Who's ready for deer season? :archer: :jumper:
Great preview of fall morning, nice and cool. the only opening day i've ever experianced that wasn't close to 100 degrees. Saw one doe with her two fawns.
More important....how is Dad????
Dad was to smart to show his face. Come 630pm Ill be back in the tree waiting for him. Velvet on the antlers and all.......
My deer season starts in October or November, after we've had at least two hard frosts! I won't hunt in the heat and humidity and I refuse to share the woods with the chiggers!
Bill
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Didn't get out yet. I'm still in search of private land and haven't succumbed to buying into a club yet. My season starts September 2nd at the local WMA. Good luck Ya'll :thumbsup:
I am headed out tomorrow afternoon. I have a Booner tied to a tree! Well, I can at least have a positive attitude!
This is the coolest opener that I have ever seen here in SC! I might even wear long pants instead of shorts!
Benjy
You darn low country boys with your Aug. 15... I have to wait another two weeks before I can give a deer a Zwickey hickey! Bad thing is I'm only a county away from that early season.
Damon, it may be worth a club if ya have too. Ohio wil be nice in Nov.!! :bigsmyl: Shawn
A couple more weeks to go here in the upstate...
Counting down the days. I finally got a small food plot in the ground today. I've had a ton of does and small bucks on the trail cam so far and I'm itching to have a prayer meeting with any of them!
I spent many a sweltering afternoon in a tree or the New River swamp near Bluffton, SC on opening day. Even the mornings were sweltering, just not quite as sweltering as the afternoons. And, that was before Thermocells.
QuoteOriginally posted by Terry Green:
More important....how is Dad????
TTT
yea I'm ready, just waiting for wma sept 02,
and Hi Nova,
Woods, Have you made it out hunting yet? It rained me out Saturday and Sunday...
Velvet 6pt in the freezer taken 8/16. Wanted to be and 8 but G3's almost an inch. Sorry no pics, was fighting the rain. It was surprisingly cool for the opener 8/15, NEVER hunted in mid 60's here in SC in August.
Nomad, got a few hogs and deer tied up for you. Pics of a piebald doe on other lease and club president says there a cull deer, we will have to go after her.
been to the club a couple times. Son missed two hogs over the weekend.
I am have another small plot I need to go scout.
Leave for Maine bear hunt on Sat for a week, will try for deer after that
I think the last time I hunted the low country was about 1959 at the Clurock Plantation out of Ridgeland.
"Rain, rain go away and come back another day" - when I'm not hunting! hahah... I tried to hunt Sunday and got soaked.
Congrats Katman :bigsmyl:
Woods wont be long before we see you. :campfire: Tell your dad bring shrimp ;)
Less than four weeks left to go in the upstate. It's driving me crazy waiting. I'm insanely jealous of ya'll in the low state. I wish you the best of luck though. Hope to see some pics on here soon.
I head back to the Aiken farm next Thursday for 5 days...have work to do & probably won't be hunting. Besides I have to go fish for Atlantic Salmon in New Brunswick before starting bow season...just a quirky tradition of mine. Having ice form on my fly rod guides gets me in the mood to chase deer...tippit
Gez Tippit.... You live a tough life! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
That stinks for you, Jeff! :saywhat:
When I retire i'm going to rub it in everybody's face too! :D
Gregg,
I got Whip to thank for that. He's been coaching me on all these retirement tricks :rolleyes:
Nobody from SC has pics yet?
Woods, we open this Saturday. Uncle Gene is coming to clean up our hogs. Send pics when you get one!
wait a week, Ill have something on the ground
Yup I probably wont get out till a week from tomorrow :jumper:
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Woods, we open this Saturday. Uncle Gene is coming to clean up our hogs. Send pics when you get one!
Good Luck Marty....Tell Gene I've really been pondering on his words.
Heard word from Cory too.....got my mind stirring...
I was hoping to see some pics by now. Good luck to all who are out this weekend. I will get out on Tues. and should have some pics to post maybe even a buck or hog :pray:
monday starts my wma, tuesday starts my surgery, i'll take a week or to off and then the deer are in truble
I've been twice so far. The deer are moving a funky times for me now... First I blew 4 doe out going to my blind and the other time deer were blowing at while I was heading out.
Going to sit tomorrow afternoon and see how it goes. Feels good to be back in the woods though.
:campfire:
I went for a walk yesterday in a new area to me. It was awful warm out and the breeze kept switching directions. I did see some good hog rooting that looked to be a couple days old. Water is still very high on the Waccamaw. I might get to try again next week.
Hot and humid yesterday. This was my 3rd set and the 3rd time I didn't get any deer movement until too dark to see(blowing and stomping on my walk out) Now I remember why I don't start hunting until mid to late September!
Good thing the stripers are still biting.
I made it out today on the local WMA. No shots taken but I had a great hunt.
20 minutes after I got out of the Yak I had 2 doe cross the river and swim to shore 50 yrds from me.
Unfortunately they turned and went away from me into the wind.
I had another coming toward me a little later but a shifty wind made her turn around at 40 yrds.
Next time I am using the climber and waiting.
Based on the sign I saw today there is a lot of deer in the area and crossing the river is not an issue for these deer. :thumbsup:
A couple photo's from today. Sorry about the quality forgot the good camera
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couple more
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Hopefully next week I will have a deer or hog to show off
Pretty stuff Damon. I'd crack up seeing you floating out of the swamp with a hog strapped to your yack!!!
I sure would like to crack you up! :laughing:
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A pic from todays outing...as you can see there is no deer or hog with me. I will try again tomorrow morning. I had 2 doe come in about 40 yrds from where I was in the pic about 25 mins. after I climbed out of the Yak. They found something to be out of place, probably the big blue Yak and they turned around and went back.
edistow river ?
That's the Waccamaw River way up near NC
Still no frosts, and I'm still waiting for two good ones!
Bill
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You don't see a gator walk past your stand very often I bet. Sorry bout the horrible cell phone video
Videos tough to make out but very cool