Had an interesting visitor on the front porch the other night. It was the first black kitty we have seen for a while. Needless to say, we hope this kitty finds other places to forage.
I had installed a new protein feeder deep in the woods, and the game camera I had watching it picked up something interesting. Its not the pigs or the nice buck. Click on the arrow and note the tree directly behind the feeder.
Tropical storm Imelda was coming ashore and must have caused the wind to gust a little harder than usual.
September has been very productive month for piggie eradication. The first weekend I shot 4, the second weekend shot 3, and this last weekend, over the three nights we were there, I shot 5. One ran off the instant I shot and I thought it might be possible I had missed. However, the next day, there were a couple of buzzards that were hanging around the feeder, so Laurel did some sniffing at the edge of the thicket next to the feeder and located the carcass about 30′ inside. This brings my total for the year up to 55. Coyotes be very happy at the Stout Ranch.
The tropical storm only dumped about 1″ of rain on the ranch, and the lake is still down about 2′. Still waiting for sweater weather to arrive, but the current forecasts say nothing is coming until October. On the plus side, we still have lightning bugs flashing the way when I am stalking pigs in the dark and rainbows perfectly positioned over the lake..