Early, Miller and Seminole counties Ga

[Son]

Well, it finally happened, we got a good rain. I'm with the rest of ya'll about radars accuracy. Actually it's probably time delayed to some degree. But i've watched red/yellow on radar cover our hunting woods for a time. Then go up and find there was no rain. Better than not having radar, but it can fool us. We also had a good rain here at Lake Seminole, Cypress Pond area for sure. Lots of lightening too.

Maybe this ol gobbler got wet

[Nicodemus]

I haven`t been to our cabin in a while. Hope my Satsumas that I planted back in the early spring are doin` okay. Last time I was there they had put on some growth.

[Havana Dude]

Just checkin in so I can keep up. Spent the morning and early afternoon getting Dad out of re-hab. Glad he is home, but he is far from out of the woods. In his excitement to get out, he may have over did it just a bit. His left leg got weak on him before I left. Never met a more stubborn man in my life, but I reckon his stubborness is what has gotten him this far. Hopefully he will take it easy the rest of the day, and not try and get around like the house is on fire. It's back to the doc on Friday to see where his blood levels are. What a nightmare it is to get all his meds sorted out for the week. It took 3 of us 30 minutes to get it all sorted out in his pill containers, and figure out what needed to be re-filled etc etc.

[Rhyno Footer]

Where abouts are you guys hunting? Im just outside of Blakeley, and over the last 2 weeks, we have been getting GOOD rains.. 3 days after we planted, it rained so hard, some of our stuff got washed out

[Son]

Those orange trees should be ok.

My hunt club is just south of Lucille. The rains been missing us. But we got one yesterday. Planted plots twice and the drought got us.
Our wildlife won't suffer though, the farms around us have been irrigating 24/7. We're between 39 and 3 notch roads.

[Havana Dude]

Dang, just got a surprise shower here at the house. Short lived but we'll take it.

[Son]

It would take a tropical storm to recharge our aquafier. The thunderstorms are good, but not enough water. Lets hope it gets us by until we can have some serious rains. Not asking for bad weather, just rain.

You know, enough rain to wash out more of these

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[Ronnie T]

Quite right Son.
Honestly, we need a serious storm that can give us several days of decent rain. And we need them often. It would help clean out the lake also.

[Son]

I agree, the lake's a mess with hydrilla, pond weed etc.. Wish somebody would mow Spooner Field. lol

[Ronnie T]

Some of the place I use to fish for bedding fish (sandy bottom) now has 4 feet of muck on top of the sand. We need some high, fast water.

[Son]

Just experienced a strong storm at Lake Seminole from 6:15 til 7:20, electricity was out the entire time.

[Havana Dude]

It was pretty nasty when I left for work at 5:30. Got a good soaking.

[miller]

1.5 inches just NW of Quincy, much needed as most the last 2 weeks have passed us by. Quincy probably got 3 inches this afternoon. Either you are under them or not, and if you are, you get a good soaking; wish it was a little more widspead!

[Son]

Hard rains here at the lake just run off into the lake. Need a slow soaking rain for a few days. I know, it makes for gloomy moods, but we need it. It will help our next deer season.

Maybe it will make these two bigger if they get more water and good browse

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[Son]

Gave a new member a tour of the woods today, we saw four deer and a turkey hen. It has rained on the Miller/Early county line area below Lucile, but not much. There's been some good winds as evidenced by the trees and limbs we found down.

[Havana Dude]

Got a nice little 15 minute shower a while ago. Perfect timing after mowing the grass and weed eating about 10 miles of ditch and fence lines. Ok maybe not 10 miles, but enough to burn a tank of gas in the weed eater.

[Son]

All we've been getting in our hunting woods are small, light showers. We really need a washing, pouring downpour to fill the swamps back up.
The drought really hit our plots hard. Planted em twice in hopes of rain, but it didn't happen. Best thing we have growing is watermelons and canalope, with a few peanuts surviving in some plots. Bet the deer, coyotes and coons get the melons before we do. lol

[Swamprat]

At least you will know the melons are ripe when the critters get on to em.

We got a real good rain today, just checked radar and maybe the lease will get some rain.

[Son]

Makes me think of a sugarcane patch i had planted several years ago. It was ripe for the picking just about the time deer season opened. I was in no hurry though, it was far behind locked gate. That is until I went up one day, found the gate open and logging trucks going in and out. Went straight to my cane patch, and somebody had already gotten every stick. Pure theft if ya ask me cause the logging activity hadn't gotten to that area yet. I rode around but found no truck with my cane in it. Guess that was a good thing cause i was sort of mad at the time.

[Son]

Good rain at Lake Seminole this afternoon, came from the north.

[Son]

Up to the woods yesterday and didn't like what i saw. Our original lease recently sold. Before it sold almost 400 acres was clearcut and replanted. It hasn't had time to grow up into a good cover yet. This left wooded area on the ends, east and west ends of approximately 300 on each end. Now i see the new company has marked the wet areas in those wooded areas. Just in time to be in there cutting during bowseason. Thinning, select cut, clearcut? Who knows, but it will leave us in a pickle. That's the way it goes with leasing timberland, like it or not. But it would be nice to have some warning though. Was fixin to put the cameras back out, aborted that plan for now.

[Son]

Friday afternoon, and we're experience a good rain at Lake Seminole. Radar shows the same in Early and Miller counties.

[Havana Dude]

Hayvanner getting hit pretty good now for the third or fourth day in a row now I believe.

[Son]

We had a good'un this afternoon too. Looks like there may be more coming.

[Son]

I've been watching radar and am amazed how the thunderstorms are missing our hunting woods. Pouring before, and after passing our area. All we get is a slight shower, no water for the ponds. No rain so far at Lake Seminole yesterday, or none so far today. Rains around, just going around us for now.

