Hunting with the Boys

Justin and Jacob were in town for Thanksgiving and the weekend. Had 2 Thanksgiving meals with two sides of the family, one Thursday and one Friday. Saturday was our big hunting and shooting day. We went duck hunting Saturday morning and got three mallards. That was enough to call it a good hunt. We only saw about 8 or 10 total. Not very many down here yet.

The photo shows Justin on the left and Jacob on the right. In front of them are Juno (left) and Kate. It wasn't a muzzleloading hunt, but that's OK. I don't even have enough smoothbore flintlocks to outfit all three of us. The main thing is that they love to duck hunt, and I get to take them. This place is a beaver pond and deadening a few miles north of De Kalb, Texas. De Kalb is a fairly early town in this part of Texas. In the first half of the 19th century, one traveler into Texas noted in her journal that De Kalb should be more appropriately named "De Cabin" because so many of the houses were rough log cabins. She was not impressed.

Saturday afternoon we took a couple of friends with us out to shoot clays. Shot up a box of clays and had a ball.

The boys are back at school now and we're looking forward to more shooting, hunting and camping over Christmas break.

Bill Scurlock