Want to win a great gun? If you hurry, you can participate in the DU/Geen Top Annual December Raffle Calendar. Each day from December 1 through December 31, a name will be drawn for a free gun – great pistols rifles and shotguns. A ticket costs just $40 and only 1,500 tickets (chances) will be issued, so the odds are way better than the lottery. Daily gun winners will be posted on the VADU … [Read more...]
Cat and Owl Steak and Seafood
Talk about a diamond in the rough. One of the great restaurants in Virginia has a very strange name and is located in an even stranger place. It is the Cat and Owl Steak and Seafood Restaurant in Covington. Well, not really Covington, but close enough. It’s actually in Low Moor, between Covington and Clifton Forge, but this place serves serious food. I stumbled on this … [Read more...]
November 11th: A Special Day
There was a time when November 11th was my favorite day of the year. More so than Christmas, more than Thanksgiving, even more than my birthday was November 11th - Veteran’s Day. Veteran’s Day was always a special day for me because my father, James E. Brewer, was a veteran who lost his life in WW II. My step-dad, Daddy George, was also a Veteran, serving in the Pacific with the U.S. … [Read more...]
The Blues Are Back
I’ve got the blues again. Not the sad blues, the happy blues. Bluebirds. My resident pair raised two families last spring and summer. Only one baby survived the first nest. I’m not sure how many made it in the last nest because they split for parts unknown as soon as they fledged. I didn’t see hide nor hair (nor feather) of them for three months. Last week, they were back. Four … [Read more...]
Catching Cold Weather Walleye
By Emily George While the woods are heating up and the waters are cooling down, this is a great time of year is to catch trophy fish. People are switching gears to hunting season, which is leaving fish less pressured and more apt to seek food before the winter, and walleye are high-quality fish to hook this time of year. DGIF’s walleye fisheries produce ample … [Read more...]
A Blonde Finch
Jill Smith of Kents Store has had a strange visitor at her feeder in recent weeks. She wonders if there is such a thing as a blonde finch. “This finch has been coming to my feeders for two weeks now. He’s more blonde than white. When the picture is enlarged, I can see a bit of pink-red under his wing. Both house finches and red finches (purple) come to the feeders, and I don’t know … [Read more...]
High Heat Eye of Round
One of the best values in the meat department is an eye of round roast. The eye of round is one of the most flavorful of all cuts of beef, but it - like all round roasts and steaks - is tough. Often (usually), I go to the grocery store with absolutely nothing in mind. If something looks good – or is at a good price – I buy it. A couple days ago, I saw a 3-pound eye of round roast, and … [Read more...]
Nick’s Spaghetti & Steak House
Sometimes you find great food in strange places. A few years back, Nancy and I stumbled upon such a place – Nick’s Family Style Spaghetti and Steak House in West Point. We had a couple days to get away and we wanted to be somewhere on or near salt water without the long drive to the Eastern Shore or Virginia Beach. The closest place to Charlottesville appeared to be West Point, about … [Read more...]
The Rocks are Rocking!
Rockfish catches are on the rise throughout the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries. Fish are being caught in the James River, the York River and the Elizabeth River. Other good locations are along the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, and keeper size fish are at the islands of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. The speckled trout bite is good inside Lynnhaven and Rudee inlets. Connie Barbour … [Read more...]
Goose Hunting Tips
Central Virginia has turned into something of a hot spot for goose hunting. We have literally thousands of geese with lots of water and grain fields available. Since most farmers (and golf course superintendents) hate geese, it’s usually easy to get permission to hunt. Do a little scouting, see where the geese land and feed and take it from there. But how? Below are 12 tips from some … [Read more...]
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