I just added a few Santa photos from Saturday. I want to thank the Johnsons, Tschidas, and Jim Scholls for hosting the day which was so wonderful. The food was excellent and the company delightful. See you all next year, it is just around the corner. Judy

Scholl Christmas 2009

Well, Hank and I are into my new sport, deer hunting-with a crossbow right now and then comes the rifle next week. But , no deer yet. All we see are 10 turkeys coming for a supper meal at 5pm daily, now that we are on CST. Good bonding time for Hank and me. I will keep you all updated. Judy

Tom Turkey's Demise

Hi to all,
I need to tell you of my exciting turkey hunt of 4 days culminating yesterday at 4:35 when I bagged a big one, 24 # Tom!!He has a 9 1/2 in beard for those of you interested in knowing.
I had not shot a gun in 45 years and then just a 22. Hank set me up for practice last week, shooting the 22 19 times and the shotgun(which I used for hunting) 2 times. I hit my target 19 out of 21 times. I certainly surprised myself and Hank!!
Sunday was our longest day in the blind-9 1/2 hrs watching a strutting tom about 6 hours of that . He was courting a maiden who really wanted nothing to do with him. It was actually sad, even I felt sorry for the dude!
I did get 1 shot off but missed the big boy. Monday we saw nothing of this pair. We thought they went off to another land, or he had a heart attack!
Tues we went out in the am for 3 hours not seeing anything except the male pheasant that Hank was able to call in. We went home, rested ate a big meal and went out a 4 pm. When we got out there, a male was present. WE were able to sneak into the blind withoouthim seeing us! He was about 150 yards away I'd say. Hank started calling him, a hen appeared which is not good! Hank kept up the tantalizing call. AT 4;30 pm he was getting really close and did get in line with my shot availability. I put the bead on , Hank kept saying : shoot him! I said, I have to wait til I can hit him and POW, I shot and he flip over! I was as surprised as anyone reading this. It was great fun.
I reccomend it for fun and spousal bonding. We both enjoyed it greatly!! He was a beaut abd not the one we had seen Sunday.

Scholl Christmas 2008

Dear Family,
Just a note to wish you all a Blessed 2009. There are lots of things going on in the world that we have not experienced before. So my wish is that we will all survive this year healthily and come out of it better than we went in. What more can we desire? Love, Judy