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On July 1, 2011 in News, Other by Clint Patterson

The WeHuntSC.com crew is excited to announce that Evan Peterson will be blogging on WeHuntSC.com! Evan hails out of Blythewood, SC and is very passionate about the outdoors and hunting. Evan is an aspiring outdoor TV show host and is very connected in the industry.

We recently met with Evan and from speaking with him one can feel the energy and motivation he has towards hunting and the outdoors. We look forward to the good hunting stories, experiences, and videos that Evan will bring to the site in the coming hunting seasons. Join us as we welcome Evan to the site and to the blogging crew.

Regards,

Clint

Tagged With: Evan, Peterson

Ducks Unlimited ?Green Wing?

On June 23, 2011 in Hunting by Clint Patterson

Just recently, the Lancaster County Ducks Unlimited had their 1st annual ?Green Wing? event which consisted of 57 kids.

We had four different educational staging locations, where the kids rotated through each one gaining not only valuable lessons but a ?butt? load of fun. We had DNR, who brought their Laser Gun Trailer and went over gun & boat safety and allowed some laser shooting. Lancaster Co. Soil & Water District, who provided land conservation tips and some ?wood crafts & painting? session. Oak Ridge Kennels of Monroe, NC came and brought two trained labs and allowed the kids to throw out the ?bumpers? or fake ducks, to retrieve for them and to catch a lot of water being shaken off by the dogs!

The last location was our ?Wrecking Crew? calling & decoy placement area.


The Wrecking Crew Station!

We put out several different species of duck decoys in the water for a game called, name that duck. We also used full body Mallard & Goose decoys in the field, along with our ?lay out? blinds, which the kids loved getting in and covering up! My dad Daryl, would circle the spread of decoys and lay out blinds, flapping one of our goose flags, while I was calling. This really excited the kids and most of them remained motionless, until he said ok, ?Take ?em?! Even the girls came up quick looking for geese!

During one of my goose calling demos, I had a pair of geese come over and actually landed on the pond and started swimming towards our group. I was thinking, man how cool is that?

I used a RNT MVP duck call for a Competition calling demo, a Hobo World Championship duck call for a hunting demo, and a Tim Grounds Goose call for both Competition and Hunting scenarios.


Blake demonstrating for the kids.

The kids just loved blowing their lungs out on the calls and I?m sure their parents and grandparents haven?t forgiven me yet! Oh well, that?s how we roll!


	Blake helping everyone with their call.

After leaving our area, everyone had lunch which consisted of hamburgers, hotdogs, baked beans, chips, cookies and drinks. All the kids received t-shirt, and a gift bag to take with them, as they left the event.We handed out green duck calls to the boys and pink to the girls which were donated by Ducks Unlimited. Drew Winn of Winntuck Waterfowl, donated duck call lanyards for all the kids too. Ricky T. of Decoy Outdoors, donated t-shirts and stickers as well. Wehuntsc.com donated stickers, and as everyone knows you can?t have too many stickers. Love to put ?em on everything!

I would like to give a big ?shout out? to these people for this special event, it definitely put smiles on everyone?s faces.

Hal Crenshaw ? for the use of his land.

Robbie Boone- Lancaster Co. Ducks Unlimited Chairman and committee members.

Drew Winn of Winntuck Waterfowl Lanyards, Ricky T. of Decoy Outdoors ,Wehuntsc.com and Ducks Unlimited.


A great package for the kids!

Good Calling & Hunting- Blake

Tagged With: Crew, DucksUnlimited, Greenwing, Wrecking

Wall Hanger - Continued

On June 6, 2011 in Deer Hunting, Hunting by Clint Patterson

I always enjoy seeing the deer mounts from the prior season so I figured I would follow up on my ?Wall Hanger? post.

8pt. 212lb. "Full Sneak" mount done by Joe Spearman with Whitetail Taxidermy in Clover, SC.

