Although the sun had not yet appeared over the horizon, the air was already warm and sticky, typical of the onset of another hot July day in Louisiana. This would have been a good day to work on articles in my air conditioned office but fishing guide and friend Eddie Halbrook’s call the night before had a sense of urgency about it.
The frightening commentary about feral hogs around much of the country today is this — if you don’t have hogs on your prop on your property now, just wait; they’re coming.
When I married and started a family, as a lover of all things outdoors I secretly hoped I’d become father to a little boy who I could watch follow in my footsteps learning to hunt and fish.
Meridian, Mississippi, is famous for a fellow sometimes called the “Father of Country Music.” Jimmy Rodgers, the “Singing Brakeman” born in 1897, started it all when he plunked his guitar and began
