Work Day Update 8/25/2009

Hey Everyone,

We had a great work weekend, if you weren't there, you missed out on some beautiful weather.

Steps and Railing were put on the Drive through field with scrap wood and painted
The feeder was knocked down and so that was fixed as well
The Bush hog wheel was re-welded on
The middle road (to the pumping station) was all bush hogged (the entire club now)
The steps on 96 were also painted
The grass got cut as usual
A new door was put on the back of the club house (but not finished)
The two new ATV Seed Spreaders were put together
The Barb Wire fence was put back up where it had fallen before
And some other little things were done

We still have 3 scheduled work day weekends.
8/29/2009
9/19/2009
9/26/2009
But help is needed every weekend in September!

We are basically down to cutting roads and plots and prepping fields so BRING YOUR CUTTING TOOLS!!!!!
We are also looking at getting BULK Fertilizer rather than pre-bagged. It only cost a couple of hundred more BUT we will be putting down around 75% of the recommended rate rather than 25% with the pre-bagged stuff. The obvious problem is that means we need to bag the stuff!! We are looking into using the buggy wherever we can, BUT we will still need to bag some ourselves for the fields the buggy won't make it to!

SO if you put out corn or have access to bags that will hold 40-50 pounds of fertilizer, PLEASE SAVE THEM AND BRING THEM TO THE CLUB!!!!! It will help.


REMINDER: IF YOU STILL OWE DUES, PAYING THE DUES PORTION WILL STOP LATE FEES FROM ACCRUING, so you can send that in now and pay the fees owed anytime before your first hunt!!!!!

SCHEDULED WORK DAYS THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT!!!!

Hey Everyone,

Well it is about that time again! I'm ready to get some seed in the ground and get ready to bow hunt!

Just wanted to shoot everyone a heads up, if you haven't finished all of your work days, then we still have 4 weekends left for scheduled work days.

This weekend (August, 22-23)
Next weekend (August, 29-30)

And then in September the last two weekends (19-20 and 26-27).

Hope to see you there this weekend as we get the roads and fields ready to plant!

Getting that time of year again!!!

I'm ready to get the work done, seed in the ground, and get to hunting!!!

Work Day Notice for July 25th Weekend!

FYI, Everyone, we have a scheduled work day next weekend the weekend of July 25th. Remember 3 of the 5 total work days must be on these scheduled days. The next two are the last two weekends in August I believe...

Looking forward for some Fall fun in the woods!

Jimmie

MEMBER NOTICE: Payments and Work Days!

Hey Everyone,

OK, the 2008-2009 season is officially over!

Time to get on the 2009-2010 season. As always, that begins with some money!

So please note that Lot Rent 1 was due back on April 1st and is already late if you have not paid it.

BUT Payment 1 was due on May 1st and will be considered late if postmarked after May 15th. So if you haven't yet, please get that mailed as soon as possible.

Payment 2 is due on July 1st and will be considered late after July 15th.

Lot Rent 2 is due on October 1st.

IF YOU ARE LATE ON ANY OF THESE PAYMENTS, THERE IS A PAYMENT CHART IN YOUR RULES THAT SHOWS WHAT YOU OWE AT THE TIME OF PAYMENT, PLEASE USE THAT TO CATCH UP.

WORK DAYS:
NOTE: Per Bit's Request, the May Scheduled Work day is the weekend of the 30th.
So here are our Scheduled Days:
May 30
July 25
August 22
Autust 29
September 19
September 26

Remember that we are NOT going by the 3rd weekend of the month rule we used last yeat, and 3 of your 5 work days MUST be during these scheduled weekends or it is $200 a day before you can hunt!

OK, THAT BE THE CLUB BUSINESS!

PREACHER 1ST TURKEY NOW

SO AFTER AN AWESOME DEER SEASON THE PREACHER NOW GOT HIS FIRST TURKEY, I'm happy as hell for him, but I'm going to let him tell the story, this is what he sent me:



I was in Area 4, up on the gas line, when a Boss gobbler started his tree gobble. I moved down to the upper end of the green field at 105, set up a hen decoy, then crawled into the brush. I lay on my stomach behind a tree, and for forty minutes, me and that big boy were having a conversation. I think he must have gobbled 25 times after he flew down.
He was well on his way to me when I saw a hen cut between us. About ten minutes later, he stopped gobbling.
After about thirty minutes of waiting, and occasionally calling, I assumed that my hunt was shot, just as many others had been. I crawled out of the trees, stood up, and began to walk down toward the stand at the far end of 105. As I began to be able to see over the rise at the end of the field, I spotted a turkey across the creek.Immediately, I dropped to the ground and crawled back into the trees. I made my way through the trees down toward the end of the green field, and set up in the trees with a good view of the clearing.
Thirty minutes passed, during which I would occasionally cluck or drop in a low yelp. Suddenly, I heard the gobbler I had been talkin' to all morning. He gave me one of those "where are you?" gobbles, to which I immediately responded with a soft series of yelps and cuts. Then, I just sat silently.
A few minutes later, a hen wandered out into the clearing in front of me. I hoped that she would stay and maybe draw a gobbler in. But she had other intentions, and she made her way on up the gasline. I looked back off to my left, and there he was. Big gobbler! Huge! If he weighed an ounce, he weighed thirty lbs.! And he already had me. Sixty yards away, He was looking straight at me. I couldn't raise my gun, I couldn't even blink. He would have busted every turkey in the area if I had moved. So I watched him walk into the woods.
Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I saw some movement. Sure enough, another gobbler was walking up the gas line. He wasn't fifty yards away, and didn't have a clue that I was in the area. He walked behind a tree, allowing me an opprtunity to raise my gun. When he walked past the tree, I pulled the trigger. He became my baptism into the world of turkey. 17 to 20 lbs., with a ten inch beard and 1" spurs, he was as good as I could ask for in the first turkey I have ever killed.

Bit Turkey

Don't know the story, just got the picture!

I know he wounded like four last year, this one looks a little "bit" more than wounded!