Author: huntressmama

  • May 3 – Hunting Journal

    So we had a minor crisis in the house and missed Germany’s opening day for the buck season. Plumber was out yesterday and we were able to get out to the woods today. Sitting at the bottom of a valley today. The view was great and it was a pleasant evening to sit in the… Read more

  • Waidmansheil!

    Traditionally in Germany the Buck season starts on May first. It’s a big deal for the German hunters. This year we were not able to get out on opening day. Even though we are allowed to start our buck season in April we always try to go out for May 1st. This year the odds… Read more

  • Goulash Soup – It’s what’s for dinner

    As a hunter, of course I need to have ways to prepare my wild game into yummy food. We eat wild game about once a week, and in my house one of the favorites is in the form of goulash soup. This is how we make it around here. Most of the time this will… Read more

  • April 28 – Hunting Journal

    Yesterday was not a hunting day. This week was the kick off of my son’s football season. Yesterday was an away game, so I was out with my Son’s team at the first game of the season. Yes, My favorite football player calls me Mom! Anyway today I really wanted to get out and see… Read more

  • April 24 Hunting Journal

    We’ve has some sketchy weather the last few days. Last weekend in the 70s F, now back down to freezing. It’s a little bit crazy. This morning it was raining and even hail for a while but things have settled a bit and Hubby and I went out to hunt. We cooked up some venison… Read more

  • Earth Day and Hunting Therapy

    Today is Earthday and is celebrated across the world. It was a rather stressful, got up in the morning find that the heavy rain from the days past had flooded the basement, so instead of starting work right away we ended up dealing with that for while. We are also in the process of doing… Read more

  • April 17 – hunting Journal

    Today started out as a fairly normal hunting day. I was a little late getting done with work, but hubby had everything packed and ready to go, so once I logged off my computer all I needed to do was change clothes and get in the car. We were in the hunting area around 4:00.… Read more

  • April 14 – Hunting Journal

    I didn’t make it to the woods yesterday, Home ownership sometimes means that household repairs come as priority. Today however we were able to get out to the woods. Today I went out to another stand. It was a buitiful night and the view was glorious… but alas no animals wanted to be seen. As… Read more

  • It’s not all about venison – hunting for wild herbs

    Sunday was a glorious day to be out in the woods. When you spend as much time in the woods as I do, other things in nature tend to spark your interest too. Today another huntress took me out to on of the open fields in our hunting area for an all together different type… Read more

  • April 10 – Hunting Journal

    Had to go back to work this week. My vacation was over so not able to get to the woods as often. The wind today wasn’t great for the zoo, so I picked a different stand. Today I went to the Coordinate Stand. I named it coordinates because we found the stand in the area… Read more