Location:Orlando
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The boys in town
I had a great time with Steve Duff and Dave Hurwitz over the Thanksgiving weekend. Steve traveled in from San Francisco and Dave traveled in from Grand Rapids Michigan.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
First Day of Shotgun Season
Friday morning and its first day of ShotGun Season in Illinois. Victor and I set our alarms for 4.00am and after a few cups of strong coffee and a little breakfast, we set off for our positions in the woods that we had scouted out Thursday evening.
I have to tell you it's pretty serene walking out into the wood in the pitch black night and climbing up into a tree stand 20 feet above the ground and watch the forest come into light as the day breaks and the sun comes up. The forest is amazingly quite and the infrequent sounds of squirrels, rabbits are quite distinct . The Deer are also amazing quiet movers in the forest, they are very dainty on their feet. They make no more noise when moving than a squirrel would on the forest floor, quiet amazing really. I was set up in my tree stand by 5.00am and day started to break just before 6.00am!
Shortly after 6 the gun shots started to echo through the countryside!
I was ready and waiting, but all was very quiet and still, just the odd squirrel or wood pecker to break the silence. 7.40am rolls around and still not Deer to be seen!
I'd like to think I have a high level of patience with most things, I have to tell you this requires an amazing amount of patience!
Sitting up a tree for many hours, freezing your butt off and trying to stay completely quiet is not an easy task! Especially with our everyday busy lives, sitting still for hours on end for me was a real test of will-power.
After now sitting up here for 3 hours, the cold really started to set in. Another gunshot in the distance echoed through the forest and some leaves fell from the trees as a soft swirl of cold wind past through the trees, it didn't take much to cause the crispy dry autumn leaves to fall from the trees and make noise on every tree branch they came in contact with on the way to the ground. More chirping from the birds, another wood pecker butts another tree and yet no Deer for me. It sounds as though every other hunter in the area has seen a Deer but me, be patient and wait another 15 minutes, surely a deer will walk across my path if I can only wait a few more minutes!
Another hour and 15 minutes pass! Just a little longer i tell myself and you'll see a deer!!!!!!!!
15 more minutes, another 30 minutes and nothing barely a sound at least not in my little area of the forest. Still shotgun fire all around me coming from miles around, but no activity for me. My impatience gets the better of me and I climb down the tree, my thought is to try my luck on the backside of the hill I am facing! After another hour walking through the forest and getting turned around and lost for 40 minutes, I sat down on my tree stand fir a cup of coffee before pack everything up and heading back to the RV for some lunch.
Wow this is character building stuff I can tell you!!!!!
Well, due to not have constant cell service the blogs are a little later than the days stated. it's now Saturday evening and we are driving back to Orlando with another deer shot by Victor.
I'v had a interesting five days in the woods, I can tell you.
I have to tell you it's pretty serene walking out into the wood in the pitch black night and climbing up into a tree stand 20 feet above the ground and watch the forest come into light as the day breaks and the sun comes up. The forest is amazingly quite and the infrequent sounds of squirrels, rabbits are quite distinct . The Deer are also amazing quiet movers in the forest, they are very dainty on their feet. They make no more noise when moving than a squirrel would on the forest floor, quiet amazing really. I was set up in my tree stand by 5.00am and day started to break just before 6.00am!
Shortly after 6 the gun shots started to echo through the countryside!
I was ready and waiting, but all was very quiet and still, just the odd squirrel or wood pecker to break the silence. 7.40am rolls around and still not Deer to be seen!
I'd like to think I have a high level of patience with most things, I have to tell you this requires an amazing amount of patience!
Sitting up a tree for many hours, freezing your butt off and trying to stay completely quiet is not an easy task! Especially with our everyday busy lives, sitting still for hours on end for me was a real test of will-power.
After now sitting up here for 3 hours, the cold really started to set in. Another gunshot in the distance echoed through the forest and some leaves fell from the trees as a soft swirl of cold wind past through the trees, it didn't take much to cause the crispy dry autumn leaves to fall from the trees and make noise on every tree branch they came in contact with on the way to the ground. More chirping from the birds, another wood pecker butts another tree and yet no Deer for me. It sounds as though every other hunter in the area has seen a Deer but me, be patient and wait another 15 minutes, surely a deer will walk across my path if I can only wait a few more minutes!
Another hour and 15 minutes pass! Just a little longer i tell myself and you'll see a deer!!!!!!!!
15 more minutes, another 30 minutes and nothing barely a sound at least not in my little area of the forest. Still shotgun fire all around me coming from miles around, but no activity for me. My impatience gets the better of me and I climb down the tree, my thought is to try my luck on the backside of the hill I am facing! After another hour walking through the forest and getting turned around and lost for 40 minutes, I sat down on my tree stand fir a cup of coffee before pack everything up and heading back to the RV for some lunch.
Wow this is character building stuff I can tell you!!!!!
Well, due to not have constant cell service the blogs are a little later than the days stated. it's now Saturday evening and we are driving back to Orlando with another deer shot by Victor.
I'v had a interesting five days in the woods, I can tell you.
Location:Illinois
Hunting from up in a tree stand
Well, this is the last day of hunting with a bow, as Shotgun season starts tomorrow. A flow of hunters have poured into the area last night and today, getting ready for the first of three days of shotgun hunting.
It is time to try my luck at hunting from a tree stand 20-30 feet above the ground rather than in a blind. This is how you get you sent off the ground and hopefully become totally invisible to the deer. Deer have good eye sight, great hearing and an amazing sense of smell!!!! Hopefully this will help me to hunt my first deer!
