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adeerman — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:17:12 GMT

2007 spring turkey 021.jpg

THIS IS THE LAST TOM FOR ME THIS YEAR. TOOK ALL THREE AT DIFFERENT PLACES. BUT BIRDS OR DOWN IN MY AREA {{SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY}} THIS YEAR.. I'M REALLY NOT SEENING ALOT OF THE YOUNG TOMS. I WILL BE WATCHING FOR THEM THE REST OF THIS SEASON ... I HOPE WE HAVE A GOOD SPRING .OUR BIRDS HAVE HAD IT BAD THE LAST 2 YEARS IN MY AREA... LORD WILLING NEXT YEAR WILL BE EVEN BETTER.

TURKEY AT RONS LAND

adeerman — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:19:06 GMT

TURKEY AT RONS LAND

WELL FOLKS ITS APRIL 20TH AND I HAD THE TIME TO TRAVEL DOWN TO SOME LAND MY BROTHERING LAW RON TAFFER HAS UNDER LEASE.. GOT THERE ABOUT 45 MINS BEFORE DAY LIGHT . BUT WASN'T ABLE TO FIND A BIRD. TILL RIGHT AT DAY LIGHT . THATS WHEN A TOM CUT LOOSE WAY BACK ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HUNT CLUB LAND.. SO I HOT FOOTED IT BACK TO HIM.I WAS ABLE TO GET WITH IN 80 YARDS OF HIM .BECAUSE I WAS IN THICK PINES AND HE WAS UP IN A LARGE OLD WHITE OAK.RIGHT ON OUR PROPERLY LINE. I PUT OUT A DECOY HEN AND SET UP . I STARTED CALLING REAL LOW AND HAD HIM GOBBLING BACK TO ME EVER 30 SEC. THIS WENT ON FOR 15 MIN'S. BUT WHEN HE FLEW DOWN . HE BAILED OUT THE OTHER WAY..NOW HE WAS 150 YARDS AWAY.DOWN IN A OPEN HARD OAK BOTTOM. HE STARTED MOVING UP AND DOWN THAT BOTTOM CALLING HIS HEAD OFF .BUT HE WASN'T COMING BACK UP THE HILL.. SO I MOVED UP TO THE EDGE OF THE HARD OAKS .WHICH WAS ABOUT 30 YARDS AWAY. THATS AS FAR AS I COULD GO.BECAUSE THE BOTTOMS WHERE HE HAD FLOWN TO WAS OFF OR LAND. I WAS ETHER GOING TO CALL HIM BACK OR GO BUSTED.I RESET UP AND STARTED WORKING HIM AGAIN .HES ABOUT 90 YARDS OUT AND OVER A HILL.. FOR THE NEXT 35 MIN'S THAT TOM AND I REALLY .FELL IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER ...WELL THAT'S WHAT WE WAS TELLING EACH OTHER.ONLY PROBLEM WAS .WE BOTH WHERE REAL SHY . JUST WHEN I NEW .I WASN'T GOING TO TALK HIM INTO COMING IN . OFF IN THE FAR BOTTOMS I HEARD A NEW TOM CUT IN GOBBLE GOBBLE..MINS LATER HE'S MOVED IN TO THE BOTTOMS WITH MY TOM..THATS ALL I NEEDED. OLD TOMMY THEIR WASN'T ABOUT TO LET THE 2ND TOM GET HIS SWEET HART.SO SEC'S LATER.I SEE HIS HEAD COMING AROUND THE HILL..WHEN HE GETS INTO ABOUT 35 YARDS. HE GO'S BEHIND A BLOW DOWN.AND I'M READY FOR HIM TO STEEP OUT .BUT HE DOESN'T LIKE SOMETHING HE SEES.AND TURNS BACK ,NOW I'M WORRIED.HE'S STILL SOME WHAT BEHIND THE BLOW DOWN.BUT I CAN SEE HIS NECK AND HEAD .SO I TAKE AIM AND GIVE HIM THE LEFT BARREL. BOO-OW.WHEN I LOOK BACK TO THE SPOT.I SEE THE TOM GOING UP INTO THE AIR ABOUT 6 FEET OFF TO THE SIDE.I COME TO MY FEET .HOPING TO GET A FINISHING SHOT ON HIM . WELL HE FLEW ABOUT 20 YARDS AROUND ME .AND ENDED UP ABOUT 45 YARDS OUT WHEN HE SIT BACK DOWN.I PUT THE RIGHT BARREL ON HIM AND STARTED TO PULL THE TRIGGER.WHEN/// I HEARD A THMMMMM THMMM OFF TO WHERE I HAD SHOT HIM THE FIRST TIME.I NEW THAT SOUND ALL TO WELL. THATS A TOM THATS BEEN SHOT AND HE'S DOING HIS DEATH DRUMMING .I LOOK BACK THAT WAY AND COULD SEE THE TOM THERE BEHIND THE BLOW DOWN.HE NEVER MOVED. IT WAS THE 2ND TOM THAT HAD FLOWN UP. I NEVER SAW HIM AT FIRST.. I LOOK OVER AT HIM AND HE LOOKS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE. A 2 YEAR OLD BIRD ALSO//.THIS WAS 3 TOM'S FOR ME THIS YEAR AND THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME .SO I WATCH MR TOM NUMBER 2 JUST WALK AWAY.IT WAS JUST HIS LUCKY DAY.IF THIS HAD BEEN OPEN MORNING .......WELL I LIKE TO THINK I WOULD HAVE MADE THAT SHOT ALSO..MY TOM ENDED UP WEIGHTING 18 IB AND HAD 3/4 SPURS WITH A 10 INCH BEARD. .I TELL YOU IT'S NICE TO HAVE FOLKS WHO WILL LET YOU HUNT THEIR LAND,EVER TIME I LOOK AT MY LOVING WIVE.I'M THANK FULL SHE HAD A BROTHER.. YEA BROTHER'S OR NICE TO HAVE BUT DON'T FOR GET THE BROTHERING LAW'S ALSO///// WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK.. DONNIE KNIGHT

