Now that we are in a new year, we are gathering our thoughts, and our pictures, in preparation to go to the Outdoor Sports Show in Harrisburg, PA next week. Here are some of the pics we're taking with us:
Alligator season ended last week, so all of the pics are ready. We had a great season, bagging 29! For a full picture album, go to our facebook page!
So - We've gotten a few calls and emails wondering if we had any luck during our opening weekends. The answer, of course, is a resounding YES! Our hunters had the luck to:
Do this:
and this:
and this:
and THIS!
Our guys also had the good fortune of seeing and shooting a nice array of wild hogs. In fact, it was our best hog shooting of the year!
Here's to a great start to 2010 deer hunting season in South Carolina!
For us, March is not about basketball - rather, it is all about turkeys. Beginning March 1st all of the male members of our household and staff get rather antsy, start dragging out progidous amounts of camoflauge clothing, and blowing increasingly irritating calls on wingbones, box calls, diaphragms...
When the 15th actually rolls around, it is truly a relief to be able to push them out of the door (and to lock it behind them....for a few hours, anyway).
Thank heavens that we struck gold on that first day. All of the pent-up anticipation was relieved, and life became much more bearable:
Dustin "Gotta Go' Horn scored early on the morning of the 15th - good thing, because he never seems to have the time to stay longer than about 18 hours or so. Must be nice to be so in demand....
See the relief on Jim's face? Those long days full of turkey calling and gear arrangement are worth it!
After living through 'Snow-mageddon' for the last 2 weeks up in Pennsylvania, here's what we returned to:
The temperature got up to 45 degrees not much later than this, so most of the snow is gone. Only frosty's sad little carcass is on the front lawn. Here he is at his peak:
Even the snowmen here are Clemson fans!
Greeting from the new decade! Last year was nothing if not interesting....we're so lucky to have such wonderful and loyal clients. The economy certainly made us all refocus; we've always been dedicated to providing an escape for our hunters from their daily stresses and fast paced lives. This year that became more important than ever.
While our hunting volume was down by a good 20%, we couldn't be more thankful for the 80% that kept us going - it was pure kismet that sent us alligator season this year to plug some gaps and keep the engine running. Our outlook remains positive as we all take a deep breath and look forward to a strong 2010!
Our deer harvest statistics:
We also harvested 69 hogs, 14 turkeys and 17 alligators.
We're working on our new brochure and on picking out pictures to enlarge for our show booth. Here are a couple favorites so far:
Mark Allison (NC) got this (almost) albino wild hog in the middle of December. While we regularly shoot hogs with white spots, and sometime a couple of white hooves, this is the first to be almost completely white. He was just a thickly haired as a black hog, but the hair was super pale. Let's call him Marilyn (not Mark, the hog)!
Here's a happy family from New York! Aaron Lagassee got this great buck on his last morning hunt, and I'm not sure who's happier - Aaron or his dad. Hmmm, the brother doesn't look QUITE as tickled...just kidding, they all were SO fun to have in camp and had a great hunt.
For my last shot, I just had to put Stumpy back in. This picture was the one to best show his size. What an adventure for all of us to start taking customers alligator hunting this year! And Jim truly earned the nickname "Captain Hook" on a certain September night....
Here's wishing all of you a great year! Come see us in Harrisburg, PA the first two weekends in February, or in Suffern, NY the first weekend in March!
The thermostat is finally dropping a bit, and the buck activity is increasing accordingly. It's much more comfortable and fall-like outside.
Linda Thomas and Andy Bidwell got lucky Halloween morning with these bucks. Notice how differently they are colored - Andy's is almost chocolate colored; his hide was much darker also.
John Crumpton, Tony Daffis and Charley Kleier each got a nice buck the morning of October 30th.
For more shots from the end of October, go to our Red Bluff Lodge on Facebook. Fan us!
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