Here are a few of our visitors. I guess these 3 would be considered a bachelor group, looks like 2 six points and a spike. The spike's body seems to be as big as the other two.
The coyote pictures are from a camera about 350 yards northwest of the feeder, in some deep woods.
Treefarmer
We had a house full at Thanksgiving and enjoyed it thoroughly!
The grandsons spent Thursday afternoon and most of the day on Friday either hunting or fishing.
Thursday evening we saw 9 deer and ended up with some feeding within 20 yards after shooting hours. Couldn't tell what they were.
Friday morning I was trying to sleep in and one of them was beatin' on our bedroom door asking what time were we going hunting? We got to the stand about 6:30, already good light. Right off, Christian says, "Granddaddy there's a deer by the feeder!" We saw several browsing through the planted pines and moving toward some rough woods to the west. All of a sudden Christian says, "There's a buck, I guarantee it's a buck!" He had the binoculars and when he passed them to me he was right. It was a 4 point that has been around most of the summer, problem was he was about 150 yards out and I wasn't comfortable with the grandson trying that shot. So we let him walk hoping he would ramble around and come in a little closer. Needless to say he didn't.
Friday evening was a repeat of Thursday, the deer came flooding into the pines and then into the food plot but after shooting hours. The younger grandson and his dad sat in the boy's shooting house, which we had moved to overlook the oat patch and also the feeder. They got to see several Friday evening too. So they still haven't killed a deer but they do have the "fever".
Now the bass fishing was a different story, they and their dad worked on the bass. We could have had a nice fish fry had they kept the one they caught.
I'm glad they come and can enjoy the woods, if they hadn't had to leave early Saturday morning, I think at least one of them could have probably killed a doe.
After all the kinfolks left, Miss Joy and I took a nap. After that we watched the FSU/Florida game and around 3pm I told my wife, "I think I'll go over to the lease and kill a doe." I got in the stand about 3:30 and I called Miss Joy at 4:00 telling her, "As soon as I load my deer I'd be headin for the house."
It was a good week! The 4 day season closed this afternoon and will take back up in a couple of weeks. A short M/L season is next, I think?
Here's a few pictures of the activities.
Treefarmer
Well done. I would give any thing for my kids to have done that with my father, But i am very fortunate the my wife’s dad is here and is great every deer I have gotten he is my first call and helps me every time.
Keep it up treefarmer sounds like a great Time was had by all.
Today the general gun season opened back up. This morning it was too cold to go, can you believe that? Last week was 7 days of M/L season and the weather was so bad I didn't feel like going. It stayed around 42 degrees, night and day for about 3 days with a light rain. Y'all can have this Yankee weather!
It was cold this afternoon 38 degrees with a north wind and I had intended to go to the lease because I have a stand on the south side of a spot and the wind was out of the north. About 3:30 I noticed the wind had laid down so I decided to go watch the food plot south of the house.
There were a couple of deer in it when I climbed into the shooting house. Time I got settled they had moved on into the woods. About 4:15 deer started pouring out of the woods! There were 10 I think. Checking them out I noticed one kept chasing a small one around and realized it was the 4 point I had hoped one of the grandsons would have killed. After the little chase, he came out into the oat patch and I took a crack at him. I hit him and he started to run toward the woods, he stopped and went down. I watched him for a few minutes when he got up and started off again, fired again and he went into the pines, never saw him go down, just lost sight of him.
Went to the house and got my wife's dog and she promptly found the 4 point. Legal meat for the freezer. One of the shots sure made a mess of his gut, it blew contents all against the off shoulder. There was a lot of trimming and will be some more, I hate when that happens. I figure this little feller was last years crop and the momma hadn't run him off yet. He was chasing, yet it is a month till our rut really begins. What ever, he's hanging in the Oak tree tonight. One of the neighbors told me they had shot at him during bow season and missed.
Went back to the house to get the tractor with the loader and it wouldn't start so had to get my wife to help load him on the cart. It is tough gettin' old and not being able to do like I used to do. Need some young blood around to do the heavy work!
I failed to get a picture of the Durana Clover, it is looking pretty good. The deer may pay attention to it by the end of the season.
Treefarmer
Awsome work right there. Sorry about the loader not working .
