We had a long hot dry spell down here in Louisiana also. I usually plant my food plots around the end of September. But at that time we'd had no rain for three weeks, so I delayed putting seed in the ground until there was a pretty sure rain forecast. Putting seed in dry ground without rain shortly after will almost guarantee the turkeys, crows and doves will wipe out your seedbed. Well, we still haven't had any rain. At last, there's a 90% chance of rain tomorrow and pretty high chances for the next few days after that. Got the seed down today with fingers crossed. Our season opens Nov. 14th., so there's plenty of time for good growth if the rains come as expected.