Training my puppy Dixie for fall turkey hunting made me realize just how much I enjoy this time of the year. I used to take my fall vacation during Wisconsin's deer hunt, now I'm going to take it during the fall turkey hunting season instead. I prefer fall turkey hunting because I get to see far more game of all kinds, and it's a much nicer time of the year. The temperature's in the fifties, and we go for long walks when the colorful fall landscape is at it's peak, instead of stump sitting in the freezing November woods, after all the leaves are brown, and before we get snow. If you're a hunter who likes walking in the fall woods with your loyal companion, try fall turkey dog hunting, and you'll soon be making plans for that Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey.
Some don't know their history, and associate turkey dogs with the South, but it's really more of a Northern tradition. Still, I always liked the sound of Dixie, so that's what I named her. Or Dix for short.