BGG Secret Santa was a delight last year - both the giving & the getting. Glad you've jumped in with both feet.

You mean you don't have Woods & Water: the Hunting and Fishing Adventure Board Game yet? It was one of my early thrift purchases, as I had seen it in Great Hall Games so knew it must be expensive. I picked three cards at random just now and got a DOG which can bag you a squirrel, rabbit, dove, or quail if you also have the SHOTGUN and SHELL cards. Next up: BOW which, if you have the arrow card get you deer, turkey and even grizzly. Finally, we have a Trophy Rabbit worth 75 points! Shea would love that. Can you believe I never even put the camouflage stickers on the tokens? It has a very cool board, though, that maybe could be rethemed for a bird and animal watching game (it could be called Stalking, like the old boy scout badge). Watch out for all those skunks, though

BGG has Woods & Water here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/10326 you have to use the ampersand not "and" -- I wish they'd fix that. Another pro hunting/fishing game is listed as Camp http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/28010. Becca insisted we try it at Great Hall the other day but we had to admit we didn't like it. The "interesting playing characters and a cute Camp card decoder” include a boy named Micheal (isn't that misspelled?) and the decoder is a piece of red plastic you have to squint through to read the answers.

About the local paper, don't you think you should submit a picture of your boys with weapons and unusual game? Like something photoshopped giant or teensy or unlikely. They could link to Game Ranch for new readership.