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    A First Buck At Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge

    Tony and his first buckThis past week at Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge, I had the great fortune of guiding a couple of hunters looking to put their first deer down - Tony from West Virgina and his Father in law “Coot” from Columbia - along with their friend and veteran big buck killer Larry. They both had great hunts and well, just check out Tony (left pic) with his very first deer and first buck! Congratulations… We look forward to having both of you with us again next year, and thank you guys very much for the nice emails about how much you enjoyed hunting with us.

    I also wanted to put Keith and his good 8 point up. He was down from New York about two weeks ago and had an awesome hunt where he shot this buck, a doe and a great hog! We are looking forward to having him back as well!Keith and his 8 point

    I tell you, you can’t always get somebody on a deer or hog, but it sure is nice when it happens. It is also nice to get the pleasure of hunting with such great guys. It really makes the “job” enjoyable.

    As for the hunting right now, hopefully it picks up. We have killed a few more good bucks (pics coming), but the weather has been horrible for the last two days and hardly anybody has seen anything great. However the sun came out late this afternoon, and the rain has passed finally. Since I am headed to pick up our hunters, I will let you know tomorrow if it made a difference…

    Jeff

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    Posted on 5th November 2008
    Under: 2008 Harvest Report, Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge | 1 Comment »

    NWTF’s Women In The Outdoors Visit Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge

    Dana and Her Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge 8 Point

    We have had some great groups of hunters at Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge over the past few weeks, and one of them was the Nation Wild Turkey Federation’s Women In The Outdoors. Twelve ladies from the group showed up this past Friday night for a Halloween party to kick of their weekend with us, then hunted all day Saturday and Sunday morning.

    We really enjoyed having them in camp, and they all said that they had a great time too - which is what it is all about. However they were definitely there to see deer, and many of them did including a few bucks chasing does and a couple of hogs. And one huntress, Dana, dropped a great 8 point, so congratulations to her. They were a really fun bunch of hunters, so make sure and check out their website www.womenintheoutdoors.org for information on their great organization as well as dates for future events.

    NWTF Women In The Outdoors group at Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge

    As for me, I finally have a day off, so I am trying to get caught up on everything that I can including getting a few pictures up on this site and a few jobs out to my brides who have been anxiously awaiting their pictures. However, when you work 5am to 10pm many days, it is tough to get to anything other than sleep. And if I am not working, them I am trying to get in a stand myself.

    Fortunately, I should get a few hunts in this week while a couple of my friends from Florida are up. As a matter of fact, one of them shot a nice 7 point this morning, so make sure and check back tomorrow for some more pictures of this week’s kills. Now go get in the woods!

    Jeff

    PS The two “ladies” on the left side of the group picture are guides Bubba and Henry.

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    Posted on 3rd November 2008
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    A Great South Carolina Hunting Trip

    West Virginia Hunters 1

    A fantastic bunch down from West Virginia have been having a great time this week with us at Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge. They all saw deer and hogs, and several took care of business. Ron shot two nice bucks and Joel killed a nice sow with his bow. Joel also had several great bucks come close, but unfortunately not close enough for an arrow!

    They may have also killed something else last night, and I will find that out shortly since it is 4:30am and I am headed out of the door to the lodge. Please check back, I will have more news and pictures this evening…

    Jeff

    West Virginia Hunter 3West Virginia Hunter 2

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    Posted on 30th October 2008
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    Bucks Behind The Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge In Luray

    Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge Luray Buck

    I had a few minutes yesterday to run out back of our Luray lodge and check one of the cameras… Unfortunately the battery had died a couple of days ago, but there were some nice shots of a some good bucks from the week before including the two fighting in the background of the shot with the young buck.

    I am headed out today to set a couple more out, and since the deer are starting to really move good in this cool weather, we should have some

    Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge Luray Buck Fight

    more to share in just a few days. We have also shot a couple of nice bucks in the last few days, so I will try to get them up as soon as I can.

