Ohio winter hunt...

T.R. and I (David) recently drove to Ohio to the farm my dad grew up on. Mick joined us for the trip. We got the idea to drive up for a late season hunt when we realized the deer season in Ohio runs to February. T.R. and i also recently each got new bows (thanks to the Jeremy and the staff at Bass Pro Shops in Charlotte). The real idea of the trip was to take a "practice run" in preperation for a mid-rut hunt next fall. Well it was cold, really cold. With a foot of snow on the ground and the thermometer reading zero degrees we werent really sure if we would be able to stay warm.

With the help of our cousin Scott and Uncle Matt we were able to take one averaged size doe. We saw around 15 deer on the trip. Mostly does, a few button bucks, and one nice sized 8 point that was way out of range. We feel like we are prepared to return next year for another hunt.

Cedar Island Duck Hunt

Joey, T.R. and I (david) were drawn for a duck hunt through the state of South Carolina. We camped in Francis Marion National Forest for two nights.


The hunt was awesome, we got 15 birds, including green wing teal, blue wing teal, ruddy ducks, gadwall, northern shovlers, and a drake pintail. The staff at Cedar Island was fantastic. We look forward to our next hunt there.


After the hunt we went back to camp, and scouted for the next days hunt, our camp was under a huge live oak that the three of us couldn't fit our arms halfway around. We spent a long time looking for our next hunt, and found a 60 acre black water cypress pond. After we found the pond we went back to camp and ate some of the deer I shot in my previous post, and T.R. and Joey cleaned the ducks for us to enjoy.

The next morning the pond couldnt have been more than 10 miles from cedar island and we saw NOTHING! That pretty much sums up our public duck hunting experience in South Carolina for the last couple of years.