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Why not shoot grits from a .410? They shot wheat from a cannon...

I must really be behind the times. I thought Cheerios were the preferred substitute for lead...Geo

Not behind, George, ahead. Grits are way older than Cheerios. 😁

Stan,
How about an update on your project? Turkey season is on top of us.
Mike

Gladly, Mike, but not much to report. Project temporarily on hold, as tractors are rolling. Drier weather has abounded here in the past few weeks and we're wide open preparing fields for spring planting. Depressed cotton prices has caused me to make the decision not to plant an acre of the stuff but to increase corn and peanut acreages. Thus, we're full bore bottom plowing for peanuts and "burning down" corn fields. Seeing lots of turkeys in the fields, daily.

Next step will be fire forming the brass. Supposed to rain here this Saturday and Sunday, and I'd rather have a dry afternoon to do that. Pictures will accompany my next update.

Thanks for checking on me .......... SRH

Stan,
OK, I understand. You can't control the weather; you have to work with it. At least ya'll can still really farm. Around here most people have to farm pine trees and work in the auto plant/Walmart to make ends meet, although a few grow cattle. I predict Doves in you near future. It sounds like you need a good tractor gun. I suggest a combo gun, you never know when a coyote will come.
Mike

Got one. It's a Montgomery Ward's (Stevens) 32" barreled 12 gauge, choked fuller and fuller. I don't allow coyote shooting on my land, Mike. We are overrun with deer, which eat our crops very badly, costing us mucho dinero. Coyotes eat deer, so coyotes are my allies here. Deer are my enemy ............ and wild hogs, of course. But, deer cost me more money than the hogs.

As for dove, buddy Dale called to tell me that last week a swallow tailed kite raided a dove nest in a tall pine in his yard and flew off with a featherless dove hatchling dangling by the leg from the kite's beak. An adult dove returned to the nest. Gil

Stan,
If there is an American Legion, DAV, VFW, Marine Corps League, etc in your area, one or more of these could organize special assisted disabled veterans hunts or special youth hunts, for Deer during the season or Hogs during the off season. This would help you with your problem and since these organizations are usually classified as 501.c.3 or similar, any cost to you, including the fair market value of the use of your land could be accounted for on your taxes. They can insure appropriate assistance for the disabled veteran hunters and parental supervision for the youth hunters. They can also prepare "hold harmless agreements" agreeable to your insurance company to protect your and their interest. If desired, you, the organization, an outside agency or individual could advertise processing services or provide concessions, such as breakfast and/or lunch items as well as portable toilets and waste removal services. If you do or allow something like this I suspect you would receive positive "feedback" from the community.
Mike