2021 Oglethorpe County

[jbird1]

Took the famiy up on Saturday...even drug mom (wife) up! We got the fire bucket rolling for her so she settled in quite nicely. My youngest two had a ball on the atv and my oldest got his tent put away before the pollen bomb hits...and/or some late season wintry precip. destroys it. I piddled with the camper and pulled some cams. I had one stealth cam grow legs and walk off...only second one to get stolen over the years. Not an expensive cam but was most surely the one I was most interested in looking at. Oh well...life happens. I did get some interesting pics from the bone pile. A who's who of every varmint scavenger in the vicinity. Most of my cams died in January so no recent turkey intelligence. I did have a good many from late November on cam. There is a nice double bearded Tom with nice hooks running around with two subordinates. Sure would love to have a dance with him come March.. All in all it was great therapy for the soul to get out there. We'll be back in a few weeks.

 

[transfixer]

went up yesterday to pull my cams out of the woods, they're going to do a controlled burn in the next few weeks, but kudos to whoever ran the dozer they cut fire breaks with, he cut a fire break around my tower stand and around my trough feeder ,,, very cool of him ! whoever he may be !

Hogs are still hanging out in our thick young pines, got a good sized spotted sow on camera and a bunch of little ones, couple of decent sized boars roaming around also, @ Todd E

Never did get a good shooter buck on camera, but I've got a few 6pts and various other small bucks that survived the season.

Good many turkeys on cam also, not sure how the controlled burn will affect their movement during the upcoming season though.

 

[Todd E]

Control burns are the bomb digity for turkey. I just dislike it when they burn during nesting season.

Ol TFixer knows im usually out and about. Told me he was down and to stop by and say hi. Would have loved to, but I was tied down to a to do list.....grandpa life

 

[Triple C]

A lot of cabin fever lately.

Folks in woods all over OC.

Same here. Wife n I went down Friday. Saturday morn I took her to an area she had never been to on the farm.

Any of you guys that may have duck hunted on my place back in the day when it was owned by a timber company would have passed this monarch of a pine on the way back to the beaver pond in the SE corner of the property. It is an exceptionally large pine. I have no idea how old it is but would guess at least 125 yrs...maybe older. It is my favorite tree on the property.


We made it back to this beaver pond. Cool sit. Still has remnants of an old duck blind on the edge.

 

[Triple C]

Pic of beaver pond is from a couple years back. I always make a ‘pilgrimage’ back to the pond in late winter just to sit for a while.

 

[jbird1]

Yessir TC...that's a good un. We lost a couple a little smaller than that one in camp to lightning last Spring. I truly love those old, majestic Georgia pines.

 

[Arrow3]

Raining again...

 

[Big_Red]

I’m waiting on Georgia Forestry to cut fire breaks and ultimately burn. So far “it’s been too wet.” Met with them last week of 2020 year and had hopes all done before turkey. Mmm.

Maybe sometime in Spring!

 

[Buford_Dawg]

And lots more rain in site this coming week... Turkey season getting closer....

 

[Arrow3]

Weather is looking a little better.

 

[Arrow3]

I can see right now that I'm gonna have trouble with these heifers ? . The date is wrong. These are from last week.

 

[Buford_Dawg]

At least you got turkeys Brandon, thats a good thing now adays

 

[Arrow3]

At least you got turkeys Brandon, thats a good thing now adays

I've got a few but I've worked hard to get them and keep them. All feeding is done now so I'm hoping they will stay. If they know where a deer feeder is they will be gone.

I had 20+ turkeys coming 4 times a day in wilkes and just as soon as the feed was gone so were they. Haven't seen them in 10 days now.

 

[Arrow3]

?????

 

[Todd E]

Ya know, I love that kinda action.
Sorry for you, though.

 

[Triple C]

Nature’s civil engineers creating another duck hole on the farm. Love beavers when they do their thing in natural wetlands.

 

[Arrow3]

It's my time of the year fellows!!

My and my buddy Keith are going for a 3 peat in the morning. Special opportunities and youth starts tomorrow.

Gobble gobble.

 

[Buford_Dawg]

It's my time of the year fellows!!

My and my buddy Keith are going for a 3 peat in the morning. Special opportunities and youth starts tomorrow. Lets us know how yall do and what you hear.

Gobble gobble.

Good luck Brandon, I understand we will have some youth on our SC club. I am going down early to listen and get my camper ready to camp in next weekend. Got to UnWinterize it

 

[Arrow3]

No dead gobbler this year. I called Keith in a strutting, gobbling jake right off the roost on Saturday. Sucker had a full gobble but I didn't get it on video. He shut up and strutted when he got close.

Later in the morning we struck a bird that I thought was dead but he shut up at 100 yards and disappeared.

This morning was pretty much a bust. A few roost gobbles and that was about it.

 

[Triple C]

No dead gobbler this year. I called Keith in a strutting, gobbling jake right off the roost on Saturday. Sucker had a full gobble but I didn't get it on video. He shut up and strutted when he got close.

Later in the morning we struck a bird that I thought was dead but he shut up at 100 yards and disappeared.

This morning was pretty much a bust. A few roost gobbles and that was about it.

No hill to high for a climber! Bet you got a dead bird by end of week. Went out on cabin porch this morn to listen n heard em in the usual place...across the dirt rd.