The Rut Rolls Around
It’s the end of October, and the rut really got started last weekend when we had several days of really cold temperatures. That sharp drop in temps really got the deer and hogs up and moving, and we saw a lot of new scrapes show up in the woods as well as some bucks chasing does.
We also had our good friend Ken C. up from Florida again to take advantage of those couple of cold days – and just like his last trip – he killed a 6 point and an 8 point! Congratulations to Ken on some great shooting, and we can’t wait to see what steps out in front of him when he returns again in just a week or so!
We also had our good friends from North Carolina down for their monthly visit, and Rick R. put the hammer down on a great Boggy Creek boar that weighed over 300 pounds. However Rick and Ken were not the only hunters at the lodge during the cold weather, and a couple of others took some meat home too. Joe from NC killed two does and a buck while Richard up from Florida as well also killed a nice 5 point and a doe. So congratulations to everyone.
Then mid week the weather warmed back up into the 80s again, and the deer and hog movement slowed down a bit. However our group from West Virginia hunted hard, and they ended up taking 6 does and two spikes home (Ron and Tim C. killed the spikes while Mike killed one doe, Dusty killed two and Jeff killed three – including one with his bow) as well as missing five and passing up some decent bucks while waiting on a monster. Painfully, one of the misses was on a great buck chasing a doe… but that is hunting.
It is now Monday, and the weather has cooled off again this morning, so that should help push those bucks and boars to their feet again for the couple of hunters we have in camp today. Then the weather is supposed to warm back up again over the next few days, and that along with the tons of acorns in the woods right now, may keep the deer and hogs from hitting the corn as hard as they should be for this time of year. But with the peak of the rut getting closer by the day – typically around Halloween – anything can happen at any time! So come join us in our lowcountry woods during one of the best times of the year. We look forward to hunting with you!
