Standing Point

By troutvalley | January 8, 2026 | Comments Off on Standing Point

Happy New Year! From all of us here at Trout Valley Quail we hope you are all making time this season to get outdoors with your family and friends, hopefully to quail hunt Mississippi. Winter on a farm is the best time of year to take stock in those things most important in your life.…

Life’s a Game of Inches

By troutvalley | July 19, 2024 | Comments Off on Life’s a Game of Inches

The dove came as a single, swooping down and in, then back up banking to its left once it realized this was a killing field. My father shouldered his Sweet Sixteen and fired. Darling, the faithful black lab awaited instruction, but I could not. I broke like an untrained puppy, even though he’d told me…

Standing Point ep. 5: Going Home: Robert Hitt Neill

By troutvalley | May 24, 2024 | Comments Off on Standing Point ep. 5: Going Home: Robert Hitt Neill

The day after my wife’s birthday, I was supposed to call Bob Neill and schedule a date and time for him to come to me, or for me to go to him, to record a podcast together. I had grown up reading his books, totally immersed in the various sagas and adventures of The Jakes.…

Standing Point Episode 3: ‘Sippi Girls

By troutvalley | January 12, 2024 | Comments Off on Standing Point Episode 3: ‘Sippi Girls

Recorded at Trout Valley Farm in November, 2022, the girls sit down with Cal Trout to discuss the origins of ‘Sippi Girls and their vision for a womanly life outdoors.