The other morning in a goose blind, autumn was more plainly in sight than anything. Over the distant horizon the warming sun burned a hole in the blush sky. A few birds were aloft but not many. The air was chilled, the grass wet with dew. You really want to drink in these moments while you can. I was, as they say, spending my time wisely.
Drifting across the turtle-grass flats of Pine Island Sound just before sunset Friday, captain Rick De Paiva scanned the horizon expectantly.
If you're a waterfowler eager to take to the marsh for duck and goose season, and you feel your life is lacking surprise, try patterning your shotgun.
When people think of Bennett Spring State Park, most envision crowds of fishermen, full campgrounds and plenty of activity.
Bow. Arrows. Binoculars. Camera. Gloves. Face mask. Masking scent. Eau de Doe. Safety vest. Lifting rope. GPS. Energy bars. Water bottle. Pee bottle (don't confuse with previous). That backpack's going to weigh 20 pounds.
The first sharptail flushed just four minutes after we had begun hunting. One minute later, a covey of Hungarian partridges burst into flight, filling the air with their wingbeats and peeping.
Sometimes fate does this to a man:
BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Marcia McMacken stepped off the boardwalk and took a long look at the sweeping scene around her - bright green meadows in front, craggy tan peaks and deep forbidding canyons behind. She was clearly enamored.
CORONADO, Calif. - Sometime around 2013, an oceanography professor at Florida International University will emerge from his office in Miami and declare Coronado Beach the best sand strand in the United States.
COLORADO SPRINGS-It's Colorado at its most photogenic, the favorite time of year for many photographers.
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