Adjam5 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Hello everyone! Have not been around in a while although I occasionally pop in to read some of the threads. I have not and will not be doing the facebook thing. Although I do frequent another BB. Texas Bowhunters. Glad to see some of the old familiar faces still around . Hardcore boys! This BB was hopping at one time. A few of my most memorable moments on this BB when Buckee was attacked by a mulie and killed it with his knife, and someone posted something about finding an alien in their belly button and posted a pic of it. Man....some things you just can't unsee. Long time ago. A lot has changed with myself and my kids. Some of you know on here know my oldest son Joe. He got engaged, moved out and they will get married like Sept 2019. She bow/gun hunts and is pretty dang good too. My middle boy Anthony in a cop in the south Bronx NYC. He has practically moved out and in with his girlfriend, and my youngest son Mike graduated SUNY Albany school of Finance graduating magna cum laude. Won a scholarship for his graduate year and has been signed already by a accounting firm in NYC waiting for him to finish school to put him to work. My darling wife of 27 years is still THE cook at the high school feeding 1200 kids a day and when she comes homes its a problem to make me dinner ?. Myself, what a story, I tore the Meniscus root in my left knee last Sept which I already had ACL reconstruction in back in 07. Knee needs lots of work. On knee replacement border. Tore my meniscus in my right knee in 2010, repaired, but deteriorated all along. So my Dr says I could use knee replace on both knees, but does not want to do it unless absolutely necessary. Needless to say, I cannot work and have been out on workers comp since October. So after these injuries and my time in(34 years) I decided to pack it in and retire. Filed for SS disability and have a appt with my pension director in NOV. Earliest I can get one. Now, forward Texas. My property down there is paid off and now time to start thinking about a house on it. With the empty nest the wife and I have now. I don't need to stay here and keep paying these property taxes in NY. Rockland county 1/3acre 1700sqft home 11G's a year in school and property tax. Yeah...nuts huh? I am shooting a Traditional bow now only. Upping the game. A 1968 Indian Deer Slayer recurve. Dust is piling up on the Mathews. Shooting and hunting is not a problem for me, its getting there(walking) that is the problem. If I am sitting, can do most anything. So while another fall revs up, wishing luck to all of you. I drew a Gator tag in Georgia( after 7 years applying) and will be down there the beginning of Sept to try and fill it with four other friends who also got tags. I'll keep y'all posted on that. Still wish this BB had email notifications of replies. I think that kind of stopped traffic here also. I'll be popping back here more often. Thanks for listening. Miss you guys. I know Tim Andrus retired. Text with him occasionally. Now tell me about y'all. Here is a pic of us all after AJ received his shield and graduated the NYPD. 15039 by Tony Pic, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Sounds like you've had a lot going on. Glad to hear all of the kids are doing well. I remember Joe just being a kid when I started on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerforged Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Glad to hear from you my friend - I see Joe's posts over on Facebook. Where in Georgia are you going? I will be making my annual trek to Texas to try and do damage to the dove population in late September. Still making knives as fast as I am able. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted August 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Yup....Joe is 26 now and still lives eats and craps the outdoors. 38 deer under his belt, only 3 with a gun. Has a beautiful Charcoal lab pup named Ruger. My Grand dog . Hey Ross. You still keep up with Joe, so you know how he is doing. Hope your back is feeling better and your doing well. Know there was a rough time for a while. Good luck with the doves. Texas does love their dove hunting. Waiting to see you as a a judge on forged in fire Great to hear from you. Georgia for gators. Have no idea where I am going. Georgia DNR mailed me my tag, flying into Atlanta Sept 5th. Have a close friend who grew up in NY now a Federal/LE agent down there and he is leading the charge and hunt. My friend/neighbor, Herbie from Texas will there also with us. There will be 5 of us. I am still hitting Texas 1-2x a year shooting Axis and hogs. Hope to be full time resident there soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Good to see you check in Anthony. Congratulations to the family and you on all the accomplishments and on retiring. Best of luck to you this fall. Christina, our oldest got married back at the end of May. Not really much else has changed around here, for now, but Nicole is a senior now and will be off to college next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Great picture!! Thanks for the update Anthony! I know we text occasionally but if you ever make it to northern NY give me a buzz. Wishing you all the best in Texas, so jealous you get to leave this prison we call New York. Feel free to shoot a text anytime. Be sure to get in on the deer contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Adjam5 said: Hello everyone! Have not been around in a while although I occasionally pop in to read some of the threads. I have not and will not be doing the facebook thing. Although I do frequent another BB. Texas Bowhunters. I thought I recognized you from somewhere else...."Tony Pic"....:D Good to see you stop in here......hard to keep up over on TBH lol....that place reminds me of how this one was at one point in time. Will you be making your pilgrimage down to Kerr county this year to hunt axis again? I've been doing a lot of reading here on RT as