I'm done chasing northerns. It's bird season.
On Sunday at 2:45 p.m. CDT, I swung a chartreuse Rapala back and thought to myself: "This is my last cast of 2010."
I will not be participating in the autumn walleye bite. I will not be chasing muskies when they are most likely to strike. My spot on the river banks for the salmon run will be unoccupied again this fall, and my waders won't be used for steelhead casting either.
Don't get me wrong, I like fishing. It's a pretty fun amusement to hold me over during the summer months. But my first love has always been hunting. And at my core, I am a bird hunter.
It's time to unleash the bird dog and hunt 'em up!
Trammell is excited for fishing season to be over too.
Tidbits
- Thanks to all the folks who checked out Pheasants Forever's 2010 Pheasant Hunting Forecast on its release last Thursday. You made Thursday the busiest (traffic) day in the history of Pheasants Forever's website.
- Michigan's ruffed grouse season starts on Wednesday, while Wisconsin & Minnesota open up the season this coming Saturday.
- The Sioux Falls Pheasants put forth an impressive first season, but fell short of a championship. They were swept in the American Association Championship round.
- I wrote about an ACE Hardware clerk confusing me with MMA champ Georges St.Pierre a few weeks ago. Turns out there's another St.Pierre connection out there. After 14 years in the minors, Detroit Tigers catcher Max St.Pierre joined the big club. My German shorthaired pointer, Trammell, is named after another Tigers ballplayer - Alan Trammell.
- I enjoyed David Dibenedetto's recent Field & Stream blog, but I just don't think I could hunt with another man's dog and leave mine at home. I'm also nervous about the idea of rail hunting as described being "a cross between upland hunting and flats fishing." That spells GATORS to this Midwesterner!
- I believe that the time has come for me to purchase a Garmin Astro. I've been looking at them for two years and am about ready. Any Astro owners out there willing to share their user reviews in the comments section below?
