Deer Hunt

On Saturday, November 14th, Steve went deer hunting.  He took Nyles w/ him since I was taking my practice test that day (6 hours longs), and of course Nyles wanted to go.  Dave came and picked them up just after 7am, and Rob met them here too.  They then went and picked up Zach at his house.  Zach had just gotten off of his firefighter shirt at 7am, so he quickly ran home to get his equipment (guns, lunch, etc).  After picking up Zach they got on the road.  They were going to the same place they went last year to hunt, Northern Utah to Paul Firth's place.  My dad does business with him and he wants the deer off his property, so he gives us a few tags to hunt the deer.  It's a win/win situation.  It took about 3 hours to get there.  After arriving and meeting my dad there, they started hunting.

Dave driving, Zach in the front

Rob and Nyles on the drive up.

Last year they were able to just pull up and shoot the deer right in front of the truck.  This year, they had to work a little harder for them.  Zach and Steve both had a tag.  Steve planned to let Rob shoot for his tag, but when it came down to it Rob got a little nervous and missed, so he asked Steve to try instead.  Zach got his around 3pm, then Steve got his around 5pm.  While Zach and my dad were skinning his deer, Steve and Rob went to hunt for another deer.  Nyles stayed in the car w/ Dave.  Earlier he had fun playing w/ both Grandpas.  He thought it was so much fun!

Nyles w/ Grandpa Dave watching the other Grandpa skin the deer.

My dad showed Zach how to skin the deer.  It was Zach's first deer.

Ironically after they were done w/ Zach's deer, Paul's brother-in-law shot a deer and asked if they could skin his too.  So they did.  While there were doing that Steve and Rob went to find their deer.

Rob looking at a rabbit.  They were so funny, they weren't really scared of them, they would just move a little further away is all.

The property.

Steve w/ his deer.

It was getting pretty late by the time they got Steve's deer skinned, so they hurried and cleaned up and headed home.  Nyles of course didn't have a nap the whole afternoon, so he fell asleep shortly after leaving.  Steve woke him up when they got to Snowville to get gas.  Steve put on the Cars Movie for Nyles to watch to help his stay awake.

Nyles watching the movie on the Ipad.

On Monday, Steve and Rob cut up the meat in roasts and whatnot then ground up the rest to make jerkey.

Zach ground up his too, so Steve had to try some.  Ironically Nyles tried it and thought it was really good, so he ate the rest that he gave them.  Steve said he only got one.  He really likes deer jerky I guess.  He ate a bunch from Grandpa Hegerhorst last year too.

Nyles enjoying the deer jerky.

Even though it took a little longer to get their deer, they all had a great time and had a successful hunt.  I'm sure they'll all be wanting to go back next year if they get tags again.  Good times for the boys!