk the coon down,which means he was going shoot right around it and graze it in the butt with .22 CB Caps to make it get mad and come down. Well he did,and come down it did!! That fat ol' coon came barreling out of the tree mad enough to sizzel spit!! It came down,and the dogs where about to have a stroke they were so excited!! We turned 'em loose,and they grabbed that coon and they all became a rolling,snarling,yelping,roaring ball of fur!! They got to the river and were fighting around out in the water. The coon sort of got away from them for a minute,so Dad tried to shoot it. The bullet must of hit the water because it didn't really stop it. We got up to a shallow spot and Trevor and Taylor,(who had been filming the whole time)ran across with a big stick and whacked the coon two good ones!! They came victoriously back across soaked to the bone!! The pups couldn't get enough of that coon!! Sorry I don't have any pics,bummer. We headed back in the general direction of the truck. Sandy treed in a den tree,but we didn't see anything though. We headed back to the house to warm up and dry up before heading back out. We went back out but didn't get anything.

From left to right: Nash and Tug,me and Cap,Dad,Trevor and Trigger,Taylor,and you can sort of see Sandy.


Day 2.
Well,we were are bushed from being out so late,so we got up pretty late. We decided to go fishing again. Trevor caught a dandy Sauger,I wish I had a picture of it. We ate supper and went out again. We went to a different spot this time,and it took a looooong time to get there. We had probably been out a couple of hours when Sandy barked treed! We went over to he and found the coon,and tried to walk him out again,but accidentally KILLED IT AND IT GOT LODGED ON A BRANCH. We were really bummed out. We left that tree. We walked some more when Sandy treed again! We went up to her and looked and looked but didn't see a coon. We about to leave when Trevor said that he saw it! We went and looked,and sure enough it was a coon's tail! Dad shot it and as soon as it hit the ground all dogs were on it!! We pulled them back after a generous ammount of,"Oh,good boy,good girl!!" It was a nice sow.

Oh,here are some of the dogs fighting the coon.





We got REALLY tired walking the 5 miles or so back to the truck. We got plenty of breaks in!



We got to a big field,the last big obstacle before the trucks. We finally got to the trucks and got the dogs loaded up and headed home. We got home and watched the video that Taylor shot of the coon fight. It was COOL!! I wish I could get it on here.

Day 3.
Well,day 3 was easter,and Trevor's Mom and Dad were coming to pick him and Taylor up. Here is a picture of Taylor,Trevor,Trigger and the coons.



We had A LOT of fun,Taylor and Trevor were really glad they came out,and the pups are becoming great coon dogs. Thanks for reading. : )
~Ben

Puppy pictures

Here are some puppy pictures from over the summer. :) As you can see from some of my other posts,they've grown A LOT!!

Hooray!

Me and Dad went to town yesterday,and we got a dremel tool! That means I can start in big time on custom call making! :)
~Ben

Some random pics from my first year in Montana

Here are some pictures from our first year in Montana. The elk and mulie aren't mine or my brother's,each one we were helping a friend gut and pull out. :)











~Ben

I'm PUMPED!!!!!!!!

Ooooohhh, I'm getting PUMPED!!! A friend how has a Mountain Cur pup from us, is coming down with a buddy to go coon hunting with us. I can't wait!!
~Ben