With Virginia's long deer season over, I can now enjoy some of the most relaxing hunting possible - pursuing rabbits and squirrels behind our Botetourt County, Virginia home. Late in the afternoon today, I am going to take a walk on the seeded logging road that runs throughout our 38 acres and visit brier patches, clearcuts, and brush piles for bunnies and hardwood hollows and pine glades for bushytails.
Few pleasures in life are as soothing as being able to walk out your back door and go hunting and fishing. When Elaine and I were considering whether to buy this land in 1988, I told her how meaningful and special it would be to me to own it. Of course, the land was expensive, like just about any property, but she was sweet to let me have it.
In the 25 years we have owned the land and the 24 that we have lived on it, I have made numerous habitat improvements, thinning trees so that the survivors could produce more mast, having clearcuts done to benefit songbirds and game animals, creating a food plot, and planting oaks and white pines. In January and February, I have planned more Timber Stand Improvement projects.
So today around 4:00, I am going to walk out my back door and take that walk. Whether I bring home any game or not is irrelevant- the joy of being outside, as always, will be paramount.
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