HUNTING

This past fall, Troy earned the title of "Big Game Hunter"! Many weekends were spent out in the mountains hunting antelope, deer and elk. Thanks to a couple of good friends, Troy had a great first hunting season. He was able to bring home all three animals and stock up the freezer. He vows to NEVER hunt antelope again because they stink so bad but I know he would love to go for deer and elk again. The antelope provided some very tasty jerky. The deer gave us steaks, roasts, ground deer, loins and stew meat. The elk gave us 30 pounds of ground meat and seven roasts. We are very excited for the meat in the freezer and thankful that Troy made it through without fainting, throwing up and no injuries in the process.

Digging out from one of the many time's they got stuck.

Troy shot his Elk, 50 yards from the truck. He took one shot and it stopped but was afraid it might run over the hill so he took a second and dropped it instantly.

Troy's Elk (bull-calf)

Troy's Deer, not the worlds biggest but we are grateful he shot this one because it was the only Deer they happen to see, his friends were happy because it was 30 yards away from the truck when he shot it, when it died it ran to only 15 yards away from the truck. Lucky boys didn't have to carry it very far.

Troy's first hunting shot was this beauty, 276 yards one shot one kill. His Antelope was in the valley right where the sun was starting to shine.

Taking a break to fish.

Troy's Antelope