Tucked away on a little road called Split Trail in Clover, South Carolina you?ll find Whitetail Taxidermy. Joe Spearman started taxidermy as a hobby years ago and now he has turned it into a full time passion. On the morning of October 16th, 2010 our paths crossed based on a referral from a buddy of mine. With this being my first experience of having a deer mounted I didn?t have a clue of where to take it, so I called my buddy for advice. After a short conversation, I think his words were ?I wouldn?t take it to anyone else?. With those words spoken in confidence I was sold and therefore I made the trip to Clover.

As I drove up that morning and made the turn onto Split Trail I didn?t find any big business signs or fancy buildings. I almost wondered if I had pulled into the right place. As I stepped out of my Dad?s truck it didn?t take long though to figure out that I was in the right place. I spotted several mounts hanging in the garage and immediately started to envision what my mount would look like. I didn?t get to meet Joe that morning because he was out hunting but looking at some of his work I was pumped.

When this process started I didn?t realize how much taxidermy had evolved and the numerous options that I had to choose from. I meet Joe back at his house in January and decided on a ?full sneak? mount. I was itching to see my deer (rack) again so Joe took me down to the shop behind his house and I soon realized as I gazed at the racks hanging that Joe had the confidence of numerous other hunters. As I talked to Joe that morning and realized his passion for what he does my excitement was raised to another level.

Fast forward to May 18, 2011. I received a call that morning that my deer was ready. It was like Christmas in May. I was really excited and made the trip that evening to pick it up. As I stepped from my car I had flashbacks to October 16th as I spotted my deer hanging in the garage. Joe did an awesome job. Joe and I talked for awhile and I continued to be impressed by his humbleness and passion. Although Whitetail Taxidermy may be settled off the beaten path with little flash it is not hidden from the world. Joe let me know that some of his clients have included Ken Cobb from Huntin' the World Southern Style, and NASCAR Crew Chiefs Greg Zipadelli and Drew Blickensdurfer. Pretty impressive Joe! Hopefully, I?ll be back!

I didn't realize until after I got my deer back home that I actually had found the sheds from this deer before. I found his 2007 matching sheds and based on conversations with Joe about his jawbone we figured this deer was about six and a half years old. The sheds that I found would've been his three and a half year old rack. I'm trying to figure out how to display his sheds now. Check out the video below of my son Riley and I goofing around with my "Wall Hanger". Riley loves the mount so you can guess where it's hanging in the house. Check out the video below.

I know there were some awesome bucks posted on WeHuntSC.com during the past season. Lets see your "Wall Hanger"!

Guest Blog - Hog Hunt

On June 5, 2011 in Boar, Guest Blogs, Hunting by Clint Patterson

WeHuntSC.com - Hogs under the feeder The following blog is a guest blog submitted by Andy Belk...

After a year of discussing a hog hunt, my buddy Michael Rodgers of Latta,SC and I were finally able to put together a June hog hunt. Michael recently purchased a two man boat so we decided to turn the afternoon into a combo fish/hunt. The crappie cooperated with us catching a nice mess of crappie in less than two hours. Afterwards, we loaded the boat and headed to the stands. The videos tells the story of the hog hunt. Truly, a great day to be in the outdoors, a rare day when everything comes together.

Andy Belk

Thanks for the the submission Andy!

Regards,

Clint

Tagged With: Guest blog, Hog Hunting

2011 SC Turkey Competition Winners Receive Prizes

On May 18, 2011 in Hunting, News, Turkey Hunting by Clint Patterson

I recently met our 2011 Montana Decoy Turkey Competition winners to give them their prizes. As you are most likely aware, our site audience voted and Mark and William emerged as our winners. After the announcement we had to schedule and coordinate a meeting place to deliver the prizes. Since Mark and William hail from areas distant from each other we had to line it up for different days and it even was raining as Mark received his prizes. Nevertheless we still got it done, but we didn?t shoot much video? just pictures. It was definitely a good day for William Babb and Mark Cody when we met and they were all smiles as I got the prizes out of my car.

Below are the pictures and videos from the winners receiving their prizes.

