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Ditto for the farmers observation. They cultivate the land and I "cultivate" the farmers. Time spent in conversation, time spent over a cup of coffee, time spent lending a hand yields time spent in some of the best bird habitat one can find. Over the years, I have changed one farmer's mind about hunters after inadvertently ending up on his land. It was "big sky" country with occupied homes many miles apart. He was annoyed and I was apologetic. When the air cleared, there was a pot of coffee shared and many a before sunrise breakfast to keep the energy up while taking some of the largest roosters to be found in that locale. He is no longer there but the memories remain. The best yet started two years ago, with nothing more than just being courteous and friendly. As a result, I somehow ended up being the only guy allowed to hike along a couple miles of winding creek that is full of pheasants. He has a decade on me but will wander along with an old single shot, just in case. I share the harvest with him and his wife makes a darn fine chili to boot. When the weather closed in last year in late December, he offered shelter for the night if I would be unable to make it to maintained roads. I made it out but the offer was highly appreciated. Yep, a few kind words go a long ways in life.
Cheers, Jack
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07-22-2010, 07:31 AM | #14 | ||||||
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Francis,
"Smells like victory" That was pretty nice don't here much of that wish all shared your ideas. Most that come out here hunting act like they own the country and if you stop to ask them if they have permission to hunt there (you now they don't cause its your own ground) they look at you like what does that dumb farmer want muttering words under there breath. I probably shouldn't say this because i'm not a marine but i say it with the uat most respect for the service "SALUTE" to you Francis ch Yes, Jack a little bs and a few kind words well get you a long way. |
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John, A suggestion here...Why not just do the contest for the month of August?
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Well, it's been three months since I burned my 30 acre "playground" to the dirt. You just can't keep a good field down. The switch is back thicker than ever, 6' to 7'; and, the blue stem (my favorite) is coming in at 7' to 8'. The food plots are doing great with the sunflowers at about 30% bloom and the seed sorgam headed out. The seven or eight volunteer apple trees are producing. I watched a nice eight point saunter by the north end of the food plot about an hour ago. Autumn is coming and the colors will be beautiful and life will be great.
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