Went out with a buddy one morning a couple weeks ago to Lake Martin north of Auburn, AL. Spent the time hitting docks, rocks, and sea walls trying to catch the spotted bass the so densely populate the lake. Ended up catching 12-14 before the morning was over on Zoom flukes, trick worms, and top [...]
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April 13th, 2011
Management Advantage TV Appearance
Be sure to tune in this week to The Management Advantage. Yours truly makes a television appearance in a show featuring the ins and outs of deer darting. You might even recognize some of the deer from pictures I’ve taken from my research site. I watched it this morning from its initial 2:30 a.m. showtime [...]
Go to Management Advantage TV AppearanceApril 6th, 2011
Hog Hunt – April 1st 2011
I was headed over towards the middle of the state on Friday to meet with some folks that were helping me out collecting some research data, and my buddy called and said I should extend my trip to include a night’s trip down at his place on the Alabama River in Coy, Alabama. We did [...]
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More old hunting pictures…
Scoured another back-up CD the other day for some pictures. My buddy shot this big bodied 8 point within sight of NC State campus in October 2006. We were set up about 75 yards apart on a white oak ridge and he saw him walk through an urban backyard before making the fatal mistake and [...]
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Backyard Garden…
In Alabama, I’ve learned I have the luxury of planting an early garden and the impending doom on century-mark temperatures makes me plant early in hopes of getting some spring crops before they succumb to the heat. 2 weeks ago, I planted 2 varieties of yellow squash, zucchini, pickling cucumbers, slicing cucumbers, couple rows of [...]
Go to Backyard Garden…March 31st, 2011
Western Big Game Application Deadlines
Usually I spend the time to remind everyone of upcoming big game applications, but dukkillr over at The Daily Limit is going to save me the trouble this time. Scoot over there and see what deadlines are on the immediate horizon.
Go to Western Big Game Application DeadlinesMarch 30th, 2011
Old Pictures
I was going through a box of stuff the other day when I came across some CDs with old backed-up digital photo files on them from 4 or 5 years ago. Here’s a few off the first CD I looked through today. One summer I spent in Maryland was extremely dry. Most of the inland [...]
Go to Old PicturesMarch 28th, 2011
Deer Hunting Factoids
Ran across this cool list of interesting facts on a new blog I encountered today called Bernie’s Bow Hunting Road. I’ll add the blog to my blogroll and encourage you to check out some of his recent adventures. He subscribes to a similar semi-live update format during the hunting season and I’ll think you’ll find [...]
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All Day Turkey Hunting
Having spent most of my hunting life in North Carolina and now Alabama, one would just take for granted being able to hunt wild turkeys from dawn to dusk. However, almost a third of the states only allow turkey hunting during the morning hours. For my faithful readers, you all know I haven’t done much [...]
Go to All Day Turkey HuntingMarch 22nd, 2011
Spring Break – Alabama Style
Last week was Auburn’s spring break and I took a few days off to hang out with my old college roommate who had some time off from his job as a park ranger in North Carolina. He came down last September and we got on some outstanding hog hunts and our plans were to do [...]
Go to Spring Break – Alabama StyleMarch 14th, 2011
The Younger Generation
I was reading an article in the Forest Landowner magazine earlier this morning and it addressed the issue of a seemingly disinterested younger generation with regards to all things natural resource related. Here were some suggestions I pulled from the article that you might be able to implement with your own kids, grand kids or [...]
Go to The Younger GenerationMarch 9th, 2011
Bass Fishing – 2/17/2011
I took one fishing trip so far this winter about 3 weeks ago. The temperature had stayed steady in the upper 60s for about 4 days in a row and I thought slow rolling some spinner baits or dragging rattle traps over some points might produce some bites. It did, but not many. Fortunately, the [...]
Go to Bass Fishing – 2/17/2011March 9th, 2011
WMA Hog Hunt – 3/1/2011
Headed over to a tract of public land to get in on opening day of the March special hog season that comes in just before turkey season (baffling to me that they don’t just wait until turkey season is over and give the birds a chance to get their stuff going before turkey season). Anyways, [...]
Go to WMA Hog Hunt – 3/1/2011March 8th, 2011
Records of Alabama’s White-tailed Deer (RAWD)
Many state wildlife agencies have established record keeping programs for bragging-sized white-tailed deer in their respective states. Alabama did not have such a program until recently when the Records of Alabama’s White-tailed Deer (RAWD) was established. Not only were hunters looking for an outlet to brag about their trophy kills, the Alabama DNR was constantly [...]
Go to Records of Alabama’s White-tailed Deer (RAWD)March 8th, 2011
Product Review: PlotWatcher
From Day 6 Outdoors, I’m going to review the PlotWatcher for my final product review of the 2010-2011 deer hunting season. Retail: $199.99 Features: *4 AA batteries give up to 10 days battery life *1280×1024 resolution (HD) *Image capture rate of every 5 or 10 seconds *Memory storage on USB flash drive *Gamefinder software to [...]