WAY TO START THE MORNING

adeerman — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:06:50 GMT

WAY TO START THE MORNING

HERE I AM LETTING THERN TAKE MY PICTURE.. HI CAMERA WILL NEVER BE THE SAME ..HEHEHE

buddy hunt

adeerman — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:06:49 GMT

buddy hunt

this is therns big toms spurs.--1-5/16. and they look it to

THERNS SPURS

adeerman — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:13:41 GMT

THERNS SPURS

now for a old man .it sure is'nt to hard to smile on a day like this

2007 spring turkey WITH THERN 006.jpg

adeerman — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:59:23 GMT

2007 spring turkey WITH THERN 006.jpg

WELL FOLKS'' HERES A PICTURE OF A GOOD BUDDY .. THERN HATHAWAY AND A STORY TO GO WITH IT. IF HE WAS HERE RIGHT NOW HE WOULD TELL THIS A HOLE LOT BETTER THAN I BUT HERE GO'S. ON THIS MORNINGS HUNT. THERN AND I HAD GOT A COUPLE OF OLD TOMS TO SOUND OFF WHILE STILL ON THE ROOST.WE HAD MOVED IN ON THEM JUST AT DAY LIGHT. SO AFTER DOING A FAST SET UP AS CLOSE AS WE COULD GET ON THESE BIRDS WITH OUT BLOWING IT. IT WAS THERN .WHO CUT LOOSE WITH A HEN CALL .WHEN IT COMES TO CALLING .THERN HAS ME BEAT HANDS DOWN. AS A MATTER OF FACT IF YOU WAS TO HEAR HIM CALLING IN THE WOODS AND COULD SEE HIM .YOU MOST LIKELY WOULD THINK IT WAS A BIG TALL HEN IN CAMEO HE'S SO GOOD. WELL AS SOON AS THEY RETURNED OUR CALL.WE COULD TELL THAT THEY HAD FLOWN DOWN AND WHERE FARTHER OFF THAN MIN'S BEFORE. AND THAT WAS THE WAY IT WOULD TAKE PLACE WITH THESE 2 OLD TOM'S AS THEY GOBBLED OFF AND ON. AS THEY MOVED AWAY..THERN CAME UP TO ME AND WE HAD A FAST TALK. WITH HIM TELLING ME .HE DIDN'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT FOLLOWING AFTER THESE TOMS. AS MOST OF THE TIME THEY OR HEADED SOME WHERE AND DON'T PULL BACK EASY AT ALL. THAT WAS MY FEELING ALSO.THERN WANTED TO KNOW IF I NEW OF A WAY TO HEAD THEM OFF.I TOLD HIM THAT I THINK THERE MOVING ACROSS A OLD CUT-OVER.THAT HAS A OLD LOGGING ROAD RUNNING ACROSS IT -GOING NORTH. I NEW OF A CROSSING ON THAT OLD LOGGING ROAD .THAT WAS ONLY ABOUT 600 YARDS FOR THEM BUT A HALF /MILE FOR US IF WE WAS TO CUT AROUND TO THEM .SO THERN SAID LETS HIT IT -NOW//. OFF WE GO.AND IN DUE TIME WE OR ABOUT 150 YARDS DUE EAST OF THE OLD ROAD WHEN THERN STOP'S TO USE A CROW CALL TO TO GET A FIX ON THEM.. GOBBLE GOBBLE .COMES BACK ONE OF THE OLD TOMS. HE SOUNDS LIKE HE IS ABOUT 100 YARDS WEST OF OLD ROAD BED.WE NEW WE NEEDED TO GET TO THE OLD LOGGING ROAD FAST. SO WE HIT IT AGAIN. SECS OR MIN'S LATER.