Hunting - Waterfowl

The psychopaths ruling my kids’ youth soccer league scheduled their tournament this weekend. Harrison plays Saturday in Auburndale at noon and 6 p.m. Cile plays Saturday in Lake Wales at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. If their teams advance – and they will – it’s all day Sunday, too. That’s inconvenient for a long-planned STA-2 and Okeechobee duck hunt. I knew I’d have to cut the weekend short at some point…but that timetable is horrific. Try as she often does...

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The article is three years old, but I read an interesting piece from Florida Today regarding acorn masting. “Oak acorn production varies markedly year to year and by species. But every several years, like clockwork, masting oaks somehow synchronize the timing and quantity of seed production. Biologists suspect it may be some evolutionary adaptation to produce more nuts than foraging animals can eat. They aren’t exactly sure how and why oaks suddenly shift into acorn overdri...

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Riding towards the Pittsburgh International Airport midday on Sunday after an abbreivated 2018 Spring Turkey hunt in the Allegheny National Forest, I verbally composed my letter to the PA Game Commission: Dear Mountain Folk, I’ll write in small words. Your no-hunting-on-Sundays law sucks. Even the majority of Southern states now allows hunting on the Lord’s Day. This is a long way to travel from Florida to be crippled to two mornings of turkey hunting. Love, Ian There was more toR...

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Howwww did I screw this up The buck wasn’t 70 yards from the box stand. I’d watched him stroll straight down the Ed Road and waited for him to turn broadside or at least broadside enough for an ethical shot before he’d slink into the thicket of pines and maple. Just routine rifle play – nothing fancy. When I slipped to where he last stood, I could smell the rut, that overpowering urine-soaked musty stench of a breeding buck on… Read More » ...

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The aspect of outdoor writing that confuses and concerns friends and readers is my willingness to share locations. This is hara-kiri in the crowded woods of Florida. Granted, I don’t ritualize this behavior, but certain places deserve recognition for a larger purpose – any perceived sacrifices, be darned. One such public property is Duette Preserve in Manatee County, and I share why in December’s Florida Sportsman magazine. I’ve hunted Duette for fourteen seasons now. Hun...

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Every Fall there’s a potential deer, squirrel, or hog hunter sitting on the sidelines while the weather is nice because they’re just not sure when or where to start. This could be a transplant from out-of-state who once hunted or a youth whose parents never did. And, in the light of God’s Eternal Truth, hunting is a difficult recreation to enter. Fortunately, FWC has cultivated a website stocked with resources to assist these folks get a foothold. From FWC: The… Read Mor...

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The truth is, I was really satisfied with the shot. Using my old reliable No. 1 in .25-06, it was a thread-the-needle affair after the three does elected to retreat into a thick pine cutdown rather than towards the feeder for a chip shot. I’d confirmed the zero a couple hours prior in anticipation of this moment before turning Harrison loose on a Lead Sled for practice time. He accounted himself well and, at 100 yards, proudly put five of… Read More » ...

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