Journal

I reworked the pig’s pen in the barn going into fall. When we first got them, I built a house in their pen that we could flip the top open on and fill it with straw in the winter for warmth. They had outgrown that house and it was just wasting space so I got rid of it and re-sectioned off their area. Well, winter is upon us here and sub-freezing temperatures are coming more often and staying longer. So I need to partially close in the part of the pen they sleep in so it can retain more heat...

HVC Cigars began the yearly Black Friday releases in 2015 to celebrate the Shopping “Holiday”. The Black Friday cigars change each year in vitola, blend, price, and production quantity. The common trait is that they are packaged in 50 count cabs and are offered at a great value, presumably in honor of the day they commemorate. This year’s Black Friday release is the first of the series to utilize a Connecticut Broadleaf Wrapper and the Corojo 2012 tobacco varietal that is making a splash. This also boasts the highest price tag to date, but given the wrapper leaf of this...

It’s time for another Sessions review, as the barn needs some cleaning. It doesn’t sound like a fun task, but I enjoy it. Especially on beautiful days like today. I like to be moving all the time and I enjoy working around the farm. Turn on a podcast or some music, grab a cigar, and get to work! Today I grabbed a Dapper Desvalido Robusto. I have some experience with Dapper, but not a lot. This Desvalido is something I got last year in a Small Batch Cigar Cigar of the Month box (the $50 I believe). I smoked it...

Originally released as a 7 x 49 Churchill in October 2014, the Jekyll is the 7th Monster after Frank, Wolf, Drac, Face, Mummy, and Jason. This is one of my favorite boxes, in conjunction with the Hyde box, because they combine to create a half and half image of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I have been anxious to try this blend because of the use of the Sancti Spiritus wrapper, the Cuban 109 cap, and because I have not tried this Monster in the original form, skinny forms, or pudgy forms. This is also a Monster I do not...

Cover photo courtesy of grandviewoutdoors.com If you hunt whitetails, it should be no secret to you that whitetails communicate through scent they leave behind. Whether detecting danger, bucks seeking a breeding doe or a doe locating a hiding fawn, whitetail deer use scent for much of their survival and social interaction. Scraping behavior of whitetails, is one of the CHIEF ways whitetail bucks leave scent behind throughout the year. Bucks work scrape’s overhanging branches, called a licking branch, throughout the year, often times more than they work the scrape itself. But their most aggressive scraping of these areas occur from October...