The Bird Hunter

I'm pretty sure that this post won't come across as funny as Grant has been lately about hunting but I'll give it a try...
This all goes back to the end of Oct when the hubs came back from Elk Hunting in Colorado. Their group didn't end up getting any Elk and when Grant found out that they didn't bring home any meat, he decided to take it upon himself to put a little meat in the freezer by way of trapping birds. YES, you heard me right. Trapping birds.
I have always loved to feed the birds. It makes me think of my Grandma Barb because she always had the most beautiful birds at her feeder. I guess Grant figured the birds would be an easy target since they were right outside the window. After he told me his master plan, my comment to him was, 'I sure hope you catch one of those Blue Jays so we at least get some breast meat." (Notice that there actually is a Blue Jay on the ground by the trap in the picture below :)
The part that makes me giggle the most is that he bugged his Dad for 2 days to help him set a trap. He even drew pictures of what the trap was going to look like and how it would work. Finally, Duke broke down and helped him set a live trap with bread in it for bait. The first 4 days the trap was set, it rained. But Grant checked that trap religiously. Once the rain had stopped, we took a good look at the trap and to every one's dismay, the camouflage on top of the trap had been knocked off and the bread somehow disappeared but the trap empty.
His next attempt at baiting was to put bird seed in the bird trap. Sounds logical. Until the very next morning when much of the seed was gone and still nothing in the trap. I kinda figured that we may end up with a squirrel in the trap but nada!
The cat, on the other hand has been doing a stellar job of thinning the flock. Don't get me wrong, I love having a cat, but I hate that when I feed the birds it is more like baiting them for her! See her 'hiding' behind the tree above and below.
She's pretty sneaky, isn't she! I keep telling her if she ever gets one of this she's in BIG trouble! You see, we love our Cardinals around here as they are always a sign that a Grandma who has passed is watching over us.
The snow has begun to fall in MN so I have a feeling that bird trapping season will be coming to an end soon, but until then, wish my little man much luck!