One of the reasons that I always carry a pistol is that I never know what kind of a threat I will run into while alone.
TimberRattlers come to mind. The two legged kind of varmint can be deadly but usually back off at the sight of a armed person.
One of the biggest dangers?
Wild dogs. They have little fear of humans.

A pack of seven wild dogs that may have killed a 96-year-old man and strewn his remains over property near his home in rural west Alabama was tracked down and destroyed, authorities said Wednesday.

Yes, I know. At 96, a natural death is a possibility. But then again, at 96 it might be a little hard to protect yourself. You can't out run, out climb or out fight a pack.

I miscounted.
It was 13, with 12 surviving.
2 more deaths has left 10.
9 Dark red and white.
1 lemon

If you want to take a look at the pedigree on Samuel P. Thumbsucker's side (father and son of Elmer Fudd)

Will the coyotes be suing us for depriving him of dinner?
Heck, will the dogs be suing us for making them run rabbits when it is to hot or wet?

or
catch and feed

Zales blames the problem on state and federal fishing limits enacted in recent years to protect against over­fishing of species like red snapper.

Rather than saving fish, he said, the rules cause many anglers to throw back large numbers of undersized ones -- oftentimes right into the jaws of waiting dolphins.

that I've dealt with Lyme disease a time or two.

Well, I got a "press release" on a new book
UNSEEN HAZARDS THAT THREATEN HUNTERS, CAMPERS, AND HIKERS

is a a proud poppa today though Penny Sue did all the work.
Twelve with eleven surviving.

At least freezer burn.
I had one of the cows, Ribeye, to be specific, butchered a month ago and the processor vacuum packed the meat. It should keep a lot better than the "tray and wrap" method.

Alan Clemons, outdoor writer at the Huntsville Times, suggests

Large mechanical vacuum-sealers are good but can be expensive. One of the best inexpensive sealers you can get is a new product called the Zip Vac and it's a champ.

to carry your cameras

Photographers Focus on the 2010 Outdoor Alabama Photo Contest

might be interested in the note I got from a relatively new "HoundsMens Club at Auburn

Rimfire

First of all I don't have a clue how a found your website, and only by luck figured out how to email you. (ed note:and I thought all the kids these days were computer literate. But then again, I understand most are only cell phone literate, a art that is lost on me beyond dialing ( a archaic term that refers to the old rotary phones of the twentieth century) a number. Heck it took me several months and help from GF before I found out how to retrieve my voicemail. That's something that you people that have left me messages need to remember)

I'm a student at auburn and we have recently started a houndsmens club for all hound fanciers at Auburn. We are made up of beaglers, a fox hunter or two, mainly coon hunters, and a few squirrel hunters. I hunt hounds and curs personally.
Anyhow, I enjoyed your site, and figured you may be interested in what we are doing as well. Guests are always welcome to come to our monthly meetings. We are mainly focused on promoting all hounds, and keeping up with legislation. However, we do plan outings and use our club to network with other college hunters. Also we host guest speakers at our meetings. We have had some very informative vets as well as registry representatives, and a head honcho from the us sportsman's alliance.

Maybe you'd be interested in some of the activities we are involved in. Also there are several big rabbit hunters in our group. Let me know what you think.

As far as going to a meeting of the conservation commission (or whatever name they are calling it), I would like to attend, because there are some tree dog laws that need adjusting.
(That would be the Alabama CAB (conservation advisory board. Good luck on that. Those tree sitting deer hunters dominate)

thanks
Frank Pierce
AU Houndsmen Outdoor Chair

I'll pass on his contact info with his permission

has a article about managing land for more rabbits

I've been incredibly busy and when I wasn't it was pouring rain.
Brag, my hunting and dog partner has taken up.....get ready, it's a shocker.....golf.
Sigh!
I can't believe that he would waste so much time and money.

Oh and Penny Sue is a month along into her pregnancy. The proud poppa is Sammie P. Thumbsucker. Both are registered copper nosed. Those two should make some fine looking dogs, but with my luck the pups will all be black and tans. Penny Sue had a good season last year and Sammie P. developed well in his first year.

The dog I'm most interested in breeding has no papers. Sally Mae.
She is a jam up dog and I would like to breed her to Dustin's dog. I would love his voice mixed in with Sally Mae's hunting ability.

It's a good time to start cultivating some deer hunter friends

Still the King
The Young vs Old Elvis election beat out the number of votes for the favorite Simpson stamp in a recent vote.



The King's victory is impressive because the votes were cast on postcards (of which I still have a couple. The rest were given away as gifts), while the Simpson vote was online.

Oh, the Simpson winner?
It was a squeaker

We had a good time at Wheeler

Here's pics of our better fish of the trip (And here are link to 07's trip and 08's)



I caught one decent smallmouth



Bluegills were a little slow this year. A LOT of rain up there the last couple of weeks had the lake muddier than usual.

Friday, I caught more keeper size bass than I have ever caught in one day on public water .


Totals for the trip. 16 anglers caught:

LM = 863 (533 keepers)
SM = 15 (9 keepers)
White Bass = 735
Cats= 82
Shellcracker = 14
BlueGills = 469
Drum = 8
Gar = 3
Crappie = 5
Yellow Stripe = 1

Turtles = 7

TOTAL = 2202

disappointed dogs, this morning.
I backed the trailer up to the pen and loaded all 6.
They just knew we were on our way to Seale to run rabbits.
Instead, I took them to Doctor Caldwell for their rabies shots

aka "JD" has passed away.
I got the word that he was in ICU while I was fishing for specks with 2 in Apalachicola. I made it back in time to go to the hospital just before he passed.

JD was the cousin who set his beard on fire and put it out with a tree in "Soy Burgers, anyone?"
He was also a subject of interest in "Black Powder" when we blew a hole in his Dad's garage and an accomplice in "Loading your own"

Rest in Peace