Big Muddy
09-22-2016, 09:23 AM
Today is the first day of fall, and I have never been more thankful for that....beginning in the middle of June, our daytime temps have seldom been lower than the mid-90's....maybe I'm just getting older, but with the high humidity, it's just been an absolutely stifling summer.
There's been just a hint of cooler weather with night-time temps in the mid-60's....the skeeters have calmed down a little, so I did a little deer and coyote scouting, late yesterday afternoon....my renter has harvested his soybeans, so the deer are on the move to find other bedding areas....jumped a big beautiful 9 point, about dozen nannies, and more squirrels than I could count.
Even Sandy can feel the change in the season, and is getting friskier every day....I had a beautiful black squirrel, nesting in a big red oak in the front yard, and was hoping he would hang around, just to watch him from my office window...."HAD", being the operative word....yesterday, he made the mistake of getting to far away from his nest tree, and Sandy ran him down....after she crunched his noggin, she proudly brought him to me, and dropped him at my feet....I just could not scold her....she was just doing what she does best. ;)
There's been just a hint of cooler weather with night-time temps in the mid-60's....the skeeters have calmed down a little, so I did a little deer and coyote scouting, late yesterday afternoon....my renter has harvested his soybeans, so the deer are on the move to find other bedding areas....jumped a big beautiful 9 point, about dozen nannies, and more squirrels than I could count.
Even Sandy can feel the change in the season, and is getting friskier every day....I had a beautiful black squirrel, nesting in a big red oak in the front yard, and was hoping he would hang around, just to watch him from my office window...."HAD", being the operative word....yesterday, he made the mistake of getting to far away from his nest tree, and Sandy ran him down....after she crunched his noggin, she proudly brought him to me, and dropped him at my feet....I just could not scold her....she was just doing what she does best. ;)