It took a day longer than I anticipated, but it’s 59º and pouring. It was nice having the weather hold an exta day, kept me dry while I was waving to all the fudgies heading back to their ‘civilization’. It was nice while they were here, and I wish there were a lot more of them, but jeez, when it get’s cool and the rain’s pouring off the roof, it’s nice to have it all to ourselves.
On the ride back from Doug’s yesterday, I noted how many of the trees have started to change, the bracken fern’s are all brown and the goldenrod isn’t golden anymore. We have two more day’s of 80 degree, sunny weather, but then it drop’s down into the 60’s for high’s. We’ll have many many days of bright billowy clouds moving across a deep blue sky, interrupted by dark ominous ones with heavy downpours. Our night’s will become cooler, and we’ll start to close our windows to keep in the heat. Now, if we can just get rid of those colorful leaves, we could get busy.
On the 15th, the small game season opens and we can hunt rabbits, squirrels, partridge and, on the 22nd, woodcock. Fox will be open as well as coyote and quail. On October 1st, we can start baiting for deer and hunting for them with archery gear. In November the rifle deer season opens for the entire state on the 15th, and a muzzle loading season from December 7th until the 23rd, depending on the location. While all this is going on, the river’s are full of steelhead running to the farthest reaches to winter, and spawn in the spring. Coho’s are crowding in and making a hellava rackett as they work their way up and over the logs. It gets distracting sometimes to watch them as your sitting at your deer stand. By then the lakes will have started freezing over and it’ll be time for bluegills.
“I can spend my Summer days and frollic with my muse, the dog will spend his summer days searching through refuse. The bird will spend his summer days singing his song upon the wire, Forget about the Summer when the Sumac is on fire. When the Sumac is on fire” …. Dick Siegel
