Dove season starts tomorrow. It is the social event of the south, or at least it used to be. For me it signals time to get serious about an upcoming duck season. I've got to make preparations. First and formost I have to get my boat set up. Thanks to a buddy of mine, it looks like we're gonna have a first rate duck boat, and a mud motor. This will really be helpful considering the fact that many public lands are closing, or have already closed, off the area to ATV use. We hope to get everything squared away on that front by October.

Also I'm set up to go with good group of guys to hunt in NE Arkansas for 5 days before Thanksgiving. We are gonna hunt with Charles Snapp for Monday through Wednesday, and we have another pit setup for the weekend before. It should be a fun trip and I know it will be a good setup. For those of you who are interested the website to Snapp's Place is www.arkansaswaterfowl.com we go an an unguided hunt, but for the ultimate experience the timber hunting provided by Mr. Snapp is flat out awesome.

Other than that I don't know what the season will hold. But I do know it is time to check the waders for leaks, get the boat blind built, get shotgun shells purchased and clean off the duck gun. This is probably my second favorite time of year, just duck season.

It is getting to be that time again.... and Wow...how I've neglected this place over the summer. I spent a great deal of time working in Louisiana, and a little bit playing. But now it seems, in the midst of the heat I can feel the earth breaking a bit. It's breaking in that way that it does before the seasons begin to shift. The oppressive heat that has borne down on us in the "Magnolia State" is nearing an end I believe. I can feel it more than see it. Maybe it's the lengthening of shadows, or the slight breeze, or simply the changing lenght of daylight, but I can feel Fall approaching. I will be posting updates more frequently now, and things will pick up over the next few weeks. I may even talk about the extensive preparation a little bit. One thing I know, right now I am excited about tomorrow and the upcoming season. You never get more time and I'm looking forward to sharing it with family and friends doing the things I love.