Monday, March 09, 2009

Sportsmen (in training)

Last Thursday our family decided it would be fun to go to the

and it did not disappoint.
We spent the first hour in a "Survival" lecture from Peter Kumerfeldt (his website is here.)
He had some awesome information and I bought a few of his super duper orange plastic bags. If he's ever in your area, I would go and/or check out his website.

After the survival lecture it was off to paint duck decoys Although I'm not quite sure what we're going to do with them now that they are done.
Then is was off to the trout pond
Abby was first to snag a fish and bring it in



You can tell from the look on her face what she thought of the fish :D
Elise caught a couple too, and decided to keep one.
(Samantha looks equally excited as Abby about the fish)
Then it was Ethan's turn to catch one


Sadly, Ethan's fish got away from him before he could land it. He had 2 more bites that came close to landing, but got away. He was so disappointed and upset.
Then finally....
SUCCESS!!
and he throoughly enjoyed his catch!!
The whole 4 hours we were there was great, and we didn't even get to see and do a bunch of the stuff I wanted to. We will have to go earlier next year. It was such a blast!
Another highlight of our trip was getting a quail caller. Ethan has been practicing his "Che KEE ta's", so soon we will have to go out in the field and see if he can't attract a covey.
FUN! FUN!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a fun day. Loved the intent look on everyone's face as they were painting their ducks, and the satisfied look on Ethan's face as he is eating the fish that he caught himself.

Christie said...

Wow, what a day! Looks like so much fun. Love the expressions on everyone in these photos. Too funny.... I swear I didn't read sandras comment first... We just had the same thoughts I guess :-)

AceMott6 said...

You always find the best adventures! Good for you. This looked like a ton of fun.

Anonymous said...

Yeah.. so much for fish!! Somewhere there is a Mommy fish swimming around looking for her baby fish...:( Looks like a fun day.. all except for eating the fish part.

Anonymous said...

Ethan...there's nothing as yummy as fresh fish cooked in butter and sauted'd in lemon (unless it's a good yarn about the big one that got away)!

Tricia said...

Greg would have been all over that, I wish we had stuff like that to take him too.

Becky said...

Why, put them on your fireplace mantel, of course! (the ducks, I mean) They'll be part of your decor for years to come!