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Title: Take a look at "My" spots
Post by: RC on February 05, 2013, 10:48:00 AM: Hunted two days last week and yesterday and thought I would share a couple pics from South Ga. public land. Chris and I last week walked 22 miles in two days.No joke. got on pigs a couple of time but got no shots. Yesterday I walked maybe two miles and got on pigs 4 times under 15 yards . Got two shots and was deflected by vines and such both times. The pigs were in planted pines in the edge of a huge swamp and it was thick. I felt good with the shots as they were controlled but tight in thick spots you gotta shoot through some tight stuff. I honestly believe it was so tight a smaller broadhead would have gotton through....did I just find a downside to a Simmons???lol.

Here is a few pics hope you enjoy. Just so you`ll get an Idea how Southern public land hunting goes... A few years ago I had pork under ten yards 11 times and did not get a shot. A few weeks later I killed three in one day and two the next week. You just gotta get after`m.RC

Early morning...

(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/rcswampbucket/IMG_0304_zps2d785f3c.jpg)

One or two pigs have been here..

(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/rcswampbucket/IMG_0306_zps6372dff1.jpg)

Old saw cut stumps..

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Upward look during a "rest" stop...

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Gods Country...

(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/rcswampbucket/IMG_0301_zpsf5aff22d.jpg)
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Post by: RC on February 05, 2013, 10:51:00 AM: (http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/rcswampbucket/IMG_0291_zpsfa3042dd.jpg)

(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/rcswampbucket/IMG_0297_zps5a98e4aa.jpg)

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Chris thinking about taking a bath...

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Post by: Manitoba Stickflinger on February 05, 2013, 10:55:00 AM: That terrain is so foreign to me. Love it! Thanks for the pix!
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Post by: Gen273 on February 05, 2013, 10:56:00 AM: RC,

I always love your posts, thanks for posting!
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Post by: RC on February 05, 2013, 10:56:00 AM: We were following a trail and came across this fella.

There were a lot of droppings under this tree. I think he was roosted and died of old age from the roost. He had no injury the best I could tell...

(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/rcswampbucket/IMG_0282_zps8262fcdd.jpg)

We went by a spot about 1.5 miles in the swamp where Chris killed a doe a couple of years ago. Broadhead is still in the tree after the pass through on the Nanny. Recon a treeshark will penetrate??

(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/rcswampbucket/IMG_0279_zps9405980e.jpg)

A cool morning..

(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/rcswampbucket/IMG_0283_zps6a622767.jpg)

Time to head out...

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Post by: GRINCH on February 05, 2013, 11:00:00 AM: RC love that first pic with the spider web,beautiful area you hunt.
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Post by: Bernie B. on February 05, 2013, 11:03:00 AM: I always enjoy seeing your pictures and hunts. Glad there were no snakes around!

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
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Post by: 2treks on February 05, 2013, 11:07:00 AM: Nice!
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Post by: rushlush on February 05, 2013, 11:07:00 AM: RC, great pics as usual.
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Post by: glass76 on February 05, 2013, 11:08:00 AM: Great pics, thanks for taking us along.
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Post by: elkken on February 05, 2013, 11:11:00 AM: Great post RC .. your description of hunting the thick brush sounds a bit like hunting blacktails in western Washington. I always enjoy your stories and pictures. :thumbsup:
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Post by: Fritz on February 05, 2013, 11:12:00 AM: Beautiful pics, RC!
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Post by: kbetts on February 05, 2013, 11:24:00 AM: I keep telling my wife that someday, we will live in the "real" south. Great pics.
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Post by: BWD on February 05, 2013, 11:33:00 AM: In that pic, what bow is Chris toting, Robert? Don't look like his Centaur...didn't think he left home without his Centaur.
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Post by: ddauler on February 05, 2013, 11:46:00 AM: RC them are good looking woods my pal has some pork on his place supposedly near here I plan to go try to break the Sparrowhawk in soon its in the mail should be in my hand tomorrow or thurs. Plan to spend all weekend courting it then go get it bloody on a varmit!
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Post by: Mudd on February 05, 2013, 11:55:00 AM: I couldn't help but think about the greenery.

Are the swamps starting to turn back to green already?

Thank you RC for taking us along.

God bless,Mudd
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Post by: Phantom67 on February 05, 2013, 12:00:00 PM: really great looking woods. thought the palmettos, u were from la. but we have ours growing only inches apart...lol palmetto forest
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Post by: Kamu on February 05, 2013, 12:10:00 PM: Man RC you've got me fired up I cannt wait to get down there April will not get here soon enough.
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Post by: RC on February 05, 2013, 12:18:00 PM: Chris sent his Centuar back for a touch up. He got it back last week so he will be toting it from now on. Palmettos are always green and yes things are starting to turn. We saw a crabbapple about to bloom last week.RC
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Post by: Stone Knife on February 05, 2013, 12:22:00 PM: Very nice looking spot
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Post by: jcar315 on February 05, 2013, 12:36:00 PM: Great pics and thread as always RC!
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Post by: Onions on February 05, 2013, 02:29:00 PM: Great pix RC

chris <><
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Post by: tradlongbow on February 05, 2013, 02:34:00 PM: In a couple of weeks the Hill gang will be there!

