The tree is up, the Christmas scent is on and we had a light dusting of snow this week! It’s definitely getting closer to the holidays!
Last Saturday, Jay and I went to the Christmas party for the Foundation. We met a host of interesting people, including the previous dean of the UT Vet school. We also met Mike Acuff, a master falconer and an employee at the foundation. He invited us to go hunting with him and his birds, and we met him outside Knoxville last Sunday to join him on the hunt.
He has three birds, a red-tailed hawk and two Harris’ hawks. We went to this field, thick with blackberries and brambles and thorns to hunt the red-tail. She made some fantastic attempts at catching rabbits, but the brambles were pretty thick and she wasn’t successful.
The red-tailed hawk hunting
Mike and his red-tailed hawk
This weekend, Jay and I made an attempt to go deer hunting. We went to some property that he hadn’t been to in a while, and we got there and found it locked off and now leased by a hunt club. Since we couldn’t hunt, we decided to shoot our new pistol, instead.
Me shooting the new pistol
Jay shooting the new pistol
This is a gun Jay has been wanting to get for a while now. It’s a Springfield XD subcompact 9mm. He did his research before we decided to get it. It’s a really nice gun and it’s fun to shoot, I like it a lot.
Jay has also been making some seriously good dinners lately! Here’s his latest:
Venison stew with vegetables and cous cous!
Jay has also begun a new hobby…knife making! Here is what he’s got so far, but he says he still has a long way to go before it’s finished.
He made this knife from a file