{{WHO'S TO SAY}}. WE HIT THE LOGGING ROAD. OFF TO OUR LEFT 30 YARD'S IS A BEND IN THE ROAD BED . WE HOT FOOT TO IT .KNOW TIME FOR DECOYS .THERN DROP'S DOWN ABOUT 5 YARDS OFF BEND IN ROAD BED. HE'S LOOKING DUE WEST.I DROP BACK BEHIND HIM ABOUT 15 YARDS.AND SET UP FACING DUE SOUTH..30 SEC. LATER THERN LETS OUT A LOW HEN CALL.AND I LOOK OVER MY RIGHT SHOULDER TO WATCH HIM AND ALSO LOOK UP THAT OLD LOGGING ROAD. WOWWW- THERE STEPPING INTO THE LOGGING ROAD .IS 2 BIG TOMS WITH A HEN.THE BIG ONE HAS HEARD THERNS CALLING AND HE'S SHOWING THE WORLD .THAT HE'S THE BOSS OF THESE WOOD'S.. CLOSER AND CLOSER THEY COME 40 THEN 30 YARDS.THERN STILL HOLDS OFF [[[ I'M THINKING SHOOT]]]. I'M WATCHING IT ALL TAKE PLACE. THERE'S KNOW WAY I CAN TAKE A SHOT AS I'M BACK BEHIND THERN.WHAT'S HE DOING ?/ WHY HAS HE NOT SHOT..?? THEN IT HIT'S ME..YEAAA// I KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING .THAT YOUNG MAN IS A DEAD SHOT AND WITH THAT CUSTOM BARREL OF HIS. 30 YARDS OR LESS AND HE CAN ALMOST BLOW A TOM'S HEAD OFF.. .HE'S GOING TO LINE UP BOTH BIG TOM'S HEAD'S AND TAKE THEM BOTH. BOOMMM GO'S HIS WINCHESTER PUMP WITH ITS 3 INCH MAG LOAD . THE BIGGEST TOM'S BLOW-ED OVER .STONE COLD DEAD.THE 2'ND TOM TAKES TO THE AIR. AT WHICH TIME I CAME TO MY FEET .AND TOOK 3 LONG STEP'S TO MY SOUTH.I WAS HOPING THE OTHER TOM WOULD CUT ACROSS MY WAY AND GIVE ME A SHOT.AFTER I STOPPED I LOOKED BACK AND COULD SEE THAT THE 2ND TOM HAD NOT CAME MY WAY .BUT HAD IN TRUTH FLOWN BACK UP THE OLD LOGGING ROAD AWAYS .AND SET BACK DOWN. LOOKING OFF TO MY FAR RIGHT NOW I COULD SEE THERN STILL SETTING THERE . LOOKING OVER HIS SHOTGUN BARREL. I WAS THEN THINKING. YEA.HE'S STILL GOT A SHOT AT THE 2ND TOM. {{TAKE HIM} {{ TAKE HIM }} .HE;'S NOT FIRING .HE'S NOT FIRING??.THEN IT HIT'S ME AGAIN{{{{MAN I WAS GETTING HIT WITH A LOT OF IDEA'S THAT MORNING}} . I KNOW WHATS GOING DOWN. THAT YOUNG MAN IS DOING WHAT A TRUE SPORTSMAN WOULD DO FOR HE'S FRIEND. HE'S GIVING UP A SURE KILL ON THE 2ND TOM. LETTING ME GO FOR IT. AND {{{ I NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW}}} THERE WAS A ROW OF SMALL PINETREES MORE OR LESS BETWEEN ME AND THERN AT THIS TIME.AND I HAD TO LEAN BACKWARD A LITTLE TO MAKE THE SHOT ON THE 2ND.TOM .SO IN WORLD CLASS TIME.BOOOOMMMMM I LET THE OLD