I know what you mean about being broke. I will try to get "She Whom Must Be Obeyed" to go for it. She has everything broken down to the penny. I tried to slip a couple of things into the "Must Have List" and we went around and around for hours. She was right. I just wanted build a big smokehouse right away because I thought it might be fun. She is business side and I am all the rest. I had a successful business before my cancer. I made a lot of money but I did it because I was having so much fun. The money just came in. I was a media specialist, Photography, Television, Graphic arts, Studio and concert soundman and anything "artistic" that a client wanted. I've been from the Arctic Ocean to Argentina, from the Rockies to Russia filming hunters and fishermen. Oh my, the things I've seen. I been in a lot of hunting lodges. I know I can do better.

The first year is going to be the hardest in judging income vs expenses. We very confident we can give a hunter a very good stay for the money. First of all there isn't anyplace to hang out with your buddies after a hunt here. No bars or clubs. The only 2 motels are always full even out of deer season. My wife's parents came to visit us when we first moved here and they want to stay in one of the 2 motels and they were both booked. We want to do this without any money from outside sources. We don't want to owe anyone else if we can help it.

Oh The lodge will be in Dover Tennessee, 2 miles from the gates of Land Between The Lakes. A deer hunting wonderland. They are a hazzard when you are driving around. You see more deer than any other animal dead beside the road. I take it that fishing is really big here too. We are at the narrowest point between the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. (Kentucky lake and Lake Barkley) Don't try to shoot the buffalos. I heard a guy got liquiored up and tried a couple of seasons ago and got stomped into paste. A helicopter had to take him out of here. The locals are still laughing about it. This is a odd place. I have been in very few places that was this wild so close to civilization. My wife is even cautious about going out at night after seeing what she swears was a wolf by the house when she drove up one night. We do have Red Wolves here. I can hear them at night sometimes. Those are the nights that I have to drag the dog outside. My wife had a small bookstore in the house and I put in a motion sensor to let her know that someone is pulling in and we finally had to turn it off because the deer.

I am working on a website now. I'm looking for deer photos that I can use without getting my ass sued. That's how I found this site, looking for good Deer photos. My deer shots are on videotape in a format you need a production studio view them. Got to go. Hang in there guys.