Well since it's Thanksgiving Thursday I figured I would talk about 5 things I'm thankful for.

1. I'm thankful for Jesus dying on the cross for me!

2. I'm thankful for my family!

3. I'm thankful for our farm!

4. I'm thankful for our house!

5. I'm thankful for getting to go and see the Tennessee game on Friday!

Well even though there are SOOOOOOOOOO many more things I could think of that's all for today.

See ya later,
Joe

PS. I still haven't gotten a deer. { :^(

Well Im back after the weekend. We didnt do much this weekend but deer hunt And hang out with  my grandmother. I didnt get a deer but I did shoot AT one. I was sitting in the stand about 7 in the morning I havent seen anything all morning, Then all the sudden an 8 point buck walks out of the woods behind me and starts trotting off. I start making little noises trying to make him stop so I can try to get a shot off then   finnaly he stops with his but to me, he turns his head and looks at me as if like I knew you were there all along. I shot right over his back. Hopefully he'll come back some day!

See ya later

Joe

Last night the Kings came over, we ate pizza and watched election coverage on fox news. We got Adobe photoshop yesterday and I sat up until 11 pm last night switching peoples heads with different peoples body's taking pictures of mountains and making people stand on them so it was pretty funny. Here are some pictures of our chicken coop and our chicken tractor.

As you can see the chicken coop is a small building with an old chicken tractor attached.

This is the latest chicken tractor and our young laying hens, we are soon going to put hen boxes in the back of it. We actualy have nine but this was taken when we first had the new hen house, and some were in it.

Hope you like the pictures!

Joe

I think my chickens are laying invisible eggs. Sunday we went and got 19 laying chickens that were given to us. The man that gave them to us said they were laying close to 24 eggs a day. We have had them for 2 days now and either their laying invisible eggs or he just wanted to get rid of them. We'll just keep feeding them and see if they were just stressed from moving into a new home. Hopefully thats it because I want to get into the egg business.

Check out this picture and see if you see any INVISIBLE eggs.

See ya later    JOE

Well I know it has been a while since I posted so here it goes. I am helping build a duck blind for waterfowl season. It is 13 feet wide, 30 feet long, and has a place to pull your boat in under a canopy. Its small room will have heaters in it and the shooting platform is really big.

I just bought a pair of chest waders from Cabelas. I am hoping to get a job at another gun club down the road. The coolest thing of all is that on Nov 24 my dad and I are leaving for Knoxville, Tennessee to watch the Volunteers play! My dad's company is taking us to Knoxville, giving us a hotel room, taking us out to dinner, and letting us sit in an Executive Suite at the very top of the stadium.

Well I will try to start blogging more often { : ^)

See ya later

Well last night we went and saw a movie. It was called Facing the Giants. It was a Christian move about a football team that hasn't had a winning season in over a decade and the coach and his wife are barely able to make ends meet, there car doesn't work half the time, they have a smell in there house that they cant figure what it is, The husband walks in the school to hear a bunch of higher ups talking about firing him. So basically hes having a hard time. I cant tell you much more than that or it might spoil the movie. All I have to say is the movie was very good!!!!!!!!!

Oh btw If your looking for a Really Cool 50 Sates Geography Curriculum or just a 50 States Geography book this is the one for you! Its called The Star Spangled State Book. The book is all color and has funny little clip art. check out this website www.homeroomeducation.com It was written by a personal friend and fellow blogger joelking My family is trying the curriculum this year and its Great!

Talk to ya later

Joe

Well I got back from vacation sunday and it was awsome! We left two saturdays ago and went to Asheville NC and spent the night halfway. We got up sunday morning and drove to Myrtle Beach SC. Monday we prety much just laid around exausted from the twelve hour trip. Tuesday we went and hung out at the beach during the day then at night we went to an amuesment park. Wednesday we went and saw the Ripleys Aquariam, I have to say it was pretty cool. Then afterwards we went and ate at a Italian resturant called Angelos, we even had a table side magician. Thursday we went and played at the arcade, swam in the ocean and went to a resturant that was very very good I just cant remember the name. Friday we did a bunch of things, to many to name. But that being our last night there we had to go to the amuesment park just one more time, after the amuement park i did a thing called the slingshot i will have a video of it tomorrow. Saturday after a bunch of packing we headed to berea KY where I was in a state trap shoot, I hit 22 out of 25 which wasnt good enought to place Then sunday we came home.

Talk to you later

Joe 

1. Which holidays (if any) do you consider more as a day off from work, than anything else? 

     Well Since I don't have a true job I guess any time is nice.

2. Which 3 holidays are most celebrated in your family? 

     Christmas, Thanksgiving, and 4 of July.

