Posts by Daryl Gay
Musings From Afield
Strangely enough, even after all these years, it was something I’d never seen beside a dove field. There’s probably not a brand of tractor or combine or harrow or tedder or bush hog or hay mower or… you get the drift… that I haven’t shot over or around. But an airplane? It was sitting there…
Read MoreJake’s Ranger Danger
“She ain’t got no rang on her fanger…” “Yeah, Jake, but…” “Ah don’t thank she’s sweet on that there feller a’settin’ aside her, neither…” “Yeah, but look…” “He’s just a’grinnin’ and making words with everybody what walks by and ain’t payin’ her no tantion a’tall.” “That’s his job…” “She’s one a’ them straw-haired wimmens, too,…
Read MoreThe Perfect Vacation
Got that 2019 vacation behind you? The one you’ll still be making payments on in 2023? Oh, I know all about the beach/mountains family thing, and especially when it comes to epicurean delights. After all, if you’re not allowed to kill or catch something on this family sojourn, what else is there to do other…
Read MoreWayne County Catfish Tournament Draws 120
The world is a different place in those hours between midnight and daylight. While most of the surrounding region is blanketed in silence and sleep, Ronnie Kent and his wife Melissa are fully aware of activity abounding as they sit in their pontoon boat atop the mighty Altamaha River. They’re awaiting “the bite.” When, or…
Read MorePanther Puzzle Solved!
Never fails. Once a year. Every year. We run a cover photo of a panther/cougar/puma/somebody’s overfed house cat, and I get the same question lemmemtytwo times for the next month: “Ever seen a panther?” And they ask it with a challenge in their eyes, you know? As in, “We’ve had suspicions of you being a…
Read MoreWho Needs A Turkey?
It ain’t even gray day yet, and I’m a’thinkin’ we’re about to scrap! Boy’s taking me to kill a turkey he called up to nine steps the day before: all I gotta do is shoot. Yeah, right. He knows me better than that. The problem, in the dawn’s early light, is whatever he’s apparently putting…
Read MoreOne Year Removed
So. It’s been a year now. WHEW! There were times there… Here’s the deal in a nutshell: Twelve months ago, I was lying on a table beside my guts in an Augusta hospital while a brilliant surgeon rummaged through them and took out what he wanted without overly disturbing the rest. If you’ve had major…
Read MoreTurkey Time Is Here
The old doe was tipping along like she’d just painted her toenails and didn’t want to muss them in that muddy ol’ creek bottom. I was purely proud that she was all daintied up, and I was hoping even more her beau was en route to what they both believed to be a clandestine rendezvous.…
Read MoreJake And His ‘Ont’ Bone
It was one of those rare, early March mornings… glowing sunshine and a zephyr from the south that was sheer pleasure to bask in following the biting brutality of February. All in all, during this ninth year of my existence, things couldn’t get much better as I tipped the old wooden chair back to the…
Read MorePlaying It By Ear
Picture a knitting needle. No clue? So stroll over to grandma’s and she’ll show you. Or look it up on your phone. Should you be participating in a recliner sprawl or reading room experience, just think No. 2 pencil made out of steel with a backward-reaching hook on one end. Got it? Good. Now you…
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