DECEMBER REPORT

SIMPLY STATED, IT WAS OUR BEST DECEMBER EVER! WITH THE RUT ENDING IN MID NOVEMBER AND DEER REALLY HAVING NO REASON TO SHOW THEMSELFS EXCEPT DURING PEAK FEEDING PERIODS, DECEMBER IS GENERALLY A MONTH WHEN DEER MOVEMENT IS REALLY SLOW AND SIGHTINGS BECOME VERY SPORADIC AT BEST. WE HAD TO THROW THE BOOK AWAY THIS DECEMBER AND RETHINK OUR SCHEDULING AS DEER MOVEMENT REMAINED VERY STEADY ALL MONTH.

WITH A FEW ANTLERLESS TAGS LEFT TO FILL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH MANY HUNTERS HAD GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH FILLING THEIR FREEZERS AND ALSO HARVEST A TROPHY BUCK OR TWO. THE MOST ENCOURAGING FACTOR TO THIS YEARS DECEMBER HUNTING WAS THE NUMBER OF MATURE AS WELL AS YOUNGER BUCKS THAT WERE SIGHTED AND PASSED BY HUNTERS WHO CHOOSE TO HARVEST THE MORE TABLE WORTHY DOES THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THAT IS EXTREMELY GOOD NEWS FOR FUTURE HUNTERS IN 2012 AS LARGE NUMBERS OF RESIDUAL BUCKS WILL BE GRACING THE LANDSCAPE AND GIVING MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE WHO WILL BE JOINING US. TOTAL DEER HARVEST FOR THE YEAR WAS 183, 44 MISSES AND HUNDREDS OF PASSES.

IT IS NOW TIME TO CONCENTRATE OUR EFFORTS ON THE VERY ELUSIVE WILD BOAR. JANUARY WILL MARK THE START OF OUR EXCLUSIVE HOG HUNTING AND IT SHOULD START OUT WITH MANY BANGS AS DEER HUNTERS HAVE BEEN SEEING MORE THAN 100 DAILY OF ALL SHAPES, COLOR AND SIZES. THERE ARE VERY LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH SO PLEASE DO NOT TARRY IF YOU INTEND TO JOIN US FOR TONS OF FUN!

THANKS TO ALL FOR A GREAT 2011!

Click here to watch an amazing video of fourteen incredible bucks in one field at Buck Run!

Video of a great 8 pointer with 20" spread breeding a doe in September!