Below is a video of the winners receiving their prizes

Thanks again to our sponsors and to everyone for participating in our 2011 Turkey Competitions! Without our sponsors and participants none of this would have been possible!

Regards,

Clint

Tagged With: Competitions, Turkey

2011 SC Turkey Competition Winners

On May 10, 2011 in Hunting, News, Turkey Hunting by Clint Patterson

I just returned from a weeklong trip (where I didn?t have much connectivity) and one of the things I was interested in seeing when I returned home were the results from our 2011 SC Turkey Competitions. When I looked at our site metrics and checked the results from the competitions I saw a big surge from one city which correlated with a ton of votes for one of our entries in the Montana Decoy 2011 SC Turkey of the Year Competition! Then in our Montana Decoy Youth Turkey of the Year Competition we ended up having a pretty close finish.

So without making you read a long entry I?ll get to it! Our winner of the 2011 Montana Decoy Turkey of the Year Competition is Mark Cody from Chester SC! Mark obviously had some loyal voters because he won by a landslide with 458 votes with the nearest competitor only having 30. We saw big traffic spikes out of certain cities where Mark received votes.

WeHuntSC.com - Mark Cody - Winner of the 2011 Montana Decoy Turkey Competition

Then in our 2011 Montana Decoy Youth Turkey of the Year Competition William Babb edged out Alex Carnes in a close race. William received 60 votes and Alex received 42. William hails from Marlboro County and the bird he won the competition with was the first gobbler he?s called up and harvested by himself.

WeHuntSC.com - William Babb - 2011 Montana Decoy Youth Turkey Competition Winner

Thanks to everyone for entering this year?s competitions. Without your entries and participation we wouldn?t be able to host these competitions on the site. And congratulations to Mark and William!

Now we?ve got to deliver the prizes to Mark and William so? when you read this?send me an email (clint.patterson(at)WeHuntSC.com) and we?ll work out the details!

See the results of the competitions

Regards,

Clint

Tagged With: Competitions, SC, Turkey

SC Long Beards

On April 25, 2011 in Hunting, Turkey Hunting by Clint Patterson


	Mr. Bruce Puette and his Bow-Tech Tomkat

As I pulled out of the driveway early Friday morning I saw 6 does running across the road. I thought seeing the deer moving could be a sign of good things to come. I was headed towards the Pee Dee River in Chesterfield County to hunt with Mr. Bruce Puette again. If you read these blogs then you know that I go hunting with Mr. Puette whenever I get the opportunity and that usually something good comes from the hunts.

Like any hunter who knows they?re going to a good location, I had been anticipating our hunt all week. It was Good Friday so I hoped something good would happen in our hunt. Mr. Puette said we were going to a different place on this excursion and I knew he wouldn?t be going a different direction if he didn?t have a good feeling about it. We met at 5:30 am and headed out along miles of country road before arriving to our destination.

About 20 minutes later we parked just off a dirt road beside what looked like an old pasture. Mr. Puette always goes in early and I couldn?t tell too much about our surroundings because it was dark, but I knew we were walking through a field and the snag on my pants reminded me of the barbwire fence I encountered at the gate. The walk in was easy in comparison to our last hunt where Mr. Puette harvested the ?Swamp Turkey?. After the short walk through the field we arrived to a ground blind Mr. Puette had previously set up. He said he?d seen a gobbler strutting in the field just out in front of the ground blind he?d nestled between 3 or 4 trees. We would be hunting in an ideal location with a good setup.


The bow and arrows on the tail gate

On this hunt we had 2 objectives. Mr. Puette had already harvested some turkeys with his gun and we were trying to get a gobbler with his bow. Yes it would be a tough challenge, but we were up for it. Mr. Puette shoots a Bow-Tech TomKat and he said we?d have to get the bird in pretty close in order for him to have a chance. He?d also been practicing shooting his bow a lot and even had ?Gobbler 1? and ?Gobbler 2? written on the fletching of 2 of his arrows. If we could get a gobbler with a bow and arrow it would make for some great footage also. I asked Mr. Puette which turkey I should focus the camera on if we had multiple birds and he quickly responded??The one that is the closest!?

