Hunting Stories
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And the Turkey Hunt Continues…
Y’all may recall my post last year when we went on our first turkey hunt ever, down on the ranch my family has in South Texas. We’ve never had turkeys on our place…
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A Wild Doe Chase
This is a story for all my hunters and wildlife enthusiasts! Last week, I wrote about the youth hunt I went on in Central Texas, and today I wanted to share with you…
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Tales from an All-Girls Hunt with the Texas Youth Hunting Program
Hello my blog readers! Pardon the long break over Christmas and January, but I am finally writing again. It is hard blogging and working full time!! This past December I had one of…
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Heritage Game Mounts with Rita Schimpff
This month in my column for Texas Wildlife magazine I featured three talented Texas women who turn trophies into beautiful pieces of art. Today I am featuring Rita Schimpff with Heritage Game Mounts! {Become…
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Hunting the Rascally Turkey
Our turkey saga continues. As you may have read here, Brandon and I have been hunting down the wascally turkeys on our property since last fall, when we decided that 30 turkeys was…
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Cheers to a New Year and a Few Deer!
Happy New Year! Ours was spent down at the family farm. Spending the new year there is somewhat of a tradition, largely because it’s the only place we can shoot off firecrackers and not get in…
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Turkey Hunt Attempt #1
I grew up hunting only the wildlife we had on my grandfather’s farm: deer, dove, and the occasional hog. No ducks, our land is too arid. No quail, not enough of them. Turkey…
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The Adventure of Getting Your First Deer
My friend Kristin bagged her first whitetail deer over Thanksgiving break. Go Kristin! To be honest, I was surprised to hear it was her first deer. Kristin is so outdoorsy and has been on…
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Dilley Dove Busters Were at it Again
This past weekend was the last weekend of dove season, so Brandon and I went to my family’s farm to do a little shooting. Dove are our favorite things to hunt! Unlike with…
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Tis the Season for Deer Hunting
Another successful hunting weekend in the books! This was my first time to be fully decked out in Prois Women’s Hunting Gear and I felt very legit. (Prois site: Vest, pants, coat.) It…
