The Gun Counter

Deer and turkey hunting only. I am the owner so this is not a sublease & do not allow subleasing. Mostly Cumberland Rim & Highland forest & Creek/River bottom farm in hay/CRP. Has creek bottoms on large creek to extremely steep forest land, provides a variety of habitat for a large population of deer & turkey. Large creek runs across southwest border with a number of smaller creeks throughout property. Northeast section is Mill Hollow Branch 700 acres of 10 year old hardwood regeneration; approximately 80 acres open fields in CRP, remaining acres in hardwood timber ranging from 30 to over 100 years old. Food plots and established trails. Electric service and well water available with prior coordination. Deer, turkey, and coyote/varmint hunting only. Looking for family oriented, responsible, conservative, and flexible LONG TERM hunt lease client. $6/acre plus hunt liability insurance and wildlife management plan, required.

For any members who are in the Tennessee, Kentucky, Northern Alabama or Mississippi are who may be interested, message me for details. $6 per acre plus hunt liability insurance in addition to wildlife management plan.

Below is a pic of some very recent visitors.

Well I tried several time to upload the picture. It is not a large file, about 400k. The forum software acts like it is uploading it and then nothing. In the mean time here is a link to the picture:

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DAMN!!! Too bad you don't have something in the mountains of SoCal/southern Sierra!!!

Those are cute. What kind of deer are they?

I got three roe bucks (Bambi!) this past week, and I saw one of the biggest, if not the biggest, red deer stags in Belgium (that's an Elk for you 'Muricans). He was standing in the same coppice as one of the bucks, and took off at a gallop when he heard the shot - what a sight. I also saw a wildcat - very rare, and my brother shot a racoon - still rarer over here!

Denis wrote:Those are cute. What kind of deer are they?

I got three roe bucks (Bambi!) this past week, and I saw one of the biggest, if not the biggest, red deer stags in Belgium (that's an Elk for you 'Muricans). He was standing in the same coppice as one of the bucks, and took off at a gallop when he heard the shot - what a sight. I also saw a wildcat - very rare, and my brother shot a racoon - still rarer over here!

We have LOTS of racoons over here, too bad we can't just shoot them on sight!! They're pests WORSE than coyotes!! GRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

Denis wrote:Those are cute. What kind of deer are they?

I got three roe bucks (Bambi!) this past week, and I saw one of the biggest, if not the biggest, red deer stags in Belgium (that's an Elk for you 'Muricans). He was standing in the same coppice as one of the bucks, and took off at a gallop when he heard the shot - what a sight. I also saw a wildcat - very rare, and my brother shot a racoon - still rarer over here!

Those are white tail deer.

Rooster wrote:Those are white tail deer.

Thanks!

Mike, over here racoons are foreign vermin, and can be shot on sight throughout the year!

In another life I spent about 9 years stationed in then West Germany and earned/obtained my "Waffen- und Jagdscheinangelegenheiten". I was fortunate to be able to have the opportunity to hunt Roe deer. They are some SNEEKY little things. They appear in the dawn light like magic even while you studiously watch the food plot area. One moment you see nothing on the food plot, the next there a half dozen appear in the middle. They may be small but they are some worthy game animals to hunt.

Rooster wrote:I was fortunate to be able to have the opportunity to hunt Roe deer. They are some SNEEKY little things. They appear in the dawn light like magic even while you studiously watch the food plot area. One moment you see nothing on the food plot, the next there a half dozen appear in the middle. They may be small but they are some worthy game animals to hunt.

They are indeed both sneaky and worthy. Just seeing them is a challenge - they're not much bigger than a dog, say a Labrador - about 10-12kg dressed weight (24lbs), so they are practically invisible in tall grass or brush. Sometimes you can catch them moving in peripheral vision, but more often they seem to just appear out of nowhere in the middle of an open space. I have hardly ever heard one move, however thick the ground cover. The bucks "bark", and both sexes sometimes "sneeze" if they have nasal parasites.

Another odd thing about roe is the fact that they are easy to see when you're not hunting (you often see groups of them in fields near roads), but they make themselves scare in hunting season. In May (buck season), I saw 14 does and not a single buck!

Hmm... That sounds like the ideal size for splitting down the middle, and cooking on a pit... (Nom, nom, nom, nom - looking forward to it getting cool enough to go after Axis again...)