Clear Creek scouting

[Gerald]

This past Monday, I spent at CC doing some scouting to hopefully find a few good spots for hunting. The weather was less than ideal…..hot and very muggy.

First, I checked out a bowhunting spot that I found 10 years ago but had not hunted in several years, to see if the Cow oaks there were dropping any acorns. It took me about 30 minutes to get there from the truck. As I passed through what use to be a thick thick growth of 12 foot pine trees, I found it fairly easy walking now. At the spot, I found one of the 3 big oaks dropping acorns and it looked like the Deer had been feeding. I marked this spot on my new GPS…..my old one quit working and I lost lots of good hunting information. My truck was 0.82 miles away.

I then headed to the far side of creek bed to check out another spot for rifle hunting. If you like hunting a nice clearing that has a few oaks trees, this was the spot. There was very little under brush and possible 75+ yards shots and several oaks in the area. There was a good tree to climb that has just enough cover to help hide a hunter 20’ off the ground.

The trip back to the truck took much longer and I need several breaks. By the time I got back to the truck all my cloths were soaking wet from sweating.

I then drove around to the other side of this creek and found that a large area had been clear cut the year before and the distance to get to the creek was about the same.
I then wanted to do some driving and looking for other likely spots. I drove passed the campground……4 camping trailers and a few tents there…..only one truck there.

Along one road, there was a new side road that I did not remember. At the end of this road was a promising looking spot…..if someone did not drive up while you were hunting there. Where the road ended, it looked like they must have drilled a well and then abandoned this 2 or 3 acre spot. The trees were just about perfect height for a deer bedding place. Surrounding the plot on 3 sides were hills with large pine trees where a hunter could have a good view looking down on this spot.

I also found several other good looking places while driving around and will scout them out some other time.