Good morning ladies and gents, My name is Travis and I am from Eastern NC, home of the "Dog sized Deer" lol. I have been hunting in general since i was young and I have been an avid bow hunter the last 5 years or so. I am shooting a Mathews Z7 Extreme, 65lbs 26.5in draw but it gets the job done rather well I think. I have always been a respectful hunter and have tried to do things right, in this not so right world. I am sure we all have the same problems. I took my largest buck this past year with my bow, and although its not an Ohio or Illinois monster, it was deffinately a shooter in my book. I have been following this buck for 2 years, hunting him when i could, and keeping my mouth shut on his where abouts. I was sitting in a stand when i heard a friend i had taken with me that afternoon shoot his rifle in the large field he was hunting. I got a text from him that said "doe down". I then decided, with the light rain that was coming down, and the long drag across the bean field that was ahead of me, that i was not taking anything unless he was "Nice". I played a couple games on my phone, looked up, and there he was broad side 33yds, looking away from me. I eased the mathews off the bow holder on the side of the tree, went to full draw, and let the muzzy fly. He went about 25 yds, and i heard him crashing. I returned the text to my friend "big buck down". Sorry the intro was a little lengthy, but i cant wait to share more stories, and read more stories with all of you. -Travis
Thanks guys. Glad to be here. I have not ran across a "lease" thread yet, is there such an animal? Or what sites are good sites to find land to lease?
Welcome!! That's funny you are in New Bern my brother is in the Coast Guard and he lives in Oriental. I don't think that is too far away! Some awesome fishing down there!
Thanks everyone. Glad to be here! Lung Buster- Oriental has some awesome fishing. We caught Reds this past year over 50" with most of them 40"+ on any given day or night. The Striper and trout fishing is good this way also and the occasional Spanish will come in as clost to oriental. I got plenty of Fishing pics, but this ain the place for it
I fished with my brother down there this summer and we destroyed the redfish and speckled trout! I am used to fishing tidal waters up here in Jersey so it took me a bit to get used to a wind blown tide but once I figured it out it was on! I am heading down there next month to hunt turkeys with him! I can't wait! My brother just started knocking on doors and asking permission to hunt farms where he lives now he has two that he hunts regularly and he killed a bear this year on one of them.
We have several turkeys around here. Its nothing to see 10-40 in a field at any given time during the Fall but they are much harder to get on in the Spring for some reason. Im always down for a good turkey hunt, keep me in mind!
