Stylin in my new man cave!  Got a great view of the outside world, lots of room to kick back and right now I’m enjoying a cold brew!  How can things get any better?

I have a plan to put up a hat/coat rack in here soon…Sherry will like that and it will free up the backs of the kitchen chairs, which have become regular hat and coat racks for the past 38 years…that will be a tough change for me.

Sherry came in here and the first thing she said was “You hung your pictures pretty low”…..What in the heck does she know about hanging pictures in a Man Cave?!!!!  A Man Cave can have whatever the man wants, where he wants it!  Get Real!  I told her “I’m not decorating the ceiling”!  She just rolled her eyes…I know she was thinking…”you’re not decorating the floor either, but you are close”.

I like it.

Yes!  It’s bright and cheery.  Clean.  No more guards and darkness and of course there is heat and air conditioning if I need it…plus the control is just down the hall…no more calling for the warden and/or the guards…I’m in my comfort zone.  I can see anyone coming to the house via the driveway.  I can hear them coming down the side of the house.  This is great!  Plus I still have a full wall to put my turkey mount from the turkey I will kill this year.  I purposely left that wall open for that.

Oh, by the way, for those of you who might have to travel towards the salty city tomorrow….we are under a high East wind warning for tomorrow afternoon and night, into Tuesday.  Sustained winds to 40 mph with gusts over 60 mph…they are saying that trash, lawn furniture and assorted stuff might cross your path as you drive down the Wasatch Front, especially through the Farmington to North Salt Lake areas.   Drive safe!

Bears Butt

April 7, 2013

A nice spring time rain is falling and it is a nice day to stay inside.  Maybe I can get some things caught up.  I have some loose ends that have been untied since Christmas time…and it doesn’t help for Sherry to find our auto insurance forms from last November, still hooked to the pages from the insurance company…sure glad we didn’t get in any auto accidents since then.

This rain reminds me that the upcoming youth turkey hunt could have this same weather fall on the fun.  We need to be prepared for this as well as the sun…I have to put that down on my preparation page to remind others to make sure they are prepared for rain during the hunt.

My “to do” list includes shampooing the carpet in the “man cave”, I’ll do that first and then will be able to move this computer into the room…I’ll be off line for a while…

Bears Butt

April 7, 2013

So, what began back in early January has now been finished!  PAINTING!!!!!!  I’m done!  Sherry’s Christmas present is now complete!  Merry Christmas Dear!

The last step before I can move my office back up to the light of day is to shampoo the carpet…Bears Butt has not seen the goodness of carpet in a long, long time.  And not to mention the “heat”!  The warden has somehow forgotten about me down here in the darkness and has ignored my pleeeeeessss for heat to be sent in this direction….but I made it through the harshness and am now able to come out and once again see the sunlight.

You should notice an increase in very positive stories from this day forward…well maybe after I move to the “Man Cave” from down here.  I have gotten used to feeling for the things I need in this darkness and it will be quite the treat to be able to see the things I am reaching for.  The stories should unfold quicker and with that positiveness I talked about.  YES!  Finally a reprieve from this dark and cold place.  Guards….be off!!!!

And so, with all the trapping and the painting and the farm work and the whatever it has been that has taken all my time, I just discovered that the weeds and the asparagus are now growing!  I didn’t have time to get out and clean up the patch and suddenly God has decided to punish me more by making it impossible for me to clean the patch “easily” before the asparagus comes up.  Now I have to toil around the tender little plants that are poking their heads up to get the old dead and the new weeds out.  I need a servant.

Well, maybe just another beer.

Bears Butt

April 6, 2013

Weasel and I attended a meeting of volunteers for the 3rd annual Guided Youth Turkey Hunt last night.  A great bunch of guys showed up for the meeting and it was one of the best meetings I have attended in a long, long time.  Assignments were made, lots of voices were heard and some wonderful ideas were batted about.  Several changes are being made over last years event and all of them are on a positive note.  The volunteers this year will have a lot more free time to get involved with the camp and the hunts.

Most of the guides were on hand for the meeting and they are going to do a site visit this Saturday to get a feel for the land and do a bit of spotting on their own.  Like was said, a guide can be a fantastic guide, but if he doesn’t know the country he is hunting in he might as well not be there.  This years chosen few youth hunters are in for a wonderful treat…not only to get to hunt on private property that is loaded with turkeys, but to be guided by some of the best guides in Utah.  These guys really know their turkey crap…and that is a good thing!

