Hunters Kill Big Velvet Bucks To Kick Off SC Deer Season

Despite 100 degree heat and thunderstorms every afternoon, Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge had one of its best Opening Weeks in the last few of years when three guests shot a big velvet buck each of the first three days. They were all hunting around one of Pleasant Hill’s big clear cuts full of bachelor bucks. Mitchel got things rolling on the very first afternoon by shooting a tall 9 point, with Bob then taking a heavy 8 point the second day that scored 118 B&C and Jimmy hitting and unfortunately loosing a big buck on the third afternoon. It was our best start in the last few years, so congratulations to our hunters as well as our guides that had been working all summer to get everything set up. And adding to the cool fact that our guests had shot these great bucks was that we had caught all of those bucks on our trailcams just days before the season – along with some other bucks that are still out there!

However our trophy property wasn’t the only tract holding big bucks opening week. Boggy Creek also produced several good sightings for several hunters, allowing Terry to shoot a great buck for the new “Coming Home” TV show hosted by our good friend Sgt. Greg Stube. The buck, which scored 126 2/8 B&C, was also the deer in the trailcam photo featured in last week’s post. So a big congrats to Terry and a big “good luck” to Greg on his new project.

And along with these four bucks being shot by our guests, we also had two families with their kids hunting with us this past weekend, and many of them saw deer along with a few hogs. And out of these sightings and opportunities, we had one miss and two lost deer, which while frustrating for our hunters is just an unfortunate part of REAL hunting. But since everyone had a great time and has made plans to return soon, we will just look forward to them coming back so that everyone can try again. And hopefully the nice shed that 11-year-old Hayden found while on the way to his stand will keep the hunting fire in him burning until he has another chance to get his deer.

Now, after a week of craziness with the start of deer season, we will have a few days without hunters while we wait for the moon to move past its full phase that often makes deer movement slow. Then, toward the weekend, we will crank back up with a couple of new guests trying to put a velvet buck down before they start to lose it around the first of September. We look forward to bringing you all of the details right here at the Cypress Creek Skinning Shed!