Too many and too long!!!

Because of a relationship I had with a Mossy Oak VP, I got to experience and hunt PL as it transformed into a paradise for deer hunters. I never picked up a gun on PL as the area I hunted was bow only. My MO close friend was named Darrell and he and I spent many hours on that place. One day, after MO had had PL for three or so years, an approx 125 or 130" jumped across the road in front of us... Darrell looked at me and said, "Those bucks are a dime a dozen and I don't even note the location now unless the buck is around 140 or above."

I did shoot a 125" with my bow at PL and I was ecstatic and proud but oh man, I had some missed opportunities at some 140's and one that I really think would have been 150" plus. It was just unreal at the number of bucks on PL.

Darrell shot a typical 173" with his gun which I was there the day he first saw that buck coming to a biologic food plot and he killed it 5 days later.

Now PL was managed and it was habitat enhanced and MO planted way more acres than most clubs could afford. Darrell used to say that if you put the groceries on the ground, it'll show up in the antlers. Dr. Woods was there a great deal of time and I did get to pick his brain. MO never did do any "supplemental pellet" type feeding; just planted everywhere and did Arsenal spraying and stuff like that.

A lot of the timber was cut or I should say, raped by Lanier Edwards???... is that right. The man that bought PL several years ago. Anyway, IMO, he raped the timber and cut some huge hardwood stands that were located in swampy bottomland but he was able to get to them during a drought. Environmentally irresponsible, IMO.

HOWEVER, the dirt's the same and ultimately, that's what grew the monster bucks! And, with so many trees gone and so much bedding areas and natural browse now, there should be a great opportunity to grow some really large bucks there.

I have some stories but they're too long but I'll just say that PL was the best place in Alabama I have ever hunted. THE BEST!

I would love to hunter there again and be a part of a quality managed plan for the deer herd. PL is truly magical.

Last edited by Bucktrot; 05/24/13 02:12 AM.