Deer Hunting

Made it home, unpacked, cleaned up everything and repacked for hunting. Found a lovely campsite and Laton hunted hard for several days but ended up empty handed. No deer sightings. Such a lovely sunset. 

Scouting for Deer

We scouted out Unit 19a in Arizona, near Prescott, AZ. We found the cutest little community called Cherry off of I-17 and Hwy 169A. No deer but lot of dirt road driving! 

Last Day of Work in Florida!

It is fitting that we were able to check out the second largest deer for J.W. Corbett W.M.A on our last evening here. It was the largest deer for South Check Station. It also had the biggest rack (points).




Here in the east, the hunters count both sides of the rack, so this was called a 12 point (it would have been a 6 by 6 in the west). These were some very proud hunters.

Creepy Crawley Continues!

gator eating a turtle

A hunter shared his recent photos with us. The size of the rattlers here are amazing.  Seeing nature this close is quite interesting.

Snipe Hunting

While growing up there was the urban legend (guess since we lived in a small town, it would be called a rural legend) that sending someone snipe hunting involved a bag and a flashlight and going out in the woods in the dark. Snipes were an imaginary creature that you were supposed to try to find while wandering in the woods.  It was a joke on you.  Imagine my surprise and hilarity when I discovered Snipes were an actual game bird, like Quail or Dove.

Opening Day

Today was opening day for General Gun Season here at JW Corbett WMA. Laton & I were busy all day.  We checked out 6 deer and 16 pigs.  This hunter, Cody, brought in a 282 pound boar.  He was pretty proud of it and well he should be. He gave us permission to post this on our blog. It was pretty late in the evening so it is not the best picture, but this boar is hanging from a winch on a swamp buggy and stretches well over 7 feet. 

Southeast US Deer

Travis and his deer taken in FL

Tim and his deer taken in GA

This is a our friend Tim with his deer he shot during archery season in GA. We met Tim & his wife Stacey while camp hosting in Prairie Creek, CA.  Good friends, Good Times.

Travis is a new friend and a local hunter here in FL and this is his take during muzzle loading season here at JW Corbett WMA.

A Swamp Buggy

A Swamp Buggy!

Today they opened up the area for archery hunters to enter and set up camp.  The actual season starts tomorrow.  We are enjoying viewing the hunters and all manner of vehicles, campers, trailers, motor homes and ATVs coming into the area.  It started at 8:00 AM and the first hour was a long stream of vehicles, one after the other.  Check out the preferred mode of transport:  a swamp buggy! There were hundreds of them, some larger and some smaller!