You can eat a cupcake for breakfast, but call it a muffin to make it healthier. Right? I KNOW. These things are super easy to whip up, and the homemade blueberry icing is well worth the extra effort. [You just may want to have a spare napkin or 10 close by.]
Hello hello! That probably sounds like I am more peppy than I actually am on this Monday… Mondays are the worst, huh? Can’t it already be Friday again? Ahh, such is life, I guess! Anyway – enough complaining. Not a whole lot has been happening on the hunting or fishing front lately, although it’s not for lack of trying! I did catch a little bass (below) on the pond behind our neighborhood, though. Better than nothing, right?
Happy [almost] Memorial Day weekend, friends! I’m sorry for the far and few between posts… It’s been a little hectic around here! BUT! Last week I had the opportunity to go cobia fishing out of Beaufort, and we could not of asked for a better day. The weather was perfect and we were able to take our 21 foot boat close to 30 miles offshore. We had the boat in the water by about 630 with the goal of catching bait before heading out to the Betsy Ross to try our hand at the cobia. It was a beautiful morning and we had high hopes for the day.
Well… Turkey season came and went with little excitement, save a possum or seven. I guess that means it’s now Turkeys – 7, Hollis – 0. Womp womp. But, apparently a lot of people boarded the struggle bus this season and had little to no luck as well.
Annnddd… I know you probably thought I forgot about the video from our trip to Argentina, right? Well, I assure you, I did not! On top of how crazy things have been around here since we got back, we had close to 35GB of video to go through. [Dad – that means a lot.] It was really fun to go back through and see the awesome shots we made (and missed), and relive the hunts all over again. And to see exactly how much alike my dad and I are… Our similarities when we shoot is uncanny. I don’t think I’ve ever used the word “uncanny” here before. Weird. Anyways… We also had a guy with Frontera Wing Shooting & Blackcat Natural Films come out in the field one day and film us. He used both a GoPro and his fancy camera, so some of his shots were too good not to incorporate into this video. [You’ll see the Frontera logo in the corner of his video portions.] Sooo….
I haven’t done a gift guide in quite some time, and was recently prompted to write one for Mother’s Day for Wide Open Spaces. While that article is much more in depth, I thought I would give you a quick overview of the items you could buy the lovely outdoorswoman in your life! Moms are the best (I know mine is), and you can find something below for the angler, the hunter, the traveler, and even the perpetual thank you note writer.
Remember the exciting news I told you about last week? My new writing venture with Wide Open Spaces? Well, I submitted my first article, and it was published today! And what, you ask, was it about?
It’s Fridaayyyyyy! Is anyone else as excited as I am? I got spoiled with a 3 day work week last week, having just returned from Argentina. I think it’s safe to say that I have recovered, and there’s no denying that I miss it. But, alas, I think it’s time to move on (at least until I finished the video, then we can revisit!), and get turkey season underway.
Happy Friday, friends! I am grateful for this short week, what about you? Mine was extra short, as I was off of work Monday as well… That’s the day we arrived back home from another Argentina Dove Hunting adventure! I returned to the same lodge as before (and before that), returning this time with not only my dad, but my Mr. and father-in-law as well. We had 3 other guys join the 4 of us, and it really made for a fantastic group. I probably heard more “guy trip” talk than I should have, but they kept me in stitches the whole time.