The second objective was to set up the Jake Intimidator and see if we could get a big ?ole gobbler to get worked up over it. We got situated in the blind and I went out to set up the decoys. To make the Jake Intimidator work you have to push the base of the decoy into the ground and when I pushed the base into the ground I got introduced to something known as a thistle. Since it was dark, and I wasn?t using a flash-light, I couldn?t see what was causing the pain in my hand, but I could definitely feel it! I pulled a couple thorns out of my fingers and kicked the plant as hard as I could and then finished putting the decoys out. When I got back to the blind Mr. Puette informed me of what I just came in contact with. That was the first lesson I learned that day.


	The Blind and the Jake Intimidator on the 2nd day's hunt

We finally got situated in the blind and the sun was slowly rising. We were sitting in a ground blind on a point of a field that had those thistles all over it. As it became lighter outside we could see more and more of them all over the field and some were so big I even mistook them for turkeys while it was still a little dark. The field was to the left of another field and the two fields were separated by a creek. We were sitting about 20 yards to the left of the creek that separated the two.

It had been really foggy on the way in and I think the overcast weather made the turkeys start gobbling a little later because we didn?t hear much early. Mr. Puette had his endeared Primos ?Lil Heartbreaker? mahogany box call that he sounded a couple of times early on to see if we could locate any gobblers. It didn?t take long until we heard a big gobble boom out from way behind us. Mr. Puette says he likes going with me because I can hear better than he can, but it wasn?t long before we both heard the gobbles coming from behind us? and they were slowly getting closer. The Lil Heartbreaker was singing music to the ears of the gobblers that were behind us.

We had openings in the sides and front of the blind, but had the back shut so as not to get caught moving around. We knew turkeys were behind us gobbling, but as you would expect, we didn?t know which side they were heading towards. If you?ve turkey hunted in a scenario like this before then you know the feeling I?m talking about when I say that the turkeys were all around us, but we weren?t exactly sure which side they would come from and all we could do was be still in the wait. Normally in this situation we expect for them to come in quiet and spook us. It seems like they always gobble from the roost, get on the ground and gobble a few times, and then go silent for a while. The same scenario happened last year when I went on my first turkey hunt with Mr. Puette. It kind of gets to my nerves a little bit to be in the midst of ?the wait? when you know they?re around you and that it won?t be long.


Making use of the new Thermacell Swivel Clip

We waited and waited an every now and then we heard a gobble and they started happening from different directions. I was almost breaking my neck looking out the right side of the blind trying to see anything. I kept scanning the field for any movement because it just felt like it was time for something to happen. Then I heard something start pinging the top of the blind. Rain. It started to rain and the sound and sight of rain made me think the hunt wasn?t going to be good. I asked Mr. Puette about this and he told me that sometimes rain can drive the turkeys out of the woods and into the fields.

Shortly thereafter the rain slacked back off. I looked back to my hard right and saw something. I focused in and saw a red head and a puffed up Tom strutting behind us to the right side of the creek. Getting a shot with a bow would be impossible across the creek so we?d have to get them over our way. The turkey was about 80 yards from us when I first saw him and I turned to Mr. Puette and said ?Here he comes?. Mr. Puette got excited and when I turned back around and looked again I saw movement behind the gobbler. I whispered ?There?s more than one? and I heard Mr. Puette say ?Thank you Lord? on the other side of the blind.

I turned the camera on and was kind of commentating to Mr. Puette because he couldn?t see the birds as easily as I could. Looking through the small viewfinder in the camera made it difficult to count how many turkeys there were, but I could tell there were several. Before we knew it we had 3 big old gobblers strutting and 2 hens coming with them just to our right. It was a beautiful site to see these birds in action. The bad part was that they were in the field that was beside us rather than in our field. We thought they would eventually cross the creek and come our way and all we could do was watch.