    Jeff

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    Posted on 22nd October 2008
    Under: Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge, Trailcam pictures | 6 Comments »

    Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge Buck Harvest

    Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge Buck The bucks seem like they are finally starting to move a little bit as our pre-rut cranks up. However I expect things to pick up even more as a cold snap moves in tomorrow and the moon changes from being full.

    Check out this nice 8 point that Walt, down from New York, killed Wednesday afternoon along with an old doe. More pictures and updates as soon as I have more than a minute to get something up!

    Jeff

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    Posted on 17th October 2008
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    Hog Harvest

    John with his hogThis is going to be quick. I got to sleep at midnight, it is now 4:30am and I am heading out of the door… I promise a full post tomorrow, but for now this shot of one of the hogs a guest killed this week will have to do.

    Jeff

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    Posted on 15th October 2008
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    High-Fence Shooting Does Not Equal Free-Range Hunting

    I am a little irritated from this past weekend, so I am going to vent this morning… We had a couple of “hunters” up from South Florida for a three day hunt on our trophy tract where we kill all of our biggest bucks, and that is because the 3200 acres has been trophy managed for the past 15 years, making it a true big-buck paradise. However, it is still a free-range hunt, meaning that factors like the weather, hunter’s shooting ability and what stage of the rut we are in have a HUGE impact on killing a big buck there. In essence, it is NOT a guaranteed hunt.

    Well, the company these guys work for bought them a hunt with the understanding that it was still a little early in the season for the best hunting, but since that was the only time they could come, they were willing to give it a shot. They showed up and immediately started talking about all of the places that they had hunted and how many big bucks they had shot - with almost all of them inside of a high-fence. They also bragged about how they only cut the horns off of 140 class deer since they had so many bigger ones in their trophy rooms… Blah, blah, blah!

    I could tell right then and there that they were not going to fun to hunt with, considering that a 140 inch buck in the lowcountry is a MONSTER, as well as damn hard to kill under fair-chase conditions. But we did our best to put them in the right spots and put up with them. However, not only did we have some of the worst weather this week for deer hunting - windy and pouring rain, they did everything they could to make sure they didn’t kill a buck including leaving there stands shortly after daylight since they weren’t “seeing anything”. One guy even commented how the five scrapes that were withing 100 yards of his stand had not been hit since the rain that stopped just before daylight… which is, as far as I am concerned, exactly why he should have stayed in his stand and waited for a buck to get there after the bad weather passed.

    And what made it even more irritating, was that about the same time these guys were getting down, two of our guides were checking a stand just down the road when they spotted a huge buck cruising around! It seemed that if they couldn’t walk around a pen and pick which deer they wanted, then we were not the place for them to be. So they headed home, and we headed out to top sow some seeds in our food plots behind the lodge so the heavy rain could beat them in to the dirt. And what do you think we ran in to about 8am? A monster cruising around. As a matter of fact, he was only 8 yards off of the road, and he tried to duck down to let us go by. Only Bubba’s good eyes spotted him.

    That night we put several hunters in the woods. A couple of hog hunters saw deer but no hogs while another one saw hogs but couldn’t get a shot. The deer hunter in the stand where we ran into the monster shot a really nice 7 point, then had a 10 point come out a few minutes later that stood under the feeder until we arrived to pick him up. Our hunter could have paid extra and shot that deer too, but since he hunts with us all of the time, he chose to leave him for another day and another guest….  they were all real hunters, and that is real hunting.

    Jeff

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    Posted on 13th October 2008
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    Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge Trailcam Pictures

    Good Bucks Behind Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge I put my two trailcams out a few weeks ago at Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge, and I had basically left them alone due to being so busy with moving and other work. However I finally got chance to check them the other day, and I was thinking that I would have several hundred pictures after 3 weeks. Unfortunately, both cameras had problems and only ran for a couple of days each before they each died.

