Friday, November 28, 2014

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I know we sure did.


I had the girls out today doing some bb gun shooting. Buddy couldn't come out to play today. He is in bed with a viral infection. I felt real bad about him not coming out but, I had already promised the girls we would shoot. I don't like to hold back one of the kids when another one of them can't do something. I don't think it's fair.


Anyway, he kept looking out the window to watch us shoot. He didn't notice right away that I was watching for him. Once he realized I kept looking up at him, he would close the curtains. We would shoot for a few minutes, then I would see him and give him a thumbs up. Every time I would thumbs up, he would close the curtains with a mean look on his face. I couldn't help but chuckle to myself every time he did it, even though I felt bad about it. After all, he is the one who asks EVERY DAY if we can go out and shoot.


Meanwhile, the shooting is going along great.
 Zoe would get up there and pling, pling, pling.
Siri would get up there and pling, pling, pling.
Uncle Rit would get up there and pling, dud, miss, pling. Uncle Rit hasn't shot a bb gun in years.
Finally I get my "turn". I cock the gun, hit the safety, take aim and........ miss, miss, miss!!!


I grumble to myself something about the damned wind blowing every time I go to shoot. The girls chuckle and roll they're eyes. I look back and explain to the girls that the wind has such an impact on the bb's cause they're so light in weight. They look at each other with a slight grin and walk away, looking at the ground and shaking they're heads.


As I quietly follow the girls back to the house I turn to look for Buddy. He's at the window shaking his head at me too. I give him the thumbs up and........ he closes the curtains!


I LOVE TEACHING THE KIDS ALL THE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT THE OUTDOORS!

Monday, November 17, 2014

Ok folks. Here it is!


I have recently been hired to write for Wide Open Spaces! I will be writing articles and posting blogs on a continuous basis. My posts and articles will all be related to all things outdoors. Blogs will be on  my weeks outdoors facebook page, my website, weeksoutdoors.com and you will be able to follow me on twitter as soon as I have it set up {before the end of the week}. Also, my blog and all of my articles will be on wideopenspaces.com.


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Friday, January 3, 2014

And yet another storm!

I know, I know. We are New Englanders. We should expect it and we can handle it. But that doesn't make it easier to deal with just by saying it.
I find the older I get, the less I like it. As a matter of fact....... I can't stand it anymore!!

I bought a nice new snow blower five years ago. I was excited to get it and I couldn't wait to use it. A big storm came and half way through snow blowing....... I was miserable.

Last year my dad found a brand new Meyer snow plow in Maine for me. Down here in CT. it was going for around $5200.00. I went up there and got it for $4000.00   INSTALLED AND OUT THE DOOR!!

I was so happy to get it home and I couldn't wait to use it. The first storm was great! What used to take me hours to do now took only twenty minutes!! Then the three foot blizzard came and...........
I was miserable! It worked great and I was done in forty five minutes!! And I did my neighbors place and my friend up the road. He's the one I make all my bratwursts, kielbasa, sausages and venison jerky with.  Of course I'm helping him out with snow removal!

I don't mind cold weather. It can be 5 degrees all winter and I wouldn't mind. It's just the damned snow. I don't like it. I never did. Snow equals work and I get enough of that without that nasty white crap barreling down on us! I am done with winter and I can't wait to someday get down to Georgia or South Carolina! Winter sucks! Period.

By the way........ I am soooo excited about next weekend!! The ice is thick and I can't wait to hit the hard water!!!!! Tip ups, nipper bottle, dutch oven and box oven cooking on the lake!!! Not to mention a bon-fire!!!!! It's time for a fish fry!!!!

Monday, October 21, 2013

With Connecticut's pheasant season beginning this week, I'm reminded of many wonderful Saturdays as a boy, in the woods and fields of Bethel, New Milford and Huntington. It was as much a part of my childhood as school, sports and family gatherings...... Maybe more.

I would sit on the steps of our front porch, waiting for my dad, his friends and my uncles to return from a morning of bird hunting. I couldn't wait to see what they harvested and to hear the funny stories they used to tell about each other.

Then, when I was eleven years old, Santa brought me my first shotgun!! I was so excited to know that I was trusted with such an important gift, that came with so much responsibility. I was proud. I knew my parents were too or they wouldn't have let Santa bring it to me.

Tami and I did the exact same thing with our son when we knew he was ready. He was just as thrilled with that fat old elf as I was when it happened to me.

As much as I treasure deer hunting and being in my tree stand, there will always be something so special for me about the start of pheasant season.