	The view from inside the blind

At first I was free-handing the camera, but because I was zoomed in so far it was shaky so I took the monopod stick out of the tripod and used it to steady the camera some. The footage got better the longer the turkeys stayed in the field and the closer they got to us. They were working their way closer to us and we felt sure they would come on over. The Toms were strutting big time and their beards were huge. At one point they were walking and the beards on them were swinging back and forth like they were baseball bats attached to their chest. I?d never seen this many male turkeys strutting together.

The turkeys got near a patch of trees and just stayed in that area for a while and were spinning, puffing, walking, and strutting. The two hens were feeding and didn?t seem too impressed with the Toms showing off their stuff just yards away from them. Mr. Puette started pulling the string on the Jake Intimidator to try to get their attention. We felt sure that if one of the males saw it ?puffing up? that they would think they were being challenged and come on over to check out the situation. However, due to the trees being in the way the turkeys couldn?t see the Jake Intimidator?s movement.

We just kept watching these turkeys show off just 50 ? 60 yards away from us through the trees. We were thankful to have such a great scene happening right before our eyes, yet a little frustrated that they were staying on the other side of the creek. Mr. Puette let out some clucks and purrs to get their attention and they did hear the calling and even responded with some gobbles, but the end result was that these gobblers weren?t going to leave the two hens they had to come over our way. We watched these turkeys for probably 25 minutes and it was one of the neatest things I?ve ever seen while hunting.

After a while the turkeys headed back in the direction they came from and Mr. Puette and I hoped they would circle around. We called and waited and waited and called, but that was the last glimpse we saw of the turkeys. We were both pumped about what has just occurred?mainly because were knew we were able to hunt again the next morning! We waited a good while and then called it a day. After we got out of the blind we decided to move the blind over across the creek in hopes of the same scene happening the next day. We got the blind moved and situated it in the perfect place for the next day?s hunt.

I could hardly wait until the next morning and the thought of those Tom?s strutting was on my mind. Though, we wouldn?t see the same sight the next morning. We heard a ton of gobbles and the turkeys were there, but on the second day they went a different direction when they came off the roost. We even went back once more in the afternoon to give it one last final shot, but didn?t see anything then either. We had given it everything we had and didn?t come away with a turkey, but we did leave with memories and sights of a great hunt and show put on by the gobblers and that was enough for us! The scenes and memories of this hunt will be in my mind for some time. It was a great day in the woods.

Regards,

Clint

Tagged With: bruce puette, Jake Intimidator, turkey hunting

Hens Near and Far

On April 21, 2011 in Hunting, Turkey Hunting by Clint Patterson


	A blurry pic of the hen way out there

Last Saturday morning I went turkey hunting with Mr. Dale Knight. If you remember, the weather this past weekend in our area was pretty bad. We had really strong winds, rains all around us, tornados around, and hail in some places. Initially we weren?t sure if we would even be able to go hunting as the weather forecasted rain. We decided to make a game-time decision and wake up early to check the weather.

We anticipated rain, but to our surprise the next morning?s news said the rain and bad weather had just missed our area. The wind was still blowing, but that wasn?t going to keep us from going out chasing a long-beard. Dale called me and we met up shortly thereafter and headed out.

If you?ve heard of Pageland before then you?ve probably heard of football, watermelons, or the drag strip, but some still don?t know where we?re located. Pageland is right on the NC/SC state line in Chesterfield County. A lot of people in our area cross the state line to work every day and spend about as much time in NC as we do SC. As you would imagine, every now and then we hunt up in NC too. Dale and I went just across the line to NC on this turkey hunt. We were so far out in the country that I don?t think this place even had a name, but I do know that it has turkeys!

After a short ride we ended up walking by moonlight down a dirt road that lead to a field?and the field was situated kind of in a bottom. It was in a low spot and didn?t get as much wind as some of the higher ground. We were hopeful to get some turkey action and we got setup underneath some trees just on the edge of the field. I cleared some small brush in front of us to give the camera a clear view. I was able to locate some nice briars just in front of us as a bonus and those briars were thick! It was still a little dark and the wind was blowing, but it felt pretty good to me. The wind would blow hard for a bit, then die down some, then blow again, then die down some. I initially didn?t turn on the Thermacells because the wind was keeping everything away, but when it died down the mosquitoes were on us so I quickly turned on the Thermacells and put an end to the buzz in my ear. Talk about a life-saver!

