Hello again Miss-Lou! The cold front that paralyzed parts of the country last week reached all the way into Dixie. Conditions were pretty severe on Thursday and Friday. Though it was colder Friday morning, higher winds on Thursday made the hunting tougher.

For hunters willing to brave the conditions though, the cold temps really had the deer moving, at least in the afternoons.

I spent part of Thursday afternoon watching a 6 point buck make a run at several does in a small herd, hoping to find the right female. Try though he did, all of his advances were declined. He chased and grunted though until he just ran them all out of the area. Though he was unsuccessful, I gave him an &8220;A&8221; for effort.

I got some good stuff this week, so I’ll get right to it. I had a belated report of real nice buck taken on opening weekend of the gun season by Cole Bradford. Cole downed an 11-point, 220-pound brute that scored 150 B&C on a hunt at Pandela Hunting Club.

I saw a picture of a tremendous 13-point buck taken by golfing buddy Al Guido, on a Dec. 12 bow hunt on Davis Island. The buck sported a 25-inch inside spread, and green scored 162 P&Y.; I’ve seen Al drain many a putt, but none ever made him smile like he was smiling in the picture with that buck.

Finally, my young buddy Ty Brown connected on a nice nine-point buck last week. Ty was hunting with his dad Travis Brown at Rainbow Hunting Club. Congratulations to all of these successful hunters.

This week’s lone Shirt-Tail Club report is a belated muzzle-loader miscue, and the nod goes to Chris Hinson. The word is that Chris had &8220;Bull Winkle&8221; in his sights, but couldn’t close the deal, on a muzzle-loader adventure in Jefferson County. Don’t you just love those darn muzzle-loaders Chris?

I want to step away from the outdoors a bit, and share a story with you that sort of falls in the &8220;kindness of strangers&8221; category. And also offer a thank you to an unknown individual who helped several other motorists and me in the wee hours of Thursday morning last week.

Heading out of town on Liberty Road a little before 6 a.m., I came upon a large oak tree that had been blown down across the road by high winds.

My first thought was that I would have to turn around and double back, and make a big loop out of the way to get to where I was headed. Then, I realized that someone had set up some lights, and was directing vehicles through an adjacent yard, to keep the road open until help arrived.

When I think of how cold it was for me out hunting that morning, and I think about this guy out there doing good deeds for passing strangers, it made me stop and think.

With all of the bad news that we see, hear and read about people, we should never forget that there are people in the world who do kind things for others, just because they think it’s the right thing to do.

The traffic did not allow me to stop and thank the guy on the spot, so I hope he reads this article, and knows that I am thankful. Not only for his helping me get to where I was going, but also for helping to remind me that despite all of the bad news, there are still good folks in the world who do kind things for strangers. Thanks again stranger!

I’ll call that a wrap for this time. Until next time, happy hunting, and as always, think safety first.

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Chuck Fields writes a weekly hunting column for The Natchez Democrat. Reach him via

christian.schmidt@natchezdemocrat.com

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