Weekend Hunt III

[offshore]

Here's another Saturday that I couldn't go to OI so I figured what the hell lets do a adventure hunt!! A few years ago I found a great narrow ridge between two swamps. The ridge is only about 60yds wide and about 200yds long. It is surrounded by swamps on all sides and the only way to get there is by John boat and paddle. Its a good 1/2 mile from where I put the boat in. I haven't hunted it because it is just so darn hard to get too. Well this morning I bit the bullet and loaded my climbing stand, bow saw,Bow and lunch then headed up the creek (with a paddle) about a hour before sunrise. Did I mention it was 24 degrees!! After cutting my way through a few small trees that were blocking the creek I finally made it to the ridge and put up right in the middle of the ridge.
What a view from 20ft up!! Swamp everywhere and this was the only piece of dry land around. Wood Ducks were raising cain at sunup and the action began. You could hear Bucks chasing Does crashing though the water on all sides.I had a few small bucks come through after does before lunch and then things went quiet for a few hours. About 2:00pm the action started again and I watched a total of 11 does fawns and bucks work the little strip of dry land. Finally at 4:00pm I saw a nice Buck chasing a Doe heading right towards my stand. I whistled and he stopped perfect in a opening and after the shot only ran about 40yds but never made it to the water. One of the biggest 6pointers I have seen in NC in a long time and a great Management buck to take. I long day in the woods but quite the adventure. Had him back to the truck before 5:00pm!!!..........Mark

[WAHOONBOX]

NOTHING IS MORE EXCITING THAN TO GO DEER HUNTING WHEN YOU NEED TO GO BY BOAT!


NICE 6 DUDE! I SHOOT THE SAME ARROW

[brandon558]

dude you guys have some quality deer. Pretty work once again, your on a roll! Nothing better then deer hunting around swamps in my opinion. Used to have a place alot like that in Hyde county.

Nice report

[weekender]

excellent adventure, congrats on another fine archery whitetail

[ReelCommotion]

Nice Buck!! In my opinion, any deer harvested with a bow is a Trophy!! Still waiting on my first.....

[offshore]

NOTHING IS MORE EXCITING THAN TO GO DEER HUNTING WHEN YOU NEED TO GO BY BOAT!


NICE 6 DUDE! I SHOOT THE SAME ARROW

BOX,
It takes devotion to head up the creek with just a paddle when it is 24 degrees out and still dark!! Got to love it when a plan comes together. I have been shooting Carbon Express arrows since they came out. They are great arrows and everyone flies true. Even though they are on the expensive side they are worth every dime.....Mark

[offshore]

dude you guys have some quality deer. Pretty work once again, your on a roll! Nothing better then deer hunting around swamps in my opinion. Used to have a place alot like that in Hyde county.

Nice report

brandon558, For where we hunt in NC we are fortunate to have some nice deer. I can remember when I first started hunting here there werent many nice bucks. We have our buck to doe ratio down to about 3 does per buck. We try to cull out the bucks like this one and older odd point or small eights. We dont shoot many young bucks but we do shoot as many does as we can. It has worked and we are starting to see some really nice bucks after the last six years of doing this.Even our cull bucks are looking good. ......Mark