Change in direction

If its alright with you, I am going to expand the depth and breathe of the Bollingbrook Blog. The farm in Georgia is my passion, my escape and my neverending project. In order to better coomunicate my sporting life, however, I will now be including stories and reports from my entire sporting life, not just those events thsat happend at Bolingbrook. As with everything else in life, one must sometimes travel away from home to better apprieciate it.

Quail Hunting at P Arrow Plantation

Most of my days chasing quail have been spent in the famed south Georgia quail belt. So when my friend Jeremy Brown invited me to accompany him to the P Arrow plantation in the heart of Alabama's Black Belt, I was more than just curious about the quaility of hunting I would find.
The lodge at P Arrow is beautiful, a refined southern quail lodge that immediately feels like home. The proprietor, Drayton Pruitt is the quintessential southern gentlemen, and he welcomed us with a wide smile and warm greetings, I could tell immeditely Drayton operated P Arrow more for the love of the outdoors than the love of the profits derived from such a buisness.
Our hunt was lead by our guide Wesley and the dogs were handled and points called by Pete who rode ahead of our jeep atop a fine Tennessee Walker. Unlike the endless sea of open pine forest one finds in South Georgia, P Arrow's land is a mix of rolling wood lots and open fields. The property harkens back to the way southern quail hunts used to be. Quail love edges and P Arrow has plenty.
Lunch was served afield overlooking a beautiful horseshoe shaped lake that I am sure was home to many largemouth bass. We hunted our was back in the afternoon, rotating pairs of guns between the four of us. The two none shooters relaxed aboard the jeep and never missed an opportunity to comment on the missed shot of one of our friends.
The day ended where it started, at the lodge. To my suprise, Mr. Pruitt's favorite pointer, who was locked up on a covey just an hour before, was curled up on the couch enjoying a warm fire and college football, and I was more than happy to join my new hunting friend.

for more info see: http://www.parrow.net/

Whitetails at Bollingbrook

While my days in the field have been limited, they have been productive. On the 6th of Decemeber a mature 8 point stepped into our south field to freshen the scrapes he had established weeks earlier. As I saw him, I was reminded of the story of the 8 point my father had seen one one year earlier. This was the same buck, undoubtly. He had not grown and it was obvious this deer was maxed out. At 150 yards my model 700 30-06 found both lungs and the old buck was anchored to the ground. Hopefully, this is not the largesat buck harvested at the farm this year, but if it is the season will still be considered a success.

Spring Creek Co-Op

I am really excited about the recent develops in Early County Georgia. A couple of weeks ago while visiting with our neighbors I learned about a group interested in promoting Quaility Deer Management in our area by way of a cooperative among landowners. The name of the group is Spring Creek Cooperative, and I am proud to report that Bollingbrook Plantation is now a member.

The group's goal is to promote a quality deer heard within the Spring Creek/Early County Area by taking only mature bucks ( 4 1/2 years or older) and controlling the doe population in order to have a more equal ratio. I think this is really going to improve the hunting for us and everyone else in the area. Its also easy for us because we have been practicing QDM since we bought our farm. This is the link to the site http://springcreekcoop.com/