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February 1, 2004
by Bucky Henson

We wrapped up a great season (our first full one) with a great weekend.  This group, from Alabama; Florida & Georgia, was a lot of fun to have with us.  They enjoyed great hunting & great fellowship.  We enjoyed getting to know them all.  They took several nice bucks and some good, mature does.

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January 28, 2004
by Bucky Henson

It's been a great week.  We've had two groups in since the 21st.  They've had a lot of fun and a lot of success. 

Our last group of the year arrived this morning.  Man, the season has flown by.  We'll be starting a new "New Pics & News" page for the 2004-05 season sometime this summer, after turkey season & summer planting are complete.  We will include a link to this year's page, also.  Keep an eye on the site throughout the year.

This first buck was taken this morning.  A nice eight-point.

Here is a father-son duo who had a good morning.  Two nice eight-points.  The buck on the left lost part of his main beam in a tussle earlier this year.

This is a big, heavy-beam seven-point that was taken on the afternoon of the 24th, after a big thunderstorm moved through.

We always get a thrill seeing young hunters get their first deer - especially when it's a nice buck.  Dad's proud, too.

Another young hunter with his first buck.



These bucks were taken between the 21st and the 24th.  Two nice eight-point bookends shown here with a nice six-point (same buck as in picture with Dad, above).

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January 21, 2004
by Mike Cutler

We had a good morning.  These two bucks were taken within an hour or two of each other.  Molly and I had another busy morning tracking the deer on the left.  Congratulations to both of these hunters.  That's a nice eight-point on the left and a big ol' five-point on the right.  The five-point has a 16" spread.  For a five-point, he's a bruiser.

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January 14, 2004
by Bucky Henson

I sat in a box this afternoon with the camcorder.  Saw about 15 deer or so, including this nice young six-point.  He's a year or two away, but he's going to be a fine buck.  Give him a while on Mike's feeding regimen.

We got some pictures for the scrapbook back from our opening-weekend group from Key Largo, Florida (see the big nine-point & big eight-point from November, below).  Look below at the opening weekend pics. 

We have a group in from Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina & Alabama this week.  They're seeing a lot of deer - several shooters.  I think we're going to have a good two and a half weeks to close out the season.  Also, based on video like this & like Wallace's video from Sunday and other things we're seeing, I believe the future looks very bright, as well.

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January 11, 2004
by Wallace Henson

Here are some stills from a video that I took of a nice eight-point this afternoon.  He's just shy of being a shooter, but he's a nice buck just the same.

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January 9, 2004
by Bucky Henson

Here's a nice, nice ten-point that was taken today.  This buck first looks like a big eight-point.  Then, you notice the double brow tines on each side.  Really good buck, really happy hunter.  

The third picture is of a young hunter with his mom.  He just experienced the thrill of his first successful deer hunt.

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January 7, 2004
by Mike Cutler

The week started out with cold rain & overcast skies.  The skies cleared and the mercury dropped and all of a sudden, deer everywhere.

This North Carolina group took three trophy bucks.  The first shown is a big eight point (180 lbs.) with a double main beam on the left side.  His inside spread was 19 1/2 inches.  He's something.  

Next is a big six-point.  This deer, despite having six points, is a definite shooter - a really good buck (I believe his spread was about 18" or so).  

The third deer is another good six-point taken by one of our young hunters.

We were all excited about all three of these bucks.  At least  two or three other trophy bucks were seen by this group during their stay.  Those bucks are still out there, of course.

"Way to go, bro..."



"That's my dad..."

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January 4, 2004
by Bucky Henson

Here's a great family & friend group that we had in from South Georgia.  They're a fun bunch, but they got hit with some very bad (for deer hunting) weather.  They saw some deer & took a few does, but we're going to get them back for some better weather & better hunting.  They were super good sports and truly deserve better.   Really, it's not always 78º and humid here in January!
  

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December 21, 2004
by Bish Rockwell

Here's a nice eight-point buck taken by one of our young hunters last night.  Mike's dog, Molly, and Robbie Howard's dog, Max, (both pictured in the bed of the pickup) tracked the deer for us this morning.  Also pictured in the last photo is Mr. Dennis Duty, creator of the (click this link) Southern Sportsman hunting television show.  Dennis' wife, Vickie, filmed this hunt for Dennis' show.  The show can be seen these days on several Georgia television stations.  Next year, he's going nationwide, folks.  

Thanks to Dennis, Vickie and their staff for these great pics & video stills.  Oh yeah, that's Dennis' doe to Dennis' right.  The young hunter promised to give Dennis a few pointers next time.  It really was a nice doe though, Dennis.  (Really, Dennis is an entertaining, knowledgeable guy.  You need to check out his show when you get a chance). 

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December 19, 2003
by Valley Creek Staff

Last weekend, we had our first annual "ALDeer.com" hunt during which we played host to several patrons of the ALDeer.com discussion forums.  It was a great weekend both in terms of hunting and in terms of fun & fellowship.  Click this link to see a copy of a report  on the weekend.  It was posted on ALDeer.com by the forum's own "Brody Joe."  It's well worth reading...

ALDeer.com Report

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December 7, 2003
by Mike Cutler

Here are a few pictures from this weekend.  The first is yours truly holding a nice nine-point (eight and a drop-tine) that was taken over the weekend.  After that is the hunter who took the buck.  The third picture is of that hunter, me and another of our hunters.  The deer on the left was a really good-sized deer (about 200 lbs.) with an abnormal rack.

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December 1, 2003
by Mike Cutler

Just a note to let you know that we've had a busy booking day.  We still have slots left for the last weekend in January as well as several slots left for several December hunts.  It is filling up quickly, though.  Don't wait!