TOM HAVE THE LEFT BARREL . ROLLED HIM AND HE NEVER GOT UP. BUT FOLKS .ONCE AGAIN IT WAS WAY TO FAR .I TOOK VERY LITTLE TIME IN GETTING TO HIM AND PLACING A BIG NUMBER 11 BOOT ON HIS NECK..YEAAAA..ABOUT THAT TIME THERN IS STANDING RIGHT BESIDE ME.. ASKING ME HOW IN THE WORLD DID I MAKE THAT SHOT..WELL THERN I SAY//// .WHEN I SAW WHAT YOU WAS DOING THEIR.GIVING UP YOUR SURE SHOT AT THE 2ND TOM..{{[[ I NEW I HAD TO MAKE THAT SHOT }} BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU MAD AT ME {{{ ITS NOT GOOD TO HAVE A MAN MAD AT YOU IF .HE HAS A SHOTGUN IN HIS HAND. }}}. ///// WELL MR. THERN HATTAWAY-- JUST UP AND LET OUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST SMILE'S YOU EVER DID SEE. HE SAID..DONNIE .I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.. FIRST THIS HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST TURKEY HUNTS I'VE HAD EVER.. WE HAVE NOT ONE BUT .2 REALLY GREAT OLD TOMS DOWN BOTH AT THE SAME PLACE . AND BOTH WITH BIG SPURS... AND WE BOTH GOT ONE EACH////// GREAT GREAT DAY. DONNIE .NOW ALL THAT SAID AND DONE. I NEED TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.WHEN THEM TOMS CAME IN .I NEW YOU WAS OUT OF IT BECAUSE OF WHERE YOU WAS SET UP. AND AS THEY CAME IN .I WAS THINKING THAT IF THEY STOPPED AND PUT BOTH OF THERE HEADS JUST SO?? UNDER 20 YARD'S ..WELLL THEY WAS BOTH GOING TO BE IN THE BAG..I HAD THE BEAD ON THEM FOR EVER. BUT DONNIE ,THEY JUST NEVER GAVE ME A PERFECT SHOT LIKE I WAS WAITING FOR////.WELL DONNIE YOU COULD SEE THAT I HAD LET THEM REALLY GET IN CLOSE.AND I WAS FEELING LIKE ONES BETTER THAN NONE.SO I PUT THE BARREL ON THE BIGGEST TOM AND LET IT ROLL BOOOOMM. HERES WHERE OUR STORY'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT DONNIE. YOU SEE AFTER SHOOTING THE FIRST TOM .I PUMPED MY SHOTGUN AND MOVED IT OVER TO THE 2ND TOM WHEN HE CAME BACK DOWN FATHER UP THE LOGGING ROAD.ONLY PROBLEM WAS I HAD SHORT STROKED THE NEXT ROUND. AN THEIR I WAS WORKING TO GET A ROUND BACK IN .AND TAKE OUT THE 2ND ONE TOO. WHEN OUT OF NO WHERE --BOOOOOMMM . DONNIE ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT OLD DOUBLE BARREL WITH IT'S 2 FULL CHOKES IS A ----CANNONNNNNNN.. --------------WELL FOLKS THATS THE END OF THIS STORY BUT WITH A HUNTING BUDDY LIKE I HAVE .THERES SURE TO BE MORE .. MAY THE LORD WATCH OVER EACH AND EVER ONE OF US IN OUR TIME OF NEEDS....AND ON THAT MORNING I SURE NEEDED HIM //////