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Camofire Website
After the rash of product reviews I’ve been posting, I thought it would be good to let you know where I will probably acquire a few new products for the 2011-2012 hunting seasons to field test for all my readers. The off season is the perfect time to decide what “toys” you want to try [...]
Go to Camofire WebsiteMarch 3rd, 2011
Safety First for Turkey Season
Turkey season is only about 10 days away in some Southeastern states. Just want to give everybody a safety reminder before the hunting begins that I saw in a recent issue of the Pennsylvania Game News. *Positively identify the target. Don’t shoot at sounds or movement. *Never stalk a turkey. A “turkey” often turns out [...]
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Product Review: Bushnell Trophy Cam
Here goes another one of my self-promoted product reviews. Product: Bushnell Trophy Cam 5 Megapixel (last year’s model) Retail Price: Cheapest price I could find was at B&H Photo for a shade over $140 including shipping. Availability: Even though it’s a last year model, everybody seems to still have these in stock and for good [...]
Go to Product Review: Bushnell Trophy CamMarch 2nd, 2011
Wyoming Antelope/Deer Application Deadline
My post from my DIY Wyoming Hunt in 2007 continues to generate the most interactive emails between readers and myself. If you are interested in making a similar trip to the great state of Wyoming in the fall of 2011, you only have 13 days left to make your decisions for which units and regions [...]
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Product Review: Burt Coyote Lumenok
Time for a voluntary product review on an item I chose to use this fall because of my new interest in videotaping my hunts. Retail Price: $24.99 (3 pack) Good: The product is extremely easy to install and has such a large selection to fit such a wide array of manufactured arrows you can easily [...]
Go to Product Review: Burt Coyote LumenokFebruary 24th, 2011
Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting
Just returned from Oklahoma City where I attended my 4th Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting in the last 5 years – hence the slack in blogging activity. It was a great meeting where I presented some research on sex ratios and was able to renew some old friendships and solidify some contacts in the academic/professional [...]
Go to Southeast Deer Study Group MeetingFebruary 18th, 2011
Auburn Tigers – Toomer’s Corner Oaks
Well, I won’t claim to be as vested as someone who has cheered for the AU Tigers for their whole life, but I have the perspective of being a past UNC-Duke rivalry participant and as crazy as that is…it ain’t nothing compared to this. I’m sure you all have heard the news stories about the [...]
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Product Review: Nikon Rangefinder – Archer’s Choice
Nikon sent me another product to test this fall and I feel that I did a much better job taking this item into real field situations and putting the product through the proverbial “ringer”. Product Name: Archer’s Choice w/ APG Camo Case by Nikon Retail Price: $279.95 Features: *Angle compensator to 89 degrees vertical *6X [...]
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1/27/2011 – Wide 8 Down!
I was trying to squeeze in as many hunts in the last 10 days of the season as I could and I went out a couple more times since the last post without seeing anything even remotely intriguing. Warmer temperatures had kind of put a cramp in the rut, but on Thursday the 27th colder [...]
Go to 1/27/2011 – Wide 8 Down!February 15th, 2011
1/24/2011 – Alabama Deer Hunt
With exactly a week to go in the Alabama deer season, I decided to switch up my strategy and hunt an evening trying to catch a buck following does onto a food plot. After sitting in the tree for about an hour, I heard deer walking in the creek behind me and saw this yearling [...]
Go to 1/24/2011 – Alabama Deer HuntFebruary 14th, 2011
One More Tag…
With one more Alabama buck tag in my pocket, it was time to single out a solid management 8 pointer to close out the season. I had not quite 10 days to punch the tag, but with bucks coming to the call I figured I would at least get a chance. The very next day, [...]
Go to One More Tag…February 9th, 2011
Product Review: Nikon TurkeyPro BTR
I occasionally get the opportunity to review some great products that are sent to me by sponsors of the Skinny Moose (Outside Hub) Network. Other times my product reviews are just great products that I use and think everybody else should be aware of. This is a case of the former. Specifications: Nikon TurkeyPro BTR [...]
Go to Product Review: Nikon TurkeyPro BTRFebruary 7th, 2011
1/21 A.M. Deer Hunt
This is going to be a long post, but trust me…well worth it. Dad and I spent all night Thursday debating where to go for his last morning sit with me on Friday before he had to travel back to North Carolina. I finally chose a huge red oak that is perched on top of [...]
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North Carolina Trappers Education Class
Got this is in an email yesterday from my NC State contacts of yesteryear in Raleigh, but I attended this trapping seminar several years back and wanted to post the information because I know a large chunk of my readers are carryovers from my North Carolina residence days. There will be a Trappers’ Ed class [...]
Go to North Carolina Trappers Education ClassFebruary 1st, 2011
1/20 A.M. Deer Hunt
With overcast skies, cold temperatures, and a wind out of the northeast, I decided to try a spot where I arrowed the G2 Midget Buck from last year. I set up near a 30 yard wide thicket of cane on the side of a mature loblolly pine ridge and waited for daylight. It didn’t take [...]
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