Well, it's been a long week but I'm still on vacation so that's good :)
We left Friday afternoon after work. My folks picked me up and we headed for the cabin. We woke up super early on Saturday morning and went into town. Me, Brandon, Dad, and Grandpa headed up highway 21 just north of the Maple Creek junction where we did most of our hunting. Me and Brandon got our first-ever kills - two mule deer bucks that were bedded down near a rockpile. Both were four-points which was a decent size. We were going to head east of 21 to fill our antlerless tags but after some phone calls realized that the season wasn't open so we headed back into town to skin and hang our animals. My uncle built a shed in his backyard that had all the gear so it was pretty slick.
Sunday we went into town for lunch and then cut up the deer. We settled in for some supper and then to watch the Riders lose yet another season of football. It was unbelievable how bad they played! Put Burris in! Fire Barrett! The list goes on and on...
Monday we were up early again heading east of 21 to fill the rest of our quota. This time my uncle Blair came with us. Blair got two, Dad tagged two, and me and Brandon tagged one each. By the time we got back into town there was just enough time to skin them and call it a night.
Tuesday we were up early again with another new team member, my cousin Christopher. He had one tag left and me and Brandon each had one, and we managed to get them all in the space of an hour! Not bad! We went back into town, cut up the deer from the day before and skinned the day's catch. That left a bunch of time so we went back to the cabin and Brandon cooked up some of the newly-cut meat - delicious! I was exhausted and pretty much hit the sack.
Wednesday morning we got up and went into town to cut up the rest of the meat. We were going to leave shortly thereafter but we couldn't! You see, Mom and Hali had left on Tuesday afternoon because they had to work Wednesday, so they left a car for us, but took the keys! Me and Brandon had to drive out to the junction to get the keys that they had shipped on the bus back to us. It was a huge delay but eventually we did get back home - this time I had a freezer full of meat with me, and just as much still in Maple Creek to make sausage with at Christmas time!
Wednesday night I went to the university to meet up with Mike, who was just finishing a board meeting for me thanks to be being out of town. Thanks for covering for me, dude! We went to the Owl for a few beers and then went to the Grey Cup tent downtown for another brew. Beer was $4, so we weren't going to stay there very long! Mike called it a night so I went to Blair's to have some more brews with Tyler and Jerrod. It was fun, and I called it a night around 1AM.
I would have pictures from the big hunting trip on the site, but I haven't been able to get them developed because upon leaving Blair's last night I noticed someone had been kind enough to throw a huge piece of concrete through the back window of my car :( That means no car for me right now and $200 out of my pocket :( I spent the bulk of this morning on the phone with the cops and the insurance folks, and it's all getting straightened away and fixed tomorrow at the dealership. I had a few things planned for this weekend that I won't be able to do due to lack of funds, but I've got lots of home stuff to do so hopefully I'll make a dent in the ol' to-do list.
Grey Cup party is at Brad's on Sunday - be there!