tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41171524409638121002012-02-16T06:49:01.700-05:00Just some thoughts, and a running journal of my experiences outdoors hunting and fishing.DVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14259065898252864978noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117152440963812100.post-63496855948880727212010-05-09T07:52:00.004-04:002010-05-23T07:48:32.948-04:00

Well, "B" week for turkey season in NJ came and went and I never got a chance to get out. I probably will not buy any more permits either. I only have one or two more chances to hunt before the season ends, and it's not worth having to buy a permit for each day, so I guess I'm done. I really enjoy Turkey hunting, but do not enjoy having to buy a permit for each week-Monday to Friday, and then a

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Here is a little video of some turkey hunting from years past. It was a turkey season primer I put up on YouTube. A little corny, but I had fun doing it. "A" week was a bust for me this year, but it hasn't always been that way. Hopefully, by the end of the turkey season this year, I'll have some new video to put up.

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This blog is a hobby for me, and like all hobbies, sometimes you have time for them, sometimes you don't. I have let it sit idle because I didn't have any time to keep up with it. I enjoy doing this, so even though time is still scarce, I'm going to try and resume the Days Afield journal. So here is my re-entry into the bloggesphere with a summary of New Jersy's first week of turkey season. "A",

DVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14259065898252864978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117152440963812100.post-81863827070960372052008-07-15T20:43:00.016-04:002008-11-12T23:55:47.383-05:00

Time for a garden update, and all I can say is WOW! Here is my garden project this year. I have been picking for about three weeks now. It started with a few yellow squash, then a few zucchini, a few peppers and eggplant every few days. Now, I get bucket loads of the stuff every day. This has been a pretty good growing year. I took a quick trip to Ohio to set some stands and camera's, and do

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The timing was perfect this morning. As I drove across the 34th street bridge out of Ocean City New Jersey, I punched the button for my favorite Country Music station. The radio was a little scratchy. The station was WXTU, out of Philadelphia, and reception is not good at the Jersey Shore, but it was just good enough to catch the familiar line from Alan Jackson, “where we you when the world

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Sunday, my family was gathered at my mothers house for her birthday. It was unbearably hot...98 in the shade, and I was standing over a mini grease fire under the grated surface of the gas grill. Seems the beef patties my brother bought were not the most lean hamburgers we have had( I know, I know, should have been ground venison, but I wasn't the one providing the food), and all the fat dripping

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Well, I’m back to writing a few words after a little break. It may have been a break from writing, but in reality it was no break at all. Since going back to work on May 1st, I have been very busy. Long work hours were also coupled with the normal things that spring brings: kids ball games, yard work, family parties, yard work, and did I mention yard work. The heat has also returned as we are

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I couldn't sleep last night. I don't know why. I still can't sleep comfortably lying flat, due to my surgery, so I sleep in a recliner in the living room. I lay there last night listening to the rain hit the roof as a strong storm moved through, digesting the news from a program I had just turned off. Seems like the US is going down the crapper, according to MSNBC and the Democrats, which, I

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Well, with spring turkey season already open in some places, and rapidly approaching here in New Jersey, I thought I'd throw up a turkey hunting video we made from a past season. I have alot of fun video taping hunts, and we seem to capture some pretty good turkey hunts. You may have to turn up your sound a little, the audio was not that good. Hope you enjoy it.

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Well, I know it's been a while since I updated this blog, but I was having some issues with rehabing my shoulder that have finally been solved. It has been hard for me to sit at the keyboard and type for any length of time. That type of motion put pressure on my shoulder and caused pain after a short period of time. I was also experiencing very restricted motion and alot of pain in my tricep area

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...or maybe the Bird Fever, as in Spring Gobbler Fever. It's getting close to turkey season now, and while I love bowhunting whitetails the most, spring turkey hunting is a close second. There is just something about sitting in the pre-dawn darkness on an early spring morning, listening to those thunderous gobbles, anticipating the fly-down, watching the outdoors come to life as the sun breaks

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Last Saturday and Sunday we had some very mild weather for early February in this part of the Northeast. Temperatures poked into the 50's here in Southern New Jersey, so I took the opportunity to do a little winter trout fishing in one of our local, stocked ponds. I've fished here in the spring a few times and done okay, but a few friends told me the winter fishing is great because there is

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Got out of surgery late last night and things didn't go as well as I had hoped. When they went in, they found alot more damage than they had expected, the surgery took alot longer than first thought, and my rehab may be much longer too. My doctor, who is one of the best and most reccommended in our area, said in 17 years of doing shoulders, that was the worst one he has seen. I was not encouraged

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On January 31st, at least in my part of New Jersey, deer season ended. I've spent the better part of the last two weeks getting my tree stands down and checking them for needed repairs, and taking inventory of the rest of my equipment to see what made it through the season, and what didn't I usually have stuff scattered around the back porch, the garage and my shed, so it takes a little while to

