The rye is up!

Good Morning,

Sue and I are at Lon and Mary Jo's house and I have a few minutes to send some of the trail cam pictures from earlier this year. When I initiated this post I was hoping to send one or more of the video clips. When I discussed this with Lon last night, he sent an e-mail to Lonnie who told him to use "U tube" first and then pull this into Blogger and Lon made it work.

So . . . the rye is up! Floyd had been out to the cabin and noticed it was up about 2". We wasn't able to get to any of the other areas but we can expect the others to be similar.

The pictures below are some from the trail cam by the cabin earlier this year.


Two deer

A buck and a doe. The doe looks pretty skinny, but this was in the spring time.

Here's a deer trying to decide if it want's to take on the raccoon that's in the feeder. This spring we had two raccoons climb to the top of the power pole just to the north of the feeder and electrocute themselves.

Just a nice picture at dusk.

This is an ATV we've noticed; probably some curious kids. We have two additional pictures, one nighttime and one daytime.

We are looking forward to more and better pictures and video clips. As we've mentioned earlier, we've moved some of the cameras and are anxious to see what happens as the rye and deer specific stuff starts to grow. Would also be nice to see a bear, wolf, etc.

Bob

Pictures by Chris

Sunrise again on the east end of the original 80


Sun Rise over Lake Sanchijebanobe

Cody & Ole at the camp

Sunset over the new cabin site

Bob, Kayla, Paige, Jeff chill'in at the camp

Seeding, Trail Cams, Hunting dogs, Next Gen Hunters

Sorry this has taken me so long to post. As I've thought about this past weekend I've been thinking how much Floyd has been involved in Sanchijebanobe. Also this past weekend we had four generations of partners and families associated with this growing partnership. Who would have imagined when we started 22 years ago what we would have today. Can you imagine what this will look like in another 20 years?




It was about 22 years ago when Floyd said there was 80 acres for sale south of Israelsons and as a group of 10 we decided to buy it and start Sanchijebanobe. In this picture we were at the End of the Line Cafe having lunch after seeding at the camp.



Here are Floyd and Sue standing on the new cabin site.



Here are Floyd and Sue checking to see where we could seed. They are at the north east corner of the pasture moving west. You can see the dozing on the south end of the 120 acres behind them.



Seeding included an ATV with Dick's pull behind seeder and Floyd's ATV where he's pulling a harrow section. This worked really well. We seeded rye along with a deer mixture of perennial clover, and other annual seeds. Seeding this time of year gets the plants started this year.


Here Chris is loading some deer type seeds. From left to right are Kyla, Sue, Chris, Floyd, and Jeff. The cabin site was seeded with both rye and deer candy. This day we seeded the cabin site, the east side of the 80, the area around Matt's stand and two worked up areas east of Matt's stand, and finally a plot worked up towards the north end of the 120 acres north of the trail into the state land. In this picture we have four generations represented.

We unloaded pictures from five trail cams. We got a lot of nice pictures including some video clips. When I tried to attach a a video clip of a family of Sand Hill Cranes, I couldn't do it.

Here' s Jeff with his new Browning Citori. He is anxious to start hunting pheasants (as are all of us). There's also a discussion of a fall trap league in Blaine.

Here's Paige learning how to shoot. Matt bought a B-B gun and both Paige and Kyla had a fun time learning from their dad.

Matt & Jeff with Jeff's shotgun.

Here's Kyla holding the BB gun in a safe position.

Matt and his hunting crew.

This is Matt's hunting dog, Cody. While we were out here a ruffled grouse walked out and Cody came to a beautiful point. I think Matt is pretty excited about hunting with three dogs this year; Jeff has Ole, Matt has Cody, and Chris has Jack.

Ole has been trained for hunting. Here Jeff is demonstrating how Ole retrieves.

Here are Ole and Cody each listening to their masters.

Here's the start of a campfire. The dogs are playing and you can see the old cabin in the background.

Here's Paige making sure the fire is ok. This was the end of a very busy Saturday. Sunday morning was for putting fresh batteries in the trail cams and relocating them if necessary.

Pictures from Chris

Sunrise on the east end of the original 80, really cool shot Chris.

Here is a buck from the trail cam, not very clear but you can see it's a nice Buck.

Lake and food plot preparation

Now here is a fine example of a food plot ready to seed, this plot was originally worked up by Dick and Floyd and this week by Floyd and Lon, and I must say it looks ready for seeding.
Great Grandpa Floyd, Alice Mae, Lonny & Jaime's daughter and Grandpa near the new cabin site.

Standing on new cabin site looking NW toward existing cabins

Grandma Mary Jo, Alice Mae and Great Grandpa Floyd enjoying a lake view. Please note, the area around the lake has been disked and harrowed and ready for seeding.

Grandma Mary Jo and Alice Mae posing in front of the lake.

View from SE corner of Lake Sanchijebanobe looking back toward new cabin site and old cabins.

First Swimmers in Lake Sanchijebanobe

Micky and Tom Sr. Baker were the first people to swim in Lake Sanchijebanobe last weekend August 15th & 16th! I don't have any pictures to post however. Maybe next time.

New Cabin Construction, August 2008

We started clearing a site for our new cabin after many years of talking about having a permanent cabin where we could all go and enjoy with our families, not just a hunting shack, so on August 3, 2008, we have begun our quest for decent living quarters at SanChiJeBaNoBe that can be used in comfort 365 days a year, not just for deer season.



Creating the mound for the new cabin site

Looking east from old cabin across new cabin site


North side yard of the new cabin site

Original cabin, bunk house, garage and out house, the new cabin will be east of here

Looking west from the new cabin site to the old garage

Lake SanChiJeBaNoBe

Digging the hole for the septic tank

Installing the septic tank

Connecting the septic tank to the drain field

Installing the drain field for the septic system for the new cabin



Looking north on the east end of the original 80.

Looking south on the east end of the original 80



Looking east on the north end of the original 80 acre site

Glen Anderson Construction clearing the south end of the 120


Clearing the south end of Bob & Dick's 120 acres almost a mile east of the cabin site.