A few Trail cam pics

etommy28

micci_man

Nice deer! See lots of sand. Must be along the coast or south in the state. Must be feeding lots of minerals?? Good luck.

woodsrunner

I think I see small Sweetgum trees. If so it's got to be north of a line from about Tampa Bay to the Space Center.

drgibby

Got some good looking bucks.

MCSHunter

Very nice. :machinegun

Panhandler80

Whoa! Very nice.

You gotta give us st least some idea of region. Please....

Turner River Terror

I know it,s not close to me in Taylor County..:banghead

woodsrunner

I've looked the vegetation over as well as I could on these photos, and---I THINK--- I see Turkey Oak and Sand Post Oak, Sweetgums and Longleaf Pine which appears to be natural regeneration (with the Pine) but maybe not, and lesser ground cover like Jimson Weed and Nut Grass which would all indicate a little better soil quality than you would find in the lower part of "Fladah". And the Palmetto mixed with better soils type hardwood species is there. Strike an imaginary line "from west to east and east to west and back again" from about Cedar Key to Daytona Beach (maybe use Highway 40) and I'm betting the location is north of this line. Might even be out in the Panhandle or even up in South Georgia or South Alabama. Maybe etommy will tell us what County its in!

etommy28

Suwannee County.

etommy28

Turner River Terror, Actually quite close, less than an hour away. Along the North border of Suwannee County.

etommy28

We do feed some minerals, about 12 trophy rocks a year and a few bags of minerals, but we are feeding White Tail institute Deer Pellets from Jan- July so they get alot of them there and have a 80 Acre Field 1/2 Beans, 1/2 Millet and sorgum plus a 20 Acre "food Plot" and a 4 Acre food plot which are being planted with cow peas this weekend. We were a property that Sabal Trail cut through which kept me from killing that big buck last year. he is actually standing over the pipeline in the pictures. we have been actively managing our deer herd for 5 years since we bought the property, we have taken almost all does to try to let the bucks grow and get our herd in better shape.

etommy28

Here are a couple others.

woodsrunner

The Cypress logs and a lot of the lumber that I used to build our house came from not very far away from here. Daniel Boone and his companions were also "bewildered" for 3-4 days in this vicinity when he came through the area in the early 1760's. Not lost in the woods, just "bewildered" in Boons words! Good dirt in this area! Pour the P2O5 to the deer and you can grow some impressive racks!

Panhandler80

Ain't this part of panhandle. Those feeders would be in a million pieces.

Panhandler80

Nice work. Y'all darn sure doing it right.

micci_man

Really nice deer for being in the sand. Your program is working.

swampwalker

Very nice. Will be expecting some deer "acquisition" pics when season gets here. Nice detective work Woodsrunner!

bowhunter4life

swampwalker wrote: »

Very nice. Will be expecting some deer "acquisition" pics when season gets here. Nice detective work Woodsrunner!

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woodsrunner

Aw shucks, Guys! 'Yall forget that I practiced forestry and wildlife management in this part of the world for years and years! And, though 'yall don't know it, Uncle Sam taught me very diligently how to tear photography all to pieces looking for specifics! Wanna know what the forest type and cover is at N60 Degrees--E105 Degrees ? Was a time when I could have looked a little and told you!

thatredneckguyjamie

My guess was going to be somewhere around Live Oak We hunt a place in Madison county. People discount FL for not having the ability to grow decent deer...you'd be amazed what happens when you don't kill everything that walks and give em something to eat besides corn

Geetch

What kind of feeder is that in the third, fourth, and fifth pictures?

micci_man

thatredneckguyjamie wrote: »

My guess was going to be somewhere around Live Oak We hunt a place in Madison county. People discount FL for not having the ability to grow decent deer...you'd be amazed what happens when you don't kill everything that walks and give em something to eat besides corn

The real key is to let them get 4+ years of age. Let them get mature. Supplemental feeding will help some but it's not the win all. Better than supplemental feeding is what minerals are in the dirt they live on. If they have what it takes no need to feeding minerals. Woodsrunner will correct me if I'm wrong :wink

etommy28

Geetch wrote: »

What kind of feeder is that in the third, fourth, and fifth pictures?

I really dont know its a ground can feeder we got several years back that expands depending on the ammount of corn, it will get to the size of a metal drum.

cracker4112

Where are the bears? Feeders like those wouldn't last a week where I hunt in Putnam or Glades county.

etommy28

no bears as of yet, were we used to hunt about 20 miles away we had bears but not here.

gator4ever

I am the distributor for the equine line that Redmond rock makes they are the manufacturer of Trophy rock.

My lease is in Glades County they wont touch the minerals. But a buddy of mine in Ga started feeding them 4 years and every year we have seen a measureable difference in antler size. And just about every doe has twins. I cannot believe his game cam pics twins everywhere.

The only thing he has changed is the mineral.

I agree etommy age is the key. But the protein you are feeding and WHEN you are feeding it are big help.