Posts by Daryl Gay
Time To Go To Work
Occasionally when I sit down to pound out something or other for your monthly perusal, the ideas flow a mile a minute. And then… here comes April. Oh, we could whip up a fine turkey-hunting tale; except for the fact that I learned long ago that you’d best write what you know and remain well…
Read MoreSinclair’s Experimental Crappie In March
March ushers in the long-awaited first week of spring, but weather this month is capricious at best—and cussed at worst. Juggling schedules while attempting to pick out that sure-fire good day on a lake like Sinclair can be a roll of the dice in March. So what’s a fisherman to do? Just go, grin and…
Read MoreFauna Figgerin’ Facts
It must be a daunting task, this keeping tabs on all the flora and fauna in our big ol’ state. Why, they’s folks who dedicate their whole lives to running herd on deer and turkeys and quail and such. Get paid for it, too. I have nothing but respect for the wildlife biologists, DNR rangers,…
Read MoreSeen Sasquatch Lately?
Know how when you haven’t participated in an endeavor for a lengthy while it can be tough working your way back in? It may seem that the entire set of surrounding circumstances has changed. All looks different. Well, rabbit hunting ain’t necessarily like that! There have been times though, throughout these many years of traipsing…
Read MoreWade Right On In
You may be unaware of this, but Walking In Waders is an officially sanctioned event of the 2018 Winter Games—sponsored by the Spanish Inquisition. These games are certainly not to be confused with anything Olympics-related. Those consist mainly of sailing off a perfectly grounded mountain and/or falling down one while wearing skis and such. And…
Read MoreWishful Thinking
So, it’s that time of year again: filling out the ol’ Christmas wish list. You say yours has been done for months now? Congratulations. Pat yourself on the head. Hard. And just call me Procrastinator. (Look it up.) But a better fit would likely be Old School. Seems I ran out of wants several years…
Read MoreWhat’s In Your DNA?
Your DNA is different from my DNA. Go ahead. Gloat. I’ll explain momentarily why we’re having this discussion. But before we deeply delve, know that the subject was actually researched, and that it would require 37 minutes to type and three edits to spellcheck before I could get the DN part properly in print. If…
Read MorePaddleboard Panic
“JAKE!!! “Clamber down off’n that before you get shot!” That was the point at which I learned it’s highly unlikely that a heart attack will ever have any effect on me; if an infarction didn’t rear its ugly head as I walked into that store… The Old Hermit, as you are probably aware, tends to…
Read MoreA Day Inshore With Captain David Newlin
The sun appears a particularly fiery red as it glimmers just below the horizon east of Fort McAllister Marina. It’s not high enough yet to reflect off the water, casting only a brilliant sheen on the glassy Ogeechee River and Ossabaw Sound beyond. Glassy is a good thing; last time I was here, there was…
Read MoreBack Of The Boat
There are better things to do in a boat than undergoing surgery. Especially at the hands of a shaky semi-lunatic who can’t SPELL surgery. And whose eyes are just before rolling back up into his noggin at the sight of blood trickling down my neck. Or maybe it’s the three sets of treble hooks he’ll…
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