Spent the night last night at "The Land" thats what we call it for now. We left at 11 this morning because high was going to get to 94 today! Last night was nice though. My son John got a .22 for his seventh birthday earlier this month. Last night we went Armadillo hunting and we got one! He was upset we couldnt get it mounted though. My wife Paige went bowhunting by herself while I watched the kids. She rarely gets to hunt alone and I think she really enjoyed a little peace and quiet. I went this morning and didnt see anything.
Checked trail cams and still getting lots of daytime deer pictures. Ive been concerned that I had not got any big buck pictures in four months but that changed this week. Had two different mature bucks one seven point one eight. Also a big hog. Now that a few acorns are dropping and breeding season getting closer, the deer are moving onto my place from the surrounding pine plantations. Also got first coyote picture in four months. Im hoping fawns are now big/strong enough to not be an easy meal for a yote.
Food plots are almost a complete failure. I planted some early in September when a tropical front dropped 2" of rain. Its only rained once since then and been hotter than normal. So there was still a few areas that still had some surviving oats, brassicas and clover but I would say 75% died. The soil is pretty sandy and I wasnt expecting clover to do well at all but surprisingly the Imperial Whitetail Clover did better than any other seeds I tried. Im going to go back whenever it looks like it is going to rain again and throw out some wheat, rye and clover.
Ga muzzle loader season starts Oct15th and the kids can deer hunt with centerfire rifles that week. Im hoping acorns will be all over the ground by then and kids will get to add a little meat to the freezer! Good thing too cause we just ate the last pack of ground venison last week.
