Summer Hog Hunting Heats Up; Opening Day Prep Goes On

Despite the unbelievable heat that we have had lately, our lowcountry hogs have continued to move pretty well for the couple of hunters we had at the lodge. Everyone has at least seen lots of hogs, but it was Mike and his brother Matt who took home the bacon last week. They each killed one good boar down on the Savannah River with their rifles, with Mike then harvesting a nice 80 pound meat hog over on Boggy Creek with his bow. So a huge congratulations to them! We now have 3 hunters in camp, and one of them has already shot a nice meat hog with her crossbow, so it look like good summer hog hunting will continue.

And while we haven’t had too many hog hunters over the last few weeks, no one here at Cypress Creek has been lounging in the AC waiting on opening day of deer season to arrive on August 15th. No, instead we have been working from daylight to dark moving stands, cutting shooting lanes and tweaking things so that our hunters have the best hunt possible while here with us. We have also just finished a week’s worth of work putting peas in all of our food plots. And man do the deer and hogs just love devouring them as they come out of the ground during the early season, so that should really help us harvest some good deer in velvet.

We also want to thank the two hard working young men, John and Seth, that joined us for a hunting guide internship over the last two weeks. They really love hunting and wanted to find out what it takes to run a great lodge, so they came down from the upstate to learn the hard way – with On the Job training! That’s right, no classes inside of an air conditioned building, just lots of hard work in the 100 degree plus heat. They not only did a great job, but they were fun to work with. We look forward to having them back soon when they can actually hunt and enjoy some of their work’s results.

Deer season is now just days away, and we are super excited to get it cranked up. Please give us a call if you would like to join us.