The tree stand is a very simple but effect piece of equipment that you carry on your back just like a backpack. It comes in two pieces, one base piece with foot straps for climbing the tree and a top piece that you haul your self up with first the top piece and then when you have raised a secured the top piece and bitten the teeth in against the tree, then you shunt the bottom piece up with your legs just like a reverse square thrust.
After climbing around 25 feet above the ground, I secured myself with a safety harness. The teeth of the top and bottom pieces of the tree stand bite into tree and as long as you are pushing down on them, they will stay locked in and secured. The safety harness is incase you fall asleep and roll over in the tree stand causing it to release it's teeth!
Here a picture after getting the tree stand up and secure and then pulling up my essentials and bow from the ground second.
What a beautiful view of the forest from up here! A much better view fir hunting as well as really being able to see the beauty of this vast forest area!
Victor set up his blind cross the valley, this way we knew we could see our flash lights when calling it a day at sun down!
Check back with me later to see how we did!
It is time to try my luck at hunting from a tree stand 20-30 feet above the ground rather than in a blind. This is how you get you sent off the ground and hopefully become totally invisible to the deer. Deer have good eye sight, great hearing and an amazing sense of smell!!!! Hopefully this will help me to hunt my first deer!
The tree stand is a very simple but effect piece of equipment that you carry on your back just like a backpack. It comes in two pieces, one base piece with foot straps for climbing the tree and a top piece that you haul your self up with first the top piece and then when you have raised a secured the top piece and bitten the teeth in against the tree, then you shunt the bottom piece up with your legs just like a reverse square thrust.
After climbing around 25 feet above the ground, I secured myself with a safety harness. The teeth of the top and bottom pieces of the tree stand bite into tree and as long as you are pushing down on them, they will stay locked in and secured. The safety harness is incase you fall asleep and roll over in the tree stand causing it to release it's teeth!
Here a picture after getting the tree stand up and secure and then pulling up my essentials and bow from the ground second.
What a beautiful view of the forest from up here! A much better view fir hunting as well as really being able to see the beauty of this vast forest area!
Victor set up his blind cross the valley, this way we knew we could see our flash lights when calling it a day at sun down!
Check back with me later to see how we did!
Deer Hunting
After two days of hunting Mildrid Williams private property we decided it was time to head off to the Palistine Church in Swannee County and hunt some Government land where Vic hunted for the first time some twenty years earlier as a teenager with his stepfather.
This real is some beautiful natural forest area.
We parked near the Palistine Church and head out just behind the church to hunt for the first time here.
Here is the view down the ravine and up the hillside on the other side across from my Hunting Blind.
Well, the first night was quiet for Deer, there were quite a few hunters coming into the area tonight getting ready for shotgun season thus coming weekend.
One more morning and night of Bow hunting and then the guns will be firing!
This real is some beautiful natural forest area.
We parked near the Palistine Church and head out just behind the church to hunt for the first time here.
Here is the view down the ravine and up the hillside on the other side across from my Hunting Blind.
Well, the first night was quiet for Deer, there were quite a few hunters coming into the area tonight getting ready for shotgun season thus coming weekend.
One more morning and night of Bow hunting and then the guns will be firing!
Location:Harrisburg Illinois
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Hunting trip
I'm currently on a 6 month planned hunting trip in Harrisburg Illinois, check back with my on the coming weekend fir more details! Four days of Bow Hunting and Three days of Shotgun!
My Buddy Victor has shot the first Deer on Monday night!
He's shooting a cross bow and he has loaned my the antique of a re curve bow, harder than he'll to pull back but it does pack a pinch with the arrow!
My Buddy Victor has shot the first Deer on Monday night!
He's shooting a cross bow and he has loaned my the antique of a re curve bow, harder than he'll to pull back but it does pack a pinch with the arrow!
Location:Harrisburg Illinois
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
A new Skier is born!
The Fisher Family would love to send our congratulation to the Isenberg Family in Austin, they have a new family member and soon to be skier in the house Miranda Riley Isenberg.
Can't wait to meet Riley on our return to San Marcus River Ranch with the On Location Tour 2011
Can't wait to meet Riley on our return to San Marcus River Ranch with the On Location Tour 2011
Location:Austin Texas
Mirror Conditions
The fall weather is perfect right now for skiing, Lisa Thom's from Seattle has been skiing great all week. Welcome to Stewart Ely and Neil Travena from Oxford England and Dan from the Princes Club near London.
The beautiful fall light right before sunset!
The beautiful fall light right before sunset!
Location:Jodi's Ski Skool Orlando
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
On Location Tour Continues
The On Location Tour Rig back on the road and in Miami for the weekend. Diego Reyes our live in student qualified recently for the Pan-American Championships set out to gain more tournament experience in Miami, Diego skied very consistently in all three rounds. With 2@12 meters twice and 2.5@ 12 meters in the 3rd round.
Miami Ski Club has a great deal of water at their disposal, with 5 slalom courses, a jump lake and a large area for wake boarding.
It's a beautiful place to ski!
Diego sitting on the dock for his 3rd accessing the conditions and gearing up for a great set!
Delfina and Ivanna Culivan also getting ready for their 3rd round at Miami, Delfi ran 2&11.25 meters and Ivi ran 3@12 meters.
Great skiing guy's and the beat of luck in Chile at the Pan American Championships later this month.
Miami Ski Club has a great deal of water at their disposal, with 5 slalom courses, a jump lake and a large area for wake boarding.
It's a beautiful place to ski!
Diego sitting on the dock for his 3rd accessing the conditions and gearing up for a great set!
Delfina and Ivanna Culivan also getting ready for their 3rd round at Miami, Delfi ran 2&11.25 meters and Ivi ran 3@12 meters.
Great skiing guy's and the beat of luck in Chile at the Pan American Championships later this month.
Location:Miami Ski Club
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