12-4 to 12-6 Wrap Up Notes

December 8, 2020

12-4 to 12-6 Wrap Up Notes

Gents - We had a great weekend at the creek last weekend. Bagged two cull bucks (7 & 3 points), had a good pigeon shoot and enjoyed some delicious meats smoked over 20 hours on the HCHC smoker.



The ranch looks great with all the additional clearing we did in the off season and deer seem to be everywhere. The hogs proved elusive once again but Shawn says they have been coming into #5 a lot.


We did notice that the black and orange clays for the skeet range fail regularly when they are thrown. We pulled all of them out of the machines and replaced them with the full orange birds. If you do use them again plan on cleaning up a lot of debris inside the high and low houses.


Everything is pretty well stocked with the exception of the following:


Coffee pods, paper towels, toilet paper & Styrofoam cups.


I have ordered another box of the of styrocups with the HCHC logo. They should be in in a couple of weeks and I will get them down there.


Happy Hunting!


Peter

December 16, 2020
November 24, 2020 The girls and I had a great time during our annual Thanksgiving holiday hunt. Sierra took a really nice 6.5 year old 10 point and Missy made her first kill with a nice 4 point management cull. Although she was not too excited with the bloody face and she cried! I am pretty sure she is hooked.... Unfortunately, Avery made a couple of obvious misses and we called it quits.  The lodge and grounds were in great shape and we had a blast shooting skeet, blowing up pumpkins filled with Tannerite and riding the buggy at night in search of hogs. Our last day was even better when we overlapped the calendar with Steve and his family. Great group of people. Everything at the club worked fine and I didn't see any need for repair. Before we left, the cooler was replenished and linen cleaned for the next group. Our kills were tagged and logged in the spreadsheet as well as the website. Thank you.
November 18, 2020
We had a good four days of good hunting, knocking down three bucks and three does. We removed a couple of the dreaded "Crab Claw" bucks from the heard so our future racks will be spot on! Hogs were no where to be found in the four days of Chamber of Commerce weather.
October 26, 2020
Good afternoon guys. We had a couple of good days down at HCHC getting everything ready for this year’s season. After following Rod’s weekend, I believe we have most items complete. Yard and skeet range – grass cut with new mower (photo attached) Handgun backstop – old frame torn down and rebuilt (photo attached) Maintenance area cleaned and organized All buggies fueled up House and rooms cleaned (painter will be coming out to touch up) Blinds have all been cleaned, bug bombed and free of wasp. Doors latches and hinges lubricated and safety posters installed. All road signs that identify blinds or direction have been stood up with new stickers. High and low houses have been cleaned and re-stocked (we did not use the throwers on this trip) All interior and exterior burnt light bulbs have been replaced (fluorescent light under deer cleaning station has a burnt ballast and will need to be replaced) Items not yet completed: Furniture to be replaced (2 couches and 3 recliner chairs). Replace entire 4’ fluorescent above deer cleaning station. Replace 2 flood lights under maintenance cover. Touch up room painting and exterior doors. Stools at skeet gazebo are in bad shape and need to be replaced.  A lot of deer activity throughout the lease – should be a great season. Currently working on an additional piece for the online calendar that will identify the deer count.
October 19, 2020
Dear Hat Creek Members and Shawn,