Pheasant fever!

A few weeks ago i went pheasant hunting at a local bird farm called Powderbourne. Greg whom i met during this years archery season on a trip to canada, took me there with his dog. I havent hunted for birds in over 25 years and i must say i had a blast. here is a pic of the days victory.

Manitoba, Canada

2 weeks ago a few of us went archery hunting in Manitoba,Canada for whitetail deer. this was my first "guided hunt" but the other were veterans. the hunting was warm and sunny, not my ideal hunting setup. i was expecting to see deer allover the place come first light, but to my surprise they were laying low due to hot weather. the coyote population was out of control in that area, i can see you doing a coyote only hunt there and having a blast, i seen at least 4 a Day without even calling. well after 4 days of hunting this bruiser stepped into my lane and gave me a nice shot. 38 yard recovery, this guy was pushing 320+ pounds, 8 point and 150 class. it was worth the trip!

manitoba!

Me and a bubby are deer hunting in manitoba this fall, its my first guided trip. im excited and nervous at the same time, theres alot to get ready with. I took my new Hoyt bow to the range to sight it in ,  i started at 15 yds then 40yds. here is a pic at 40yds, im happy with the results. my comfort zone is 30 yds, but i need to practice at further distance incase a monster comes to visit.

big carp

this is a old picture of my friend from the early 70's. we were fishing pennypack creek in philadelphia when my friend dean hooked this beast. after getting it close to the bank i jumped in and tried to net it, the fish was only half way in the net, and when i lifted it up the net tore open. i then grabed the fish and thru it on the bank. we grabbed a wagon and took it home, channel 6 tv did a small interview with my buddy. the carp was 37lbs and 37" long. i was told it was state record for that year.sorry the pic is in bad shape.

we went to paradise trout ponds in potter county on memorial weekend with the kids, it was a "flyrod only" weekend. the boys had a blast catching there first trout on a fly. some of the trout caught we so big my little trout net was to small. ill be heading back late summer. some say its cheating, i say its a good time. its good practice on the fly.

1st season trout

A few nice bows from branch valley club.

shad fishing delaware

i went fishing with friend/guide steve kollar on the delaware for shad, as you can see the weather was perfect. steve said the bite was on the day before, but that always changes, thats fishing. we went out for 4 hours and boated 5 and 1 smallie. overall it was great for me since i never caught a shad before. i brought my flyrod along incase we were killing them but that never happened. next trip stripers!