I heard Tiny shouting something as djmed and I watched in the opposite direction, down the old logging road. I spun around camera in hand, in time to see, but not shoot the rabbit as he bounded toward djmed. I suspect he was going for the throat. It wasn't the first attack by the cabin rabbit.

I had met djmed for the morning’s pre-season race

djmed is to meet me this morning in Seale and Tiny called me last night telling me to wake him up when we got there. So much for my plan to run the thick thick planted pines in the very front. I was trying to avoid the mud holes before the cabin where Tiny pulls his fishing boat. Between his big truck and the boat trailer, some of the holes get deep

I know it's hot and not even August, but it’s time to start planning for the 2006 2007 hunting season. Here is a link to Alabama's 2006-2007 seasons, game, and bag limits in PDF form. The real important information is that rabbit season starts on 2 October 2006. Also pay attention to the hunter orange requirements and the new hunting near structures regulation

Alabama’s hunting license expires 31 July every year

Everybody born on or after August 1, 1977 to show proof of completion of an approved hunter education course prior to purchasing their hunting license. Everybody, that is, but,

comfortable in the pen. Fly strips, hornet nests, two sources of water, automatic feeder, waste can with a cover, rake and shovel and a pair of

is the title of this post instead of the one I worked up in my head while speed walking through the piney woods of Seale which was “Liars, dang liars and rabbit dogs“.

The “Girls” lined up at the rear of the pathfinder in the warm pre- five o’clock air that had greeted me Saturday morning. Impatiently, Kate jumped up into Dixie’s compartment instead of waiting to be loaded in her own private compartment. I pulled her out, loading her into her plastic box behind the drivers seat. The box was one of Uncle NoPass’s that Brag and I had inherited and use since Kate doesn’t travel well.

As I was making a turn onto a side road, I felt something poke me in the neck. I tensed up until a whining voice said “Turn left here, Boss”
“It’s a right Lucy and what are you doing out of your box?”

Tiny called. He had lost my numbers and wanted to know if I was coming down in the morning to exercise the "Girls".
What a question. Some play golf or other equally empty pursuit every Saturday, but I put my time to a good use, making sure The Rabbit Journal Pack stays up to snuff. I seldom miss a Saturday.

I called Tiny, camp cook and builder of the dog boxes that keep the girls from giving me an assist in operating the old Pathfinder, to let him know I planned to be there at 6. The three dog summer box and Kates individual box (she doesn't travel well) are loaded and a five gallon jerry can refilled with water. Snake chaps, electric pine limb ( dogtra dog collars) and other gear are already in the Pathfinder. Coffee maker is primed and Uncle NoPass's thermos filled with hot water waiting the coffee.
Maybe with a little luck, Tiny will make one of his famed breakfasts that are guaranteed to put some extra zeros' in your cardiologists bank account.

It’s a Riverz Delta from Noggin Tops. It’s actually not a bad looking hat for a synthetic material. He chose the Delta over the Safari at my suggestion.
Why?
Cause I’m looking for a new summer work hat among others and I was leaning toward the Delta, so I was using 2 as a guinea pig.

Before 2 bought it, I asked about it’s spf rating. Noggin Tops responded that it was 50, pretty fair protection.
Well, 2 could hold the hat over the hood of his truck and you could see spots of sunlight where the sun came through the weave. When 2 called them, they told him that the material that the hat is made of is rated 50, not necessarily the hat itself. I would suggest that anyone else buying one should consider this. NogginTops offered to swap the hat out for one with a tighter weave, but 2 is already busy modifying it. Besides, I doubt if they had one with a tight enough weave to stop that amount of light shining through

A few words of advice to those of you new to my beloved South. If you’re not going to go back to your native land anytime soon (don't let this stop you and take a friend), you can add to the general comfort of your day by adding some baby powder to your underwear after every bath. Not the type made out of cornstarch. That just rolls up into icky little balls between the cheeks. I recommend using talc powder.

The "chiggar" / "chigger" / "redbug" search string is not being used as much as last year. The weather could have something to do with it and I've noticed on my pre-season exercises that I'm not getting the little s#!ts like I did last season. Still, if you itching and want to see what you can do about it, visit Natural History Biologist, Nina Bicknese who will tell you there ain't "nothing" that you really can do. The bug is long dead.

I’m glad to have got your note. Air conditioning has just about ruined this Alabama boy. Yeah, I’m going to run the girls Saturday morning. Come on down. I put them out about 6.

Unfortunately, djmed didn’t respond, so I had to drop him this note.

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