I have been a “slacker” with my blog in recent days. Last week on January 5, my cousin Donnie Smail and I spent some quality time afield in pursuit of white-tail chasing. Donnie and I were out of deer tags so we were “dogging” for my step-father Bob. (Donnie and I are as close as being [...]
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More Deer Hunting
Posted in Deer Hunting, My Family on January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Couple Hours with Bob
Posted in Deer Hunting, My Family on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The weather stations were all stating freezing rain. Bob and I eventually entered the woods around noon to pursue the white-tail. I was walking along preparing to walk through a pine grove when I glanced down and was surprised to see a “shed” antler. Hunters seem to admire these trophies and instinctively horde them. I [...]
A Flintlock Hunt
Posted in Deer Hunting, My Family on December 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Snow on the ground and deer in the woods makes for some grand opportunities to observe and /or hunt deer. I do not have any deer tags left so my primary reasons to be in the woods this day was to take photos and move some deer around for my step-father Bob and my cousin Donnie [...]
Deer Hunting
Posted in Deer Hunting, My Family on December 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bob (my step-father) and I went to the woods today to see if he could harvest a deer. Bob remained stationary to watch as I walked about armed heavily with a camera. I had 22 deer sightings by 10:00 A.M.! I saw one decent-sized buck. Few of these moved deer went towards Bob. Two doe did [...]
A Week’s Worth of Interests
Posted in Deer Hunting, My Art, My Family on December 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I have been a busy little fellow. I spent Tuesday and Wednesday of last week butchering the buck. I made sixteen pounds of burger; canned 35 jars of venison; made jerky; cut steaks; and sliced some thin “steak-um like strips of meat. My butchering influence stems from my grandfather. In my youth, I enjoyed going [...]
First Day 2010 Deer Season
Posted in Deer Hunting on November 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I reluctantly chose to use my Remington 760 rifle this year. Over the years I have used my flintlock rifles during deer season around 95% of the times out. I enjoy the challenge of hunting as my forefathers did. However, as most hunters know the flintlock does have limitations. The Pennsylvania Game Commission changed the [...]
