The Annual DRD trip to Sarah’s Creek took place the end of September. If you have read from the previous years you know, the purpose of the trip is to bow hunt the early part of the deer and bear season in the northeast Georgia mountains. We arrived late afternoon to set up camp. A little rain the first evening did not deter us from hunting. There was a little sign, but after setting up camp hunting hours were limited before dark. Leaves were starting to change, but none had fallen yet. What was amazing was the mast crop, especially after last year. There were acorns EVERYWHERE! At one point we discussed sitting down and seeing how far down the mountain we could slide on them. It was like walking on marbles. This made the hunting very challenging versus other years. The deer and bears were not out roaming the mountains so intercepting them was next to impossible. In talking with other hunters, this was the case for most this year.
We still hunted hard for three days. The weather ended up being warm but beautiful. We found very little sign and only saw turkeys. Although it wasn’t successful this year, it turned out to be another great trip to Sarah’s Creek. We highly recommend spending time there given the opportunity. Most people won’t hunt the area due to the steep terrain, so you often have the area to yourself. It is challenging and anyone hunting there should be in moderately good condition. Regardless, the views are amazing, there is limited-no cell signal, and the campsites are clean. We start counting down the days to the next year’s hunt as soon as we leave Sarah’s Creek.
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