Sports

I think I first noticed it around my backyard bird feeder; I’m talking about the “pecking’ order. By definition, it’s the “colloquial term for a hierarchical system of social organization.” Have you ever taken the time to really observe the competition and downright bullying that goes on in the avian world, especially around your feeders?

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It’s that time of year again, Dixie Youth Baseball and Softball. Registration will continue through March 5. Ages are 3 and up, the cost is $55 for the first child and $45 for each additional child per family. You may pick up applications at the Grove Street Recreation Center.

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First Annual Lady C. Gorham Team fishing tournament, to benefit the Gorham Family, will be held February 27, from at Caney Lake from 6:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., weigh in will be at Brown’s Landing. Cost per team is $100.

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As I sit at my computer with fingers poised over the keyboard on Monday afternoon, I’m waiting anxiously for something to get done. The Iowa caucuses are tonight and I can’t wait for all that to be over and finished.  I’m so tired of hearing presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle lambast each other knowing full well that when one is eventually selected, the others will be singing the winner’s praises like he was a long lost brother.

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The 13th annual Trista Tyler Scholarship Bass Tournament will be held Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Red River Midway Marina at St. Maurice, La. Cost per 2 man team is $200.00 (includes $10.00 per boat big bass pot). $4,000 is guaranteed for 1st place. 60% pay back on entries–100% pay back on big bass. Number of places paid will be based on total of entries. Boats will leave in the order in which they are registered beginning at safe daylight.

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Saturday January 23 brought news of a big blizzard hammering the northeast. Forecasts even called for a bit of snow, cold and windy conditions for north Louisiana meaning most rational thinking folks in our area were likely to put another log on the fire and hunker down under less hostile conditions. However, one Ruston duo, LA Tech students Gunner Durrett and his roommate Lane Cox decided to heck with a warm fire; they went fishing instead.

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The 13th annual Trista Tyler Scholarship Bass Tournament will be held Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Red River Midway Marina at St. Maurice, La. Cost per 2-man team is $20 (includes $10 per boat big bass pot). $4,000 is guaranteed for 1st place. A 60 percent pay back on entries–100 percent pay back on big bass. Number of places paid will be based on total of entries. Boats will leave in the order in which they are registered beginning at safe daylight.

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With Glynn Harris

There is nothing sweeter than accomplishing something special or meeting a goal just before deadline. I had such an occasion once in Texas on a turkey hunt. The weather was awful, cold and rainy and the turkeys were tight-lipped.

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by Glynn Harris

We know how it is, don’t we? January grinds to a chilly close, duck season, such as it was this year, comes to an end and we clean our shotguns, albeit reluctantly, because we didn’t get enough wing shooting to suit our tastes. Enter Rusty Cook to the rescue. Cook, who lives just outside Bastrop, lent an ear to a friend who had a successful pen raised quail operation going. He decided to take the plunge and is in his second season of offering quail hunts on his property in Morehouse Parish.

by Glynn Harris 

While going through a box in the attic, I ran across some of my old columns I had written dating back to 1972 when I took my first halting steps as an outdoor writer with the Homer Guardian Journal. One in particular was written on January 4, the day I’m sitting at my computer for this week’s column. The difference is the column is dated January 4, 1973. If my ciphering is correct, that’s 43 years ago today.

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