Autumn is for Everyone

By troutvalley | September 26, 2020 | Comments Off on Autumn is for Everyone

The autumnal equinox is now two days behind us; and, almost on cue, the heavy air lifted and we could all breathe again here in Northwest Mississippi. Upon waking the morning of the 22nd, I knew something was amiss. Pumpkin Spice filled the air, my daughter awoke with her first head cold of the year,…

3 Reasons To Start a Hunting Journal Today

By troutvalley | July 15, 2017 | Comments Off on 3 Reasons To Start a Hunting Journal Today
Hunting Journal

Here’s why a hunting journal matters: birds hunters become nostalgic five minutes after their first hunt. Within a few seasons the condition is nearly a disorder. The world whirls around, hurling us into an unknown future, while we look back into a mist-tinted memory of a hazy afternoon when the points were intense, the shooting…

Guided Quail Hunt: How Never To Get Ripped Off Again

By troutvalley | July 14, 2017 | Comments Off on Guided Quail Hunt: How Never To Get Ripped Off Again
guided quail hunt

The whole point of a guided quail hunt is that you’re supposed to be working with a professional, right? Quail hunting is supposed to be fun, right? And quail hunting Mississippi … well that should be more than fun, that’s supposed to be heaven on earth. You think of the experience creating funny stories from…

Change and Constancy

By troutvalley | July 14, 2017 | Comments Off on Change and Constancy
View of the Quail Hunting Field

As time moves forward, and our lives take shape as the sum of the choices we’ve made, new and interesting opportunities begin to reveal themselves. At times these are welcome revelations. Some times they are immediate tragedies that smooth out into unforeseen opportunities. Oftentimes, our lives simply become the best we can make of them,…