Bye, Bye Birdie

In December Colby was invited to join my dad and brother-in-law, Scott on a hunt at Sportsman's Paradise. The hunt lasted all day. They spent the morning hunting the flats along the river and the ponds. After the morning hunt they went back to the house where they were fed a trout lunch. Colby said it was the best trout he has had in a long time. After lunch they went to the skeet range, where a contest was held to see who could hit the most clay pigeons. Colby was doing really well until Scott told him that the winner got a hundred dollars. Because of nerves, he missed the next three. At the end of the rounds he ended up tying with another gentleman. It came down to a shoot off. After a few very nerve-racking minutes, he came out on top. Colby said it felt pretty good to beat 12 other two-handed guys.

After the skeet contest, they went out for the afternoon European hunt. Basically you stand in a line and the birds fly over your head and you sling as much lead at the poor birds as you can. The funny thing about this hunt is that they call it a gentleman's hunt (more like a slaughter hunt). During the European hunt, one of the pheasants that was killed came down on one of the vehicals and left a pretty nice dent. A few minutes later another pheasant was shot and it came down on Dad's truck. Colby says that hanging out with the Scott's hunting or fishing is always a good time.