Made use of some cooler temperatures this morning to help my dad back in North Carolina prep some stand sites. Kara and I headed home for the weekend to attend the wedding of one of her good childhood friends.
First off was a spot that has produced 10 bucks over the past 12 years. It was a year-old pasture when we started hunting it but now a thick bird’s nest of pines and blackberry vines. It’s quite a spot though and well worth the work every year of killing down the poison ivy on the stand entry route and clearing shooting lanes. We put out a bait pile of corn with a trail camera to watch for a couple weeks.
Next was a small acreage parcel of one of dad’s friends. Even though it is only about 5 acres, it is absolutely in the perfect spot. With a large creek to funnel deer down a hardwood ridge to a large cedar thicket, more than 30 deer have fallen over the past decade. Another cornpile with a trail camera was set up at that spot.
Third, we put camo canvas around a new tripod stand in a 30 acre cutover that was timbered this spring. It only takes a couple years for these spots to get too thick to hunt, so it will be a spot that we key on this fall and hope to kill some good bucks the next 2 or 3 years.
Lastly, we checked a permanent stand that needs some repairs probably to take place Monday morning. When I get back to Auburn, I’ll update the rest of my North Carolina deer season preparation.
Having a great time in the home state and hope to get back to dad’s at least a couple times this fall to chase North Carolina deer.