    So this morning, you get just a couple of cool shots and a reminder of why it is sooooo important to check your cameras every few days to make sure that they are working properly…

    The first two shots are of a couple of decent bucks and some big hogs that live right behind the Luray lodge Big Hogs Behind Cypress Creek Hunting Lodgewhile the other one is of Danny, the owner, putting in one of our food plots. And I included that one to show you the date, Sept. 23rd, which is when most of our plots went in… Unfortunately we have had NO rain since then, therefore nothing has come up except in a few really low spots. But we are finally expecting several inches over today and tomorrow, so everything should pop right on up over the next few days. And that should be perfect since the tastiest, tenderest shoots should be coming up right as our rut starts to kick in - helping to draw those does in with the bucks behind them!

    As for the rut, like I said, it should start cranking up over the next two weeks. However we, and others, are starting to see a few older bucks moving around right now. I Danny Putting in Food Plotsstopped in over at the Webb Center yesterday to see how they did on their Monday pm/Tuesday am draw hunt, and they had killed quite a few does and a couple of good bucks including one 4.5 year old 8 point that went over 190 pounds! But note, that buck was shot while eating in a pea patch, not chasing.

    Anyway, I have put new batteries in the cameras and have them back out keeping an eye on the woods. And I should get a chance to check them sometime this weekend, so by Monday I will have some new pics for everyone.

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    Posted on 8th October 2008
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    Successful Family Hunt At Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge

    Family Hunt At Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge

    Check out this shot of a family that hunted this past weekend with us at Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge. Heidi shot a fat doe while her older sister Addy shot a nice 6 point. Notice the blood on Addy’s face for killing her first deer; it was Heidi’s first deer too, but she was quicker to wash the blood off off. Neither one really liked that part of the initiation, however they were both thankful that it wasn’t like the old days when it wasn’t unusual to get the WHOLE gut bucket dumped over one’s head!

    Addy and Her 6 pointHeidi and her Fat Doe

    I just can’t think of a better way to spend some quality time than in the woods than introducing young people to our great sport. Way to go Grandpa for bring the girls, and a big thanks to their uncle for being there to help as well!

    And don’t tell me you can’t be a real girl if you love hunting… Check out those painted toenails on Addy. Also, since that look worked so well for her, I think I will start recommending that all of our hunters get a quick pedicure (and a pink polo) before they get to the lodge :)

    As for the rut, it still isn’t here, but it is getting very close. We are seeing more and more buck movement everyday, but right now it is mostly the younger bucks. The older ones know it isn’t quite time to go crazy. So continue to get your to-do list done, because we should be about two weeks away from the start of the best hunting of the season.

    Jeff

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    Posted on 7th October 2008
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    South Carolina Sportsman Magazine Interviews LowcountryHunting

    Jeff and Bo with big 6 point from 2006In the latest addition of South Carolina Sportsman magazine, there is a great article by Jeff Burleson on how to use a trailcam to survey the deer on your property as well as how to kill the big bucks you find. And in the article, he uses me from Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge, Jonathan Phillips from Black River Plantation and Hugh McCrea from BigWoods Outfitters to showcase how to get the best results. It is a well-written article that is very informative, and not just because he uses your truly in it.

    I have put a link to the magazine’s website, however since they don’t put their articles up on it, you will have to pick up an issue to actually read it. I have also included a trailcam picture of a great 6 point that I caught on camera in August of 2006 and later harvested the last week of October; the trailcam picture of him was taken just 350 yards from where I killed him! That just shows that while bucks definitely roam a lot more during Big 6 point trailcam pic from 2006the rut, they are usually still in the same general vicinity if your hunting pressure has not run them off.

    I also want to thank Blessed for a truly wonderful review of lowcountryhunting over at the Outdoor Bloggers Summit. She really took a great deal of time to go through all of my posts to showcase the ones that really reflect what my site is all about.

    Hope everyone has a great weekend and gets to spend some time in our beautiful outdoors. Please take your child or loved one with you if they are interested!

    Jeff

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    Posted on 12th September 2008
    Under: Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge, Hunting News, Trailcam pictures | 3 Comments »