I have had such a hard time getting this post up on here, so I am going to try to keep it short and sweet. Clayton's dad came up for a week, just to go moose hunting. They decided to stay "on base" which is still about 40 or so miles out. They had some awesome luck (oops, I mean skills!) and Clayton shot his moose on the first day of hunting season. I am SO proud of him. This is the first animal HE has actually shot, and what is better than getting a moose for your first? Not to mention, I am super happy that my freezer has been re-filled :).
I know, I know. Gross! I did it last year too, so now it's all about tradition!
Clayton and his dad did ALL of the meat procesing themselves. It took them 3 days total, but I would guess that it saved us around 800 to 1,000 dollars. Well worth the 3 days. This is Clarence cleaning off all of the meat before they cut it up.
Hannah thinks that most animals are her very own personal pet, but this moose in particular she was quite fond of! She was all sorts of excited to get to pet him....and sit on him.
We took her off for about 30 seconds (a HUGE FIT!) and decided to just let her sit on him. Why not? She would have stayed all day if I would have let her. I think she ended up with a good 20 minutes before I made her get off.
Clayton grinding up the meat into burger. Mmm mmmm, good.
This is day 1, I promise they didn't look this happy on day 3. They were pretty tired by the end of it all. Still, after it is all said and done, Clarence went home with a full suitcase and totally happy and Clayton and I are thrilled. I really am SO proud of him and I am so grateful that he and his dad could do all of the processing themselves too. We are so blessed!
4 comments:
How exciting!! Derek still talks about how good moose is to eat, I guess we'll see next summer! Hannah looks to cute sitting on his head!
Ok, that is really awesome. I'm impressed they did all of the processing themselves too. Good Job Clayton!
Wow. Awesome moose. Quite impressed they processed it themselves. That is a big job. I never even give Brent a choice in the matter. I did not want the mess or the time invested into it. But your right, you can save a lot of money.
Their hardwork is certainly impressive. I think Hannah sitting on that moose is little creepy though. She has no idea. It will be a good story to tell when she's older!
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