NC hunters?

[Bud B.]

J-dog -

Funny you mention Pollocksville. My wife's folks are from Pollocksville and Trenton. We've been there twice this year for funerals. She has a large family. Macon and Gerogia Harriett's decendents. They lived on Hwy 17 near Ten Mile Fork.

We were there for sad reasons but I couldn't help notice how much sign I saw while walking the family land for a short spell. Deer tracks everywhere. I can attest to your need for a cut trail down there. Some of the areas I've seen are hands and knees only areas. Unbeleivably thick. Even for dogs.

Are you hunting public land? Maybe a trail cutting party is in order. Feb/March is a good time to cut your trails. I would like to go back down there for reasons other than funerals.    :(

[J-dog]

Bud i have heard that last name mentioned before??? I will ask David and Daniel as I know that call a couple places we hunt around by Harriett.

Thick is not the word! Cambodia looks like Kansas in some of these places! and that is exactly what this buck is crossing into - We used to be able to take a bush hog and cut paths how we wanted in there this buck rubs and scrapes on the remnants of one of those paths. On the far side of a fire path is club land that they only push dogs through never still hunt. and it is pretty oak ridges and woodie ponds. Now they make it illegal to take tractors out there. I bought a weedeater with a blade just for this reason - had to wait for cold weather though -- there are rattle snikkies out there!

Be glad for yall to go, cant promise deer but can promise a hunt! During bow season should be good if yotes leave us any deer, right now the doggers have it wrapped up though I have shot a deer off their hounds; sorry not that proud and she stopped!

J

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[Bud B.]

You can see the Foskie (sp?) Plantation House from their old farm. most of thier land is sold out. Only small chunks now.

If you plan anything Feb or March timeframe, my wife would love to dump me out and go to New Bern to the antique shops with the debit card.

[broketooth]

batman sent me a text messege this a.m. i dont know all the details but 2 does got dropped sat. morning i happy for ya don thats just awesome news. ruddy

[T Lail]

seeing very little buck sign, few deer and many turkeys and squirrels.......

[Don Batten]

I saw a fair amount of bucks moving yesterday. No shooters but the ones I saw were harassing the does in the area. I saw 13 deer before 7:30 am and 3 in the afternoon. Shot two good size does in the am stand . I probably would have seen more had I not shot , but It just good too good to me.

Nice buck Lee. Don

[ber643]

Good on ya, Don.

My report is: Nutin', nutin', nutin', and the same around here for most all of the guys hunting this area that I've talked to - for a couple or three weeks now. I did have a neighbor who took a friend out Fri. (with his dog - and the friend saw and bagged a nice spikehorn). The neighbor said there was a larger buck chasing the smaller one before it ran to his friend. The smaller one sure smelled "rutty"  when I looked in the truck at him - FWIW. It was nice just to see one (even if it was dead - LOL).

Ruddy, "broketooth", and I are planning to go out in the National Forest around Wed.(day depending on the weather) this week, just so I can introduce him to the area down here a little. We'll mosey/look around some and then pick a place for an evening stand/sit.

[Cory Mattson]

Got 3 more does this weekend. Passed 2 different little bucks - if they were like Lee's I would have shot    Thinking I'm gonna shut down the deer hunting after this weekend - I am TIRED!
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[ber643]

I believe that name is Foscue, Bud B. Not positive about spelling but I'm pretty sure that is how the name is pronounced.

You need to take a break, Cory - LOL.

Rudy and I decided on Thursday for our day out in the National Forest.

[Don Batten]

Go get em Bernie and Ruddy. should be a nice brisk day. good luck. DB

[ber643]

Thanks, Don. Yeah, it's gonna be a little difficult getting around in my electric blanket (the extension cord keeps snaggin' on the durn Cat Briars     ) but we'll have fun anyway    :D   .

[broketooth]

im lookin foward to this afternoone!we'll see if the cooler weather will get the deer movin. ruddy

[broketooth]

i had a great time hunting with bernie this afternoone. bernie showed me some of the nicest sections of the croatan that ive seen yet, and i have been in eastern nc for 20 yrs.i didnt see any deer activity. apparently the penny that bernie found also brought him some turkeys and 2 does i assume but with no shot opportunity. we gotta get you in the woods more bernie. i got some drop cord you can use for your electric blanket. just kiddin. i had a great time bernie i cant wait to go with ya again. ruddy

[ber643]

So glad you enjoyed it as much as i did, Ruddy. Anytime - as long as it doesn't look like my thin ol' blood will freeze up on me - LOL. I really wasn't sure whether it was Rudy, or the penny I found, as we left the car to walk into the forest, that brought me the luck. Yep, I finally got to see two more deer, as well as an 8-flock of turkeys (makes four deer seen for the season now, and is perhaps a good sign - after all, my total DOUBLED - LOL). If I had been in a tree I might have got a shot - they weren't real spooked just didn't like the looks of me and my chair, so didn't come on through the area. I got a pic of Ruddy while we were loading up to leave, and i think he got one of me. I'll post the one I took a little bit later this AM and perhaps he'll post his.

[ber643]

Here is the pic I took of Rudy, "broketooth", as he loaded his hunting gear in my car at our house, after comparing our handsome Anneewakee Addiction bows and Slim Jim Kanati bow quivers, of course.

Ruddy was re-powering the battery-pak for his flashlight, and I said , "Give me an eyeball, Rudy." (I think I caught him by surprise, don't you? LOL):

[broketooth]

now where is my power cord to my electric blanket!

[broketooth]

sorry bernie i couldnt resist, the electric blanket comment was just too funny  

[ber643]

LOL - good one, Ruddy. Good Lord but I look my age there - and that was before we went. No wonder I was tired when we got back, and kept getting woke up with leg cramps all night - should have drank more water in the evening.

[J-dog]

Broketooth - ber, yall puttin up pics of yalls hunt?? tooth I am gonna give you a call I got back from Durham but work and a parade tomorrow are hangin me up at this point. Gonna be off next week for the most of the week - have to go chase some sqirrels or somethin.

J

[ber643]

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