International Sportsman's Expo - Las Vegas 2013

I had the opportunity to attend the International Sportsman's Expo and Elk Camp in Las Vegas with the wife. There were tons of product manufacturers, clothiers and outfitters.

 

The highlight for me was to meet Tiffany and Lee Lakosky and have our photo taken with them; what a great couple!

 

I guess for Kelly it was trying on clothes and picking out a new bow?!

 



 

 

SYWAT (Shoot Your Way Across Texas)

My daughter Lauren wanted a compound for Christmas 2011 and wanted to take lessons and hunt turkeys with her Dad during the 2012 Fall Season here in Texas.  Well the season came and went without a joint hunt, but Lauren has kept on practicing and has gotten pretty good with her bow.  As I wrote about earlier, she took First Place at the Longhorn Open and before that she placed 4th at the Texas A&M Open a month earlier during the JOAD season.  She was a little bit late getting started, but she is in the final stretch of the "Shoot Your Way Across Texas" tournament circuit.  So far she has accumulated enough points in 2 matches to place 5th in the State, this is pretty amazing!  She has a meet  this weekend at Canyon Lake and the following week will be her last before State.  She has inspired me to buy a real bow and last week I entered the same tournament (18-54 y.o male) the results were posted last night and I actually placed 86th in the State!! 

This photo was taken after our first SYWAT together; I wish we could compete as a Father/Daughter Team!



Texas Mid December Rut at Night

I just got back some camera cards from Gurra Ranch last night.  I haven't hunted there since mid November, but it has had a cadre of hunters down there in the meantime.  On my HD video camera, I caught a couple of spike bucks gettin their "rut on" after leagal shooting hours; even the jack rabbits got in the action!