Frank's outdoors...

In anticipation of the upcoming deer season, I have already started getting the itch.  I look forward to watching the animals as much as I enjoy the hunt.  My partner and I have been out on the lease several times in the past few weeks clearing trails and even setup a hog trap.  I even put a camera out on one of my feeders to see what the action was like out there given we are in a significant drought in Texas right now.  Last night, I went to the lease to check the hog trap, and pick up the pictures from my camera.  As I looked at the pictures, I noticed the ribs were visible on the doe in the pictures. Big Wild Boar Skinny whitetail doe during TX drought   I started thinking about how that would impact the antlers on the bucks, if there wasn't much water and not enough food for them to eat.  After that, I started thinking about "who cares" much like Othmar Vohringer in his post Whitetail Deer Passion: Antler Addiction .  I thought this was a great post, and

Went to the lease last night to clear some trails, install a solar panel for my feeder, and setup a new hog trap. We even put a little hanging feeder over the pen.  It was very hot, but we got a lot done and the preparation for the season is really making progress.   Got home after working for multiple hours on the lease and found this little tick completely full on my back!  He was RIGHT in the middle of my back...  little jerk.   Just need to head out there with a tractor to get the trails mowed down as well as my main field...  late August?