Doves, dogs, and heat stroke

We’ve finally broken the longest string of 100-plus degree temperature days in history! Rain last Monday and the disturbance from South Texas storms cooled us off for a couple of days below 100-degree temperatures! That’s a cause célèbre for sure!

Then my bubble burst. The next few days went back to 106 and 107. Our rain was only a ten-by-ten reprieve. The raindrops were about ten inches apart and fell for ten minutes. Twenty minutes later, our driveway was bonedry, again.

But there’s still hope. A friend at TPWD, the late T.D. Carroll, plotted the weather leading up to September 1 over several years. His research confirmed what many dove hunters have come to expect: It rains right before the opening of dove season more years than not!