Deer Camp

Rifle season for deer in Oklahoma started on Saturday November 21st. In rural Oklahoma there is a tradition that school is on "Thanksgiving Break" the week before Thanksgiving but it really is so that all the "hunters" students and teachers a like can go to deer camp. This is the 15th deer camp at Copperhead Ranch. As the years have past it has become more of a time where "old" friends come to sit around the camp fire and reminisce about the "good ole days" rather than hunting. This year AJ was the only true hunter!

Deer camp accommodations have changed a lot through the years also. When the hunters went to the mountains they slept in tents and campers on the back of the trucks and cooked over a campfire. When they started hunting at Copperhead Ranch they slept in the shop and cooked on the camp stove. This year the accommodations were the motor home and breakfast was cooked and eaten in our kitchen. Times sure have changed.


John, Mike and Watts hanging out by the campfire. AJ was out hunting.


John Smith heading out to check the deer stands


Mike in front of the motor home. Notice it is parked right by the house!