3. Do you have an organized filing system at home? 

    My parents have one I just don't have anything to file.

4. Do you clip coupons for groceries? If so, do you remember to use them?

    My Mom SOMETIMES uses coupons but not often.

5. How many magazines do you subscribe to? 

     1.

6. Do you play any computer games on a regular basis? If so, which is your favorite, and why? 

    Yes! I like playing Trapshoot on www.miniclip.com. Well I guess because I trapshoot.

7. Have you watched any movies worth recommending, lately? 

    We just bought RV the other night it was pretty funny  

 I'll see you later.

Joe

I have finally had 500 visitors on my blog. You can see by my scores lastnight was an off night. A week from today I will be the big 14 Im only two years away from getting my license, YES!!! I did sell my gun lastnight so I guess the good outways the bad. Also two weeks from today we will be leaving on vacation!

Well I cant think of anything else.

Talk to ya later.

JOE

Well I'm here at my grandmothers house on her dial up internet so I'm gonna do the best I can to get an entrie in. We came up tuesday to wish my grandmother happy birthday sadly she hurt her back before we got there so she wasnt feeling good. It was hard for her to bend over so my mom volunteered me to stay and help her out. I will miss shooting sports tonight but thats okay. My gun is finally sold after about a month of trying to find someone who wanted to bye it I finnaly did it.

Well I guess thats all. (Oh by the way Lizzie if you need help commenting on my blog just ask HA HA FUNNY FUNNY) 

Seeya later.

Joe

Today I had a lot of fun. I woke up at 5:30am and went to work with my Dad. After his meeting we ate chinese. Then we went to one of the coolest gun shops called Whittakers, it was great. Next we went to another gun shop called Uncle Lees where we bought powder, shot, and some gun care stuff. On the way home my mom called and said the guy that runs the gun club wanted me to go with him to another gun club to shoot. I hit 46 out of 50. Oh by the way I'm still looking for sponsors on shells. Just e-mail me. I would be glad to take ANY kind of 12 gauge shells.

If you want look at my recent scores I will post here every time I shoot

See ya later.

Joe

Well I'm back and hopefully I can keep up blogging every day. Not a whole lot has happened since I last blogged. We started school Monday. Last Saturday I was at the range shooting and working from 7:45 Am until 10:00 Pm, I was very tired. I didn't shoot very well during the day but at night I hit 95 out of a 100. Were going on vacation to Myrtle beach SC in September, Big Fun. I'm coming up with a invention to help my job at the trap range but I cant tell you anything because it's top secret.

Well I guess thats all talk to you later.

Joe

Well I haven't blogged in a while so here it goes.  I shot 97 out of 100, three 24's and a 25 two weekends ago.  I now have hit three 25's with my new gun, a browning bt-99.  I have been working with Joel King clearing land on his farm.  One of my friends is now the Kentucky state singles champion and the US open preliminary handicap champion. A feat I hope to accomplish someday..

Well I guess you can see that I have been pretty busy here lately.  Bye the way,  if ANYBODY feels compelled to donate shells or money to buy shells please do so. Trapshooting is not cheap

See ya later.

Joe

I believe chickens are just about as smart as flies, at least mine are.We have our chickens in what's called a chicken tractor. It's basicaly a moveable coop. When we move it, instead of walking with it - they walk in the other direction and squawk like they're getting eaten alive when their legs get caught under it.

You'd think they would get the picture and understand. Today we were supposed to butcher chickens, but when we woke up it was way too hot.  We will just try again tomorrow!

Joe 

Trapshooting is something I do every weekend. It is a sport where you take a twelve gauge shotgun (that is personally what I and 98% of the people that shoot trap use) and shoot clay targets. You may use a smaller gauge like a twenty or 410 but but no larger than a twelve.

You first load your gun, put it on you shoulder and call pull. In front of you there is a square trap house that has a trap machine in it that holds five hundred clay targets that are round and dome shaped. A clay target will then come out of the traphouse in one of seven directions doing 65 mph. You point the gun at the target and pull the trigger. Sounds hard huh?

Next you take your gun down, wait for the people beside you to shoot, and do it again twenty four more times. I shoot 100 to 200 targets a week. Some at 4H and some at the gun club I where I work, which I will have pictures of before too long.

I recommend if you want to start shooting trap, you go to your local 4H group to see if they have a trap team.  Shooting at 4H is better for a beginner because they actually will coach you on how to shoot properly and won't put pressure on you to buy an expensive gun. Many times if you go to a plain ol shoot most people will tell you you need a $1,000 plus gun.  If you want to invest in an expensive gun thats fine, but don't let anybody tell you that granpa's old shotgun thats been sitting in the closet for twenty years isnt good enough.

Have fun,

Joe