Stevens Point News

Main Menu

  • Covid 19
  • Sports
    • Sports News
    • High School Sports Scores
    • Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
  • Crime
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Opinion
  • Obits
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
  • Classifieds
    • View Ads
    • Place Ads
  • Legal Ads
    • Our Legals
    • Statewide
  • E-Edition
    • Stevens Point City Times

logo

Stevens Point News

  • Covid 19
  • Sports
    • Sports News
    • High School Sports Scores
    • Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
  • Crime
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Opinion
  • Obits
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
  • Classifieds
    • View Ads
    • Place Ads
  • Legal Ads
    • Our Legals
    • Statewide
  • E-Edition
    • Stevens Point City Times
Outdoors
Home›Outdoors›Long, leisurely stroll stirs up September dreams

Long, leisurely stroll stirs up September dreams

By STEVENS POINT NEWS
September 1, 2016
813
0
Share:

September is a month for long walks and daydreaming. A leisurely month meant for romantics like you and me. Dreaming of yesterday and yearning for tomorrow, I followed my dog along a trail to the creek this week.

September is a month of change. Headlong into the wind, the dog and I could smell the transition. Warm southerly breezes are giving way to northerly drafts. We sensed the tall grasses on the trail are losing the battle with time. Lush, green summer vegetation is surrendering to autumn’s browns, yellows and reds. The neighbor’s yellowing corn is broadcasting the news from across the road.

Along the trail, the dog and I listened with cocked heads for the sounds of seasonal change. In this case, it was the sounds of silence. Quiet prevails in early September. We strain for, but do not hear local flocks of Canada geese announcing their whereabouts. Song birds have little to contribute. Our covey of quail, now subdued, will rejoice in chorus later this month. Robins, normally leading the musical flock each morning, are conspicuously silent.

Family groups of crows fly overhead in hushed formation. Blue jays seem to be resting sore throats. The stillness is at times deafening. The occasional wailing of mourning doves or raucous call from our pileated woodpecker family are welcome diversions.

September is a month of transition. With summer shining on my backside and fall winds blowing gently in my face, it’s a good month to reflect on several special occasions this year.

The boss and I find ourselves at the tail end of a summer blessed with the birth of a grandson, the announcement of another grandchild to be and an upcoming family wedding. Add a new puppy to our family and another litter planned to grace our kennel this fall, and we find our good fortune cups running over.

September is a month of easy-going hunting. A dove hunt here. A duck hunt there. A goose hunt over harvested crops. Awaiting turkeys from a blind on the food plot. Woodcock and grouse hunting with best friends Mike and Dale in the popples on the Buena Vista marsh. A ruffed grouse hunt on Fort McCoy with friend Tim, his son Trent and my No. 2 son. And the hope for several mouth-watering game bird meals baked in the oven – served with wild rice, mushrooms and asparagus.

Come October, it’ll be time to get down to business. Two duck hunting opening days – one north, one south. Grouse camp up north for a few days with Pastor Craig. No. 1 son’s wedding in Maine, with a grouse and woodcock hunt thrown in as a present for the father of the groom.

Then there’s a week-long pheasant, sharp tailed grouse and Hungarian partridge hunt with good friends in northwest North Dakota. And finally, back to Wisconsin to hunt woodcock, grouse and ducks. That ought to wrap up a very busy, whirlwind month.

This will hopefully all come to pass without a hitch, but for now, it’s time for a leisurely stroll in time, this first week in September. I hope yours will be as fine as mine.

Previous Article

Elks Lodge to Host Evening of Blues

Next Article

Morey’s Donates $5,000 to PRFD, K-9

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Related articles More from author

  • Outdoors

    Original ‘selfie stick’ provides view of a bigger picture

    October 7, 2015
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
  • Outdoors

    Local man develops line of hunting novelty items, offers hunting tips

    November 1, 2015
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
  • Outdoors

    Busy Willow River State Park good setting for quick father-son campout

    November 1, 2015
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
  • OutdoorsTop Feature

    New outdoor relationship requires a few ground rules

    November 4, 2015
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
  • Outdoors

    Audubon Society will present update on bird atlas project Nov. 18

    November 4, 2015
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
  • Outdoors

    Rut in full swing as hunters set out for deer season

    November 4, 2015
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS

Leave a reply Cancel reply

High School Sports

Go to High School Sports

Free SP Newsletter

  • Sports

  • Commentary

  • Hornets can’t hold off late Wildcat push 

    By Jacob Heid
    February 8, 2023
  • Panthers, Cardinals find out seedings for WIAA hockey tournament

    By Jacob Heid
    February 7, 2023
  • Mayer explodes for 29 in physical win over Eagles 

    By Jacob Heid
    February 3, 2023
  • High-scoring affair leads to 10 goals in opening two periods

    By Jacob Heid
    February 2, 2023
  • Falcons soar past T-Birds with superb defensive effort 

    By Jacob Heid
    February 2, 2023
  • Pat Wood

    From the publisher: Christmas and Hanukkah

    By Kris Leonhardt
    December 24, 2022
  • Ice fishing contest Reels in $1,500 for Portage County Literacy Council

    By Taylor Hale
    March 17, 2022
  • Kemmeter Column: County celebrates year after quarantine

    By Taylor Hale
    July 12, 2021
  • Isherwood Column: Great engineering projects two

    By Taylor Hale
    July 11, 2021
  • Shoes News Graphic

    Show Column: Odd Jobs

    By Taylor Hale
    July 9, 2021

About Us


The Portage County Gazette is published every Friday by Multi Media Channels. It is locally-owned, locally-operated and locally-written. Subscriptions are $64 annually, delivered via the U.S. Postal Service.


To subscribe, go www.shopmmclocal.com/product/portage-county-gazette or call 715-258-4360

  • PO Box 408, Waupaca WI 54981
  • (715) 343-8045
  • News editor: [email protected]
Copyright © 2022 Multi Media Channels LLC.
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication or any of its contents may be reproduced, copied, modified or adapted without the prior written consent of Multi Media Channels LLC.
×