As the sun rose we listened for gobblers, but didn?t hear anything. Dale felt confident that turkeys were in the area because he?d scouted there previously and killed plenty of turkeys there as well, so the lack of hearing anything wasn?t a negative sign. Dale didn?t do a lot of calling, but nothing responded to the calling that he did do. It became lighter and it was about the time you would expect to hear or see something happen. The field was pretty big too? I would say around 300 yards long or so. We were sitting near a corner of the field looking long ways at the field as if you were standing underneath a field goal post on a football field looking down the field. When it was completely light out Dale whispered ?There?s a turkey? and I immediately perked up and scanned the field, but I didn?t see anything. The turkey had its head down when I first looked, but soon enough it popped it back up. It was in a low spot of the field and was walking toward us, but it was way on the other side of the field. Shortly it came to a high place in the field which exposed itself even more and we could tell that it was a hen. It was just feeding out in the middle of the field. I turned the camera on and zoomed in as far as I could go with the camera and still couldn?t see it really clearly, but the camera provided a better view than my eyes did.

We watched this hen for a while and it was heading our way slowly. Dale whispered to me ?Any respectable hen ought to have a Tom close by? and I chuckled at his statement and responded ?You?re right!? Shortly after that the hen got startled by something and headed back towards the woods it came from. It didn?t run directly back there, but it was heading in that direction. Dale called a little bit, but with the wind blowing so strong combined with the distance at which the bird was from us, the hen couldn?t hear our calling. After a while the hen disappeared back into the woods.

We sat there for a while just waiting to hear anything or see anything, but nothing came out. It was getting close to 9 and it looked like it was about to start raining so Dale and I started talking a little bit. We were whispering earlier in the hunt, but now we were talking a little louder because the hunt was coming to an end. We were making small talk when all of a sudden a commotion about 10 yards to our left was upon us. I heard something get spooked and turned my head to the left quickly only to see the flapping wings of a hen flying away with the direction of the strong winds! The hen came in silent on us and didn?t hear us because of the loudness of the wind. Then when it got just to the edge of the field it heard us talking and got spooked. I was glad that it was a hen because if it had been a Tom I would have been mad at myself. We were both surprised at this and Dale said that the turkey had heard the calling and started coming our way without making any noise. I think we both learned a lesson on this hunt! It was an exciting and startline end to the hunt for sure.

We?ll be back out after?em again hoping for better weather. Thanks to Dale for taking me!

Regards,

Clint

Tagged With: hunting, turkey

Jake Madness - JD's First Turkey Hunt

On April 21, 2011 in Hunting, Turkey Hunting by Clint Patterson

While standing behind an old fence row, a series of yelps triggered a gobble from a distance. After a few minutes contemplating our next move we hit him with another series of calls. This time his gobble was closer. He was coming. We scrambled back and decided to set up on the tree line along the fence.


JD on the trigger!

April 15th, 2011 is a day that I won?t forget and neither will my cousin JD. I am a novice turkey hunter and am thrilled anytime I get to go, but this day was special for another reason. This was JD?s first turkey hunt. A couple friends, Robert Abell and Rick Currence, invited us to tag along and attempt to get JD his first bird. Robert and Rick are seasoned turkey hunters so the thought of tagging along with them had us fired up. We meet them at 6:00 a.m. and the action was heart pounding from that point forward. Now back to the story.