2007 spring turkey 011

adeerman — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:30:34 GMT

2007 spring turkey 011

this is tim heathery. looks like hes just got to close to a skunk . but he really is a very happy fellow/////

spring 2007 turkey 012

adeerman — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:26:51 GMT

spring 2007 turkey 012

this my opening moring tom also

spring turkey 009

adeerman — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:22:28 GMT

spring turkey 009

this was my opening morning tom..i love hunting with old double barrel shotguns

2007 spring turkey 010

adeerman — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:08:15 GMT

2007 spring turkey 010

Subject: TURKEY SEASON 2007

HI FOLKS, I STARTED OUT THIS MORNING HUNTING ON A OLD FARM HERE IN UPER SOUTH CAROLINA. A FRIEND OF MINE- TIM HEATHERY WAS HUNTING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FARM WHILE I SET UP ON THE NORTH SIDE ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY..TIM HAD A GOBBLER GOING AT DAY LIGHT BUT HE WAS TO FAR OFF AND OFF OF OUR LAND ALSO... I ON THE OTHER HAND HAD SET UP ON THE EDGE OF A CLOVER FIELD. I HAD A HEN AND A GOBBER DECOY SET UP RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE FIELD. WITH MY SELF SETTING BACK OFF THE EDGE ABOUT 15 YARD'S BACK . I WAS SETTING IN A BLOCK OF 10 YEAR OLD PINE TREES PLANTED IN ROWS .VERY CLEAR BUT FOR ALL THE ROWS OF TREES...ABOUT ONE AND A HALF HOURS AFTER DAY LIGHT I HEARD A GOBBLER TO THE NORTH OF ME. ABOUT 150 YARD'S OUT.. THE PROBLEM WAS .I WAS FACEING SOUTH LOOKING AT MY DECOYS ON THE FIELDS EDGE.. SO I HAD TO TURN AND SET UP FACEING NORTH. BUT DOING THIS WAS TAKEING THE DECOYS OUT OF THE PICTURE .I STARTED CALLING LIGHTLY.BUT HE CUT ME OFF SOUNDING EVEN CLOSER.. TWO CALLS LATER BY ME AND ABOUT 5 LOUD GOBBLES BY HIM.. I SAW HIM MOVEING IN ON ME AT ABOUT 65 YARDS .HE GOT TO ABOUT 55 YARD'S OUT . AND STARTED LOOKING FOR THE HEN.. NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE MY HEN DECOY . HE STARTED MOVEING SIDEWAY'S GOING FROM MY LEFT TO MY RIGHT.. AS HE DID THIS HE WAS MOVEING A LITTLE CLOSER EACH STEP... .EVER TIME HE MOVED BETWEEN ROWS OF PINES I WOULD ALLSO MOVE MY DOUBLE BARREL 12 GA.SHOTGUN A LITTLE MORE TO THE RIGHT...WELL I'AM NOT THE BEST TURKEY HUNTER OUT THERE . THAT'S FOR SURE.SO WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS NEAR 40 YARDS. I THINK HE SPOTTED ME./ HE GAVE ME THAT LOOK ?.THE ONE THAT SAYS..I'AM OUT OF HERE/// THEIR WAS 2 PINE TREE'S AT 30 YARDS THAT I HAD TO AIM THROUGH.THE OPENING WAS ONLY ABOUT 8 INCH WIDE.. HE TURNED TO LEAVE GIVEING ME A CLEAN LOOK AT THE BACK SIDE OF HIS BODY.SO I PLACED THE LEFT BARREL ON HIS NECK. AND LET HIM HAVE IT...HE HIT THE GROUND .AND NEVER GOT UP. AS I CAME TO MY FEET I COULD SEE THAT IT WAS FARTHER THAN IT LOOKED SETTING ON MY BUTT..I MADE A MAD RUN TO GET TO HIM.THINKING FOR SURE HE WAS GOING TO GET IT ALL