I’ve had to move twice since my house fire in early November. The first house, I moved to was for sale and sold.
Hopefully, Tim Rector Builders and State Farm will have me in my new home about the time those big yellow morels are springing forth.
My first rental had six squirrels coming to my feeding station. They took turns jumping from the top of a fence post to a low-hanging suit cage four feet away.
My present rental has one squirrel I call “Fat Boy.”
I watched this squirrel carry away ears of corn for two hours.
He must be selling them on the black market.
What Fat Boy won’t share is the unsalted peanuts in the shell.
He seldom shows until late morning.
Earlier, this week, I drove by one of my very unsuccessful deer hunting spots.
I stopped, rolled down the window and asked, “Where have you been all winter, Pretty Boy?”
Staring at me was the high-tined eight point buck I saw running across a green-bean field last September.
The buck gave me a curious look then turned to trot a few yards.
It was then that I saw the other buck standing under my tree stand. They looked like twins.
I can only imagine the racks these boys will sport, next fall.
It looks like the two fawns I helped release have joined four other deer.
I saw them feeding in a narrow creek bottom.
Green grass, growing on the creek bank, had attracted the small herd.
The two young deer stopped and stared at me as the others ran off.
This mild weather is just what these released deer needed to aid in their reacclimation to the wild. Running with wild deer is surely helping, as well.
On the same farm, Tuesday evening, I stopped my truck for a most unusual sight.
In the picked corn, standing all alone, was a sand hill crane.
This bird is about three weeks early.
Sand hills migrate to Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area to mate.
The Indiana DNR has issued a clean bill of health for White River.
The fish kill of 1999 is now a bad memory.
The lost fish have been replaced with genetically superior strains that grow larger and fight harder.
In a survey taken last year, a total of 154 smallmouth bass ranging from 2.6 to 19.9 inches long were collected, and the number of smallmouth bass greater than 17 inches increased since 2007.
A total of 223 largemouth bass ranging from 2.3 to 17.4 inches long were also collected.
Of the 186 channel catfish collected, 31 percent were longer than 14 inches and 19 percent were longer than 20 inches, with most being collected in the Lake Indy pool.
Crappies were most prominent in backwater areas with several black crappies in the 10-to-12-inch range.
Six saugers were collected in the Landings Pit area and ranged in size from 17.5 to 21 inches.
Saturday is the early bird deadline for the Elk Foundation Banquet on Feb. 11.
I would like to see you there.
Call Rich Creason at 215-3478.
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