If you have a youth hunter, under age 18, you really need to consider getting into this drawing…$25 p/entry and you can enter as often as you want.  And in addition to that, if you don’t have a youth hunter but would like to attend a special turkey hunting seminar, enjoy a meal and listen to a high quality band at the camp site, just plop down $25 and it will be yours for the taking.

Another SUPER deal they are planning for this hunt is that they will choose alternative hunters from those who have entered…Six youth hunters will be chosen from the pool as the ones selected for the hunt…Then Six more names will be drawn as backup or alternative hunters….All 12 will be notified as to their winning/standby status when the drawing is completed (April 15)…As the youth hunters bag their birds, the alternate names will be contacted and told when they need to be at the site to join in on the hunt!  HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A WINNING DEAL!!!

This is going to be far better than last years (my first ever at an event like this) and trust me, last years event was so much fun I just had to make it back for this years event!  I’m pretty excited about it.

So, I have copied an email that is being circulated and have chosen to put it on here just so you can see this is not just any ordinary event that is going to happen…This one is very special:

UWC members,

The deadline for the 3rd annual turkey camp is April 14th, 2013. The last 2 years have been a great time with many birds harvested and smiles all around. Go to the link below and donate to get your youngsters name in the hat for one of 6 guided turkey hunts. As an added bonus, all entrants and one guest will be invited for no additional charge to our 2013 turkey seminar provided by The International Sportsman’s Expo and Darin Gardner Taxidermy. We will have lunch, live music and award winning taxidermist and turkey guide, Darin Gardner will be on hand to teach turkey hunters both young and old how to be more successful in their turkey hunting adventures. I hope you will join us for a great time on the mountain!

Click here for more information and to win!

http://unitedwildlifecooperative.org/events/249-2/

  Bears Butt

April 3, 2013

The following link takes you to the page that tells the whole story, but I believe this is a very good idea.  They are looking into a proposal to re-introduce Grey Prairie Jackalopes into our Federal Parks, beginning in Yellowstone and Grand Teton.

Most of us have seen some of the taxidermy varieties at places we have shopped, but they vary quite a bit from the real thing.  There have not been any of the Prairie variety found in the United States since the mid 1700’s, but lately a small group was discovered just across the Canadian Border, north of  Central Montana.

Let’s hope they can capture a few breeding pairs and get them started again.

http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2012/04/jackalope-yellowstone-grand-teton/

Bears Butt

April 1, 2013

Happy Easter Sunday everyone!

Today is a traditional day for our family and friends…we gather at the family farm and enjoy a day of fun filled “stuff”…including stuffing ourselves with food!  Pot Luck lunch table full of really great eating…plus there are the BBQ’s set up for hot dogs, hamburgers, steak, fish or whatever fancies your appetite…bring your own or catch it from the pond!

The pond has lots and lots of largemouth bass swimming around and we encourage you keeping the ones under 12 inches…there are just flat out too many fish in the pond.

An Easter Egg hunt kicks off the days events and then it’s fishing, horseshoe pitching and a lot of gabbing and catching up on peoples winter events.  Most of the people have not been seen since the deer hunt time frame and it’s always good to catch up on their family events!

Life is good!

Bears Butt

March 31, 2013

Wyatt’s BS is a great little barber shop located in Brigham City, Utah.  It really takes a great place to make a person look and feel like a human again.  Take a look at this guy…Before….

And After:

Damn don’t he look good!

Thanks Brent for making me human again!

Bears Butt

March 9, 2013

Mother nature is a wonderful thing…in just one week we have gone from this:

To this:

Who is loving this is ME!

Yes it’s sloppy and muddy out in the back 40, but at least you can dig down to the dirt and grass.  Bring on some 60 degree weather!

Bears Butt

March 3, 2013

I just checked the analytics page for this web site and I don’t understand one thing.  I have had vistors from every state in the U.S. except…Montana, South Dakota and Kentucky….What’s with people from those three states?  They obviously do not understand entertainment….HAHAHAHA!

I’m going to have to work on them.  Just off the top of my head, Montana has delisted wolves and wants to kill them all…I like that.  Go for it Montanahoonies!  But don’t forget to check on this web site, I just might catch a wolf on a trail camera some day.

South Dakotaites are out shooting pheasants and don’t have time for computers.  Totally understandable.

Kentuckyites probably don’t have electricity and so don’t have computers either.

I will continue to look into other possibilities and try my best to get at least one visitor from each of those states to look at this site…It only takes one second of viewing time to count…how hard is it folks?  I do know people in each of those states, maybe I should call them?  Do they let outside calls go to an individuals private cell?  Not cell phone…I’m talking about cell…as in prison…..

Bears Butt

March 1, 2013