On the Porch with Dirk: Changing Seasons

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September 12, 2012

On the Porch with Dirk: Changing Seasons

By Dirk Thayer The Star Herald The Star Herald Wed Sep 12, 2012, 09:54 AM CDT

KOSCIUSKO — Well, I got the last youngin married off last week and all went well. Maybe I'm a little partial, but I still think my wife was the prettiest one there.

I reckon that is the way it is supposed to be.

As I write this article the weather has given us a glimpse of fall and it has got my hunter blood rising.

I love all seasons but my two favorites are fall and spring.

Maybe because they are transition seasons, not too hot or too cold, but more than likely because they are the beginnings of my favorite past time--regular hunting season and turkey season.

Come to think of it the fishing ain't all that bad either.

Another thing I have noticed over the years are people's moods are better at the beginning of a new season.

They just seem to be in better humor and believe me that makes a big difference in my line of work. If you don't believe me, test it.

That normally crabby, ill as a sore tailed cat type of person, even they seem to be in better humor at the beginning of a new season, especially if the weather cooperates.

I reckon its something the good Lord built in so we would be better people.

I had a ball with my grandchildren when they were here for the wedding.

We caught a few messes of bream on the pond and even got a few doves to cook on the grill with deer sausage, and we had plenty of prime rib left over from the rehearsal dinner.

Steve Sizemore (formally of Longhorn Steakhouse in Newport) knows how to cook that stuff.

I didn't hear of many around Attala County that set the woods on fire with dove shoots, but I am sure some did. I did hear of some that went over to the Delta and did rather well.

My oldest grandson sat with me awhile on the dove field.

He starting counting my empty hulls and they were not matching up to the birds in hand.

I said, "Boy you ain't got to tell everything!"

He even made a collage in the mud with my shells with the brass side up.

Doves will humble the best of us and we always seem to have an excuse on why we miss, such as--wrong choke or old shells, but mine this year was wedding chores.

We did try to cram in too many activities for one weekend, but it was fun. I just love to smell the gunpowder the new season brings and the fellowship of it all.

I planted my food plots this past week and from the activity I saw at the Co-Op, many hunters are gearing up also.

I believe I could raise a good bull to eat with all the money spent on food plots, i.e. seed, fertilizer, diesel, etc., but it wouldn't be near as fun.

Besides, these plots we plant help a multitude of non-game species as well.

I think it is our way of giving back to conservation.

I won't make any recommendations on what to plant other than to plant a variety.

You wouldn't want to eat salad every day would you?

Anyway the season is upon us and may your gunpowder stay dry, your aim be true and your arrows fly straight.

Every time I passed my oldest grandson's shotgun shell collage while disking my field, I had to smile.

As I finished and was walking around the pond I could have sworn I heard my youngest grandson say " I got a big-un’ Pappy, help!"

Well, the old place is quiet now and I miss those little jaspers, but here will be other days and I look forward to them.

On the Porch with Dirk is a recurring article written by Dirk Thayer, an avid outdoorsman and storyteller.

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