Archive for December, 2008

Deer in the new snow and Hamas vs. Israel

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Ron and I set out to our cabin on Friday. We awoke Saturday to new snow and sunny weather, and headed over to Admiralty to deer hunt. We went to one of our usual landings where the skiff would be safe from the wind. The tide times were perfect, as a “tided” [...]

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

It finally warmed up into the 20’s, and we got a few inches of snow yesterday. I hunted behind the house today in the new snow. It was sunny and quiet. Someone else had been up there before me, but I saw no sign they took a deer. I cut at [...]

Leaving home

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Quite a day on my way out of Bolivar. First, I went to have coffee with my old friend from Fairbanks. I stayed with him when I first arrived in Alaska. He was born and raised in Bolivar, and took his wife and family up to Alaska in about 1968 to be [...]

Deer Drive

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Steve (another classmate), Buzz (Pat’s dad) joined Pat and I deer hunting in the woods on the edge of town. Pat put us along the side of the hill, then went into the woods along the creek that runs adjacent to the school and athletic fields, as that’s where he said he knew the [...]

Land of the deer and the derrick

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Back in NY deer hunting. Our little town of Bolivar in Allegany county is surrounded by hardwood covered hills. A high school classmate, Pat, and his dad own the hill above the high school. Pat lives on one side of it, and his parents on the other. So, we start up [...]


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