Father/Sons Bonding...

Brandon, Brian (his brother) and Larry (his dad) went on a pretty exciting outing - Boar Hunting at a family friend’s home, Don Jones, in Tehachapi, which is about 3 hours from us. It is really beautiful up there... lots of mountains with trees and wildlife. Cooper (my younger brother-in-law) was supposed to have joined the boys, but they had to change their trip to the middle of the week instead of the weekend, so it didn’t work out for Coop. So anyways… they had a blast. The first day, they didn’t have much luck with shooting boars, but they had a great time squirrel hunting. (I have a hard time thinking of those little squirrels, but they say they shoot them for coyote food, so I feel a little better about that.) The second day was much better, Larry and Don shot one boar, but it got away. Brandon and Brian accidently walked up on three sows (female pigs) and ended up shooting two of them from about 10 feet away. Brandon talked of using his big pig knife if he got the opportunity, but quickly changed his mind when one of them decided to charge him! In the end they got their pigs (one is pictured above and Brandon's shirt is off because it was covered in pig blood - sorry readers for the graphic details). They gutted and skinned the two sows and brought home lots of meat, which will turn into sausage for future use. They really had a great time and Larry was beaming with pride when he returned home with his boys.