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The Recluse
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catch22

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Best processor in the area. Hunting in Damascus. Will stay in Blakely, but will drive out of the way to a good processor.

I want to drop off entire deer: they gut, skin, turn it into cube steak, burger, sausage, deer sticks....

I do not want to leave carcasses or gut piles on my property if I can help it. Keep the coyotes down.

buckbarn in bainbridge. Ive used them for years and years.
 

jcbcpa

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Go see Flint at Rubo's in Ft. Gaines. I've had many deer processed over the years and he gets it right every time.
 

don

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in ft gains it would be mr flint works at rubo's grocery store. turn key job and a very good butcher.
 

Bear10

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Looks like opening day of rifle is going to be a rain out with the tropical system moving in, but we definitely need the rain, so we can't complain too much. Hopefully the cold weather will follow!
 

Gone Fishin

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Hunted Sat afternoon, Sunday morning. Saw a few Does with fawns. Some of the fawns looked really young for this time of year, as compared to between Moultrie/Valdosta area (other place I hunt). I "assume" it is due to breeding being ~month later. Didn't pull the trigger because the fawns were so small. I could have shot a doe w/ a yearling late Sat afternoon. But she was too far for a comfortable neck shot, so I passed. I don't like tracking deer at night, unless it is a good buck.

I was windy. Sunday morning I actually put on my light jacket. It was very comfortable.
 

Bear10

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It seems like more and more reports are coming from GA with fawn siting later in the year. I remember when all the spots were gone before bow season started. I guess mother nature knows what she's doing.
 

Bear10

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I heard a lot of shots this past Saturday, but unfortunately none of them were from my rifle, but I did see plenty of deer.
 

twtabb

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Lots of movement Saturday evening. Found a stand that the storm and loggers missed. Sat near edge of peanut field and they were feeding early. Popped a big doe but saw several.
 

Bear10

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Hunted Saturday morning with my daughter and saw 15 deer. Three were bucks but they were a little to far for my daughter to shoot as she is trying to shoot her first deer and wants it to be a buck. Stilling seeing bucks together as the rut hasn't started yet.
 

Bear10

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From the sign I saw this past weekend, the rut is just around the corner. The bucks are more active and seem to be paying a little more attention to the doe. Hopefully it stays cold.
 

Bear10

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Hunted Saturday morning and my daughter killed a big 7pt. Saw some small bucks checking does but the does didn’t want to cooperate.
 

Mauser

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Picking cotton in Arlington right now and have been watching two small bucks chasing does for an hour in the cotton field
 

Gone Fishin

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Last Tuesday my dad and I shot 2 does and 1 good buck. We hunted Sat thru Monday saw a few but nothing offered a decent shot. We were hunting Tues morning and heading home, so we were looking to put one down. Tues morning we shot 2 does fairly early in the morning. Two deer to drag is more than enough work so we were done hunting. First deer of the year, been a slow season. I parked ~25 ft from my ladder, because it is the best spot to hide the truck. I climbed down to go pick up my dad to go find the does. I was packing up my stuff in the Truck, I closed the cover on my bed, untied my rifle and put it in the case in the back floor of the truck. Before I closed the back door of the truck I looked up and a 10pt had walked out into the little field I was watch.

I wish I could tell you the story about me getting to the stand 2 hrs before day light, using my hunting skills to kill him, but I shot him off the back of the truck. Other than almost having a heart attack dragging 3 deer, it was a great morning. My dad and I are 123yrs old together.

For comparison in the photo, both does are near 100 lbs. Biggest buck that I have ever shot.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5Nbjq52SmWeYqQth8
 
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