Not sure where you hunt but Ronnie Bullock in Manchester does good work at reasonable prices...that is who our club uses. Bullock does mounts for Foxworthy, realtree boys, waddell...
Hope he gets a big one...bigger than 12 will be tough to beat! They are in there though.
I still have 2 points so hopefully I can go again in 3-4 years.
He looks to be mature...not sure it would spook him smelling another “scrape”. I wouldn’t put any out till October 2018 if you decide to. And stay out of the area as much as possible. I think pressure runs deer off more than anything.
I’ve had varying results with mock scrapes...seen bucks walk right past them and have had them come in on a line. I put them out sometimes just to give myself a few more seconds if the buck decides to stop and investigate.
For holding big bucks though...have food, cover and low pressure and...
GON's website has a lot of information on hunting / hog places, etc. most of the wmas in central / south ga with major creeks or river bottoms will have hogs.
What part of MS, is your family from there? My entire extended family lives in central MS and the delta. My dad's family lives in Carroll Co. (Outside of Granada) and my mom's family is in Winston Co. (Outside Philadelphia). Also my great uncles have a camp house on the sunflower river that has...
I agree and the cooler weather helped. When I dropped off the deer at chapmans deer processing in woodland he said more bucks were dropped off this opening weekend than usual. Said a lot of them looked like bucks that you would typically kill in late October / early November. He also has heard...
I hunt in Talbot co. Both bucks had black hocks, swollen necks and smelled rank. A guy in our club killed an 8 the day before that showed no signs of rutting on the same property. Guess the boys are sizing each other up.