Kosydor Adventures

I don’t think anyone has found a cure for this affliction that affects all of us.

There he stood the Boner Buck.  Or maybe the Booner Buck.  This was not your 3-4 year old Buck with a nice set of bones.  This was the 6-7 year old mature white-tail buck with massive amounts of bone on his head.  I estimated him to be a 200 points + buck as I looked down my sights right before I pulled the trigger.  There he stood,  broad-side with head turned straight on at me.  The classic buck pose. What really is wild, is that this huge white-tail deer was standing less than a 1/4 mile from my house.  Yet, we had been driving to the next county to deer hunt the previous weeks.  Here stood my Boone & Crockett right almost in my back yard.  I missed him clean.  It was an easy shot.  Must of shot between his legs. We looked and searched and looked some more was the bad news.  The good news is when driving home tonight we spotted the Booner Buck. He was standing next to the road getting ready to trot towards my back yard again and not a scratch on him.  I remember an old VHS Movie I had titled The Grey Ghosts and was all about Big Buck hunting.  I have finally realized why those Big Bucks earned the title of the Grey Ghosts.  They just appear out of nowhere and it seems like you just shoot right through them. This Buck may be the largest I have ever seen in Southern Illinois.  And I have chased more than one Big One in years past.

Nothing like hanging at the lake with friends and family.  A little spilled barbecue sauce and some potato salad sure makes for a fun day.

Top Deck is Katy Kosydor, Eli Snodgrass, and Zachary Kosydor

Oh my GOD! I have never seen anything like this in my 48 years of walking this earth. Beautiful Southern Illinois gone straight to hell. This was a weather unknown and the weather guys are labeling it an “Inland Hurricane”. I watched for over 1/2 an hour as the winds tore down and around 13 corridor directly east of Carbondale. The roof lifted off the building we took shelter in as the women huddled under their desks sobbing, crying and praying. This is the second roof we have lost this year at the HiWay 13 Shopping Center where our business is located. This is really beginning to suck. Anyway no friends or family were hurt, thank goodness. The unknown of our children at nearby schools was tough and we heard rumors that a local school had lost roofs also….when picking up Zachary later that afternoon we found out the rumor was true and the new high tech Carterville School had indeed lost the gym roof……

The sound of chain saws was a normal waking experience for several weeks afterwards.  Months later there is still blue tarps covering numerous roofs in the area.  We lost our dock priveleges at the houseboat docks on Crab Orchard Lake due to damage to the docks by the high winds.

Watch out—Dylan will unleash his fury on the local highways in just a couple of weeks. Rumor is that he will be unveiling a cherry red jeep that he has been customizing the last several months. I hope his girlfriend sees this old photo below. LOL

Can’t wait for the early fishing season for crappie. I almost took off for Weiss Lake few weeks ago to chase some crappie in Alabama, but changed my mind at the last minute.
Katy Kosydor at the controls on Kentucky Lake.

Straight from Pensacola Florida Beaches. Zach Kosydor sponsored 3 different Hermit Crabs to race in the Indy Crab Races held at CRABS Restaurant located on Pensacola Beach. All three of Zach’s Hermits won their respective heat races and moved into the final race. The cannon firing marked the beginning of the races and the final race was complete with Crab Wrangler “Slidog” performing on his golden crab wazoo to start the finals. Zach was running Hermits named “Little Camo”, “Big Camo”, and finally “Camo Stripe”. The finals were a tight shell and shell run with “Big Camo” crossing the line and winning the whole works. Zack Kosydor walked away with a kewl new T-shirt from the Crabs Restaurant Gift Shop and his picture being taken by Crab Wrangler “Slidog” to be posted among other previous winners. Over 15 Hermit Crabs were sponsored by different individuals and raced in the qualifiying heats before being moved into the final race. Zack says when sponsoring a Hermit Crab in a race, “to pick a fast one”. Watch for more exciting performances from Racer Zack in the near future. Pictures of the winner Zach and “Big Camo” be posted soon!

Here is where you will find Andrea Kosydor practicing her sales skills.

Propellor Point on the Crab Orchard Lake near Carbondale, Illinois claims another propellor to the deep six. More like the deep 2 feet when my 50 horse merc bounced on the bottom. What turned out to be a simple quick boat cruise to show my dad and his buddy where the Crappie hang out ended in a destroyed prop and half of my bottom keg missing. Oh, I think you hit a log they said—I wish it was a log, more like a iron kettle laying on the bottom. I had the camo Triton at full speed when I noticed that I was kinda close to the buoys marked “underwater obstructions”. I cut the wheel to swing wide of the point only to hear the mercury clank the bottom and it was too late. I shut her down and coasted to a stop, restarted the engine and took off again for the boat dock. The Triton seemed to move ok through the water and I was glad she was moving OK. When we pulled the boat from the water is when it became clear I was getting out the wallet for a new prop. I knew the lake was low from the no-rain summer, but its too late now.

Yes it sucked. 5 year old Zachary was released from Carbondale Memorial on Tuesday Morning. Guess where I spent my holiday weekend. Continue Reading »