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.

Puppies!!!

 This is me with my puppy.

 Sarah loves her puppy almost as much as I love mine.

In August we had a race on the first Saturday of the month. When we came home we had to get ready to get these puppies. Then on that next Monday we got our puppies. I got a boy and named him Old Dan. Sarah got a girl and named her Little Ann. We got the names off of the movie Where the Red Fern Grows. We love our puppies!! They are 1/3 mountain curr, 1/3 fiest, and 1/3 jack Russell. They are suppose to be good squirrel dogs and that is good because we have lots of woods around our house and have several squirrels. I have been teaching them to tree squirrels and so far they have treed three squirrels. They love us and love being around us. They now weigh 13-14 pounds. We are looking forward to many years with them.

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

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 

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!!