New York Hillbilly

Yup....it had me kicking myself pretty good. On the other hand it is sort of nice to know at my age, and with so many years hunting, I can still get pretty amped up when things get exciting. It's the same feeling I had as a kid. A brief moment of feeling young still. I'll be happy with that as my trophy this time around! : )

Congrats on the kill! Nice bird!

That's what I was thinking too. I have one of those extra tight screw in chokes, and think it was like a slug going by his head.

Blew it this morning! I have not hunted turkeys in years, but thought it might be a good diversion from the crazy clinic workload stress as a result of this Covid deal. So yesterday I went out about 10 am and just sat in the woods for about an hour. I heard a couple gobbles that sounded miles off, so I came back to the house and did yard work all day. Last night I drove down the road to a high spot that lets me look over my fields, and I saw a few hens and a Tom up there. The Tom was actually running straight up the hill like on a mission. lol This morning I over slept (getting old I guess) so about 7:30 I puttered a bit around the house, got dressed, grabbed my only 3 rusty shells, and slowly drove up the hill on my wheeler. I sat in a big creek bottom by some pine tress between fields. I called for a while and heard nothing, no gobbles even far off. Then when I was ready to pull the plug and head back because of the bugs, I called a series of yelps. GOBBLE GOBBLE...real close! I slid over to the other side of a tree to be where I thought he was coming from and I just waited. Nothing! Then by chance I turned my head to the side and caught him there behind me! About 50 yards and closing in, strutting then pecking the ground. His head was snowball white and long beard swinging! My heart was racing as I was trying to figure out how to get turned around without getting caught with him being so close. He had not a clue I was there and kept walking closer, stopping briefly to strut but never turning his back to me. He was walking down the hill to the creek and if he made it here, he would disappear from my sight, and the next I would see of him he would be within 10 yards of me. I had no idea where he would pop up again! I waited until his head went behind a tree and I then rolled up on my right hip and got the shotgun up pointed in his direction. He caught on something was up and ran a few feet the other way and stood there. I put the bead on the base of his neck and let the shot fly. At about 25 yards, downhill shot, it was a clean miss. Not a feather touched! Following the shot he took a few running strides and flew down the hill. I felt sick that I played it wrong when it came to closing the deal. No excuses here. I should have been able to get it done and didn't. I let my excitement get the best of me. I am happy though I called him in as close as I did, and that if not killed at least not wounded.

It does look like a ringtail cat! Or maybe...Pikachu!

Ok, for starters. Here is the link I read the other day and try to check once a day. https://13wham.com/news/local/latest-covid-19-numbers-in-rochester-area Next, when I am wrong I admit it, so let me say for the record I read the article (thankfully) wrong, and the numbers were of children who tested positive, not died. Thank God for that! I'll consider being wrong in this case a blessing. Finally: no crickets here smart ass! I'm just up to my eyes currently taking care of people, patients, in varying degrees of mental health crisis all day long, not sitting on the side lines in the safety of my home minimizing this nightmare. Many of my patients are seniors that have only recently been passed off to me on piles of medications , extremely medically compromised, frail, and at the greatest risk of contracting and dying from this virus if they catch it. Therefore, they are confined to their place of residence. I can't begin to explain here the level of clinical complexity, the challenges, or the clinical skill and experience required to safely and effectively care for such a population of people when you cannot even lay your eyes on them. Nor can I sufficiently describe the mental stress of operating this way. I even have a list of my most medically/psychiatrically complicated seniors (and a few nervous young people) who are struggling even more just from being in lockdown and socially isolated that I call weekly, just to say hello to them so they know somebody is thinking of them. These calls while noted in the record by me are not billable, not factored into my productivity as a provider, not required or mandated, and in fact unless someone actually read the charts would not even known to be occurring. It is just something I feel important them under these circumstances so it is important to me. No crickets!

You may want to check you numbers again. Here in Monroe county they are reporting a total of 91 deaths so far in Monroe county, and of them 4 children under age 10 years, and 19 more between the ages of 10-19 years. How is it possible then, "only 3 people under age 14" died from it in the entire country? Oh...and yes..AT, I'm sorry for your family's loss!

I'm not sure what they added to it to be honest. I didn't get around to eating last night because everything going on around the house I forgot. I'll wait until tomorrow in case I fall over or something, so I don't mess up everyones Easter Sunday! : )

this was duplicate post......so I'll add a few last guesses for now. Back row from left, 7th person over (female) looks like Donna Douglas who plays "Ellie Mae Clampett". And, from the left, the second table seated at the far left of the table, it looks like Willie Nelson! Finally, Ernest Borgnine is the first person in the row of people above the room, nearest the top of the stairs.

