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  1. Listening to the weather report for Florida on Sunday was getting me discouraged. A cold front was predicted to come through the state Monday afternoon and evening bringing rain, thunder storms and possible severe weather. I had not been back to the Peace River for a week and was thinking if the rain hits hard it will be another week before the river is back at a level for easy hunting. What to do? A look at the hourly forecast for the areas of Wachula and Bowling Green, FL showed a 5% chance of rain at 8 am Monday, 20% at noon and 40% by 2 pm. With that forecast I decided an early arrival at the river with a departure by 2 pm would be doable. I was out of the house by 6:30 am and on the river paddling by 8 am. It was overcast and breezy but no sign of rain. The river was still nice and low and slow moving. I decided to take some pictures on the way to my hunting grounds to compare with ones I took back in Oct/Dec when this fossil season started. Here they are for a side by side type comparison. First up a tree that partially blocks the river north of Payne Creek: Dec 31, 2019 - Same tree as seen today- Next an area I refer to as the rapids as seen Dec 31, 2019 - Same area pictured today - Last is a palm tree that fell into the river. I apologize for the blurry photos here, but the kayak was making it hard to steady the shot- Oct 11, 2019 - Same tree today - So, you may be wondering how the fossil hunting went. Very good I would say. I think I am going to have to start calling the area I was in today the "Bone Yard". Came up with two partial Proboscidian carpal bones, a nice chunk of mammoth tooth, a chip of mastodon tooth, turtle leg spur, some eagle ray pavement teeth, a fairly nice meg, several other misc shark teeth and several unidentified large bone fragments. My plan to stay until 2 pm didn't quite work out. The wind really started blowing hard by 10:30 am. A short time later the water flow seemed to be picking up. Just as I found the meg in the sifter a small section of the nearby bank fell into the river. I was starting to think I would leave by noon just to be safe. Over the next hour I kept noticing the water flow increasing and more small areas of sand falling from the bank into the river. That convinced me to leave before I became just another old fossil in the bone yard. I made it back to the parking area as the wind continued to pick up and the water got a little rough. Home is south and west of the river and I made the hour drive home before the downpours started. All in all a good day! The best finds are below: First carpal bone - Second carpal - in pretty bad shape: There were several additional bones found that I don't think will be able to be identified. I am planning on posting the largest in the ID section once I can get some good pictures. Looking forward to getting back out there at the end of the week!
  2. PODIGGER

    Opening Day!

    I have been watching water levels and flow gauges for the last two weeks hoping for a continued drop as the dry season seems to have arrived in Florida. I headed east for the 1 hour drive to Wachula this morning when I saw the drop in flow rate and water level last night to a manageable level. It was a beautiful morning and a peaceful drive through cow pastures and orange orchards. That is unil I got about half way there. Suddenly there was a tremendous Bam! on the left rear passenger side of my jeep. Thought I had been hit by an anti tank round! A quick look in the side view mirror revealed a six point buck flopping around in the middle of the road. He had sprung out of an orange orchard at full speed and slammed into the left rear door of the jeep. By the time I hit the brake he was back on his feet and running back into the orchard. A quick check of the jeep showed a small dent (about the size of a quarter) in the left rear door and minor damage to the rear wheel cover, hair was all over the side. Once I realized there was no serious damage I figured there was only one thing to do. Get to the river and find something good! Upon arrival I found the river to be flowing at a very reasonable pace and I wasted no time in getting my kyack loaded and launched. It was interesting to see all the new obstacles left by the summer rains. Several new trees down that had to be skirted and quite a few limbs poking up from out of the water to be avoided. I arrived at my chosen spot that had been producing nice finds in the spring and found a very large palm tree down blocking easy access. I beached the kyack and walked around the tree scanning the shoreline as I went. I immediately saw some horse teeth in about an inch of water for my first find of the day. Scanning the area I saw another interesting object poking out of the sand that looked like some kind of enamel on rock. When I pulled it out I was greeted with a small but nice partial mastodon tooth. This was before I even got the shovel and sifter out of the kyack! Spent the rest of the day digging and sifting with some additional nice finds. All in all a good day. Photos below.
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