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So it’s Friday Morning before opening day, I have a big day planned, there is a cattle sale in Faith, and I’m in need of some more big black angus mommas, so I go out to make my daily circle, and just South of my home, right along the highway there has been a large herd of does hanging around. I decided to go see if any Bucks had moved in yet. Sure enough there is a big one, he is way out passed his ears and has a thick neck and huge shoulders, this is a wallhanger, at least for this part of the country. I know deer season opens in the morning and I know people are driving up and down the highway scouting. There is no way he’s going to make it until Saturday, to many people with Buck Fever, that have no regards for property boundaries. However I have things to do, so I high tail it to Faith for the sale.
When the sale is over I hurry back to the ranch, I have a busy morning planned and we are holding off on Deer Camp until the following weekend. I go to see if I can find the buck, he is nowhere to be seen, I’m sure someone took a shot at him, and ran the herd off, but that’s hunting.
The next morning, I have to turn out the cows I bought, as soon as the trucks get there, I’m suppose to help my neighbors ship calves, and my wife went on a shopping spree in Rapid so I have all 3 boys to take care of. I wake up at 4am, about 2.5 hours before sunup. I’m trying to figure out where that buck could have gone, I’ve already talked my mother into watching the 2 younger boys, I tell her, “I’ll have them there at sunup” believe me I wasn’t a second late on that promise. The little ones are taken care of, I call the trucker he says he is about 45 minutes out. I tell my oldest, “lets go look for that buck”. Sure enough, he was headed right back for his spot by the highway, I’m a little torn because my buddies are coming for Deer Camp and I hate to shoot my deer without them, but this idiot is not going to live another week so I pull out my rifle and step out of the truck, telling JJ to stay and when I call him bring the pickup. Everything worked perfect, dropped him with one shot, took some pictures and had him gutted and loaded before the trucks arrived with my cows.
Look out Jim Shockey
I went to the neighbors and helped them get trucks loaded, then stopped and talked to some buddies, and show off a little. Then hung the deer, fed some cows, got the kids, and finally skinned and deboned the deer, due to the heat. He is 100% on ice now. Not exactly how I would have wrote the story from scratch but this is how it happened, heck I didn’t even cammo up and I have a lot of money spent on cammo. This will give me more time to run the video during Deer Camp next week. Stay tuned for round 2 of our Video Adventures.
November 8th, 2009
The other day I posted this on my facebook page and only got 1 comment:
Murdock Halligan You know so many people spend thier lives worried about what outsiders think about them and how much money they have. The world would be a better place if everyone went through life working on what they want their headstone to say.
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Kelly TibbsProfound, the key is figuring out how to make people realize it b4 its too late.
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My thoughts at the time were “nobody cares”, however on Sunday in church the thought came back to me again. We started out in class talking about anger, and losing your temper. Thoughts on how we treat others and how we control our temper. When it comes right down to it, we get really angry at things we cannot control, things in our lives that go wrong for no reason. It’s easy to blame your wife, blame your kids, or even blame god, but is it truly anyone’s fault?? By controling our temper we make the world a better place. I know countless people who worry so much about how clean their house is (in case anyone stops by) that their kids don’t even know how to be kids, they are so worried about getting mud on the carpet, or dripping ice cream on the new tile, that they can’t even enjoy the rain or the Klondike for what they are, enjoyable. I know people who are so worried about making more money that they end up in the hospital with heart problems at a late age, do they even realize they never took their kids on a real family vacation. I know people my age who were really good at sports and rodeo, who’s fathers never saw them compete, because they couldn’t leave the ranch.
Have you ever walked through a cemetary and read the headstones? Do they say “Here Lays a Wealthy Man” or “He never left his cows unattended”. No they say “Loving Mother & Grandmother” and “Devoted Father”. Many more of these headstones say simply Name & Date. Who were these Name & Date people?? Were they Devoted Fathers or Loving Mothers??
As you make decisions going forward, remember it’s OK to make money, it’s also OK to be devoted to your job, but remember someday, someone will have to decide what to put on your headstone, what do you want it to say??
August 26th, 2009
I’m having trouble with my email so I’m putting this link online for all the world to see:
Dupree’s 2nd Playday of the year, the Halligan boys in action enjoy! Playday #2
JJ made a smoking Keyhole run the 2nd try but I didn’t get it on tape.
He placed in 3 events, Keyhole once and Flags twice. I don’t think Jerin placed he is in the toughest division, but he shaved 3 seconds off of his pole time, a second off of his barrel time and had fun.
Krece went in the lead line, he really wanted to ride but didn’t know what to think of that.
Turn up your speakers and enjoy
June 21st, 2009
