Finally, A Grass To Celebrate

September 1, 2011 In Texas, dove hunting began today and those hunters lucky enough to find some water to hunt near will find their gun barrels with a heat index almost as hot as the Texas sun. There in lies the problem, water, or the lack thereof. I enjoy a little time in the field bird huntin' and one thing it seems that you can always count on with dove season is the rain that comes along with opening day. I realize that is a bit of a reach but that's the way it feels. With history in mind and a historical drought for the Gulf Coast of Texas on my mind I anticipated this day. I was not looking forward to showering down on a mourning dove with a blistering shower of Remington Shurshot Heavy Dove Load, but rather being showered upon by thirst quenching, life giving rain from a wave of gulf moisture. Newsflash, it's hot and dry. What does all...
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Winter Dormancy

February 11, 2011 I hope everyone is staying safe and warm in all these freezing temperatures we've had lately.  I guess you get used to below freezing temperatures if you live in a cold climate but down here in Southeast Texas we just aren't used to temps below freezing.  Although I will say that when the temperature last Friday (Feb 4 2011) only got down to 29 degrees fahrenheit, I thought to myself how much nicer that was than the 21 degrees we had the night before! Speaking of winter and cold temps, I wanted to talk about how grass can go dormant in the winter time.  Warm season grasses that are grown here in Southeast Texas go dormant when the temps get below 60 degrees F on a regular basis.  The grass doesn't turn brown right away and can stay green late into the fall.  The grass will start to turn brown and lose its color when we start getting frost on the ground. The...
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