Happy Thanksgiving

            Happy Thanksgiving, many of us enjoyed a deep-fried, or smoked turkey that was taken during the season. I had bought a new smoker and it works wonderfully. We had seasoned it immediately and it was patiently awaiting the season. Luckily venison isn’t a staple on the Thanksgiving traditional menu, because this season was not my best! This season has been so bad for me that I didn’t hesitate to go shopping on Black Friday, and Thursday evening. I felt I had a better chance of being successful at the stores then in the woods. Of course I went to Franks Great Outdoors, Gander Mountain, Dicks, and Cabala’s. Although I was Christmas shopping for others, I couldn’t resist buying myself this extremely cute duck call necklace at Franks Great Outdoors. I had always admired the orange one’s they have carried, but they got a camouflage one in. I couldn’t pass it up. It’s not just for show, it really works! My Brother’s one must have was a gun safe, and mine was a multi-fold ladder for my dad. Luckily they were at the same place, so we stood in line together. We were both able to get the items we sought after, so that was a good thing. The rest of the time we just had fun.

            My mom and I stood in line together Thanksgiving evening for the Thursday, six p.m. sales. The weather was awesome. Neither one of us expected to go out that night following dinner at my brothers house, so we didn’t have coats, gloves, hats, or anything. It was fine though because there wasn’t any wind at all, so it really wasn’t cold. The previous years we were bundled up but with the wind and rain it was still miserably freezing.

            I heard muzzleloaders being shot all day today; I guess everyone is getting their guns sighted in. I don’t own one, but I’m going to look into it. I have picked one out that I really like, but I’m not sure yet. I’m going to shoot my brothers a couple times and go through the process of loading and cleaning it to see if it’s something I want to pursue. My buying impulse almost got the better of me when I fell for the looks of a gun I saw, but my common sense told me to research, and experience it before jumping in.

            I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving time with their family as much as I did, and was able to purchase all their items on their Black Friday shopping spree if they went out. Until next time, enjoy good food, family and friends.