My First Deer!!

Me with my first deer.

The "Perfect Shot" was pictured here and was taken about 60 yards.

Proud of my six point buck.

We moved to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee this past July and I have made three friends, Ryan, Kyle, and Ben. They have killed deer and seen some, but when we first came they were all into fishing. I knew alot about fishing so I had alot to talk to them about, but when fall came something changed. They said that it changes every fall of every year. I did not know much about this thing so I did not have much to talk to them. I don't know if you have figured out what it is so I will tell you..HUNTING!!! I did not know much about guns or hunting so I was starting to feel a little bit left out. I kept on talking to them and soon enough I was starting to know about all this stuff. Soon I was making a goal, to kill a deer this year. 

I have been wanting to kill a deer so bad this past month. I went hunting the day of the juvenile hunt and went both that morning and that night, but did not kill anything. I went over to another man's property and did not see anything. I started getting frustrated because my friends had at least killed one deer this year. Then one morning we heard some shots in the green field behind our house near my tree stand where I would hunt. Later my dad went to check it out so I would not shoot anybody and they would not shoot me. When my dad came back he told me that the guy was in his tree stand and he said that the deer were taking a different trail and it was leading them to the other side of the green field. My dad asked him if he killed anything and he said that he had killed a 8 pointer. He told my dad to tell me that I should hunt at the corner of our property and down there was the creek they followed that lead out to the other end of the green field. I went the next Monday,(November 25, 2013) in my tree stand and did not see a thing. I decided to go where that man told me to go that afternoon. So around 3:15 I went and got positioned on the ground where I could see the creek. I thought I would not see a thing and started just kind of fooling around. Then I looked to my right and saw him, the deer I had been waiting for. Thankfully the wind was positioned just right where he could not smell me. I was so nervous that I was shaking. I did not have a clear shot sitting down so I decided to stand up, but I was shaking too bad and had one choice. To kneel on one knee and prop my elbow on the knee pointing up. BAM!! I shoot and the deer drops. I run up to our house and told daddy and we brought it up to the house, but he had to leave to go to church so Ryan and Brett came over and gutted it and skinned it and deboned the meat and put it in the freezer. I could not believe and still cannot believe that my first deer was a 6 point buck.

Thank you friends for getting me pumped up about killing a deer and helping me gut, skin, and debone the meat off the deer.

Dog Outfits!!!

 Old Dan looks cool in his new sharp looking outfit.

 Little Ann loves her outfit because it makes her have more "fashion".

We as a family decided that we needed to get the dogs some outfits so they don't freeze to death. We went to Walmart and looked at the dog outfits and they were $5. So we looked and found some old green sweat pants that were my dad's. We took some scissors and cut the legs out of them and cut them two leg holes and a tail hole. We decided that could be their "undershirt" or if it was just a little cold we would only put that on them. Then Dad went to the Goodwill and got a black with light blue striped sweater for $6 and cut the sleeves out of it and cut two leg holes. We only put the sweater on them if it is going to be pretty cold. We have sometimes have trouble getting the outfits on them, but when they realize what we are doing they will sit there and let you put 50 different outfits on them!! They are so cute with their outfits. So if you want to save some money on outfits go to the Goodwill or just look in your closet for a sweater or sweat pants and then you will have two outfits for your pups.

Birthday Party!!!

I (Isaac) had a surprise birthday party. My dad and I had gone out to fish with jugs and when we came back I found these two guys in my house. I was so surprised that I was laughing. We ate supper and went back and fished some more at a private pond. When we got there there was a milk jug (a gallon) bobbing up and down. We knew what it was, a catfish. Well we kept on fishing and just before we left we pulled the jugs and the jug that was bobbing would not move. We all of a sudden got a bad feeling. It had made itself stuck on a pole that was sticking out of the water. So we had one choice the hardest choice a fisherman has to take. To brake your line. We broke the line and just knew that there was nothing on the rest of the jugs. So we started to pull in the jugs when all of a sudden it was still heavy pulling it in. We knew we had something that was not bobbing a jug. So we kept on pulling and then we hit the money. We pulled the jug out of the water and what did we see? A BIG snapping turtle. We all was scared to pull it out until my good friend, Kyle,  (In the middle of the picture) pulled it out with his bare hands!! Of course by the tail. Ryan (far right on picture (and my other best friend)) loves to kill stuff so we all decide to kill it. Nobody wanted their pocket knife to kill it so I gave them mine (Winchester 3" blade). We kept on sticking it on the belly with it turned upside down and it would not give with that hard shell. Finally we decided to get big rocks and throw them on him. We kept on trying with no success until my dad got this big boulder and cracked open its shell. We decided it was done. Well all of us except for Ryan. He decides to jab it with my Winchester one more time. So he stabs it from the bottom lip and it goes all the way threw until it hits the top of its head. So he is dead. Nobody knows how many fish we saved from that 8 pound snapping turtle. And nobody will know what was on the first jug. But all goes well and ends well. we went home got a good sleep and woke up fishing then eating breakfast. After breakfast we went squirrel hunting. Even though we did not caught anything or kill anything we still had fun being together. That was one of my favorite birthday surprises and will probably be one of my favorites for my whole life.

