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in reply to: Now that it's over #60300
I hope to hunt some hogs with the recurve. I’d like to get into some ducks, but the swamp has filled with so much water, it is hard to pin point where they are flying in and out. It’s also more difficult to get to them. Late winter and into early spring is one of my favorite times for bass fishing.
I hope to get to do some of these things between catching up on neglected projects around the house. 🙁
in reply to: My condolences Don #59298skifrk wrote: Don, I am sorry to hear about your mom passing you and the family are in my prayers.
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2025434575_dottiethomasxml.html
Yes, sorry to read this. My condolences to you and your family. What amazing parents.
in reply to: Hope you ENJOY #25027Wow! I wish I had a view and pets like that in my backyard. Beautiful
in reply to: Blackbeard Bound! #17079Etter, it was a great time as always. I have not had time to go through my pictures. I didn’t take many photos this year.
Kimberly, Grant, Robert and the others of the USFWS did an outstanding job as usual to make the hunt pleasurable for all.
I did manage to close a hundred yard gap in open terrain down to forty yards on a feeding doe. Unfortunately, before I could get into range, she fed into the savannah. Once in the savannah, she disappeared into the tall grass and that was all she wrote.
The long hikes, the natural beauty and the great friends on the island make this my favorite hunt of the year.
in reply to: November Rovin' #33219I really enjoyed the video. Very professional. Well done and it looks like your’re having a blast.
in reply to: Update on Larry Fischer vs The Bastard #19983I did not know Larry personally, but I am thankful for the contributions that he made to our way of life. My prayers, thoughts and condolences go out to his family and friends.
in reply to: Killed one #54211Etter1 wrote: Don’t know who that question was pointed at but I’ll answer it as well. I was about 15 feet up in a loc on. I do all of my deer hunting from a tree and all my bear hunting on the ground. I know people regularly kill whitetails from the ground with a trad bow but it has gotta be tough!
Most of the places we hunt are so thick that you have to get a little elevation to see anything anyhow.
Congratulations again brother
in reply to: 7 year spike #51826Beautiful photography, excellent compositions, and excellent writing about a successful hunt… Clay, is there anything you can’t do and do well?:D Thank you for sharing the beauty of where you live and congratulations on the long awaited kill.
in reply to: Binos in Forested Areas #33246donthomas wrote: I use them constantly, and find them essential at close range in dense foliage. They’re what allow me to pick a deer’s antler tine out of the brush. Unfair advantage? When you’re still hunting wary game with a traditional bow, I think you’ve conceded enough advantages already. Don
I think that says it all. 😀
in reply to: first bear. #29534Congratulations! What a difficult track. Making haste in the tracking paid off.
in reply to: North GA Bear 2014 #22088dwcphoto wrote: Etter,
Good stories. Here in the Pocono region of NE PA we have had some of the largest black bears in the world. No small coincidence that we also have resorts, restaurants and plenty of dumpsters. However, I don’t think anybody sees bear the way you are seeing them. That’s just amazing. I wish you a good hunt and look forward to more stories. best, dwc
You are correct. Etter puts his heart and soul into the bears. And, I appreciate it. As a matter of fact a good buddy of ours who happens to shoot a horizontal 2×4 (we tolerate this flaw in our mutual friend’s character because the rest of him is a pretty good guy) has nicknamed him “Bear.” It is a well deserved moniker.
Etter has scouted this large parcel of public land for himsel and other TBH members, tailfeather, lackey and I.
He has put in hours of time and miles of shoe leather simply because he is passionate about black bears.
I am very grateful to him because I live five hours away in south Georgia. I am looking forward to bear camp more than any other hunt this fall. I’m actually a little disappointed that our camp comes so early in the. It’s like eating dessert before the main course. But, I will likely return to the mountain in early October for a second hunt and hike.
Etter, thank you brother.:D
I had two flip a coin stand locations picked out for the opening of whitetail season. However, I just found another more recently and heavily used trail in a pinch point between bedding and a MAJOR food source. It’s tough making decisions. 😀
in reply to: North GA Bear 2014 #17658Etter1 wrote: Sorry, I haven’t posted in a while about this. I’ve been up two more times. The first time I went in to my low elevation area which is a LOOOONG way from the truck and bumped a sow and two cubs and found the best bear sign I’ve ever seen back there. Tailfeather will be hunting the hottest white oak I’ve ever found in a few weeks.
Yesterday, I went and checked my high elevation ridges where I killed the bear last year. The sign from last year in the red oaks was amazing. I’ve never seen such destruction! Some trees will have a tough time dealing with the hurting put on them.
I did find a few white oaks getting climbed and that’s where I plan to start on opening morning. I would go back into the low elevation area which is much better but I don’t want to try to get a bear out of there alone and I’ll be hunting by myself opening weekend.
The second weekend, I’ll be back in there with tail feather and I think things are going to get western pretty quick! I have four buddies coming up to hunt for three days on the second weekend and I think I’ve gotten a good plan developed for all of them.
Tailfeather hates when I say things like this but: Everyone is going to see bears. Hopefully the arrows will fly true!
All the bears I’ve seen and the tracks and climbing marks tell me that there are a lot of good bears this year. Last year there were TONS of little and illegal bears but aside from cubs, I’m only seeing sign of good bears.
I did come across two deer beds yesterday on a high bench. The first I’ve ever seen up there. We very rarely see deer in the mtns anymore. Too many bears.
Black widow is shooting flawlessly and broadheads are sharp. The waiting is killing me!
Oh yeah, and lots and lots of pigs this year.
It’s getting close!
in reply to: North GA Bear 2014 #30950I’m still amazed at the size of this guy. Looking forward to sharing the mountain with him and his kin in September.
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