Son
Gone But Not Forgotten
Our area got so darn dry we couldn't break ground, much less plant. Before it dried up, we did plant a few plots and they survived for awhile. We planted blackeyed peas, soybeans, clover and okra. Recent rains have made it too wet to plant over half of our 15 plots. But we're not worried, local farms next to us have put in huge fields of peanuts, we're going to have some fat deer this coming season. Couple farms have corn and that's where the hogs have gone for now. Even though the farms are providing plenty food, we like to have plots to keep the deer within our property lines as possible. Even though we've lost too much habitat in the area, we're continuing to see a good many deer. Bucks have about 4 to 5 inches antler growth already. Fawns are beginning to drop, saw the first fawn tracks last week. Also noticed a free ranging dog is coming in regular, bet he's hunting fawns. The same dog did the same thing last year. Cameras tell on him, plus I've seen him once one afternoon. I've rode around the area trying to see the dog in a yard so I can talk to the owner. Nothing so far and don't know how far the dog travels. We had four hens nesting at the beginning of turkey season, all nest broken up. Now we see the hens without poults, bet the hogs of coons got them. Here's hoping y'all can afford the gas to hunt this coming season. If you have any tips, let me know. I can use all the help I can get. until deer season, I will have cameras watching two hog traps.