Big Daddy Redtail!!!

 Big Daddy Redtail on the rocks.

Trying to find a good spot to put the hickory.

Big Daddy Redtail is a Fox Squirrel and is the biggest squirrel we have ever seen!! He looks like a beaver climbing in the trees he is so big.  We found his nest and love to watch him climb through the trees. We will not kill him because he is the only squirrel that lives around here and we are hoping he finds a mate and has kids so there can be more squirrels. I took these pictures when one day I was watching him get all these hickories that Elijah and I put behind a rock. I wanted to take more pictures so that I might get a better picture but I had school to do. I hope ya'll love the pictures and that ya'll can come back to read some more post.

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!!!

 The turkey shoot!!

By the end of the day I won a turkey and a ham.

Like father, like son.

In October there was a turkey shoot that Pop, daddy, and I went to. First you had to pay for each shoot and once when you paid you got a small piece of paper. On the piece of paper there was a round number and a shooter number. If you won anything you kept the piece of paper and if you didn't win you put your name on the back and put it in a container. The first couple of rounds we didn't win anything, then one round I won a ham. After the 10th round they drew a name out of the container and that person won a turkey and they drew my name to win the turkey. Then at the end of the day the top 25 shots got to shoot for the $100 shoot out. The closest person won a $100, but I didn't win that. I was still glad to win a turkey and a ham.

Then another time, in October, Paw got to go with me to another turkey shoot. There I won another turkey. I decided to give the first turkey to Paw and Maw and keep the ham and the second turkey.

In November Paw and Maw came back up again and Paw fried those turkeys. Yum!!! That was some of the best fried turkey I have ever had.

Isaac C. Camp

Hawks!!

 Two hawks hanging out.

 The back and the front.

My favorite picture.

These are hawks that I took pictures of. Aren't they pretty? One day Elijah started telling me that there was some white things on the limb. I was like there is no white things on the limb. Until I saw them with my own eyes. They were redtailed hawks. I took these pictures while they were still on the limb and mamma made it closer where you could see their red tails.

Christmas!!

My new book and the best hat (it isn't crimson and white)!!

This Christmas my family went to my Uncle's house for Christmas. Despite the long trip we had lots of fun!! I             got a book, a Texas A&M hat, a glow in the dark gel ant farm, a Lego City set, a big road atlas, and a stunt car.

Then we went to my mom's parent's (Paw & Maw) house to see them. After a while my dad and I went to my other grandparent's (Pop & Gigi) house to spend the night, while the others stayed behind to spend the night. My dad and I went to Pop and Gigi's house to go hunting on their property and they live a good 45 min. drive from Paw & Maw's.

I took my stunt car to their house and it was as big as their chihuahua so I tried to play the chihuahua. The next morning my dad and I went hunting and jumped about 5 deer right before we got to our tree stand. Then we saw 4 good size ones in between us and our tree stand. Unfortunately it was dark and we could not get a good shot at them. But it was a good hunt because we saw something.

Yikes! It Is A Snake!

 Going to strike!

Let it go!

Stand back!

When my daddy was running he spotted this snake. So my dad called Isaac, Sarah(me), Rilley( my friend), and Elijah.we captured the snake with a bucket and a shovel. Then we were wandering how are we were going to get to the house. So we put the shovel under the handle of the bucket and Rilley and I carried the bucket to the house. It was fun catching the snake but it jumped out at us and didn't bite us. Then we let it go in the tall grass where it belonged.

Sarah 

Football Time!!!

 The Vanderbilt Commodores!!

 Talking to a coach.

 Practicing before the game!!

 Two guys parachuting on the field before the game.

 The Vanderbilt Commodores get the ball!!

 My favorite restaurant!!

 Jeff Driskel calling the plays.

 Inside their own ten yard line!!

 Whew!! Now they can breath!!

 More Florida fans than Vanderbilt fans.

 Dad and me having a ball.

