Saturday was a big day in the woods. Chris got his first deer ever. It is anterless season in VA so he took a doe. With the help of Chris G, they field dressed the deer and on Sunday the 2 Chris' and Julie processed the deer into tenderloin steaks, a roast and lots of ground meat. Now our freezer is full. We figure we got 30 packages of meat(30 meals) from the deer. That will help out with the grocery budget!
After the kill on Saturday the whole family helped the Gearharts drop a huge, dead, black cherry tree in their yard. Chris B did most of the chain sawing and now has the know how when we need to do that on our own property. Everyone else hauled the wood up to the woodshed. As parents we were so impressed with our own children. Jackson G. gave Jackson B and Cooper a lesson in wood splitting. Cooper chopped for about an hour. He really enjoyed using a real axe; and was super proud of the pieces of wood he contributed. Jackson worked about 3 hours and reall got thru a lot of wood.
We all learned a lot this weekend from forrestry to butchering. Photos to come later......
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Note for those of you not familiar with the Bornemans/Gearharts. It gets a little confusing as both families have a Chris for the Dad and each has a 9 year old Jackson as well.
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