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Mohrs on the move

It’s Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer – and what a summer it promises to be for the Mohrs. After six years of ministry in Macomb, we’re moving back to Quincy to work in our home church, Calvary Tabernacle. This has necessitated several changes, not the least of which is the impending sale of [...]

A word of thanks…

I haven’t done much to publicize the launch of this website, mostly because it’s still under construction, and is likely to be so for awhile. If you’ve stumbled across this site, I hope you enjoy reading about my many (mis)adventures, aided and abetted by my wife, Tollie (that’s her in the header of this blog) [...]

Buck fever: the rest of the story

Jonathan Mohr harvested this four-point buck on November 21, 2008. (The date on the photo is incorrect) On Friday afternoon I reported the near miss of a wall-hanger. The buck who wandered by my stand late Friday afternoon wasn’t so lucky. He is now being ground into burger at Solo Deer Processing in Kane, and will [...]

There’s gonna’ be meat in the freezer this winter

Yesterday afternoon I downed a four-point buck with a shot through the lungs, filling my lone tag. That meant I got to sleep in this morning, which was a good thing since I have a terrible cold. Dad and Nathan went out this morning and didn’t see a thing, so I’m glad I killed out [...]

Buck fever claims another victim

This is one of my favorite days of the year – opening day of the shotgun hunting portion of deer season. My dad and I were in our stands at daylight this morning, believing this would be the year we bring home something worthy of Boone and Crockett. I was hunting from a tree-stand perched approximately 20 feet [...]