Well, 2008 was an eventful and life changing year. I am blessed to be able to continue into 2009. As I had mentioned in an earlier post, I had made arrangements to hunt the January rut with my friend Matt Free at Tatum Creek Hunting Camp just outside Selma Alabama. It has been several years since I last hunted with Matt and this trip felt like a homecoming of sorts. I was excited to arrive in camp, see my friends Matt and William, and meet the other hunters. Like myself, most of the other hunters in camp had hunted with Matt on several occasions. All were excited and eager to get started. After settling into one of the rooms in the new lodge, I soaked up a little of the atmosphere. The lodge is truly a beautiful setting with its 25-foot high sealing and large stone fireplace. The abundance of whitetail mounts adorning the walls help fuel the excitement in anticipation of the coming hunt. Needless to say, the hunting at Tatum Creek is superb; the quality deer management plan that was put in place many years ago is paying big dividends. On the first morning of my hunt I harvested an 18-inch wide, 8-point, scoring in the mid 120’s. At that point the pressure was off and I could sit back and enjoy the rest of the hunt… and that I did.
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I just found your blog. Congratulations, this is a nice deer. It looks like you have hunted with this outfitter several times. I will take a look at their web page.
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