It's that time again. Back by popular demand is state Rep. Don Brown's Duck Hunt, the two-day Panhandle extravaganza of food, drink, fellowship, pheasant and quail hunting (and no doubt some quiet talk about all the terrible things Gov. Charlie Crist has done to the property insurance market in Florida).

Brown, a DeFuniak Springs Republican, is inviting lobbyists and others to sign up for the event the weekend of Feb. 22-23. Like other legislators who put on similar events, Brown has in his quiver a legal opinion that says lobbyist donations don't violate the ban on freebies because proceeds benefit area charities. It's all there at www.donsduckhunt.com, including the photo at left from the 2005 event. (Can we count on you, United Auto Insurance Co., to be a platinum sponsor again this year?)