Re: Dec 1
[Re: Wanna Be]
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12/01/22 02:20 PM
12/01/22 02:20 PM
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Swamp Wolf
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I've got 2 pay jobs to do this month near home....both are predator jobs. All my other jobs are after deer season ends and are up state. I'm gonna try and put off the December jobs until mid month. I'm still trying to fill my 2nd Ga buck tag with another good buck. Matter of fact...I'm up a tree now...all day sit down in Thomas County. Have seen 1 young doe all day....it's 1:20 pm now....
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Re: Dec 1
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
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12/01/22 03:13 PM
12/01/22 03:13 PM
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...all day sit down in Thomas County. Hey Swamp, explain whats goin on with this mow pattern, Leon CO., FL, (not too far from you ? ) Looks very wide spread .... I don't get it. Thanks
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Re: Dec 1
[Re: Wanna Be]
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12/01/22 03:15 PM
12/01/22 03:15 PM
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I broke out the 7mm08 for this hunt but I'm about to do what you're gonna do.....I'm gonna try and take 3 or 4 does with my bow over next couple weeks.
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Re: Dec 1
[Re: Crowfoot]
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12/01/22 03:17 PM
12/01/22 03:17 PM
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...all day sit down in Thomas County. Hey Swamp, explain whats goin on with this mow pattern, Leon CO., FL, (not too far from you ? ) Looks very wide spread .... I don't get it. Thanks Quail hunting operation. Mowed strips thru low cover for access by hunters and pointing dogs. Also provides wild Quail with mix of cover and openings
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Re: Dec 1
[Re: Wanna Be]
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12/01/22 03:22 PM
12/01/22 03:22 PM
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Crowfoot, This area around SW Ga and into North Florida is quail country. Big money landowners mange intensively for wild quail. Some of these plantations have been in same families for more than a century. It's truly a unique and stunningly beautiful part of the South.
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Re: Dec 1
[Re: Crowfoot]
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12/01/22 03:35 PM
12/01/22 03:35 PM
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Sorry to bug you in a tree, now ... shoot something No problem. Im bored...been in climber all day....waiting for dark. The beauty here is breathtaking!
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Re: Dec 1
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12/01/22 08:28 PM
12/01/22 08:28 PM
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Yes Bobwhite quail. Release bird plantations can start Oct 1 - March 31.
Wild bird plantations abide by the Ga season dates which is generally about the second weekend of Nov until Feb 28th.
Release bird plantations hunt every single day just about, lol. Sounds like a dove shoot going on before lunch and after.
With wild bird plantations it depends. Where I help out its leased hunts by reference only. Hunters may come in for a Frid afternoon and all day Saturday and half a day Sunday hunt. Very few come during the week. It can cost at minimum $3500 a day (morning and afternoon) early season and up to $5000 a day later in the season. Overnight stays and home cooked meals are extra. The use of horses is extra, but everyone wants to hunt off horseback. Limit per group is 10 birds a day. Where my son works it’s owner only hunting, although he does lease it out to a few folks for $40K a week. Sounds expensive until these guys show up with $50k and higher shotguns. My son has met a lot of politicians, heads of state, and even a few Prime Ministers.
Trapping starts as soon as quail season ends and last until I decide to pull. Every wild bird plantation has nuisance permits. Sometimes I’ll get lucky if we have about 10 days between hunts and I’ll put a few sets in during the actual “winter months.”
After quail season is burn season so I’m dealing with that, then if it’s dry, any timber thinning or cutting that’s needed is done. I mark traps for burn season and pull in areas when the logging crew shows up. It’s a year long process keeping that habitat up for wild birds and the plantation I help out at only has a manager and his wife. They have another guy that helps besides me and we’re paid hourly…and NO it’s not much, lol. BUT, the perks make up for that. Deer and turkey hunting. Dove and duck hunting. And free rein of 2500ac anytime I just need to go relax or do some walking.
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