While sitting in church this past Sunday at Oakdale Presbyterian, I listened as pastor Michael York spoke of his high school English teacher. Mrs. Schwartz apparently was a tough one who, despite being quite hard on him for four straight years, introduced him to many life lessons that remain with him today.
It was with great sadness that I watched another short turkey season come to a close this past Monday. For those of you who don’t partake in this great sport, which is only open to hunters during the month of April, you truly don’t know what you’re missing.
It has been said that if the wild turkey had the nose of a deer, no hunter would ever find success against them. That’s probably a true statement, but it’s pretty hard for me to imagine them being any tougher to hunt than they already are.
As much as I hate to even think about it, we’re already on the downhill side of turkey season. Quite a few hunters have found success by this point, but even more are still “0 for ’12.”
I’ve got a lot of hunting buddies that have joined me in making some great memories over the years. These days, however, my favorite partner is the one and only person in this world that knows me as Daddy.
Getting your bird ready for a trip to the taxidermist isn’t that tough but it’s important that you go about it the right way if you want an end result that will both look great and last for many years.
White Perch: Very good. Captain Rodger Taylor says that white perch fishing remains consistent and fish are still feeding in the river channel in 35-40 feet of water. Schools are a mix of large and small fish, so don’t move on just because you catch a few small ones. Fishing small minnows on a modified Sabiki rig is the best technique.
If you’ve taken the time to watch any of the local news broadcasts in the last few weeks, coyotes have been mentioned quite a lot lately. It’s almost as if the good folks on the other side of the state line just realized these pests are around here.
These warm days are tearing me up. Like a kid anticipating the arrival of Christmas, March always seems to drag as I await my favorite month on the entire calendar. Many of you call it April. I just refer to it as turkey season.
With this week’s temperatures jumping all the way above the 80-degree mark, it can mean only one thing. The boating season is fast approaching! Yes, even though it seems to me that Christmas was just a few days ago, that first opportunity for boat owners to slip their rigs into the lake is just around the corner. In fact, quite a few pleasure boaters have already been spotted criss-crossing the main channel of Wylie.