dubyam
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- Nov 21, 2013
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I've been in this lease for four seasons, now, and it's been a real ball. It's only 360ac, but it's also only 6-8 members annually. I've never been there with more than four guys hunting on the same day, so it works out well. Many days I have the place to myself. It's a mountain lease, with about half the acreage in old terrace-farmed fields which are now fallow, and the rest in rolling to steep ravines or mountainside, all of which is heavily wooded in mixed hardwood/pine forest. We have a couple of creeks which come together and form one creek running down the mountain. The whole thing all but dries out during July, but in the winter can be running heavily enough to drown out other sounds while you're hunting near the creekbed. A lot of the area off the mountain is bluffs overlooking open woodlots, with shots ranging from "end of your muzzle" out to a few hundred yards. On top, in the terraced fields, there are some areas where one can see over 1000yds across the sage bromgrass. I would not shoot game at those distances, but I've used the view to my advantage to spot-and-stalk hunt white-tails in the various areas on top which they feed and rest during the day. I've taken several deer that way, and missed opportunity on several others due to wind, terrain, or timing.
Here are a couple of shots of the open areas on top:
And here are some shots from recent days in the bluffs/creekbed. Notice the entire creek is frozen over in some portions of its run from the winter storms of the past couple of weeks. We've been cold here in northeast Alabama!
It gets steep in a lot of these draws, too. Perhaps steeper than most folks realize this part of the country can be.
And this one is a knock off of one of Guy's favorite compositions...though his are generally better than this in terms of the whole package:
And, where I finished my hunting season Friday:
For scale, that woodlot below where I'm sitting is about 80' below my position, and the view here is out about 150yds, give or take. To the left and right of this view, looking along the bluff walls, I have shot opportunities out beyond 300yds.
It really is a great place to hike, hunt, and camp. Can't wait for fall to come around again. Only 254 more days...
Here are a couple of shots of the open areas on top:
And here are some shots from recent days in the bluffs/creekbed. Notice the entire creek is frozen over in some portions of its run from the winter storms of the past couple of weeks. We've been cold here in northeast Alabama!
It gets steep in a lot of these draws, too. Perhaps steeper than most folks realize this part of the country can be.
And this one is a knock off of one of Guy's favorite compositions...though his are generally better than this in terms of the whole package:
And, where I finished my hunting season Friday:
For scale, that woodlot below where I'm sitting is about 80' below my position, and the view here is out about 150yds, give or take. To the left and right of this view, looking along the bluff walls, I have shot opportunities out beyond 300yds.
It really is a great place to hike, hunt, and camp. Can't wait for fall to come around again. Only 254 more days...
