Prior to leaving for the woods, I placed eye drops in both eyes and used a nasal spray in hopes of warding off much allergy problems. I was almost to where I wished to wait in the woods and at 5:10 a tickle in my throat couldn’t be suppressed. I coughed several times into my [...]
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Another Rough Morning
Posted in 2012 Spring Gobbler Season, Misc. Nature on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Rough Morning (and afternoon)
Posted in 2012 Spring Gobbler Season, Misc. Nature on May 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I must be squirrely! I didn’t get to bed until 11:30 P.M. ,yet, I woke up at 3:45 A.M. to try to go turkey hunting! I crept into a position and fought sleep while in the woods. I would go into a slight stupor state, yet aware of te sounds around me. I [...]
Headin’ East in God’s Country
Posted in Hikes, Misc. Nature on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Bird life wakes me at five in the morning. Cardinals; robins and a host of warbler music makes for a great alarm clock. The crows, also, announce a new day by 5:30 A.M. The mountains were engulfed in fog. I decided to travel east towards the Alvin R. Bush Dam area and visit some other [...]
GOD’S COUNTRY PENNSYLVANIA
Posted in Misc. Nature on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Evening comes on fast in the north central mountain range of Pennsylvania. the sun drops below some of the high peaks around six int late afternoon casting a darkened shadow allowing for the illusion of sunset. I had the tent ready and a nice glowing fire as I prepared for my first evening near the Sinnemahoning Creek of [...]
Messed Up Again!
Posted in 2012 Spring Gobbler Season, Misc. Nature, Wildflowers on May 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My strategy was simple. I would sneak in well into the dark hours and try to get on the back side of this gobbler. he seems to head low and/ go across a road into posted land. I hoped to be between his roosting site and this area. It didn’t work. He was across a [...]
Far Away Turks!
Posted in 2012 Spring Gobbler Season, Misc. Nature on May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The great-horned owl softly hooted in the hollow behind me. The few minutes of relaxed nodding were appreciated. I was high on the hill in the dark waiting for a gobbler, hopefully on this same hill. It wasn’t to be! A quarter after five in the morning I hear two far away gobble. I waited [...]
Rainy Morn!
Posted in 2012 Spring Gobbler Season, Misc. Nature on May 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I was setting along a tree by 5:20 A.M. My plan was to be situated near to where the gobblers were roosted yesterday. The open woods and skylighted eastern sky make getting to them next to impossible with the trees having little foliage yet. My approach was flawless and practically silent. I chose a tree to [...]
Brisk Morning
Posted in Misc. Nature, Wildflowers on April 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Suzie, my diabetic Springer spaniel, awakened me around four in the morning. Efforts to fall back asleep were futile. I signes an executive order to myself…GET UP and head for the woods! The skies were emmersed with darkened and heavy clouds and a brisk wind forced me to wish I had worn a little [...]
Memories, Trout Fishing, Gobblers and Bikes
Posted in Misc. Nature, Wildflowers, Wildlife on April 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I, once again, headed for Cherry Run to enjoy some quality time with nature. I elected to fish a mile long section of Cherry Run that isn’t stocked with trout. This decision was made for a couple of reasons. I have many memories of this section as a boy. My great Uncle Charly Yount and Great [...]
Loving Nature
Posted in Hikes, Misc. Nature, Wildflowers, Wildlife on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t sleep well! Suzie, my 14-year-old springer, needed to go for nature calls twice. Laurie had forgotten to turn her cell off and, for some reason, she had two texts. of course I was wakened both times. (One text was a sale ad and the other was a wrong number!) Unfortunately, when awakened, I [...]
