DECEMBER REPORT
WHILE MOST OF THE NATION WILL LOOK BACK ON 2020 AS A VERY TROUBLING YEAR CONFRONTED WITH COVID 19, RACIAL UNREST AND POLITICAL TURMOIL; AT BUCK RUN WE WILL REMEMBER IT AS A YEAR OF FIRSTS, WORST AND BEST.
OUR DEER HUNTING SEASON STARTED ON AUGUST 15TH AND RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE WE WERE GREETED WITH 18” OF RAIN IN OUR 8 DAYS OF HUNTING FOR THE MONTH SO AUGUST, 2020 QUICKLY BECAME THE WORST ON RECORD IN OUR 29 YEARS OF BUSINESS. GENERALLY HARVESTING BETWEEN 50-75 BUCKS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, WE WERE LIMITED TO JUST 10 DUE TO THE FLOODED CONDITIONS. TRAVEL TO AND FROM STANDS BECAME IMPOSSIBLE LIMITING ACCESS TO JUST A SMALL PORTION OF OUR MANY STANDS.
SEPTEMBER IS GENERALLY THE SLOWEST MONTH OF THE YEAR FOR LARGER CLASS BUCKS AND VERY REWARDING FOR LOTS OF ANTLERLESS DEER HOWEVER, THIS YEAR WAS THE EXACT OPPOSITE AS HUNTERS HARVESTED A RECORD NUMBER OF QUALITY BUCKS AND DOES AS WELL.
OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER HELD SERVE AS THE TWO BEST MONTHS FOR TOTAL NUMBERS OF DEER HARVESTED. OVER ONE PARTICULAR 11 DAY PERIOD HUNTERS HARVESTED 32-8 POINTS, 1-9 POINT AND 2-10 POINTS. HUNTING REMAINED VERY CONSISTANT DURING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND CONTINUED TO REWARD HUNTERS WITH GREAT SUCCESS FROM MID-OCTOBER THROUGH THANKSGIVING.
DECEMBER IS GENERALLY A HIT OR MISS MONTH GREATLY DEPENDENT UPON THE WEATHER. DURING 2020 EVERYTHING FELL IN LINE AND WE EXPERIENCED THE TWO BEST HUNTS DECEMBER HAS EVER OFFERED. EVERYONE ON THOSE HUNTS EITHER HARVESTED MULTIPLE DEER OR HAD PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. THERE WERE TWO EXCEPTIONAL BUCKS HARVESTED DURING DECEMBER, ONE A HUGE 9-POINT AND THE OTHER A 10 POINT.
THAT COVERS THE WORST AND THE BEST OF 2020 SO LET’S DON’T FORGET THE FIRSTS. OUR RECORD FOR THE MOST FIRST TIME BUCK KILLS FOR A SINGLE SEASON IS 21 AND 2020 TIED THE NUMBER 4 SPOT WITH 11. OVERALL, 2020 WAS A FANTASTIC YEAR WITH GREAT SUCCESS RATES AND THE LARGEST NUMBER OF TROPHY CLASS BUCKS EVER HARVESTED!
MAKE PLANS NOW FOR 2021. WE ARE ALREADY FILLING FAST. HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAPPY HUNTING! |
