We took a 3 day trip to Kentucky this weekend to clear some roads and check on the hunting land. After lunch on Friday we hit the road and now on Sunday Morning we are heading back home. The recent ice storms had an impact and several trees had to be cut and moved from the access roads.
Joe and Bryant cutting a cedar from the road.
Tractor Supply has several different types of mineral blocks and we usually go with cattle blocks which are cheaper than the deer specific. After a couple of years of putting the blocks in the same spot the deer have turn the spots into water holes. They eat the soil that absorbed the minerals and this creates a hole that holds water. There is two of these water holes that are now increasing in size each year. The bigger hole is about six by eight feet wide now.
Tim Bond with a truck load of mineral blocks for the deer.
While clearing shooting lanes in a new stand area Joe spotted these tracks. It seemed as if a big animal was chasing a deer from the tracks. I took this picture and it looks to me like a cat track.
Track on Dukes Ridge.
One thing is for sure we are not the only ones deer hunting in these woods. The distance between the tracks was amazing as well. In some spots it would be eight to ten feet between track sets. I'd love to get this animal on the game camera.
Questions or Comments
Shelby Byrd
Got to love winter right, it's good you put mineral blocks for the deer.
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