Issue #10Aug 9, 2026 · 6 min read
Scout the water: July glassing, a pig that spoiled, and the boots we kept
Where blacktail are actually drinking, why a warm hindquarter is a wasted hunt, and the knee boots that survived a rice lease.
July is not a season. It is the month you earn September. This issue is a scouting note: which seeps still hold, which clear-cuts are a waste of diesel, and the pig we should have left because the ice chest was a suggestion.
The boots in the gear check are the unfancy ones. They kept water out of a rice ditch and did not fall apart in the truck. That is the review.
Dove is three weeks out. If your vest is still in a bin that smells like last year's sunflower dust, wash it now.
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