Author: huntressmama
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Mama Tendencies
Sometimes my mama tendencies extend past my own family. A few weeks ago by full moon I headed out with hubby for a nice cold hunt for wild boar. A huntress friend of Mine Kristie was out in her property. It was not a particularly great evening weather wise. It was near freezing or maybe… Read more
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Jagd und Hund 2025
A few years ago hubby and I had planned to visit the Jagd und Hund Messe. We had taken Friday off and planned to make the 3 hour drive in the morning and come home the same evening, The evening before the weather forecast was looking grim. Despite lovely weather that we were enjoying the… Read more
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Fall Hunting
For those in many areas of the world hunting season for most deer species is in the fall. For us in Europe the season is much longer. For me it’s the season where my time is spent reading about other peoples hunting adventures and not really being able to get out myself. When the sun… Read more
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Mama’s back
It’s been a while since I have posted. Life is super busy. It was the end of football season, and I have taken on new responsibilities at work. The latter has resulted also in more longer work days and less time for stuff in general. Hubby is fabulous as always. He has been helping me… Read more
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A tiny step into the world of Taxidermy
Ok, well maybe not a tiny step… but in the past hubby and I have processed our own European mounts, with varying degrees of success. Usually we have boiled the sculls and tried to degrease them thoroughly. Recently he processed a very weak yearling buck, and it basically fell apart in the process.. I know… Read more
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Hunting Journal – July 29
First things first. I hijacked Hubby’s lucky hunting shirt tonight. It’s and old holey cammo shirt that is literally falling apart at the seams. He says it’s lucks so I can’t replace it. I’t being used as an under layer tonight, I#m not comfortable sharing that much skin in mosquito season as the shirt would… Read more
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Mama – MIA
So I am back. life has been busy. At the end of May my boss left the company. Mid June his boss asked me to step into the role in interim. So I have been working longer hours and having a lot of work to do as well as learning a lot. I’vestill been getting… Read more
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Hunting Journal – July 28
Today I went to a stand I called the pumpkin patch. This is really just a small field of grass, sometimes used for temporary cow grazing and often the animal park next to the area uses it to spread manure. Last year a big patch of Hokaido pumpkins showed up seemingly wild. So I dubbed… Read more
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July 12 – Hunting Journal
Been working on a few stands for the past weeks built from some recovered materials. This morning we took out our stand “pretty Lady” to it’s new home. It will be a good seat as the breeding season kicks off, assuming of course the grass gets cut. Right now it’s about chest high. some is… Read more
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July 8 – Hunting Journal
went back to the zoo… There’s got to be something moving around here. This evening I got to see a mature Roe Doe deer. She came in to the salt lick today and hung around for quite a while. She’s not open.. but maybe in a few weeks when the breeding season starts she might… Read more