New discovery

Recently I discovered a new love in jewelry. The world of "outdoor" inspired jewelry. 

I first saw these earrings while watching The Chase. Leigh was wearing them. I immediately went on their Facebook page and asked Leigh where she got them. I told my hubby that I would be a really happy wife it these were under the Christmas tree for me this year! If you  love these too check out Spent Rounds Designs.

Babes, Bullets & Broadheads just introduced their new bracelets.

I am ordering mine this week. It is delicate for me but shows my love for hunting and the outdoors.

Other "outdoor" jewelry that I would like to have...

This ring was what I wanted for our anniversary, but got a new scope for my rifle instead. I am not complaining. I love the scope, but I do still want this ring. But maybe it would be better fitting to get this ring after I shoot a buck. 

Pinterest....

I wanted to share a few of my favorite hunting sayings from Pinterest.

This is definitely me. I hunt like a girl. My bow is a Hoyt Kobalt with black & pink strings, wrist sling and a pink peep tube. I need to add some pink silencers.

This is truly the reason I started hunting. It is an amazing feeling knowing that I harvested the meat that we have at our dinner table. 

"Families that hunt together stay together"



I truly do believe that families that hunt together stay together. It is the way is was hundreds of years ago and it is the way it should be.

Now that I hunt, I feel I am truly a country girl! And I LOVE it!

Girls with Guns

Ok ladies are you apart of one of these statistics? Have you started to carry a concealed weapon? Are you out in the woods hunting or at the shooting range?

Yes, yes, yes and yes I am. 

This year I bought a pistol and got my licence to carry a concealed weapon. This was my first time purchasing a firearm. 

At first I thought of it as a gun to have fun with on a Sunday afternoon at the range. But then there was an fugitive that was considered armed and dangerous that was hiding near my place of employment. When I got home that day, I put my pistol in my vehicle. Rarely do I carry the gun in my purse but I have it in my car now at all times.

Recently I also bought a rifle for hunting. So I am now apart of the women hunters statistic. This year is my first year hunting. I shot a doe so far during archery season. And we will see how I do during rifle season, it doesn't open for another month.  

So I am apart of the 67% that have a gun for protection, apart of the 66% that use a gun for target shooting and I am now apart of the 58% of women that use a gun for hunting. I am helping to make the statement "Women are buying more handguns, rifles and shotguns." true.

Balancing Life

Trying to balance everything in life can be tough sometimes. Especially for a family with young children that would like to get out in the woods to whitetail hunt as much as possible. We have been juggling our commitments, activities and family time to be able to squeeze in some deer hunting time.

Since I have discovered my new passion for hunting,  I want to be out in the woods all the time. My job is a 8-5 job so that prevents me from getting out during the week. We also have a 3 year old, so that prevents us from just picking up and going to the woods when ever we feel like. Then there is the weekends that I have to work and all the social engagements we have this time of year.  I am not able to get out in the woods as often as I would like too.

Today is our 6th annual pumpkin carving party. I don't want to give up our party, but I am bummed that I don't get to go out hunting today. The wind is supposed to be the perfect direction for my treestand tonight...but I won't be there. 

The kicker is that next weekend I have to work in the morning then we have another Halloween party to go to in the evening. (However, we may end up going late so that we can go hunting in the evening.) The first weekend in November I have a baby shower for a very dear friend and I wouldn't miss it for anything. So I'm gonna try to get out in the morning.  November 10th will be my last chance to get out, because the 12th is the last day of the first archery season. I will most likely have to work some, but I will try to schedule it so that I can get out for either a morning or afternoon hunt.

The shining light at the end of the tunnel is that we have taken the week of Thanksgiving off. We will be heading to New York to spend some time with my family and get out hunting with my brother and dad for their shotgun season. Then we get back home and will be able to get out to do some small game and turkey hunting. Monday, November 26th is opening day of rifle season in northwest PA. I took the first 2 days off. And I have not even really thought about the second season of archery or muzzleloader season (However, I don't have a muzzleloader. I'll have to see if I can borrow one.)

So the good news is, I do still have plenty of time to kill a big buck this year!

Evolution of a Hunter

I think this cartoon is completely correct. I also think that every hunter goes through the different stages at some point during their hunting life.

My husband is in the Sportsman Stage. He is teaching me to hunt and he is also getting our 3 year old out in the woods to walk with him during small game season.  As for me, I am Limiting Out Stage, sorta. I have already filled my doe tag and would love to shoot a buck before the season is over. I would for my husband to also get a doe and a buck. It would be great to just eat deer meat all the time. However, I do have to say I love a good  medium rare steak or prim rib every once in a while.

What stage are you in?

Girls Hunt Day

Sarah & I

This week I had my first ever Girls Hunting Day!

Last week Sarah and I got to go out in the woods after work. Unfortunately we did not see anything in the stand. We did see 2 does when we were walking out of the woods.

This is also Sarah's first archery season. She started hunting last year during rifle season, but has been eluded by the whitetails of PA.

I get to Sarah's house to change my clothes and she greets me with gifts. A new flashlight and a head lamp. Sarah is so good to me! As we are putting on our face paint,  before going out in the woods, Sarah says to me "Is bad that I love painting my face?" I reply, "I like doing it to. I never put it on the same way." Our you can take the girl out of girly things but you will never take the girly out of the girl. Common it is still putting make-up on.

Maybe a reason why we did not see many deer was that Sarah's alarm on her phone went off while we were in the treestand. Nope...It's because all the crazy squirrels talking to the deer and telling them we were out there waiting for them. We are convinced that the animals communicate. We will not let our lack of seeing deer get us down. We will be back out in the woods again on another girls hunt. After hunting, we went down to our local tavern for a couple of beers. We talked about someday going on a big all women's hunt. Maybe for boars. How many of you ladies go on women only hunting trips? Do you get to hunt with your girl friends regularly? I know that this was just the first of many girls hunts, but I will remember this day always.

Going hunting with my hubby is a great bonding experience. But there is just something about hunting with your girlfriends.

Hunting Rituals

As I was getting ready to go hunting this weekend, I began to do things the same as I had done the week before when i was getting ready. I realized I was creating my own pre-hunt ritual. 

How many of you have a pre-hunting ritual? What does your ritual consist of?

My ritual begins with taking a shower with Just for Does scent free products.

Then I put on my Under Armor, dryed my hair (with no product, of course), finish getting dressed, and put on my face paint.

When we get to our hunting ground, we make sure that we close the truck doors quietly, spray down our bows and our entire bodies with Scent Away and then start walking to our stands.  There is one last part to my pre-hunting ritual... I stop for one last potty break before climbing into my tree stand. :)

Hubby then makes sure that I get up in my tree stand, wishes me luck and trods off to his stand.

I think that as the years go by and our son starts hunting, we will create more family pre-hunting rituals.

One thing, that I just realized is not apart of my pre-hunting ritual is...hubby and I do not kiss before we get in our stands. I am definitely changing that this weekend.

So tell me your hunting rituals.