Hancock County 9/25 Scouting Trip

• Sep 25, 2004

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Todd E

Senior Member

Deer are only pass grazing on the plots. They are hitting the water oaks/pin oaks hard. Found a few white oak acorns. Deer sign everywhere in the hardwoods. Found rubs and scrapes.......that are most likely the youngsters doings.

Drove through BF Grant to check out their camping areas. Saw a 4.5' timber rattler' crossing the road next to three parked trucks. Found where the ranger planted a R O W in peas and the deer haven't touched them.

 

• Sep 26, 2004

• #2

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HT2

Guest

Todd.....

Same for us.....

We've got "BUNCHES" of White Oaks on the ground, but they ain't "browned out yet"......Still green.....

They are hittin' the "RED OAKS" pretty hard.......And, as for the plots, they are hittin' them marginally......

It's still early....

Hang tight.....

 

• Sep 26, 2004

• #3

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goldentrout

Senior Member

Saw four deer yesterday. Three of them were does, but one large deer I could not see its head. One feeding in the oaks, two were in the pines (a doe and yearling), and a young doe in a hickory flat with a food plot in it. Dad saw one come up the a crapapple tree next to the trailer while I was hunting. Found two fresh scrapes in the usual places under one of the big white oaks, and in the hickory flat. A lot of tracks headed to an oak flat that I am saving for gun season.

 

• Sep 27, 2004

• #4

Razorback

Senior Member

Zip, Nada, Nothing, Zero deer sign!

Bow hunted a creek crossing funnel Saturday Morning. Saw a large doe & older fawn (no spots but following mama real close) they where about 45 yards out though. Saw nothing that afternoon/evening hunt hunting a white oak bottom.

Sunday myself & one of the other bow hunters scouted 2 different creek bottom land areas. They're covered w/ white oaks and all are loaded w/ acorns but no deer tracks to be found. The only marks on the trees were from beavers.

We checked out some trails through the pines & found some heavily used trails & some deer scat that was relatively fresh. Still no rubs or scrapes.

Went to hang my trail camera near a fence line under a large white oak, where I found some deer hair on the barbed wire. After I was cheeking out the camera angle is when I found a little oak that was recently worn out from a buck. So we will see.

 

• Sep 28, 2004

• #5

Jeff Raines

Senior Member

I put up a ladder stand in Hancock last thursday,found 2 very small scapes and 1 big one,with the over hanging branch shredded

 

• Sep 28, 2004

• #6

How2fish

Senior Member

Hey any of you guys in Hancock near the Oghecee (sp) River that is the boundary between Hancock and Warren Co ? I'm in Warren Co right on the river near the shoals area...at it's widest about 40 yards from Hancock Co ??

 

• Sep 28, 2004

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Todd E

Senior Member

Nope. Sorry, we are over SW of Devereaux near Baldwin Co line.

 

• Sep 28, 2004

• #8

Razorback

Senior Member

Nope.

South of Powelton Creek, 1 mile west of Powelton.

Razorback

 

• Sep 29, 2004

• #9

Jeff Raines

Senior Member

I'm on shoulderbone creek,stembridge road

 

• Sep 29, 2004

• #10

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struttinsouthern

Banned

hey razorback post your picks of what came across the fence when you get those pictures developed i wanna see em

 

• Sep 29, 2004

• #11

Razorback

Senior Member

SS,

Well I'm crossing my fingers & toes that it is a big boy!

It'll will be a couple of weeks before I can get down there again unless I take a side trip on the way back from Myrtle Beach, SC Monday. Yeah thats it. I'll take an extra hour out of my trip back to pull the film & reset the camera.

I'll post what I get. It might just be a picture of an oak tree.

 

• Sep 29, 2004

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struttinsouthern

Banned

do it to it . hopefully ill be lookin at a hoss on her by next week

 

• Sep 29, 2004

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struttinsouthern

Banned

i heard hancock county was biulding a mega million dollar complex ? is this true anyone know about this?

 

• Sep 30, 2004

• #14

Jeff Raines

Senior Member

Last year(I think)Hancock was trying to get permits for a casino,never heard what happened.
Maybe E.R. knows

 

• Sep 30, 2004

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early riser

Guest

Nahhhh, they turned the casino place into a high dollar resort homes complex for equestrian and golf enthuasist.

Used to be called, The Pondarosa, sold, and now renamed Briar Rose.

They were trying to get a HUGH garbage dump into the county, that may be what you now are thinking about, but they have a LARGE opposition against "it".

e.r.

 

• Sep 30, 2004

• #16

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HT2

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Larry is right.....

Yeah, that "BRIAR ROSE" is right next to one of our leases.......

Man, are they spendin' some "MONEY"!!!!!!!!!! :speechles

Personally.....

I just don't get it.......I just don't see people comin' to Hancock County (between Sparta and White Plains) to buy a "resort" sorta home........

Maybe it's just me.....

But, if'n I was gonna buy a "resort home" and I had the "bucks"......I go on to Lake Oconee.....

Know what I mean???? :