12/14/2025 HappyWife Happy Life

I caught a few slabs on Da Bayou on Thursday. I had a tough choice to make on Friday. Clean fish or go fishing. My bride suggested she go fishing with me so it was an easy decision. A fishing we must go.
we waited till noon when the sun was high and the temps were in the 70’s and put it in the water. Less than 2 hours later we were putting it back on the trailer with 9 nice thick blacks on ice. She caught 5 of the 9 and the biggest one as well.
My bride said we had to go take Austin the woods on Sunday to try and get a deer so here we sit in one of our box stands. Life is good. Oh she is a better shot than I am.

BON TEMPS!!

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Awesome job. :highfive

Happy wife happy life is right! Great job. :cheers2

Great post, Bon Temps. You're a lucky man! C'est la bonne vie!

Yep
I have been blessed. Together 50 plus years and she has been by my side on every crazy endeavor. There have been many!!
Well Austin was sitting in a stand by himself and an 8 point stepped out at 180 yards and he got BUCK FEVER!!
Been there done that. He shot and missed clean but I gave him the moto I’ve lived by to read and hopefully it will help.
read the photo to understand better. He was in the arena tonight and although he was not victorious he was not amoung the timid souls who will never know victory or defeat.
Teddy said it best!!

Bon Temps!!

Great Job, and yes, Happy wife, Happy Life...Congrats...
As for Austin, I have been in those shoes...in a tree stand, and ole big boy tried to sneak behind me. I managed to stand, level my 12 gauge, (on military bases must use a slug), shot, clean miss at 15 yds...shaking so bad from buck fever, couldn't even get a swallow of coffee for 30 minutes...buck jumped straight up, and when he came down, He left a dust trail...no blood, no hair, no deer. All one can do is smile, and do better next time...And remember, deep breaths

Absolutely agree-Semper Fi!

Awesome, great times for you guys!

How exciting. Austin will get his deer one day.

Outstanding :)
Speaking of buck fever. I still get shakes, especially on the first shot each season. Everyone tells me that I don’t want to ever lose that.
What’s funny to me is that when a nice buck steps out, I kind of go on autopilot. Tell myself deliver the shot tucked tight behind that front shoulder then we’ll have a come apart later ;). It’s the wise old doe that comes out at distance, stares right at me and foot stomps. Tries to fake me out, get a bite then snap eyes right to me to try and catch movement. That’s the one that really gives me the shakes and ragged breathing!


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Remember Wednesday you have an appointment with the "Shop Foreman". Great post Bud.

Great post sir! Thanks for sharing with us

Looks like you and the wife are enjoying life. Congrats. As far as Austin....when you loose all sense of buck fever then you need to just hang it up cause the fun's gone. I still get an elevated heartbeat before pulling the trigger but all them shakes have long left me and I wished they hadnt.;)

It was my wish to take my first deer with a 44 pistol. Long story short, 3 deer at 50 yds, maybe less, and I emptied the gun. They looked at me and walked off. Hurt my feelings. Never even got close, long guns ever since. His day will come as mine did and I hope youre part of it all. I’m still looking for Mr Big…….

Austin had killed several does however it was always with his Granny or myself in the stand with him. He completed the hunter education course and now can sit by himself in a stand. We don’t have many deer on our property and seeing an 8 point stud is usually only on cameras at night.
My heart still pumps faster when anything steps out. That’s why I still do it.
Now when my electronics revels a school of slabs within pitching distance my heart skips a beat and that THUMP IS WHAT KEEPS ME GOING BACK FOR MORE!!

Great post!! Thanks for sharing with us!

happy wife is a happy life and if she ain't ....
ANYTHING you say, can and will be used against ya .....:Rofl
KABOOM bro :highfive