well.....mostly old posts/threads from years past. Reliving some of the good times and shenanigans that went on. Edited August 22, 2018 by Dawg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted August 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) William, congrats on Cristina's marriage. I'm looking forward to grandchildren. AS are you I imagine. Joe! How are the purple feet doing? ? Still wine making? I get up north sometimes. Even make it to Canandaigua occasionally. NYBowhunters HQ, in Layfayette,NY Each year I do make it Greene county for the NYB annual banquet. Gotta come, great hunts and prizes are raffled away. Last one, a Ontario bear hunt went for $350 because no one bid on it. So there are so deals to be had there. Also hit the Binghampton area to gun hunt come November sometimes. Hope you and the family are well. Did I tell you we found out we have a distant relative that is a well known wine make in Italy? http://www.ciropicariello.it/ Corey...Hope you are doing well. Yeah TBH is getting me in the Texas state of mind. Incredible bunch of generous and smart people on there. Made some good friends on there also that I have met up with while down the Hill Country.Y'all better mind Austin. It is becoming the San Francisco of Texas. Yeah I have been in Texas at least 2x a year chasing Axis and Hogs. Making a bunch of friends and they are finding out not all Yankees are the same Will be concentrating soon on putting a structure on my place in Harper. The $6.52 a year taxes are killing me ?. I have a full AG exemption. Just had the feeders filled and the grass cut. Planned on being there for the Nov 1st gun opener, but that will have to wait until after I meet with my pension director Nov 5th. I'm killing and Axis a year at minimum in Kerrville, and a few hogs out in Mountain Home, but nothing trophy grade yet. Free range, so take what you can get with the Axis. Met up with a few guys from the green screen also while down in the Hill Country. We got our trust all fixed and have a few Suppressors now and some really cool toys growing up in commie NY I never even knew existed . Great to hear from you guys and hope everybody is doing well. I'll be stopping in more often. Anyone ever hear from Tominator Chris? Buckee? Edited August 22, 2018 by Adjam5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) On 8/22/2018 at 6:15 PM, Adjam5 said: Joe! How are the purple feet doing? ? Still wine making? I get up north sometimes. Even make it to Canandaigua occasionally. NYBowhunters HQ, in Layfayette,NY Anyone ever hear from Tominator Chris? Buckee? Not making as much as I used to but yep, I'm still at it. In fact this Sunday I will be at the NYS Fair for the Amateur Wine Awards. I'm told I won something but not sure what yet. Feel free to bring me along if you ever go visit your ancestors. Psstt, Lafayette is not up north. LOL!! You have to be above the Salmon River to be considered up north. I see Chris all the time on Facebook. Wish he would come back here every now and then. Edited August 24, 2018 by RangerClay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted August 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 On 8/22/2018 at 9:12 AM, hammerforged said: Glad to hear from you my friend - I see Joe's posts over on Facebook. Where in Georgia are you going? I will be making my annual trek to Texas to try and do damage to the dove population in late September. Still making knives as fast as I am able. Ross...Just got some more info on gator hunt. We will be hunting the Ogeechee river. I know nothing about Georgia and gators. Will be relying heavily on Chad and guy whos boat it is. Gonna do some research on this river today and see where it is. Leaving Sept 5th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdy2hnt1 Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 Good luck on the gator hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerforged Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 Ogeechee River - you will be down in Gullah land. Be safe my friend and don't go crossing any of the locals. There are some strange things happen down in that part of the state. If you hear banjos - paddle faster. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted August 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 My friend Chad who organized the hunt is a Federal LE agent that works the Atlanta area. We are in good shape there. But I have seen Deliverance...and I KNOW what your talking about Did a little google search on the Ogeechee and they have been pulling some monsters out of that river. A 13' gator was taken a few weeks ago. Don't want nothing that big. Getting excited. Nothing like hunting mammals on land. Full report when I get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 On 8/28/2018 at 3:09 PM, hammerforged said: If you hear banjos - paddle faster. ? LOL. Good luck with the gators Anthony. Saw more than my share of the nasty things when I lived in central Florida, they were protected back then, (crazy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted September 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 Headed to Joes house in Orange county. He will drop me off at airport in am before work. It is close to him. Stewart AFB. It is a small airport that is growing commercially... Very close to West Point. So glad I do not have to trek down to city or even Newark NJ to catch a flight. Off to the swamps of Savannah and the Ogeechee river. I feel like a kid :). Worried a bit about my knee. Still wearing a heavy duty brace. But I will not be alone I am assured. I will have help. I better. Bringing nothing but clothes. ? At minimum, get to see friends and travel a bit. A gator would be a plus! Full report when I get home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerforged Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 Safe Hunting - Good Harvest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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