TOGETHER AND LEAVE THE COUNTY..WELL HE DIDN'T .BUT IT WAS REALLY TO FAR A SHOT-- REALLY//.. HE WAS TO FAR OUT ..WAY TO FAR FOR ME ANYWAY.. HE WAS 46 PACES.OR ABOUT 46 TO 47 YARDS...I WAS THINKING 40 OR 42 YARDS , WHEN I PULLED THE HAMMER ON HIM. LORD WAS WATCHING AFTER ME TODAY..I'AM SHOOTING A OLD DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN BOTH BARRELS OR FULL X FULL. BUT IT ONLY SHOOTS 2-3/4 SHELLS. I HAND LOADED MY OWN LOADS OF NUMBER 5 SHOT. AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT OUT TO 40 YARDS .BUT AFTER THAT .LUCK STARTES TO PLAY A BIG PART...TOM WAS 18 LB'S HAD 3/4 SPURS AND A 11 INCH BEARD.A 2 YEAR OLD I THINK .A LITTLE WHILE LATER I HAD A NEW TOM START GOBBLEING OFF ON A DIFFERENT RIDGE. I HOT FOOTED IT DOWN A HILL AND SET UP ON HIM,EVER TIME I CALLED HE WOULD CUT ME OFF. BUT I COULD TELL HE WAS HEADED OVER TO A RIDGE WE CALL PERSIMON HILL . THIS WAS ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN TIM AND I.. NOT HAVEING HEARD TIM SHOOT YET. I GOT ON CELL PHONE AND CALLED HIM..TOLD HIM THAT I HAD GOBBLER HEADED TO PERSIMON HILL. AND DID HE WANT TO LEAVE HIS SPOT AND HEAD THAT WAY OR NOT. BECAUSE IF NOT .THEN I WAS GOING AFTER HIM. TIM SAID.. NOW DONNIE DON'T PULL MY LEG .YOU REALLY GOT ONE OUT THEIR.?? I SAID WAIT A SEC. AND HIT MY CALL AGAIN. GOBBLE GOBBLE CAME RIGHT BACK AT ME.. SO I SAID YEA //HES STILL HEADED TO THE RIDGE .WHAT OR YOU GOING TO DO?..TIM SAID I KNOW HE WANT BE THEIR WHEN I GET THEIR.BUT I'AM PULLING MY DECOY'S NOW AND I'AM HEADED YOUR WAY.IT WILL TAKE ME 15 MIN'S OF HOT FOOTING IT . BUT I'AM COMEING. WELL WHEN HE GOT THEIR . BEFORE HE EVEN SET UP HE CUT LOOSE WITH A CROW CALL . AND GOBBLE GOBBLE.THE GOBBLER IS RIGHT THEIR/// ABOUT 100YARDS OFF TO HIS LEFT.. NO TIME NOW FOR DECOYS TO BE SET UP ..HE DID A FAST SET UP AND STARTED A COUPLE SOFT HEN CALLS --GOBBLE GOBBLE GOES THE OLD TOM COMEING IN FAST..THEN 70 YARDS OUT HE SHOWS HIMSELF.COMEING IN SLOW .BUT COMEING HE IS// .TIM CALL'S ONE MORE TIME A LOW HEN CALL. AND THAT DOE'S IT. HE'S ON HIS WAY BUT AT 45 TO 50 YARD'S . HE PULL'S UP AND STOP'S .TIM HOLD'S AND HOLD'S .THEN TIM SAY'S THE OLD TOM TURNED TO GO----BOOM --- TIM SAID I REALLY THINK HE SAW ME THIER AT THE END..TIM ROLLED THE TOM .STONE COLD DEAD.THOSE 3 INCH MAG SHELL'S THAT TIM SHOOT'S DO WORK GREAT.I THINK HE WAS USEING WIN --NUMBER 5 HIS TOM WAS 19 LB AND HAD 10-1/2 BEARD AND SPUR'S OF 1-1/8 AN 1 INCH A .NICE OLDER TOM.. GREAT DAY TO BE IN THE WOODS --DONNIE KNGHT

Donnie's November Buck

adeerman — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:58:29 GMT

Donnie's November Buck

This is a nice 8-poit that I took with a bow the evening of November 1, 2006

Enjoy, Donnie

Theron's second deer in 4 days

adeerman — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 02:45:58 GMT

Theron's second deer in 4 days

This is the second e-mail and picture Theron sent me on his second fine buck in 4 days.

