Hot Weather Arrives, Turkey Hunting Season Winds Down

The hot weather and the bugs have finally arrived here in the lowcountry, and as usual that has caused a slow down in the number of guests hunting here in SC. I don’t understand it, but many people seem to enjoy hunting in the cooler temperatures of late winter and early Spring then they do once it warms up and the mosquitoes come out 🙂 Also, turkey hunting season is now open in most states, so not as many hunters have to travel to SC to get a hunt in.

So with this late Spring slow down, we only had a few hunters this past week after having some time off for Easter. One of those hunters was Jim from Charlotte, NC, who was down for just one day on a hog/turkey hunt combo. And while we couldn’t get a gobbler close enough for him to put down, he did harvest a good boar right out behind the lodge on the power line.

Also turkey and hog hunting with us this past weekend was Dr. Gary Jones of NC, down with his 15 year old daughter Kendyl. The two of them had some great hunts and had several opportunities to shoot a big longbeard inside of 30 yards, but just couldn’t get a clear shot any of the times due to brush in the way or having the turkey on the wrong side of them to shoot. But that is turkey hunting! However Kendell and Dr. Jones didn’t go home empty handed after she put a great 160 pound hog down over on Boggy Creek.

So congratulations to both of our successful hunters this past week! Now we have a few more quiet days off before a couple of hunters come in this weekend, so stay tuned for more hunting updates. And if you are still hoping to get in the woods for a turkey, call us ASAP. We still have two weeks left in the season, and while it will be a little warm, the late season can offer some of the best turkey hunting since those big gobblers will be out looking hard for those last few hens open to breeding. This means that our lonely hen calls sound better than ever to them.

Also, please note that if you are interested in attending our long range shooting class, you had better call and reserve your spot now. We have had so much interest that we are already almost booked up!