Thanks to all of our great hunters who've booked with us this year.
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November 29, 2003
by Valley Creek Staff

This young hunter took this buck this afternoon.  The young hunter made an expert shot from about 175 yards.  Wow.

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November 29, 2003
by Bucky Henson

I sat in one of the new boxes this morning.  While I was opening the windows, these two deer walked up a lane to me.  Saw about ten deer between 5:30 and 8:30.  One other rack buck & a spike came out, too.  By the way; no, our deer are not radioactive.  The pictures were taken in near darkness with a flash.

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November 25, 2003
by Bucky Henson

Here are a few pictures from opening weekend of gun season.  Of the six shooter bucks seen this weekend, these two were taken.  The first is a 175 lb. nine-point.  The second weighed 185 lbs. and had eight points.  Of course, many does were taken as well.  We had a great weekend with lots of fun, fellowship & great hunting.

Also pictured in the fifth photograph is Molly, Mike Cutler's  Labrador.  Molly had her hand in the take - she tracked the deer through thick brush.

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November 10, 2003
by Bucky Henson

I sat in another box stand today and took some good footage.  You'll see six different bucks in these shots.  The best was a big 9-point (good mass & tines & all).  There were also five younger bucks:  a young 8, two good young 7's, a young 5 and an older buck with one good side & one not so good.  Got shots of fighting, playing, eating, etc.  Usually had about 12 deer in the field - pretty typical numbers.

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November 5, 2003
by Bucky Henson

Comparing notes...

Some video stills from the greenfield where the October 24th buck (shown below) was headed.

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October 24, 2003
by Bucky Henson

This is a nice six-point that I filmed last night just before dark.  He was on his way to a planted green field (they're really looking nice and green now).  He's not a "mature" deer yet, and we want to let him get bigger.  In a couple of years, he's going to give somebody a thrill.  

In the field were about fifteen deer including this buck and at least two or three other bucks.  One of the other bucks was another six point - a bit bigger than this deer.  The others were too far away and it was too dark to tell how big they were.  The video from the field is just too dark for me to capture a good picture from it.

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October 20, 2003
by Mike Cutler

Went out yesterday with the video camera and filmed this buck along with a number of does & smaller bucks.  He's a good, medium sized buck that we've seen several times in one particular field this week.

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October 17, 2003
by Bucky Henson

I took the video camera to one of our box stands this afternoon (Friday) about 5pm and filmed off and on until dark.  Saw probably 15 to 20 deer in an hour and a half or so, including these two bucks.

The first three pics here are of a big eight-point that walked out early - about 5:30 - and ate with a group of four other young bucks and four or five does & yearlings.

The next three pics are of another bigger, older eight-point with a big high rack that looks to be still developing.  He showed up with two does coming from the west right about dark.

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August 26, 2003
by Mike Cutler & Bucky Henson

Congratulations to Emory Harnage.  We drew Emory's name from the free-hunt hat, yesterday.   Emory is a retired fireman from Meigs, Georgia.  We look forward to seeing you, Emory!

We went to two shows this year:  The QDMA meeting in early summer at Lafayette, Louisiana & The Georgia Wildlife Federation's Buckarama in early August at Perry, Georgia.  At the shows, we had a box & slips to fill out for the free hunt for this year.  We had about 800 to 1,000 entries.
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August 25, 2003
by Mike Cutler

We got a few more bookings today.  We've updated the calendar (which is filling up quickly) on our Reservations page.
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August 23, 2003
by Bucky Henson

Photographs taken this afternoon (sorry about the poor quality - taken with a zoom lens in poor light).  It was about 7pm.  There were four good bucks feeding together in this field.  Further down the page, you'll see a different set of four bucks in some photos from August 2.  This field is not close to where the August 2 photos were taken.

I didn't know the deer in the feeder was there until I downloaded the photos onto my laptop.  There was another buck out of the first two pictures to the right.  He shows up in the last two photos.

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August 2, 2003
by Mike Cutler

Photographs from one of our game cameras.  There are four bucks shown feeding together in one of these photos.  The big deer to the left in the first photo appears several times below.  We estimate his spread at 16" to 18."

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July 10, 2003
by Bucky Henson

Here are some photographs of three bucks feeding in one of our new summer food plots.  The photos were taken with a standard lens from a good distance.  Hence, the quality of the photos is very poor.  All three of these deer appear to be of good, mature size.  My son video-ed these deer in the same spot a few afternoons after I took these photos.

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June 20, 2003
by Mike Cutler

Hey,

Just wanted to drop you a line and let you know about the latest improvements. 

All 12 feeders have been out for a couple of months. I am filling them with 250 lbs of a special deer pellet that one of our local co-ops has started to produce. It has over 20% crude digestible protein, along with many other vitamins, chemicals, and nutrients that have been especially blended for the best possible nutritional impact.  I have to refill them about every 5 days. The new salt and mineral licks have become very active.

The rain has been killing me. For I only have about 25 acres of summer plots planted, and I have another 20 acres to go if it ever dries up enough. 

The dozier man finally finished with 6 new roads and 21 new plots. So we will have 33 food plots and 4,000 acres to hunt on this year. Boy am I excited about these new areas!   

If you are interested in booking don’t wait much longer because I am starting to run ads in major newspapers. I am also going to run ½ page ads in Gulf Coast Outdoors and Florida Fish and Game magazine. 

Bookings are on a first come first serve basis now so give me a call and send your deposit (50% of your hunt) so I can guarantee your spot. 

Thanks,

Michael J. Cutler
Manager
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