Thanks for the pics RC.
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Post by: rastaman on February 05, 2013, 02:40:00 PM: God's country it is RC...thanks for posting em up! :wavey:
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Post by: ron w on February 05, 2013, 02:57:00 PM: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Post by: Bladepeek on February 05, 2013, 03:27:00 PM: But you got all those wiggly things down there that bite - especially old men who can't hear well :)
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Post by: T-Bowhunter on February 05, 2013, 04:06:00 PM: RC thanks for taking us along on your hunt.
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Post by: RC on February 05, 2013, 07:20:00 PM: A few more from todays scouting and getting sea legs again trip with my Wife.

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Keebler cookie factory???

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A limb line fishermans nightmare..

(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/rcswampbucket/IMG_0334_zps5a81f337.jpg)

still trying to figure out this arrangement left at the camp ground...

(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/rcswampbucket/IMG_0336_zps559bc0f5.jpg)
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Post by: steadman on February 05, 2013, 07:27:00 PM: Thanks for the pics!
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Post by: maineac on February 05, 2013, 07:28:00 PM: Always love your posts and seeing the green at theis time of year. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Frenchymanny on February 05, 2013, 07:43:00 PM: I really love the South, where winters are sweet!
Thank you for sharing,

F-Manny
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Post by: S.C. Hunter on February 05, 2013, 07:47:00 PM: Those look just like the woods I grew up hunting in S.C. That is one big spider web. I love that spanish moss hanging from the trees. I miss the south so much!
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Post by: LV2HUNT on February 05, 2013, 08:26:00 PM: Pretty country, thanks for taking us along. Something about that spanish moss makes me crazy, in a good way.
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on February 05, 2013, 08:30:00 PM: Good stuff Robert. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by: elknutz on February 05, 2013, 10:56:00 PM: Always a pleasure RC.
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Post by: Eric Sprick on February 05, 2013, 11:59:00 PM: As usual great stuff RC!

Eric
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Post by: Richie on February 06, 2013, 12:29:00 AM: Great pics, thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:
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Post by: chanumpa on February 06, 2013, 12:49:00 AM: Really Cool!Awesome Pics.Enjoyed it.
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Post by: duncan idaho on February 06, 2013, 01:16:00 AM: Thank you very much. Th land you hunt looks like a scene from a mystical movie......
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Post by: Thumper Dunker on February 06, 2013, 03:08:00 AM: Realy cool looking place you have there. :thumbsup:
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Post by: ckanous on February 06, 2013, 05:59:00 AM: I was just down there in your neck of the woods 2 weeks ago RC. I stomped around that beautiful landscape myself looking for some hogs. The one thing that amazes me every time I'm down there are those old cypress stumps, HUGE! I know the feeling about the thick stuff too. I am really starting to love hunting in Georgia. Thanks for the pics.
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Post by: Hopewell Tom on February 06, 2013, 06:51:00 AM: Good one on the "bath" comment. That's taking the "understanding your quarry" to a new level!
That's great looking country, like Ryan says, pretty foreign to us Northern boys.
Thanks for the update.
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Post by: Tater on February 06, 2013, 08:05:00 AM: Great pictures as always thanks for letting us tag along.

Too much hard water (ice) here to get the Kayak out yet, makes me wish for spring.
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Post by: TRT on February 06, 2013, 08:20:00 AM: Great looking woods RC. There's nothing like being out in beautiful woods! Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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Post by: Straight Shootin' on February 06, 2013, 08:55:00 AM: Awesome pic, thanks for sharing!
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Post by: rnharris on February 06, 2013, 09:33:00 AM: great pics RC looks like my back yard lol need to get out before the dread of the swamps wake up the mighty skeet!!
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Post by: tracker1 on February 06, 2013, 09:53:00 AM: Thanks for taking us along RC
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Post by: twitchstick on February 06, 2013, 10:10:00 AM: Cool country thanks for sharing.
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Post by: mark land on February 06, 2013, 12:30:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by rnharris:
great pics RC looks like my back yard lol need to get out before the dread of the swamps wake up the mighty skeet!!
Too late Ralph!
Great trip RC can't wait to do some of my own adventures soon!
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Post by: Rick Butler on February 06, 2013, 01:45:00 PM: Thanks for posting RC. :thumbsup:
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Post by: Shinken on February 07, 2013, 08:31:00 AM: AWESOME pics Brother RC!

Drop the string on a big-un next time!

Shoot straight, Shinken

:archer2:
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Post by: LBOW on February 07, 2013, 10:17:00 AM: Thank you for taking us along with you. MIKE
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Post by: Rick Butler on February 07, 2013, 11:52:00 AM: This time of year I'm very envious of those of you that live in the south and get to hunt in "shirt sleeve" weather.