Hunting and Cattle
Cerwin left for a hunting trip to West Virginia with our brother-in-law Marlin (my sister’s husband) just before I left for Maine.
Marlin works at New Holland Sales Stable and through that made friends with John, a cattleman from West Virginia, who invited him to hunt on his property.
Cerwin and Marlin stayed in this house, a farmhouse (and second home) for John and his family.
Antlers in the living room.
The fireplace
There were ten-foot ceilings throughout the house. Cerwin liked the unique, old-style steps.
The kitchen where they had breakfast and packed their lunch. They went to a restaurant for supper.
Cerwin’s hunting blind.
Marlin’s blind
Cerwin shot this unique six-point on Thursday evening, December 1.
He thinks this is the weirdest rack he ever got – four points on one side and two on the other.
He didn’t think he was going to get it mounted, but I convinced him to get a European mount. It will be an interesting conversation piece in our garage.
Cerwin went out to the barn to take some pictures of the cattle.
John owns several tame, wild turkeys that followed Cerwin as he walked around taking pictures.
Cerwin took these pictures for our son Jeff who was buying three of these Angus heifers.
When Jeff and Chris saw that there were some red Angus, they asked John if they could purchase one of those. So those in our area who know Jeff and Chris and see two black and one red angus heifer in the field across from their house, this is where they came from.
As of a few days ago, there is also a young Herford bull.
The trailer where hunters stayed years ago.
When leaving the field to head home, they had trouble convincing the cattle to move.
They gradually moved as the truck got closer.
About a week later Jeff’s Angus were ready to be picked up at the sales stable in New Holland.
Moving them from one cattle trailer to the other.
I have not seen them yet, but sometime in the near future, I will insert a picture of them happily grazing with Jeff and Chris’ sheep.
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