OUTDOORS: Dealing with weather can make or break an outing

A happy dog takes a break after a cool morning pheasant hunt. Photo courtesy Brett Roper It is not often an outdoor column can start with a Bible quote but in this case Ecclesiastes 3 fits: “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”One message this verse conveys is that things that happen in life can’t always be controlled. Hunters and anglers understand this concept well because once a date has been put on the calendar to take part in these activities, they have little control over that day’s weather.If we’re lucky, each of us will get around 80 laps around the sun to be a part of life. Within these years and seasons, there is variation in the weather that affects success of a hunting or fishing trip.

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