better picture of the bucks

Hopefully we will see this buck during the hunt

High country fox!!!!!

More trail cam pictures

same 6 pt new picture

Big five pt

lots of elk hopefully

they will still be around

next week

when the hunt starts

5x4 buck that looks

good

any guess on how wide

checking the trail cameras is

almost as much fun as the hunt!!!!

2010 Trail cam pictures

Not to bad for Utah!!!!

I will try to keep up with the blog

hopefully we will get some good pictures, we have four camera's set up

and 2 more that are going up this weekend

2009 Elk

Here is the 2009 Elk Dough shot.  Check out the big Bull! 

Dough got 3 for 3 this year.  Utah Buck & Bull, and the Wyoming Buck!  Sweet year for Dough.

Big Buck

This is a down stream buck. ;)

Here is Bubba with a buck he killed this year.  WoW!  Great buck Bubba Congrats.

Elk Hunt Camp

Here is camp for the 2009 Elk Hunt...

And since there is snow on the ground and we have this nice fancy tent and an awesome stove....

Lets build a fire and keep the door open.  HELLO Crystal boys....  Have you not learned by now to close the door?  Check out the pic

Dough is stocking up the fire and the door is opened. 

Cooper Utah Deer

Here is the buck Coop shot the last Saturday of the Deer Hunt.

Dough's Utah 3pt buck

Here are the pictures of Dough's 3 pt Utah buck. I'm not sure the story about Elliot.... these pictures the deer looks to have all his horns.

Wyoming

I apologize for not posting these earlier. And I'm glad that we have people viewing the blog. I only know because of all the grief I am getting about updating it and putting up hunting pictures. Next time let Dough and Coop know about it, it's their blog. But like a good wife I take care of most things;) j/k

Here are a few pics of the land where they were hunting.

Now you going to wonder why I put this picture on here. You see the guys were really jealous of the tent that Paul and Steve had. Oh, and chalk that up on the list of things to buy when they go hunting again. (Thanks Steve, I appreciate it)

Now for the pictures you have all been waiting so impatiently for.......

Doughs Wyoming buck.

Dough tells a story about a river that the horse had to swim through..... Ya, Ya, Ya now you all know that the Crystal's BS more than they tell the truth especially when it comes to hunting or fishing. And yes my boys inherited that BS gene.

I'm not sure but I believe this is be the deer that Bill shot.

Maybe one day some of the men will log on and tell you their story so keep checking back. There is still a lot of hunting left this fall.

More Trail Cam Pics

We do get a few close-up shots on the trial cam.

As we were looking through these pics we kept thinking, "I wonder if these guys know they are on camera?" Then we get the picture below.

A special thanks goes out to these guys for not stealing our camera or our card. If you know him. Tell him thanks for us.

Coop and Shane ride horses into this wallow and this was the first time they have ever seen foot prints at the wallow and we also have a great picture of the guys who are also hunting there.

The Cost of Hunting

This video explains why I am so grateful that my husband hunts. :)

Does anyone believe him?

Well I think the price per pound is way above that in my house. Lets see we have many many hunts, don't forget the tent, camping supplies, the horses and everything for the horses and the year round care, the food these guys eat good on the mountain, the gear a bow and the arrows, and since Coops a dedicated hunter we add the muzzle loader in there and the ammo for it. Of course he doesn't always bring meat home so the previous years costs add in to the year he does bring something home. And lets not forget the monthly payments we usually send to the taxidermist. You think the red joke is only a joke.... not at all, there have been many of times when we have sent out taxidermist monthly checks to try and pay for the animal before its complete. And we also have the processing fee for the meat, when we don't turn my kitchen into a butcher house. What have I forgotten??

Bow Hunt Success

The bow hunt was a success for Shane, Coops hunting buddy. We wont mention the big one he missed earlier (pic is below). And that earlier in the morning Coop took a shot and the arrow was deflected by a branch. Yes, A branch... We are glad one of them brought home some meat. And man is this meat expensive.

More Trail Cam Pics

After all your requests I decided to post a few more trail cam pics. I love the calf. It amazes me the amount of animals that come into a wallow. And the amount of crappy pictures we get. But these ones are still neat.

New Hunting Season

It is a new hunting season. Some of us rejoice and some mope around all for different reasons. One reason the bow hunters are moping around is because they missed this elk the other day. And we just feel lucky to have captured a picture of him on the trail cam. Isn't this awesome. It only takes a couple of thousands of pictures to get one like this.

Here are a few more trail cam pics I thought we could share with you.

This is so neat to watch this bull in the wallow. (sp?) Anyways after they saw these pics they decided to turn the camera to video mode and it didn't work. I guess we need to take a few minutes to read the instructions Ugh, men.

The guys head out to hunt in Wyoming soon and we will post the pics if any of them are successful.

Dough Boy did shoot Elliot as the kids called him. (check out open season the cartoon if you need any further clarification) But I didn't get any pics and not sure if anyone else did. Happy Hunting everyone.

New Hunters in the Crystal Family

Hooray! We have 2 new legal hunters in the Crystal Family Hunting Clan. Congratulations to Bridger and Jayce on passing their hunter safety this last month and receiving their blue card.

I don't have any pics of Bridg but here is Jayce taking his shooting test.

And just for fun.... Here is Brax hunting in the field.