TMT Preserve

1/19/2007 Today was a great day of upland hunting and sporting clays at the TMT Preserve in Clinton Hollow, NY. Here is Buddy Cipoletti at the end of the day on the sporting clays course. ...

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:33:40 -0800

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1/19/2007 Today was a great day of upland hunting and sporting clays at the TMT Preserve in Clinton Hollow, NY. Here is Buddy Cipoletti at the end of the day on the sporting clays course. ...

Yours truly, Captain Al having a good time shooting sporting clays in the woods at TMT Preserve.

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:57 -0800

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Yours truly, Captain Al having a good time shooting sporting clays in the woods at TMT Preserve.

Artie Cipoletti giving it a go at Station 1 on this really nice 15 stand sporting clays course.

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:53 -0800

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Artie Cipoletti giving it a go at Station 1 on this really nice 15 stand sporting clays course.

Here we are set to shoot a round of clays in the afternoon after our morning walk-up hunt. Phil Mascolo, Artie Cipoletti, Tom Mackin the owner of TMT and Captain Al.

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:51 -0800

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Here we are set to shoot a round of clays in the afternoon after our morning walk-up hunt. Phil Mascolo, Artie Cipoletti, Tom Mackin the owner of TMT and Captain Al.

Buddy Cipoletti in the Kitchen area of the lodge at TMT. He is shooting some video of the lodge. I will post a video clip of the trip in the near future.

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:48 -0800

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Buddy Cipoletti in the Kitchen area of the lodge at TMT. He is shooting some video of the lodge. I will post a video clip of the trip in the near future.

Phil and Artie enjoying some food for lunch by the fire place. We did a hunt in the morning and then broke for lunch before a round of sporting clays to finish the day.

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:46 -0800

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Phil and Artie enjoying some food for lunch by the fire place. We did a hunt in the morning and then broke for lunch before a round of sporting clays to finish the day.

This is the main room of the lodge at TMT. It is very cozy and warm. This is where you can store your gear and relax before and after the hunt. The lodge is very clean and well maintained ...

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:43 -0800

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This is the main room of the lodge at TMT. It is very cozy and warm. This is where you can store your gear and relax before and after the hunt. The lodge is very clean and well maintained ...

This is the lodge which sits in a beautiful little valley in some of the nicest looking land in all of the northeast. This is a well run, top quality preserve. Everything functions like cl ...

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:41 -0800

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This is the lodge which sits in a beautiful little valley in some of the nicest looking land in all of the northeast. This is a well run, top quality preserve. Everything functions like cl ...

Here is the hunting group for the day. Tom and his dog Emma, Artie and Buddy Cipoletti, Phil Mascolo and Al Lorenzetti. Also included is some of the birds we bagged for the day. We had ab ...

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:38 -0800

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Here is the hunting group for the day. Tom and his dog Emma, Artie and Buddy Cipoletti, Phil Mascolo and Al Lorenzetti. Also included is some of the birds we bagged for the day. We had ab ...

Here we have Phil and Buddy both doing a simultaneous pheasant. Notice Emma directly below the bird. She really did a great job of working the birds and had amazing stamina.

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:35 -0800

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Here we have Phil and Buddy both doing a simultaneous pheasant. Notice Emma directly below the bird. She really did a great job of working the birds and had amazing stamina.

Here we have Buddy with a quality cock pheasant bird and proud Emma not far from the prize.

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:32 -0800

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Here we have Buddy with a quality cock pheasant bird and proud Emma not far from the prize.

Tom came out in a truck to help us make the move to a new field. Tom visits during the hunt to bring additional items from the lodge if needed and also usually has some refreshments, coffe, ...

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:29 -0800

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Tom came out in a truck to help us make the move to a new field. Tom visits during the hunt to bring additional items from the lodge if needed and also usually has some refreshments, coffe, ...

This is a shot of Buddy getting the bead on an outgoing pheasant with Emma right below after having flushed the bird.

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:26 -0800

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This is a shot of Buddy getting the bead on an outgoing pheasant with Emma right below after having flushed the bird.

Buddy again on a sequence shot this being the last of a square hit on an outgoing pheasant. It was a solid shot and another one in the bag.

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:23 -0800

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Buddy again on a sequence shot this being the last of a square hit on an outgoing pheasant. It was a solid shot and another one in the bag.

This is the previous shot just a fraction of a second before the last frame. It was a great sequence of photos, eight shots from flush to dropping the bird. I will post more in the near fu ...

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:19 -0800

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This is the previous shot just a fraction of a second before the last frame. It was a great sequence of photos, eight shots from flush to dropping the bird. I will post more in the near fu ...

Here is Phil with his prize Mongolian pheasant. Captain Al, Emma, Tom Houston our guide, Phil and Artie.

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:15 -0800

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Here is Phil with his prize Mongolian pheasant. Captain Al, Emma, Tom Houston our guide, Phil and Artie.

Tom Houston, Emma, Tom Mackin the owner of TMT, Artie Cipoletti, Captain Al Lorenzetti and Phil Mascolo. If you might be interested in a hunt and or sporting clays at TMT give Tom a call ...

nobody@smugmug.com (skimmer) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:17:12 -0800

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Tom Houston, Emma, Tom Mackin the owner of TMT, Artie Cipoletti, Captain Al Lorenzetti and Phil Mascolo. If you might be interested in a hunt and or sporting clays at TMT give Tom a call ...