Asher and Allen went on the first hunt of the year this weekend.  It was the first hunt of a lifetime for Asher. Asher seems to have a lot of things come easily to him the first time he tries. True to form he got the largest doe virtually effortlessly! He managed to get his dad to do most of the cleaning pretty effortlessly as well. ; ) The elk hunt is next month. It looks like the trip falls the same week as our piano recitals so Asher is bowing out of the hunt. The call of the show is a bit stronger than the call of the wild!

We spent yesterday hauling home a new (to us) chest freezer and getting everything loaded in. We need to yet unload the old freezer and defrost it this week. Not looking fwd to that job! Having a store of organic food for winter is very gratifying however. If you have any good tips for venison send them on!

The pics show some of the most beautiful land on the Western Slope fwiw. You can see life hasn’t changed much in a century.  They had to stop for a rancher moving his cattle. : )