The Great Hunting Trip

Hello everyone!
Welcome to Life Through a Viewfinder! This week, we decided to post pictures from our recent deer hunt on our grandfather's farm. Even though we didn't bring any deer back from our hunt, we made sure to bring back some pictures to share with our loyal and much appreciated blog readers. :-)

So please sit back, enjoy the pictures, check out the special hunting challenge, and comment if you like (or don't like!) what you see.

Before the hunt...

The Saturday before Opening Day, we went to our grandmother's home for supper. Of course the hunters quickly formed a group and started talking about deer hunting.

Ben checking out Nathan's "meat provider". A 12-gauge slug gun with a retractable stock.

The One That Got Away

While Ben and Jon work on planning our Monday morning hunting locations, Josiah busily takes pictures. Yes, we make a good team. :-)

The Hunt Begins

On Monday morning we woke up at around 5 a.m. to a dark, cold, and wet morning... Remember everyone, this IS fun!

Lock and Load

The hunter is ready to sally forth...

My view of the world on Monday morning.

You know, they say that war is "long periods of boredom interspersed with short periods of intense excitement". I think that description fits hunting as well. :-)

Sitting in the woods by yourself certainly gives you a lot of time to think about life. It's amazing how helpful it can be to just have a few hours by yourself to think.

After staring at this plant for a few hours, I decided to take a picture of it. :-)

Still no deer...

I saw an amazing amount of squirrels that morning. They were everywhere! One squirrel even started climbing down the tree I was sitting against. He got within 10 feet of the ground before he saw a strange lump sitting at the base of the tree. This "lump" was very displeasing to him and he heaped a lot of verbal abuse on me before I finally got tired of it and made a sharp sound with my mouth. When he heard that, he apparently remember that if you are going to pick a fight, it should NOT be with someone many times your size. So he turned tail and ran away as fast as he could go.

As I looked for deer and watched squirrels run up and down the trees, I suddenly got the feeling that I was being watched by unfriendly eyes. My eyes narrowed as I gripped my gun tighter and slowly scanned the woods looking for who it was that was watching me....

Ah ha! I was right. There was somebody watching me.

Just remember everyone, that whenever you are in the woods, there's almost always something watching you.

Can You See The Deer?

Now it's your turn! Please turn on your speakers, click on the picture, and see if YOU can spot the deer. Yes, you may pull the trigger even if you don't have a license. :-)

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So how did you make out?

There I was, sitting quietly in the woods when suddenly something caused me to look to my right. There, not 30 yards away, were two deer staring straight at me!

My first thought was, "Wow! Deer are such beautiful creatures." Then, "Are either of them legal to shoot?" After I determined that neither were legal, my next thought was, "Can I get a picture of them??" :-)

The Watcher

Isaac saw a legal 4-point buck, but unfortunately the deer spooked before he could get a shot at it.

See ya!

Hunter Photo Shoot

We have the pose, now we just need a deer.

Inspection

Insignificance

Don't mess with him!

The Great Hunt Ends

The very (un)successful hunters!

Maybe next year!

"So what did we do wrong?"

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Take care,
Benjamin and Josiah

The Post of Many Subjects

Hello everyone!
We hope you all had a nice weekend. Josiah and I had a busy one. On Saturday, we helped Derrick and Sarah move into their new home during the morning and into the early afternoon. After that, we went over the church building and repaired a broken light fixture. Then in the evening Scott and Dale come over for Jonathan's birthday party. Can you believe it? My "little" brother Jonathan is 20 years old! Where does the time go? After supper, we decided with due deliberation, that Scott had become a good enough friend that we could go to the next level with him... so we played for him a dramatized audio story that Jon, Josiah, Isaac, Dale, and I made many years ago. We hope we didn't scare you too much, Scott!

Now, onto the pictures for this week. Enjoy!