Here in the south land leases for hunting are a must. Don’t get me wrong North Carolina has great public lands but it’s frustrating to have absolutely no control over the area and to have people walk in on you.
Saturday I was out checking some stand sites on our newest lease in the piedmont of North Carolina. I’ve yet to kill a mountable buck but I’m hopeful with this newest tract of land. We know this hasn’t been hunted in a number of years so the potential for some nice bucks is really good.
We came up on 6 hen turkeys feeding in the field a good sign but not great because there wasn’t a single poult with them. After seeing them we were excited because if there is one thing we love more then deer hunting its turkey hunting.
Well if that wasn’t a good enough sight we rounded the corner of the field headed towards one of my potential stand sights and my heart about stopped as a nice 8 pointer raised his head up briefly in the field before he went back to eating. Although it’s not a huge buck it is one that if I killed I’d have it mounted. (I can’t believe I forgot my camera)
I’m not much of a trophy hunter I would actually describe myself as a meat hunter. This land seems to have plenty of does so I may hold off and wait for a mountable buck.
Then again I’ve never killed a deer with a bow so the small bucks may not have a clear pass.
Well I now got to scramble to get my stands together to move out there, I hunt mostly out of ladder stands. I was a big fan of the Strongbuilt Basic Ladder Stands however they have discontinued that model. I’m trying a couple of different brands now to see if there is one that I can grow to like as much as the Strongbuilt.
The season is about a month away so I got to get a move on to get them in place.
