whats wrong with me

can't belive i can take pictures of does and bucks but when i have my rifle in my hand i know i'm going to shoot i get the damn shakes . at my age your saposed to be mellowed out ,. i shouldn. have buck fever any more,. after putting in so many hours finding the right spot to sit and clearing a shooting lane i was shore i would get a crack at a nice buck,. yesterday the wind was so bad the hole tree house was shakeing tell dark,. it cooled down today and i had the gut feeling he would come to the water hole tonight,. at 4:30 i hadjust sent a text on my phone not paying the attention i should have been, i saw a hole deer pass the water hole and go into theheavy brush but i could see his hole body except for his head,. i got him in the scope and i could see his nose and eyes through the ceadar but not the horns. anyone could have made the mistake of pulling the trigger and ask questions later,. he knew i was there just didn't know where, how did he scent me or did he smell the doe scent,. i will never know now. then it happened the shakes, heart pounded i had him dead to rights but wasn't shore if it were a doe or not . his face and body was telling me it was a buck,. i wanted to comb down before he bolted but it was to late he took off and stopped again on the right in a bunch of young trees,. 50 yards out,. i found a hole and pulled the trigger he took off back the dirrection he came. i thought shore i hit him i was ready when he got to a clear spot and pulled the trigger to only hear it snap. the chamber was 3 quarters closed i couldn't push the bullet in i racked another still it wouldn't close . my shakes were worse now did i hit him . i waited for a bit and then got down and went to see if i could find blood or hair, nothing, i serched for 2 sollid hours in circles , nothing.i was sweating profusly, i hated myself my left eye has a caderac the only excuse i have. the rifle on the other hand has give me trouble before,. twice before the fireing pin froze and just dented the primer now this did i flinch i was on the window cill,. was i shakeing ? yeh,. did i hit a tree . couldn't find the spot,. i will look again at first light,. dambed if i know,. is my blood pressure to high i better check that out to,.

  the other deer i missed was opening day . kick myself in the ass twice,. only this time it was my falt not the gun. opening day and i had my black powder becouse i wanted to kill one with it,. 200 yards nearing dark he came from the swamp i started doing the same thing then. shook like a new hunter on steroids,. he started comming closer and when he was 125 from me i took the shot by the time the smoke cleared the buck was headed for the fence.i was shore i hit him . i waited a while tell almost dark and went out into the tall grass exspecting to see blood, noda, nothing back and forth up and down in and out for two hours in the rain. i went back the next morning and did the same thing,. . this gun is history as of right now i have to take it all apart and find out what going on. when i target practice with it it works great,. i know what your saying buck fever is all. old age is the other,. soon i won't be able to climb the trees or see them at all. and i don't want that to happen . but old age is comming fast bad knees , sore joints, and nerves i never knew i had before,. but theres time left,. what gun will i use next,. i did drop it once this year . i should have shot it after that,.da.

                                              theres that stupid ol man right there.get a life.

                                                   doesn't look safe but sterdy

                                                               don't look down

                                                  almost dark she winded me and ran

 i sapose if i wasn't so dam ugly the deer would come to me more,.

                                                  my lill budy put put

                                            it is hard to believe i have shot a deer on that far left corner just inside the brush

 the sky looked as though it were on fire        this one is sun rise

 this one is sun set

                                                  the one that got away

can it be today i went back to cut some wood and this little fella came running over to me as if he knew me. i started the saw and he jumped up on the log . this is the third time this has happened to me. even when i am hunting. i got to say he is quite a bird. 

this was the wifes jeep  or could be still.

 been cutting wood for the shed this winter and getting some excersise at the same time love it.

rhonda was driveing home from the mall her and bonnie when she struck a deer at 60 mph. needless to say the deer died and the jeep was a mess. the 21st of october.

retirement

i worked as an ingot pit operator for the last 21 years . training many people durring this time. it all began in 1979, after i was laid off from a trucking job. being a vetran helped when i aplied for the job. i was hired on sept, 4th in the pot rooms. cabin changer for 7 years before the strike in 86 took 3 years of my like. durring withch time i took what ever came along. called back in aug. of 89 to the remelt west plant . as a spare helper makeing way less than i did when i left. it was a hole different world up on the hill. cooler for one thing.

retired jan. 1st 2012 after 31 years

at alcoa west plant in massena new york.

troop 68 boy scouts of america 1963 -67

a fello scout lynn denner who just passed away was also a brother-in-law we worked together at briggs holesale, and shermerhorns.fished ,drank,hunted together for many years. he will be truly missed by all. lynn, bob denner, joe smithers and i took the life saveing course in brockville ontario and won the bronze madalion and a life saveing sertificate officaly life guard material.

