Fair Chase & Open Range
"There are no good guns. There are no bad guns. Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody – except bad people. ..." Charlton Heston, May 18, 1997...
...April 29, 2008...
...Gray's 8 pound Largemouth...

...March 3, 2008...
...6 lb. 12 oz. Largemouth...

...December, 2007... With his bow...

...September, 2007... Bow Season...

...Gray, Duke and the Bad Boy...
...I need to get in here somehow... So I'll show off one of Dad's fishing hats...
...I had bigger gear, but I had a ball fishing with my ultra-light pole and lures...
...May 1st, 2007...
...Vernon Holt's first North Georgia Gobbler... and from the Farm to boot!...

...Dad turned 80 since Turkey season came in this year...
...Dad kills'em... Mama fries'em... The rest of us belly up!...
...February 26, 2007...
...Both of Gray's trout were 21 1/2" long... The fish on the right was 6 1/4 lbs. and the other was 5 1/2 lbs...


...A bad night fishing for me doesn't necessarily mean the same for Gray...
...Gray and a 5 pound Kentucky Spot from Carter's Lake, Georgia...
...Black Friday, 2006...
...This buck was after a doe... when he crossed paths with Dad...

...June, 2006, Way back in the mountains trout fishing trip...

...An extreme close-up of a wet bear nose...
...This was the only picture at this time... nothing approaching... nothing leaving... I'd like to know when he stopped running after the flash went off in his face at point blank range!...
... Gilmer County, Georgia...

Mid November, 2005, brought excitement to the North Georgia woods... This 18 1/4" wide, 165 pound 8 pointer was slipping around about half way up the mountain... I had already taken a nice little 5 pointer a little over a week earlier... Both were taken with one of our Encore .50 caliber muzzleloaders... within 40 yards... almost at dark...
...Dad bagged a doe shortly afterwards from the ground blind... Both of us hunted from folding chairs this year...
...I use a Lakota TCP32 digital trail camera... It's been an excellent performer...
...If I can keep it out of a bear's reach, I expect it to last a long time... Anthony has already repaired it for me once because of this bear...

...Last two bucks to come from Bucksnort, 2003...

...2004 Turkey season...
...Dad got two big gobblers on April 1...

...This 20 lb. bird had 1 1/2" spurs, and a 9" beard...
...Mama and 3 cubs in the backyard 6/7/2003...
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