another short hunt /stumpshoot

RC · January 31, 2011, 12:47:00 PM

Yesterday after Church I planned on going hunting with Marty/Apex at Fort stewart but company came over.So I had a couple hours after they left so I went to check one of my local public land honey holes. Kind of a famous place if you Bass Fish cause a World record was caught here....

Parked the Jeep here and headed in the swamp...

After about a 400 yard walk and a dozen pinecone shots I came to Montgomery Lake where the Bass was caught I think in the 50`s...

River is low now and the Lake is low as well. But you can still catch a Bass here but it probably won`t weigh 22 lbs.

RC · January 31, 2011, 12:52:00 PM

Went around the end of the Lake and crossed a couple of "ridges" and started finding some pork sign. The pigs get hunted here but most folks won`t go far to get`em...

Do you see the Sept gold mine in this pic? If you hunt Southern swamps I bet you will...

Here is another. One of the Biggest I`ve seen down here...

RC · January 31, 2011, 12:56:00 PM

I went on towards the River after crossing a couple of low wet spots. Check out the base on this Tupelo tree. All the "trunks from one beginning...

Made it on down to the river and always got to have a pic or two of it..

January 31, 2011, 12:59:00 PM

looks like pecan?

Arrowslinger · January 31, 2011, 01:04:00 PM

RC · January 31, 2011, 01:06:00 PM

I looped around and checked a couple of cane thickets for pigs. I thought I smelled some and eased forward with arrow at ready and did`nt see any. I stood there a few minutes and nothing. Took the arrow of the string and walked 40 yards and 8 pigs jumped up from in the wide open and ran off...

I headed on through another thicket and found a fine rub. My Buddy Dennis Rice hunted here in October and saw a really nice buck. ..

Came back out to high ground and came by a wallow. Is a 77 degree day enough to get pigs flopping in the mud? Must be..

Eased through a small thick area headed to a food plot to finish the evening and got in some hot fresh pig sign..

Got to the Food plot and pigs were there. After a pic I backed off trying to get a plan on how to get on them and the wind swirled and that was the end of that.

pigs are in the middle of the pic. One really nice Blue Boar and a couple sows and shoats. One shoat was solid white. A good day ,RC.

RC · January 31, 2011, 01:09:00 PM

Forgot the pic and that is persimmons trees in the above pics.RC

RC · January 31, 2011, 01:11:00 PM

Poor pic I know but it would have been a better picture with my bow laying across `em.RC

January 31, 2011, 01:13:00 PM

i was just thinkin that might be what it was, and a very big one at that...

Stumpkiller · January 31, 2011, 01:14:00 PM

Nice. That Tupelo tree ought to produce a stump that's easy to hit from 80 yards when it dies. :eek:

I have used that bass tale in regards to archery tackle. It ain't what you spend it's how you apply it.

bornagainbowhunter · January 31, 2011, 01:14:00 PM

January 31, 2011, 01:15:00 PM

really like your little huntin trips,

Rick Butler · January 31, 2011, 01:24:00 PM

Nice RC, I envy you fellas down south that get to hunt hogs year 'round.

steadman · January 31, 2011, 01:58:00 PM

77 deg

It's supposed to be -10 here tonight.
Great pics RC, well done as usual.

wildwood · January 31, 2011, 02:25:00 PM

thanks for taking me along

lpcjon2 · January 31, 2011, 02:49:00 PM

Cool pics RC, and those pigs do some major damage to the plant life.WOW!!

JEFF B · January 31, 2011, 02:53:00 PM

way cool RC

beauleyse · January 31, 2011, 03:01:00 PM

I live over in Ben Hill that area with Montgomery lake and Horse Creek WMA is loaded with pigs a very much worth wild area to hunt...My dad killed a huge 9 point of Horse Creek in the early 90's...I let a few jakes walk over on horse creek last year with my stick bow...I was debating on hunting there this weekend for the pig and may have too now...nice pictures love the look of that river...

Mudd · January 31, 2011, 03:26:00 PM

RC I hope you never lose your camera.

I just love to look at your pictures.

I recognized that bark right away but I read where you had already gave them the answer.

I have memories of hunting a spot once that had a grove of them. So many in one place that all the critters couldn't eat them fast enough and they started to ferment.

I loved the smell of it while sitting in my tree stand.

Thanks for taking us along RC.

God bless,Mudd

rushlush · January 31, 2011, 03:29:00 PM

Great pics as alwyas, thanks.