Autumn Is Upon Us
 

Here in Maine, New Hampcha, Vermont and Mass the swamp maples have begun to turn to reds, orange and yellows which is a sure sign that we’ll be in our favorite coverts in just a little over a month. Those frosty mornings followed by T-shirt afternoons are my favorite days of the entire year. You can keep your snow 'til deer season in mid-November. I prefer the vibrant colors but realize I am afforded more easily seen flushes when the leaves are down around the third week of October. Hail to the King, "His Majesty the Grouse" as written by none other than our own Burt Spiller ~ but never forgetting the gnome-like Prince of Gamebirds, the American Woodcock.
Practice up people, we’re gonna have some fun❗️





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Around here the first sign I look for is the sumac starting to show some red. Saw the first of that yesterday

The season is all too brief and seems to fly by faster each year :corn:

Hard to think about Autumn when it’s 100 degrees outside.

56 when i went crow hunting this am in NH, cant wait :corn:

1 month to go till grouse opens in northern New York. By far the best time of the year it goes by in a flash.

91, feels like 99, here in South Georgia.

103 here AGAIN in Houston area. We have been in triple digits it seems like 2 months. Maybe a couple days only 99. And a bit of humidity. My grass is so high I might bale and sell it. Anybody down this way have a New Holland Super 77 baler?

I haven’t clicked into killing mode yet and deer season starts September 2nd I believe it is . Need to hang a stand and run the tractor with the bucket down thru my trails . I think if I can get out the morning of the 2nd I’m going to carry a 50 cal air rifle . September season in my county is early gun antlerless season .

While I'm already dreaming of the dove opener in just a few days (Sept. 2) I have found that a secret to a happy life is to have something you enjoy during all the seasons of the year. When it's as hot as it is here I take solace in the water. The Savannah River is only two miles from my home and is a source of joy to me year 'round, this past Saturday included. Riding is fun, then swimming at the sandbars keeps you cool in the heat of the day. My son and I took our boats on a 65 mile round trip to a big sandbar where there must've been 75 people, from kids to us old-timers, enjoying being outside.

Photo taken a couple weeks ago.

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Stiletto boat - Nice!





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