Frank's outdoors...

The 7th annual Thanksgiving Goose Hunt was a resounding success. With our usual crew (plus Chris's dad and brother, and minus my dad), we headed to the field with Butch's Guide service for another outstanding hunt! We were in the field and awaiting the birds by 5:45, and had our limit of speckle bellies by 7am! Then spent the next 2-3 hours picking off the snow geese! All in all we had 16 specks, 1 blue, 2 or 3 Ross, and the rest were snows totalling 33 geese. We truly had another great hunt that has surpassed the previous years. Our crew is going to be heading into the field one more time this season in February for our first electronic call hunt with Butch... I can only imagine how fun that will be! Pics to come in February after that hunt! See below for our current pics! This is the Fullilove gang (from left: Chris, his dad Doug, and his brother Jeff). 3 Geese committing suicide :) Seriously, this is my favorite picture of the birds coming in! What a sight! Another great pi...

We had a really great time this past weekend in Llano, as expected. Weather was hot for Novemmber, 65-70 in the morning reaching well into the 80's by the afternoon. A nice wind on Saturday kept us "cool" in the heat. The blinds were covered in these babies: One blind I sat in had easily 70 of these boogers dropping down from the ceiling, and on the walls, and floor, and my bag, and my hat, and it was jacked up! They are called bold jumping spiders, and most of them in the blind were between the size of a quarter and a fifty cent piec... they were freaking huge! I, personally, would almost fall into the arachnaphobe category, but when the deer come out, you just have to get over it (if you want to shoot something, anyway). I did get to sit in my chair blind twice, and had some real good views on some deer. The second morning we were there, I had setup with my blind backing up to a tre, but I neglected to put any natural side cover around the blind. A pretty decent 8pt ca...

I can't wait for the upcoming season! I have several hunts lined up, as you know. I plan on taking my Nikon D50 to the blind during deer season to see if I can take some quality photos, as well as hunting. I want to get some shots of the buck I plan to take (time permitting), provided I see a good buck while out there. Last season, I had the video cam in the blind, and caught some great action of rutting bucks cracking heads! It was really exciting to watch from the blind, and I had only seen such antics on hunting shows. It was very cool. That same morning, I had deer all around my blind. I also will be taking my chair blind to the field this year, and will use it at least once instead of on of the box blinds at the deer camp. This way I can get to the areas I have seen deer, but didn't have a great view from the blind. It fhat works out, I may venture off the beaten path and find some hidden areas. We have 2300 acres to hunt, so there is lots of land we haven't hunted ove...

I am getting ready for the upcoming deer/duck/goose/turkey seasons, and I am pumped! It happens to me every year right around August. The hunting shows start showing more deer hunting instead of fishing and the commercials and sales start happening at the lcoal outdoors stores. So far, I'll be going on the annual Thanksgiving goose hunt with my family and close friends using Butch's guide service. I won 2 duck hunts that the Duck's Unlimited banquet we had a few weeks back ( I am on the DU committee for the North Houston chapter). I also will travel to South Carolina to deer hunt with my uncle, and hopefully another trip to Llano with my father-in-law! So, lots of action this year! Last year, my cousin Tom and I went to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge for their deer hunt. I shot a small unicorn buck (if you remember or can scroll down further to see). My uncle Jim may recognize the hat that I am wearing as its from Ashpole Hunting Club where he hunts in SC. I am not sure ...