This weekend at Bollingbrook

I had the chance to spend a little time with my dad away from the office and at Bollingbrook this weekend. With the various hunting season and cool weather (hopefully) on the way we had some serious work that needed to be done. Luckily for us we have one of the finest dozier operators in southwest Georgia at our disposal, Gerald McGaha. We are constanlty coming up with projects for Gerald to work on, one thing we have found out is that you need the right equipment to get a job done and Gerald does a wonderful job.

This weekend we got a start on the duck pond, a project I mentioned in an earlier post, we cleared a new food plot in some planted pines and we moved two tripod stands. Finally, I must have pushed over 50 undesirable dead trees that had been poinsoned by a chop and spray application we did last spring. Our place is really looking great and I am truly proud to be a steward of it.

New Toy

We have a new toy here at Bollingbrook! I took it out for a spin Thursday afternoon and it is a smooth riding vehicle! Plus it seats six and still has room for all the dogs, equipment, coolers, game, etc...

We need a name for it though, what do you think?

New Projects Part 1: Operation Duck Pond

We have been discussing the prospect of constructing a duck pond on the plantation. We have quite a few spots in mind, however, this photo represents what we think will be a good location for the first one. As you can see there is a ditch to the right of the pond area where the water has been flowing, so the area stays wet all the time. We would need to use a dozier to dig it out and construct a small dam where the current road is.

I think it would be a great spot to attract ducks and dove. Plus, its close to the lodge, so the view from the front porch would be enhanced.

If anyone has any thoughts on construction methods for ponds, or about the location, etc. let me know. I would love to have some feedback before we start pushing dirt around.

More Trail Cam Photos

A buddy of mine sent this photo to me, its from a Merriweather County Georgia. What a great buck! I hope we have one or two like this at Bollingbrook.

p.s. I know I've been heavy on whitetail photos, there's more variety on the way.

While We were there...

In my last post I shared some photos that were taken with the trail camera. These photos were taken with my Canon last Friday afternoon. I love how red the deer are this time of year.