 The final score!!

On October 13, 2012, my dad said that there was a envelope at the church office for me so he had brought it home. I opened it expecting a nice letter from somebody, but I opened it and saw two tickets to the Vanderbilt v.s. Florida game that night!! So the letter was not a nice letter it was a terrific letter from Mr. Brent that goes to our church.

I was so excited I could not wait for that night. We went to Nashville and had a great time. I got a pack of popcorn and my dad got a hamburger at the stadium. I got to put the toppings on dad's hamburger so I snuck a big onion in there and he was not expecting it. You should have saw his face!! He made me eat the onion part and the burger was delicious!!

Right before the game there was two guys that parachuted on the field. It was AMAZING!!! The game, band, and players were great!! It was a close game until the second half. It was 7-8 at the half Florida up. Then things started to get embarrasing for Vandy. The reason Florida is so good is that they do not give up and will pound you in the second half. We left after Jeff Driskel ran for a touchdown and that ended it. There was no way Vandy was coming back.

Some times in life God will give you something that you did not deserve.

Snakes!!!

 This is my second snake caught.

 This is mine and Elijah's first snake we caught.

 Isn't it so cute!!

This is the bigger one.

One day me and Elijah was playing catch and was having a great time together. Then Elijah threw the ball to my right a little too far. I was going to get it when I saw a black thing about two inches off the ground. I looked closer and saw that it was a baby snake. So Elijah and I caught the snake in a bucket and brought it to the house. My dad was out running so we had to wait for him so he can say if it was poisonous. We took some pictures of it while we were waiting for him. When he came back he did not know what kind of snake it was. We let it go in the field by our house. Two days later my dad was running and saw another snake on the road, but it was bigger than the first one. I brought a bigger bucket and a shovel. We scared it into the bucket and took it to the house. We took some pictures and let it go in the tall grass right beside the place where we let the first one go. I love catching snakes!!

Poor Meowy!!

 Shh!! She is going to sleep.

Looking at who came to get her picture.

On the night of August the 7th before we went to bed my mom thought she smelled a skunk. Then in the middle of the night my dad heard some noise in our garage. He went to see what it was and he noticed that the small garage door was opened. Then he saw a yellow blurr run out of the garage. He started to look for Meowy and found her behind the wheelbarrow and she would not come out. The yellow blurr was another cat and was fighting Meowy in the garage. The next morning she was not bleeding but one of her eyes were swollen and we put some medicine on it. Now her eye is better thanks to God that He protected her.

FUN!!

On Friday, August the 17th, we went to my grandparent's house. Then on Saturday, August the 18th, my parents took my sister and I to Six Flags. We left the little ones with my grandparents.

The Georgia Cyclone

We arrived at the park around nine o'clock that morning and left around six o'clock that evening. I had lots of fun!! I rode 19 rides in one day!! My favorite rides were the The Great American Scream Machine and The Georgia Cyclone. It is funny that I like the oldest rides in the whole park.The bumper cars are very fun too. I was riding with my dad on the bumper cars and we went three and a half times around the track!! I won a basketball playing a basketball game and Sarah won a cape playing a game. My dad won a furry snake trying to hit the bell with a sledgehammer.  By the time we got home all of my siblings were asking where we had gone. I am looking forward to going back again one day.

The Bunny Story

This is a bunny that I caught on 3/19/12.
The bunny's name is Hippity Hop. That is a piece of fur in the left corner that I will tell you about in the post.

This is a small wild rabbit that I caught on 3/19/12. We found it after supper while daddy was cutting the grass (he almost ran over it). It was a cute bunny so we decided to try to keep it. We named it Hippity Hop. Then the day after we caught it (3/20/12) Elijah decides to take the bunny out side and show Sarah's friends. I see him and I go out there and try to stop him. Well I did stop him but Sarah's friends thought it was adorable and wanted to hold it. Instead of letting me have it the friend gives it to the other friend. I told Sarah's friend to put it down that it would not jump away and when she did it hopped away. I felt very sad. The next day I found a dog chasing the rabbit. The dog had it in its mouth and somehow I got the dog to let it go and I got it. When I got it I noticed something werid about its right side. Come to find out it was a piece of fur that the dog bit off. We decided to keep the rabbit until it got well. Well my grandparents were coming that weekend. So we decided to keep it and let them see it. The same night my grandparents came the rabbit got loose in the garage. We found him but we could not get to him. The grandparents got here and they helped us get the rabbit. We let it go the next night so it could go find its mom. So my mom said that if we see it we can catch it we can keep it until that night.