And I think almost in the middle of the picture is Will Geer aka. "Bear Claw" from the movie Jeremiah Johnson.

Next to "Hoss" isn't that the hound from Dukes of Hazard? And, just above the hound sitting in a chair...Burt Reynolds?

Tonights snack then, with a little mustard if necessary. : )

Yup......Miller's. : )

OK you guys. While I was in Alaska I kept my venison from one season, Slim Jims, summer sausage, etc. in her freezer downstairs. These items were professionally made, vacuum packed and frozen by a processor in the Lowville, NY area, and have remained I the same freezer since put there 2 seasons ago. With the exception of a bunch of it we ate when I was back visiting, she never got around sending me the rest being so busy with her first child now 3. So, I ask you all, would you try eating the Slim Jims at this point or be too worried you might get sick? What's the oldest processed venison you have ever eaten? How old is too old?

"As expected, nurses in several nyc hospitals are now allowed to work despite being “positive”" Seriously, not to break your chops too bad there Biz, but again you are showing a lack of insight about this situation. "Allowed to work" sort of misses the point. What freaking choice is there? Medical professionals chose the field to try and help heal and save people. People they almost never know, but show the same level of caring and commitment to strangers they would if it were their own family. It is work we chose and were trained to do, each in own area of specialty and with varying degrees of risk given the type of battle and/or day of week. And, we do it despite the risk to our own safety, even if/when we are frightened, and without looking for fanfare or pats on the back. Medical/healthcare professionals (like your brother, me, my daughter ) do our job because someone has too. It would be like saying soldiers ordered to engage in battle are "allowed" to fight. Again, as if it is a matter of choice! Without proper protective equipment, medical professionals still try to take care of people, while politicians and administrators behind desks and/or from their kitchen tables at home (likely the same ones responsible for the shortages to save money to split up between them as bonuses) give their blessing to "allow" even those who test positive for the illness to continue the fight. How noble!

Except for those who have gotten sick and/or died from it, or have been on the front line taking care of patients since the start of this non blizzard. I am still seeing patients face to face in a mental health clinic not knowing if they are exposed, have it, or not, and have had no PPE since the onset. At 61 y/o and a lifetime asthmatic, told you are not allowed to switch to telemedicaine "yet", it's scary shit, but you go in everyday and do your best to help your patients while trying protect yourself and them. Maybe the blizzard isn't real for you, but for many others including me it is very real!

Here is a thought! If people are wiling to support forgivable loans to businesses, maybe they would support forgiving the student loans of the medical providers and health care workers, currently putting their lives on the line taking care of patients during this crisis without protective equipment and proper supplies. Thoughts?

This conference sounds like a guy saying his last words before he just tosses in the towel. If you can't dazzle them with brilliance baffle them with bullshit! Take away is everyone down there is in panic, overwhelmed, run for the hills or other States, and I'm going home to my family to eat Sunday dinner.

His head is a rolling curve! And who goes a shit about his store bought meatballs for the love of Pete! Get freaking real!!!

Yes it does! We live(d) in Soldotna, on the Kenai Peninsula. Technically speaking we still do live there. I still have my house in Alaska. We decided to return for medical and family reasons as I said, but not sure we can cut it here again in New York. Old timers told me once you have lived in Alaska for 4 or 5 years it is almost impossible to readjust to life I the Lower 48. They are all betting I return!

Back in NY after living in Alaska for the past 5 years. If it was not for the screwed up eye surgery I had there that removed my lens when I never had a cataract in my life, and fear of not seeing my family (3 year old grandson) again if I totally lost my vision, I would still be there. I just couldn't risk it after the wrong surgery, the subsequent post surgical ruptured retina, and threat that my other eye could rupture too! I love Alaska and feel more Alaskan than I ever felt being a New Yorker. I pray in time I will go back home, to Alaska! I think everyone should get a chance to "see" it!

Nice pictures. Did you hire the surveyors to do your property or were they just passing through?

Me too! I kept looking around to make sure nobody saw me open it! hahaha

I would love a cap for my truck. Heck, it doesn't even have to be a new one. Then if I was really nice this year I would like to start to get back into rabbit hunting by buying some new wicks type briar bibs, jacket, and my first beagle in many years. I used to breed, raise, train, hunt, and even successfully trial beagles as far back as age 13 when I got my first one. It was lots of fun and great exercise.

Good luck to those still out there. Go get em!