Let’s get a few things out of the way. I didn’t grow up around hunting. As a Florida girl raised near the beach, I was around plenty of water, but not a lot of bucks. Actually, not any. And though I’ve lived in the Deep South for the past 20 years, surrounded by neighbors and friends who […]Read More

The Sugar Foot Farm dove shoot begins with a catered lunch. Families packed in pickups, SUVs and luxury sedans arrive shortly before noon, having traveled from every part of the state and beyond to spend September’s first Saturday in Marengo County. It’s a lively crowd of men, women and children of all ages, clad in […]Read More

BlackRidge Land Co., a full-service land sales and services firm headquartered in Birmingham is moving its field operations from Rockford in Coosa Co. to Talledega Co. Tom Jernigan Jr. and Chas Pell founded the company in 2012 after Pell directed Jernigan to a piece of land that would become his farm. Realizing the state did not have much in the […]Read More

By Thomas Morrison   Not even one year ago, we met Ron Morrison on a piece of property he owned in Fosters, Alabama.  Ron had purchased the property a few years back, with the vision of having a place hunt, but also a place to stay while attending Alabama football games.  He built a small […]Read More