It is already Thursday and I am sure some of you are tieing on lures and digging out camo from the laundry getting ready for the weekend. As with the weekends before, I'm torn as to what to do. As you can see from the pictures, this is how we spend most of our time. The turkeys on my lease never really got too excited this season and that just doesn't get me too excited either. It's been one of those years to say the least, but it has allowed me the chance to do some well needed scouting. I do take every opportunity to scout before the snakes come out. When the snakes start crawling, I go into hibernation from the thickets. You can't beat an ATV in the south.
We have some huge rattlesnakes down here but
there no match for 600cc.

I have a couple of tower stands to build on the edge of a swamp for the upcoming season. My oldest son is 12 and he will be able to hunt by his self this year so I am trying to make it as safe as possible for him. My 10 year old will be able to go with me more this year also. If any of you have 2 kids that are close in age that hunt, you can feel my pain. It is hard to take 2 at a time and have any chance at them seeing anything. Or at least it is with my 2 boys.

I thought this entry would help me decide what I would do this weekend, when actually, it just reminded me of another task that needs to be done before next season. You know how it goes. An outdoorsman's preperation is never finished.

That last line works! I've used it several times to the Mrs.