Wild Paint Brush is one of the wild flowers that start to bloom in mid June through July.. They are a beautiful wild flower seen along roads and along ridges over most of the province.

Manitoba peas sewing for protien for animal feed.. But waterfowlers dream field cause the ducks and geese love to feed on the stubble after peas hav been harvested.

Mrs Bufflehead and her 7 ducklings sitting in the center of a slough so predators dont bother them. Also on another pond I saw a Canvasback hen with 10 little ones.. No Mallard ducklings yet but they should be showing up soon.

 2 blacks and a brown rug painted and ready to have padded backing and fringe sewed on.. then into the mail and hunters will their past years trophy.. Turn around is usually less that a year fro the time you take your bear till you have finished product on your wall.

Mowing grass is a challenge when it is standing on lawn in some places.. this also makes lawn soft and times it means mowing grass in water. What really sucks is the number of mosquitos and black flys we have this year.. black flys only usually couple days but this year we have had them for 2 weeks already hopefully they will be gone soon.. But here Tim found the softest spot of all and needed a little tug..

Pouring the forms, carving out the mouth for a jaw set, adjusting the eyes, adding the felt trim, and then there is fleshing the raw hide, pressure washing the skull to be aged 60 days before final score and the bear rug is still not finished.. Cause the hide must be stretched, bare and discolored spots painted, all these things must be done before the ordering of cities permits, and shipping the finished rug to the hunter.. Scott usually has the fihished rug back to the  clients befor a year is over.,, barring all dissasters like postal strikes, and spring bear and turkey season starts…..

Scotts taxidermy shop is always a treat to enter.. bears, whitetail deer, wolves, moose, cougars, african mounts of elan, sable, or just a cleaned bear skull or european whitetail deer. Great quality work, and not a assembly line of work all done by one person. Scott prepares all hides to the tanners, pours many mounts and makes bases for the full body mounts also..

A great morning in the field for ducks and geese.. snows, canadas, and ducks for 3 shooters.. Dave, Ron and Jeff put a hurtin on the birds..

Tim and Vinnie spent Saturday afternoon fishing below spillway of the Dam at Lake of the Prairies.. Great walleye fishing over the summer here on the lake but water levels are high so they went to spilway..