You know that old saying, "Life's a bitch and then you die", it's not far from wrong this year! All of this past Spring, I was sick with bronchitis and gastritis, my Mom has severe dementia, then she fell a few weeks ago and broke her hip. That was bad enough, but she fell the week before the deer season started! My brother Elbis and I also had to go to court to get curatorship over her and cancel the P.O.A. that my youngest brother had, what fun.

I have been lucky enough to get to…

October 1st was the first day of our Mississippi archery season. It was cool for a change, in the 50s, a record low for our area. There were only four of us there for the opener, but this is not uncommon for our small group. Rob, Zack, Chipper, and I were ready for our first day in the woods with some anger in our hearts, not really. We were just happy that the season had finally arrived, ready for some cool Fall air and some time in the woods. I think only Chipper actually saw a deer,…

This past weekend, we planted 16 food plots of varying sizes. It's close to 12 acres. We planted a game mix that is formulated for our area of Southwest Mississippi. The cost of seed and fertilizer has sure gone up, but I'm sure that all of you hunters have found that out already. We had perfect weather for planting. The highs were in the mid 80s and the mornings were in the mid 60s.

We were only missing one member, who had to work. Everyone busted their butts to get it done, with…

Last weekend, we had our August work weekend at West Fork Hunting Club in Liberty, Ms. Our main goal was to repair all of our camp stands. Each of us are responsible for two camp stands, but several of us have way more than that. Bubba Bear, Rob and our three new club members took care of the South Side and Chipper, Elbis and I took care of the North Side. We had some over lap, but we checked and repaired most all of the stands.

My crew repaired the ladder on food plot #4, added a…

I know it sounds strange for me to say, but it's too hot to think too much about hunting. I was sitting on the covered patio this evening and thought, it feels pretty cool, I wonder what the temp is. I got over and went over the my Ex-lax thermometer see what the temp was, it was only 95 degrees, nearly a damned frost. When you get use to the heat, just not having direct sun is cool.

This has been a tough year for me, asthma for several months, and then I thought I was having…