Ok guys,

Here is another hat trick. Went hunting over at my brother-in-law's house this evening. I have been after another big deer there this year also. Well as it got close to dark he came down the ridge and after I used the grunt call a few times he turned and ran to within 20 yards of the tree I was in. After I was able to look him over (took about 1.5 seconds) I decided he was a shooter. He turned and started to walk to my left and as he entered an opening I was able to bleat with my mouth and stop him for a quartering away shot. He ran about 50 yards and I heard him collapse. I had to call my GOOD friend Donnie (a legend in his own right as a deer hunter) to come help me drag the deer the 100+ yards to where I could load it in the truck. What can I say? LUCKY! The gun is going in the gun case as soon as I clean it. I can't afford to shoot another deer this year.

Man it is good to have friends.

Theron

Theron's First Deer in 4 Days

adeerman — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 02:43:39 GMT

Theron's First Deer in 4 Days

This story and picture was e-mailed to me by my friend Theron, who harvested two very nice bucks in the span of 4 days in Greenville County, SC. Thanks, Donnie.

Fellas,

I got a 175 lb. 11 pointer last night at the very last minutes of light. I was watching 2 small bucks sparring at the edge of a big pasture as it got close to sunset. As they moved around I was watching through the binoculars and the "big one" stepped into view from the left. They were over 200 yards away and the light was fading fast and they were west of me so it was hard to see. I panicked some and remembered the grunt call I had in my pack. I got it and grunted several times like a dominant buck. I looked through binos and he was staring my way, grunted some more and he started walking toward my stand. He came to within about 125 yards and started milling around. I got the scope on him as the other two small bucks walked up near him. I figured it was now or never and squeezed off a shot aiming at his far shoulder as he quartered away at an angle. At the shot the big deer ran off to the left about 50 yards and stopped. The other two small ones milled around and followed him. I was thinking "fall man, fall" as he faded from sight into the shadows along the woodline at the creek. I stared into the binos at the area and saw a white flicker of movement for about 5 seconds at the fence line. I believe it was him struggling to cross over into the woods. After gathering my stuff and my composure, I climbed down and walked out to where I had shot him. By now it was dark. I could not find any blood in the area so I headed to where I thought I saw him cross the fence. Still I could find no blood at the first crossing so I checked the second. No blood either so I shined the light over into the creek thinking I could have missed him altogether and there he lays dead as a hammer on the other side. The problem then was that the creek was flooded by beaver dams way downstream and it is basically a lagoon, about waist deep. I could only see half of his rack through the brush and it looked like a wide 8 pointer. I was happy to get him but actually was fretting having to get him mounted because I hoped it was bigger. (That was a personal goal of mine, to not shoot a buck this year unless he was bigger than what I already had mounted.) I immediately thought of my Dad having a small 10' john boat. I called him and he agreed to drive down and help me out. About 45 minutes later he arrived and we put the boat in my truck, drove way down into the pasture alongside the creek, put the boat in and I paddled across to my buck on the swamp side. That is when I was able to clearly see just what I had shot. GREAT DAY what a buck! That sucker was bigger than I thought. I loaded him in the boat and Pop pulled us back across with the rope we had tied to the boat. Once across we pulled the boat up the bank with the deer in it and almost lost the whole thing. The boat took on about 10 gallons of water and the deer slide almost out. Luckily we were able to get it all up the bank, under the fence and in the truck. After going over to my friend's house who owns the property, my wife and kids coming down to see the deer, taking pictures, taking the deer to the processor/taxidermist and getting home, I hit the bed at about 11pm. This was after rising that morning at 4am to work on a holiday power outage all day and getting home after 3 pm. A full day to say the least. And yes a LUCKY day. Lucky I saw that deer, lucky I hit him, lucky I found him, lucky Pop was home with the boat! Pop told me "what if he had died in the creek and drifted downstream?". The bullet did not exit the deer so there was no blood trail to be found. I may have never found him if things had gone justly slightly different. Long story but a good one I hope. Merry Christmas to all! Theron