Apr

12

TurkeyTomorrow morning is the start of the Missouri Youth Turkey Hunt. I'm up at the farm with my two sons and my father. The alarm will go off 4:30 am, we'll eat a hearty breakfast and then head out to the woods.

This year is going to be completely different from years past. Normally it's cool in the morning then warms up quite nicely by midmorning. However, we're having some "anti-Gore" weather this year. It's freezing cold outside. High temperature today was 39, and the same is forecast for tomorrow. Unfortunately, it's supposed to be very windy all day be snowing too!

I've hunted turkeys in the snow only once, way back in 1988, so this is a completely different situation than we're used to. As I always do when I come up to my farm in northern Missouri, I bring extra clothes for all kinds of weather. I normally bring too many clothes, but this year, I'm glad I have all those extra clothes.

It pays off to be prepared — even when preparation meant 20 years of packing extra clothes that I never used.

1988 marked the beginning of a great run for me in hunting and trading. I started in the financial business in 1987 and immediately got whacked by Black Monday less than a year into my tenure. 1988 was the first year that I hunted in north Missouri and discovered the true joy of hunting in an area replete with wild game.

It snowed in 1988 and it's snowing now. Maybe that's an omen for another 20 good years!


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  1. scott barnes on August 1, 2008 1:29 pm

    Scott I have enjoyed reading your stories especially the one about the tribute to your dad. I don’t know if you recognize the name but I am your neighbor to the west in princeton. Do you have a website?

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