del french, paul pray, dave lalonde, and joe smithers were in my patrol, we hiked many miles camped out all summer and even in the dead of winter.

marching in front of the strand theater in the early 60's, from a tenderfoot to an e-5 specialist in the army in just a few years

back in the sixtys boy scouting was getting you ready for the future , and troop 68 as one of the best troops to be in at the time. reggie shalett and ralph baker were our scout masters , my dad bill powers was asistant scout master . we marched , hiked , campt out , and went to gamborees, done skits in front of city hall was trained in first aid, cooking fire starting surviveal, and many many more fun and great things. we had patrols skunk patrol was were you went if you continued to mess up.we had our meetings in noterdame school, it was a cathlic troop., we camped at camp vigor every summer, rain or shine, went out for the order of the arrow, witch ment you had to live like an indian for a week. learning how to survive and take what ever they handed out not being able to talk to anyone the hole time. scouting got me ready for the army in a lot of ways. i learned how to march read a compas, cook, sew do my laundry and spit shine shoes. build latreens and fight as well as shoot. the army came easy.

our camporee at fort drum. thats rick shattuck trying to get the smoke out of his eyes.

dinning in the great out doors was the best time of my life. thease were the good ol days

it always took me longer to do the dishes when everyone was gone haveing fun .

winter 2010& 11

winter 2010& 11 started early this year/.

it seamed like every day for a while i was shoveling.

the birds have gone through at least 100lbs of seed so far. but they are fun to watch. and the squirrels get there share.


the ice fishermen have had a good year thus far . ice is thick and the turniments are going on as scedualed.

the old chevey is there to stay ,. at least tell spring.

a beautiful sight two young deer makeing the best of the winter. every once in a while on a good day you would see a few deer come out of hideing to browse on the corn.

my old buddy the porcupine, he was sick just before it snowed and i went back to see him every day. he could not climb a tree . his eyes cleard up and he started moveing trying to eat a little. but then the snows came and it was getting harder to visit him.




i was afrid i would find him dead sooner or later. when the snow got deep i only went back once a week. there he was on the ground almost like he was hybernateing. there were many other tracks of pines walking a few feet from him. they must of known he was sick.

i tried to feed him corn and pieces of hay but he was to weak. later i went back to see him and there was no sign. no tracks . did he finaly get over what ever he had . and go back to the den with the others? the trail they were useing was battered down. so i haven,t seen him in a few weeks now.






as our winter went on we were hearing about all the storms around us . deep snow everywhere across the states even in the caralinas they had snow and georgia,.

it was beginning to feel like a second job. but luckly i love to shovel and be out side . if you stay worm and don't get your hands and feet wet take your time you can shovel all day long. my drive ways 110 feet long i widen it to 20 feet and theres a parking spot next to the house big enoug h for two vehicles. so i had to build me a bigger shovel . that i did. i would like to patten it . i call it a mans shovel not that a woman couldn't use it. but becouse it is so big.

notice the size of it.

look at the mountian of snow compared to the tractor trailer it is a mountian

when the subzero weather came it was exausting trying to do anything out side. just feeding the birds was a chore. frost built up on the mustash. couldn't where my glasses becouse they fogged up so bad.

sometimes the plows went by so fast they through snow and you couldn't see the truck.

i couldn't wait for a little thaw so i could have some packy snow to play with,. but it only lasted a few days,.

the roof had a least a foot of snow on it and it was hanging over so i had to break it up and shovel it off before the next storm hit.

sunny days when it is very cold makes for good photography. the shadows are beautiful even useing a low pixel.

the shed didn't get much use after the saver cold set in. i went through a lot of wood durring hunting season and cut a little.

all in all it was a long cold dragged out winter and it is trying to go the other way but i'm afraid it's not over yet.

this was at wallyworld. now thats a shovel

one evening at work. i was the last car standing. notice how nice alcoa keeps there parking lot. ya right,

so if the truck makes it through the deep snow he will be ready for spring

my home made shovel. doesn't take long to do this large drive way. lot les time then a blower and lot less gass. guess it could be called the green machine.

my home made sled plywood and skies works great.

winter 2010 started early. durring the hunting season it started getting cold. deer season is another storry. it was a lousy season had a chance to fill my tag early but becouse of my lazyness my rifle miss fired , did not go off . froze from bad oil./ lesson i will remember for a while. any ways the snow came and stayed . here are a few pictures to let you know just what it was like,in up state new york and we, had it good here compared to other countys,

there are a couple short videos i think you'll like enjoy.