Well, I used to live in NC for 11 years, ever since I got out of the Marines. I've been hunting this same farm in Martin County, on the Roanoke River since '92, and I go back every year for deer season, and turkey ever now and then when I'm not someplace else. I went last week from Wed. and came home Sunday. Didn't get a buck this year, but I did see ALOT of deer. Saw a momma Bobcat and her 3 babies, which was cool. It was all good. My buddy, who owns the farm, kinda has a rule (for some of us) that to shoot the bucks, they have to be at least as wide as their ears and at least 6 pts, which is fine by me. He really doesn't care if kids, or first time hunters shoot whatever. But those of us that have hunted there for a while have our own little pact on what we will shoot.
Anyways, I did see a real nice one my first night there, but it was pretty dark by the time he moved into the field and I couldn't and wouldn't take a shot, it just wasn't right. But he did have a nice rack. I did call one 7-pt. right to my stand from 275 yds. away using my cedar Ozark Custom Calls grunter. He marched straight to me, stopped every now and then. I would hit the grunt, and he would continue to walk. Anyways, I decided to pass on him, hoping for a nicer buck. I'm not trophy hunter by any means, but at this farm, I wanted to wait. Anyways, it was a good trip all in all. It always is, whether I get one or not. But, I did end up giving my buddy my cedar grunter that Richard (Ozark Custom Calls) made me. He never had (or seen) a custom grunt call before, and he just loved it, so I gave it to him. It was the least I could do. But I'll tell ya, when I got home Sunday night, I wanted to call and order another one IMMEDIATELY!!! I had to hold off until yesterday (didn't want to wake up Richard so late on Sunday, LOL!)
. So luckily, I didn't have to wait and got another one coming right now. Gonna try it out this last week of bow season in NY.
