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Post by swampbuck on Nov 25, 2010 8:37:08 GMT -5
Back as a kid and teen growing up in Michigan...
We would get up at 4:30 or so thanksgiving morning and meet several other family members at a local restaurant.. There would me my dad my brother all of our uncles a few cousins and even a few aunts.
We all eat breakfast the drive to the hunting area one of my uncles farms or sometimes state land. After a quick briefing we all head to our chosen stands for a few hours.. After a few hours of sitting we would meet back at the trucks for quick bite and plan out mid-morning. The mid-morning hunt usually consisted of deer drives.. While we were all hunting the women who didn't hunt were back at my uncles cooking the Thanksgiving day meal. Around noon or so we would all load up and go eat, afterwords some would go back out and hunt till dark other would nap or watch football.
Sometimes I miss those times most of my uncles are gone my dad is too old to hunt, most of the family still lives in Michigan.
I was the youngest one of the group and the only one that still hunts. I mostly hunt alone now my teenage son doesn't like to get of bed..
I still keep up the thanksgiving hunting tradition just modified it a bit.. Now I help the wife prepare the meal and after we eat I load and head to deer camp.
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Post by passinthru on Nov 25, 2010 19:34:35 GMT -5
Our tradition still carries strong after aal these years. Its something we look foward to every year. Get up early drink coffee and b.s. for a bit decide who is hunting where and so on. Then its off to the woods for some deer hunting. After the morning hunt its back to camp for lunch and so more b.s hunting stories. Then back out to hunt and then its TURKEY TIME!! We have a great big meal annd stuff ourselves till our belly buttons almost burst. Then its time for some football watchin and deer proccesing (when neccesary) lol. Its been a great tradition for many years and i hope it continues for many more. Its a great time to spend with family!!!!
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