Jason West 7 Point 11-20-2010 Opening Morning!

Well Old JW was the first member to lay the smack down this year!!! Only took until rifle season for something to happen, but we are looking ahead now!

Jason West took this 130 pound 7 point on 137 and laid him down in 1 shot!

Good Job and Congratulations to my friend Jason West on his biggest buck to date!

John Austin Black's FIRST BUCK on 11-14-2010!!

So Britt Lemley brought John Austin Black (A.K.A. Boo Boo) to the youth hunt this weekend. They saw a couple of deer but closed the deal on Sunday evening on this nice 130 pound 6 point on the gas line's 137!!!! Boo Boo said he killed his first doe last year and was ready to get a rack, and we are glad he did it at the Fur!!!

Congratulations Boo Boo!!!! We are proud of you for doing it right!

JW Templeton 1st Deer Ever 11-13-2010

Well, I have a BUNCH more photos but I went and forgot my camera at camp, so I will update this next week when I get back if I can.

Youth Hunt 2010 kicked off right with Wes Templeton taking out his 8 year old boy JW to 97 Saturday morning. After missing last year, JW was ready to make things right this year. At about 9:35 AM, he did by dropping this spike in the green field!

I wasn't comepletely sure who was more proud, JW when he asked everyone in the camp to see his deer (which was great!) or old Daddy who was almost shaking like a kid on Christmas morning with pride! Doesn't matter, we are happy for both of ya'll.

Congratulations JW, and THANK YOU for showing the rest of us members how it is done and taking the first spot on the board this year!!!

BOW SEASON 2010

OK, so for the first time that i know of, we completely struck out at the Fur & Feather during bow season 2010. That doesn't mean we didn't see plenty of deer or even get shots, but we didn't retrieve any of the 6-7 that were hit (and no telling HOW MANY that were missed).

But that is alright, youth hunt weekend changed our luck!

Jonathan's unbelievable Turkey Season 2010

Well, I guess I should start off by saying I'm sorry to Jonathan that I have not had the time to get these images uploaded (been slammed). Anyway, here are his 5 BIRDS and the stories that go with them:

Jonathan says:

My first bird was taken out of area 14. I went in that morning (can't remember the date), heard him gobbling up near the gas line, and went after him. On my way, I passed another turkey who was gobbling in area 19, so I stopped briefly to see if I could call him up to the road. He stopped gobbling, so I continued toward the turkey that I had initially heard. As I was moving his direction, his gobbling was quickly getting louder, so I decided to stop and wait for him. It took him about 2 minutes to come running almost squarely into me, and he got a dose of lead for his trouble. 18 lbs., 10.5 " beard, 1" spurs.

Turkey number 2:
I went into area 7 very early that morning, simply because I intended to get right in the middle of where I felt the turkeys would be. I moved to a spot on the treeline down on the big gasline. I had 6 gobblers tree gobbling around me. A few tree calls, a fly down cackle, and a few yelps, and two of them walked out in front of me. I shot the one who was gobbling the most! 18 lbs., 1 1/8 " spurs, but a short 9" beard. Good bird, but not as good as the one that was his friend.

Turkey number 3:
This morning, 4/12/10, I went into area 14 early, and when the light began to touch the sky, the turkey birds went crazy! The only problem was, they were all the way across area 14, on the opposite side of the Fireman's Gate Road, where I was sitting. I tried to call them over, but, even though they seemed to be interested, they stayed on the other side, eventually crossing the gasline and moving away. I decided to walk the gaslines around 14, just to see if I could get any response. After being unfruitful at this endeavor, I sat down for a while to listen. After about half an hour I decided it was time to go home. It was around 9:00, and I was approaching the intersection of the gaslines, when I heard a gobbler begin to gobble up around 139. After carefully assessing the situation, I decided to backtrack across the creek, then began a mad dash of about 200yds to get to where they were. Crawling in on my belly, I managed to get close enough to see that this gobbler was struttung, About 30 minutes later, he gave me a clear 25 yd shot. This bird was a Mack Daddy! 20+ lbs, with an 11" beard, and 1 1/8" spurs, Good bird!

Turkey 4:

Turkey 5:
It was the last Monday before the season ended, and I wasn't going to get to hunt again. After leaving area 14 at about 9:00 that morning, I signed out, then signed in to area 3, where I needed to retrieve a ground blind that I had there. I carried my gun, just in case. As I walked down the gas line, I saw a turkey in the food plot at 105. I skirted the gasline, walking through the trees, crossed the creek, and came up behind the shooting house. Laying flat on my belly behind some of the sparse vegetation that was left there, I began to call. As I watched through my binoculars, I saw that there were actually four turkeys; two jakes and two gobblers.They were at the far end of 105, right in the middle of the clearcut. It looked to be a near impossible situation, but, after a few minutes of unsuccessful calling, I decided to see if I could flank them. backing down the ridge, I went to the creek, then traveled all the way around the edge of the clearcut, using the trees and ridges to conceal my movement. After about 35 minutes of walking, I managed to come up behind them, and , using a small band of vegetation as cover, I stalked to within 25 yards of where I had last seen them. The whole stalk took me about an hour and a half. I wasn't sure they were still there, so I patiently waited to see any movemnt on the other side of the brush. All of a sudden, one of the jakes ran into view. Upon seeing him, I knew I was in a good spot, so I began to make a few soft calls, after which one of the gobblers walked out. I stopped him right where he walked out. Exciting hunt, but baby, I had to work for that one!

2010 Fertilizer and Planting Schedule

OK, we are going to try something new here. This is the Planting Schedule we have so far. It lists each field we plant (the acreage documented) and the amount of Lime it got (if any) in May 2009, the amount of Fertilizer it will get this year, along with the amount of seed it will get.

I'm posting it here in case you are curious and so everyone will look at it and see if I'm forgetting anything, which is possible because it is A LOT of stuff. As of now we only plan on planting the white bag of seed we had last year and then four bags of that field of greens we did last year. But if you know of some GOOD SEED for cheaper, let us know now and we'll compare blends to cut costs.

NOTE: It won't fit in this template, you'll have to click on it and see the full image within Photobucket where it is shared in order to read the detail!!!

NEW MEMBERS AND PLANTING SEASON!

I have been a bit out of touch on here since my Turkey hunt, sorry for the delay.

First things first, Fur and Feather would like to extend a warm welcome to our two new members:

Chris Baggett and Chris Sanner

Welcome to our family!

WORK DAYS!!!

OK, here we go, it is time to get busy workin so we can do some enjoyin later.
As the rules state, the scheduled work days are the last two weekends in August and every weekend in September. We kick it off this weekend with getting everything cleaned up and starting to get our dirt ready to plant.

Don't forget, if you don't have tools to work with, then you DON'T get credit for the work day!!! Bring chain saws, hammers, shovels, or whatever tools you can so we can do as much as possible to get ready. If you are not sure what to bring, call Bit Savage the work day supervisor.

I hope to see you all there, I don't know about ya'll but I'm ready for some Hunting Club time at the Fur!