[Son]

Rains continue to dodge us in the hunting woods Miller/Early county line, and at Lake Seminole.

[Havana Dude]

Found a little bird point???? and some pottery, and a bunch of flakes, one egg sinker and a bullet(modern).

[Son]

Pinellas point, late and one of the last types made before metal was introduced.

[Son]

Spent most of yesterday in our hunting woods and mowing camp. Didn't take long to notice, the farms have pumped the area dry. Our deepest waterhole (full is about 8 feet) has gone dry. It had almost a full pond two weeks ago. The Mayhaw area had one inch of rain in the last week. I actually drove my truck in areas where in years past, you wouldn't dare. Along side fence lines thru swamps where in past years, you would have to wade. Saw one nice coopers hawk, two food plots that made it, and one four foot rattlesnake crawling across a dirt road going into a yard where i always see kids playing. Wonder if they ever think about snakes?
Today, we have thundershowers all around the area, One at Cypress pond already. But from the looks of radar, none have hit our woods yet.

[Son]

Raining at the Cypress Pond area of Lake Seminole right now. 1:44 PM. Hope it gets up to our woods in Miller/Early counties.

[Son]

The rain continued from yesterday until about an hour ago,2 oclock Pm. Maybe it will come back.

[Son]

Poured out 3.50 inches from the guage here at Lake Seminole this morning.
Hunting woods up above Mayhaw has gotten some good rains in the last couple days, and is storming there now. We need it, maybe it will put some water back in our ponds and swamps. I had rather hunt wet woods than dry anyday.

Like this suits me.
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[Son]

We received more rain in Seminole, Miller and Early counties today. It's been a rainy day in Georgia.

[Son]

Had light rain in NW Miller Co. Nothing with much water in it though. No real rain today at Lake Seminole in the Cypress Pond area.

[hortonhunter22]

Originally Posted by Son

Poured out 3.50 inches from the guage here at Lake Seminole this morning.
Hunting woods up above Mayhaw has gotten some good rains in the last couple days, and is storming there now. We need it, maybe it will put some water back in our ponds and swamps. I had rather hunt wet woods than dry anyday.

Like this suits me.
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i agree that the wet woods are better...seems to get deer moving in miller county...and helps that ya can nap and here em coming before ya can see them

[Son]

Light rain this morning at Seminole, looks like the same in Miller and Early counties according to radar.

[Son]

It's tuesday, and looks like rain heading our way again. We need it, our swamps are not holding water yet. Even with the heavy rains we've recently got, it all went down through those crawdad holes to the aquafier. Ponds and swamps are not going to hold water unless the aquafier gets recharged. It didn't rain for two days in our woods, and the roads were already dusty yesterday.

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[HIGH COUNTRY]

I saw twin fawns saturday am, not sure how old - they ran away pretty quickly, but not very old. I was guessing three to four weeks but not sure.

Spring Creek has some water in it above Colquitt, actually was running a little.

Are you getting any pics of any fawns???

[Son]

Does and small bucks but no big bucks or fawns have gotten in front of my cameras yet. I've not seen any fawn tracks either. Lots of rain, so most tracks have been washed out soon after being made. Have two cameras out will check em in a day of two.

[Son]

Rain missed us today.

[Havana Dude]

Got a good rain last 2 days. Saw my first fawn of the season a couple days ago near the house. Mama had it tucked away right beside the hard road that runs in front of the house. Spooked em up when I went on my walk. Walked that field again yesterday afternoon. Slim pickins now. Did find several more pieces of pottery, and plenty of skeeters. Also some good size gator tracks walking in the newly planted pines near a small pond. I figured one would be in it, just have not seen it.

[Son]

Rains missed us here at Lake Seminole for two days now. Not counting a slight shower we had. Saw two does and two yearlings run across the road here in front of the house this morning.

[Son]

Rained today, from 5 PM til after dark.

[Son]

It's a rainy morning in SW Ga, Aug 19th. We'll take it.

[Son]

Hate to pass this on to my club members, but i really believe this is what is fixing to happen. Due to the marks i see around the wet lands in the area, and a cut boundry mark just west of our road 6. Here's a map to show what might be coming soon. Always in hunting season. paid dearly to hunt these woods, but looks like we wont have much more than 300 acres on this tract. What is in yellow is what we will have left. 650 acres included to the north is the other adjoining lease. Hopefully they wont come in and decide to cut this year too. Plan accordingly, to be safe, make you choices within the yellow area. Or within the area marked with green, the cutover they cut a year ago. It's growing up in weeds, so might be ok because there's lots of drains and ponds there too.
Remember, there's 40 acres north of the dirt road that's not on the map. You can see where i marked part of it.

[Son]

Not good for a hunt club, but when you rent timberlands, it's to be expected. They're in the wood business first and foremost. Actually, it wont hurt my hunting success because i'm very flexable and can go with the flow. Will also try to help everyone in the club if they want the help.

[Rhyno Footer]

Had a few on camera. Over the last couple weeks we have good rain.. Might have them moving

[Son]

Harvesting the corn is helping put more bucks back in the woods. More will show up when the cotton is cut. Friend who crop dust says he sees bucks laying out in the cotton fields up around our woods. Looks like you have some nice one's coming along. Good luck with em.

[stealthman52]

Just hope none of the membs wants a rebate,since its less acreage, lol.

[Son]

Riding thru the woods this afternoon, Gloria and i saw two nice ones running across the old cutover. The weeds have gotten so high all we could see was glimps here and there. Picked some corn and melons. Then we checked camp before coming home. Two guys in camp mowing and cleaning up.