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Well, let me start by saying I’m sorry I have neglected this blog for a while. It was a busy Christmas season and New Years too. The first week of the year I was swamped at work and didn’t get home until almost 10:30pm most evenings, hardly saw my kids at all. I also became a Council Member for the United Bowhunters of New Jersey, and had been a little busy learning some things about this

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Merry Christmas to all, and here's hoping 2008 is a great year for you.I haven't been out hunting much in the last few weeks. I made several trips to Ohio this year and hunted in New Jersey plenty as well, so now I'm turning my attention back to family time. I still would like to shoot another deer or two for the freezer, and some speciality cuts. I like to get a shoulder smoked each year that we

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Well, our firearms season started off with a bang, or a blast, or, I guess, more like a gust. It was windy, very windy. The first day dawned cool and clearing, after a rain storm passed through. The weather stations posted a wind advisory beginning at 7:00am, sustained winds from 25 to 30 mph, gusts up to 50 mph. I didn’t hunt the first morning, but did go out in the afternoon with the video

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Tomorrow, December 3rd, begins New Jersey 6-day firearm season. It's a day I look to with mixed feelings every year. On one hand, it brings great anticipation of whats to come. Even though me and my brothers never do that well during the gun season, it's always a fun week to be out in the woods...or at least it used to be. What it has become in the last several years is why I now have mixed

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Well on 11/16, Friday afternoon, after work, I slipped in to a stand I have on a small food plot. It was very windy, and pretty darn cold too. I figured this would be a good spot because it’s hidden back in the cover a little off the field, which gives the deer some security and protection from the wind in the open field. I have noticed the past few days that the fall colors are just barely past

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Well, I’m finally going to slow down a little and take some time to write. I hunted alot between October 26 and November 14th. With the exception of working a few days, I spent every possible minute in the woods in either New Jersey or Ohio. This year I hunted a total of 14 days in Ohio, all but 4 of them in that 10/26 to 11/14 time span. We had a tough time finding mature deer. I saw plenty of

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The last hour of the hunt is just as good as the first hour of the hunt… The last hour of the hunt is just as good as the first hour of the hunt. I kept thinking about that line I read in a magazine article by Bill Winke earlier this morning while drinking coffee at the house. I needed to keep telling myself that as my hunting time in Ohio was winding down. It was very warm, in the 60’s, and

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Well, since my last entry, I have visited Ohio for a 4 day trip. It was a good trip, although I was a little sore. The trip started off in an ominous way. We were supposed to leave at about 4:00pm. My brothers plane would be landing at Philly International Airport at 3:00pm, he would come to my house, load up the truck and we would be on the road. Unfortunately, and predictably, a little bad

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Here is a short video of some scenes from an afternoon hunt last week. Deer activity has been slow, but I did manage to see some game that afternoon. Even though the start of the season has been slow, I did see a few deer and some turkeys on my last outing. It's still too hot and dry, but as I write this, I hear heavy rain hitting the roof and see that the temps will be falling in the next few

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Today is the Columbus Day holiday, usually one of my better days. I've killed several deer on the Holiday, including a few decent bucks. I got up at 4:00am and was again greeted by very humid, 71 degree weather. I turned on the coffee pot, splashed some water on my face and took the trash cans out to the road as the coffee brewed. After completing that chore, and a quick shower with scent free

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Well, the Fall Bow season opened for me on the 29th of September, no more earn-a-buck. It was a tough early season, hot, dry temps, and no does killed, so I didn’t want to hunt my better spots because I just knew a buck would come in. On the morning of the 29th, I got up at 4:00am to begin my morning ritual, but first went for my bow to give it a pull. I had been having trouble with my left

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I got out about 8 times in what NJ calls the Early Bow Season, which this year began on September 8th. I saw a few deer, and had some shooting opportunities, mostly fawns. The stage I'm at in my hunting life is not one where I feel the need to shoot spotted fawns, even to fill an earn-a-buck requirement, so I didn't take a deer in the early season. I still have some venison in the freezer from

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Well, New Jersey's fall bow season has been open for about one month now, and it's been hot! I have been keeping hunting journals since 1989 and, looking back, we have not had a season that has stayed this hot, for this long. We would get a few hot days mixed in with normal temps, but not consistently 80+ degree days like this year, and it's been dry. I have almost 4 acres of food plots planted

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Well, I guess the best way to start this blog is to say a little about myself. I'm 40 years old, currently married with a 10 yr old daughter and 13 yr old son and probably the best wife a guy could have. I'm in Law Enforcement, formerly worked as a social worker with at-risk kids, and served in the Navy and Army.I have been addicted to whitetail hunting since about age 13, when I started hunting

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Well, I'm just getting started with this blog today. I'm still trying to figure out how to get it all organized, but plan on using it to keep an up to date hunting journal through the season. Hopefully, I'll be posting pictures and videos to go along with the journal entries.We'll see how it goes, finding the time to keep it up will be the tough part, but I hope to be able to stay on top of

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