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A good spot to sit since it is right next to a deer run. Saw a porcupine a few yards from this spot.
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The top of a ridge with a good view down the side of the mountain into the brush, good cover for deer.
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This is looking down a narrow "gut" that deer often use to move and down the mountain unnoticed.
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Two years ago, I saw a large buck grazing here in twilight on the last day of the season. I was 250 yards away at the time and missed the shot.
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Riding home at night. I almost always walk when hunting but I was 2 miles away and had to get back to the cabin for dinner.
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An old shed that was used when this property was used for summer grazing for a dairy herd.
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It has been a banner year for apples -- the deer come here to feed every night.
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Beautiful photos. Thank you for sharing.
You should have gotten a picture of the raccoon!
Thanks Chris for sharing your hunting photos. Look forward to seeing more of your adventures at your hunt camp. I have never been to Vermont and it is nice to see the back country there you experience. Happy Hunting!
Thank You for the hunting pics and email. It is very interesting for me, i hunt in Colorado but i have never been back east and i like to see the pics and here how your trip went. I enjoy your show and mag. Thanks, Robert Perry 68perry@msn.com Arvada, Colorado.
Really enjoyed your pictures of hunting in Vermont, beautiful country has a comfortable and relaxing feel.
My father was a great story teller … he was Irish (Edward John O’Reilly). I think that’s why I like to listen/read your stories and see your pictures.
Our weather up here (Ontario Canada) is similiar to yours in Vermont. It sounds/looks like a nice place to live.
Thank you for your letters and I very much enjoy your programmes on TV.
Barbara West
Chris, you make me miss our house in Charlotte, VT. I loved the Fall view from the top of Mt. Philo there, overlooking the Champlain Valley. I never hunted in Vermont, but took up hunting here in NY a few years ago – bow and gun. Got two does this year and the freezer is full of venison sausage and steaks.
So, what got you into cooking? I’d be interested in hearing your story. I didn’t really get excited about cooking until a few years ago. I guess I had my middle-age Renaissance in a good way! ha
Bryan
Beautiful photos, Chris. And your tree stand seems to be in a great spot. I think my favorite is the silver grass.
By the way, from reading your letter – might I suggest that the problems you’re having loading your rifle is that you’re using 7mm cartridges in your Browning .308?
Vermont is so beautiful. i must get up there one summer. Long Island is losing her open spaces real fast.
Mike
Love your letters/stories Chris and photos are simply beautiful – simple and beautiful and therein lies their charm.
I am curious about one thing you wrote in the letter. You said, “someone jacked a deer at night.” What does this mean? Shot a deer? Hit a deer with one’s car or truck? Came across a dead deer while walking in a field?
You were lucky with that raccoon!! Always love your photos and stories. Thanks for sharing
Hello Chris,
Love the pictures, got off my deer lease this year and miss deer hunting. This wetted my appetite as the stories are very similar to those here in Texas. Love your show, love the recipes. Thank you for sharing!
Why don’t you write a recipe book for game?
Jess
Every month I read your letter and it makes me miss Vermont in so many ways. Thank you for all the pictures and stories of my second home state.
Marsha
You are a great “storyteller” and “photographer.” Really enjoyed both. Haven’t seen your TV show but will find the time
over XMS week. My father Ed Lehman (painted the interiors of the White House) for The Kennedys in 1962(original paintings hang in the Kennedy Museum in Boston) was an avid hunter and fisherman that took me deer hunting when I was a teen so
this brought back fond memories of those very special trips. My
“Tribute to My Dad A Great Artist” can be seen on my YouTube channel: KENL1949. Thanks again and Happy Holidays……..
The pictures are beautiful! Where in Vermont were they taken? I go to the Burlington area once a month, specifically Colchester. It’s my second home!
Sue
Christopher,
This is the first of your newsletters that I have received. I particularly enjoyed the raccoon story. It brought back memories of chasing raccoons off our back porch where we used to feed our cats. You are very correct in that they are cute but not cuddly little animals, even the young ones. I have experienced a PO’d mother that grabbed the end of the stick I was using and gave me a run for my money. I found out that they cute only from a distance and not when there is food around.
I am looking forward to future installments and I love the show. Beautiful pictures of Vermont. I would love to go there sometime.
Jack
Lovely pictures. I love walking in the woods, and catching a glimpse of any wildlife; especially deer.
I, also, like reading your letters. Very homey and funny.
I watch all your TV shows on the Create channel & the two local PBS stations. (Sometimes the same show 3 times in one day, if I plan on making that particular recipe.)
Regards, Carol
dear chris :chris kimball sounds like Kris Kringle ‘santa claus, for long)
i was in marlowe’s restaurant in willaimsburg, brooklyn visiting my son and taking care of the 2 cats while he and his wife were away.
i enjoyed their morning coffee ( although williamsburg coffee houses seem to think that decaf coffee is poison..)
and after scrunching my nose…
i drank the full strength and read your magazine.
i particularly enjoy reading chris kimball’s opening remarks in the editors column he writes.
so now i am hooked
and look forward to a trial subscription..
but i’m afraid i won’t have time to read the tested recipes
they are very good and good selections, seasonal etc.
love to you and your staff and keep WRITING
ELIZABETH ENFIELD
I LIVE NEARER TOYOU HERE IN GLOUCESTER
THA I DO TO MARLOWES IN BRROKLYN
ALTHOUGH MY OLD STAMPIGN GROUND IS INT THE BRONX
please edit ‘stamping’ and ‘in the’
e.e.
I alway enjoy your stories and the photos are beautiful, similar to what we have. We’re on 5 acres in the Northern California foothills with 2 ponds but only chickens, ducks and one dog.
How many acres do you have and do you raise any animals?
Ruthi
Lovely photos, thank you. I didn’t realize Vermont was so flat! You should see where our deer hide!
Chris,
Thanks for your letters and photos. We live in Braintree, VT having moved here from Rhode Island a little over 4 years ago. We came here to find the sense of community that we knew to be so strong in Vermont, and your writings are testament to this tradition. For us, it has been a life-changing experience – at the age of 59 (my wife obviously being a bit younger) we had a son who just turned three, and we are about to adopt a 3-month old Plott Hound. Maybe this dog will never tree a bobcat or bear, but I know watching her and my son grow up together in this beautiful country will be a great joy.
Cheers, Rick
Love the photos – will visit Vermont someday.
I have enjoyed your stories and humor for years. The pictures are lovely and help solidify my belief that the simple things in life are still the best. And by the way, you’re correct. You are better
looking than George Clooney! ;o)
Being a wife of a an avid hunter and having many hunting experiences in the Sierra Nevada Mtns, I truly appreciated your story and the wonderful pictures. I loved the racoon in the tree story!!! You’re a great writer and I love all the magazines, cookbooks, shows and websites!!! Thank-you so much for all you do to teach us how to cook the very best way. Paula
Although we’re not hunters, my husband and I have many generous friends who hunt. I have a bag of deer bones in my trunk now, treats for a wounded raven a friend is rehabilitating. Your photos could be pictures of our area here in Michigan’s Central Upper Peninsula – beautiful! It’s true, the simple things in life are still the best. We enjoy your recipes, videos, and your writing. Happy Holidays!
You just made me feel homesick!