As we scrambled to get set up we spotted three birds truckin? it across the field. It was three jakes to be exact. Rick was attempting to get a decoy out when he realized he was stuck. Robert and JD were able to get set up on a tree but I was stuck somewhat out in the middle of this tree line. Knowing that these birds were moving in fast we all sat tight. The birds moved into the tree line at about 70 or 80 yards out. I thought these birds were going to come right up the fence line so with me stuck out in the middle I was really going to be putting my Crossover Camo to the test. It did its job and the birds moved out into the field, but they seemed to get hung up just outside of gun range. They moved on and we regrouped. My heart was pounding and I know JD was pumped. Robert chuckled and said that when those birds were coming JD?s gun was just a shaking. He told JD ?alright buddy you gonna have to calm down? with a laugh. JD was worried about missing and said, ?If I miss you we?re gonna go again!? No doubt he is hooked. That?s what it?s all about right there!


Jake Madness!

We moved down the tree line and got set up on the back field that the birds exited. With the decoy out and everyone set, Rick assumed the calling. Within minutes the three Jakes stormed out of the opposite tree line like a freight train. JD clicked off the safety and got ready. They were headed straight at us. We thought this would be quick, but as the birds topped the little knoll they seemed to hang up again. They were gobbling like crazy but seemed to be weary of the decoy. As they moved around just outside of gun range boy did they give us a show. As we sat there I thought to myself that there isn?t a whole lot that beats listening to a turkey hammer out a gobble over and over. These birds were definitely not shy about stretching their necks. The birds finally moved out of the field. Check out the video below.

Although JD didn?t get his first turkey that morning I could see the fire in his eyes when we headed home. There was so much to soak in about that hunt that I know I will never forget and I?m 100% sure JD won?t either. Being able to listening to Robert pound out the meanest owl hoot in Chester County without the assistance of a manufactured call was pretty neat. Being able to listen to the reactions of the jakes to Rick?s yelps and purrs was also awesome to witness. Thanks to Robert and Rick for the invite and awesome calling. I had an absolute blast! JD hasn?t quit talking about it so I know he?s hooked. This should be fun!


Rick, Robert, Tommy, and JD

Tagged With: First Hunt, Gobbling, Jakes, Turkey Hunt

Custom WeHuntSC.com Skull-lok?s by Jon Eichorn

On April 19, 2011 in Hunting, Hunting Products, News by Clint Patterson


	Custom WeHuntSC.com Skull-lok by Jon Eichorn

We are excited to announce that we?ve already got a couple of the prizes that some of next year?s deer competition winners will receive! Jon Eichorn out of Iowa makes Skull-Loks and he?s made 3 custom designs for 3 of our upcoming deer hunting competitions. As you?ll see below I?ve already had them out looking at them and I can tell you that they are quality and we?re going to have some happy hunters this coming season.

What is a ?Skull-lok? you might ask? A ?skull-lok? is exactly what it sounds like it is? it?s a way to lock your deer skulls onto a bracket which can be mounted on the wall. The bracket just happens to be a custom design cut from metal and polished up with a good, smooth finish. For our competition winners, the custom design is the outline of the greatest state with the Palmetto tree and crescent moon in it. It looks really good too! The end result is going to be the glossy metal, SC state shaped bracket, with a nice deer skull and antlers on top of it on the wall. The only question is? whose house will these 3 skull-loks be hanging in???


WeHuntSC.com Skull-lok & pieces

My mom just happen to be walking by when I opened the package and she saw the skull-lok brackets when I pulled them out of the bag and she said ?Oooh?what is that? I want one? can I have one?? lol! Then I informed her of what they are and how they work and she said, ?Well can we just hang one up without the deer antlers on top?? I had to inform her that this wouldn?t be possible and she seemed saddened by this, but she definitely perked up when she saw the quality of the SC shaped piece.

Even with all the ridges on the wall mount everything is very smooth so no worries about cutting anything. Jon did a really nice job from the concept, to the design, to the cut, to the glossy finish. We?re pumped about being able to offer this new style of mounting brackets to 3 of our upcoming deer competition winners. Jon is a creative guy and I?m sure he can do any custom design requested. If you?d like more information on getting a skull-lok then contact Jon Eichorn on his Skull-lok web site.

Thanks again to Jon for going the extra mile and donating these to our competition winners!

Regards,

Clint

Tagged With: lok, Skull

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