RE: Bostick Plantation
I hunted Bostick Plantation in November of 06 with several friends. It was some of the worst hunting I have ever experienced. I was disappointed from day one. After six seperate hunts my group of seven guys saw one hog (and killed it), a total of three does (all which were shot), and one legal buck (not shot).
Most of the stands were very old and in poor shape. My first day I sat in a stand that had a rusted out floor. I could not move without making a metalic squeak, I saw nothing. On other days I sat in old box stands that had a bar located behind my head so that I had to hunch over the entire time I sat. I thought I would be crippled before that hunt ended. They did have a few new totally enclosed stands, but there were not enough to go around.
I sat there the next morning and saw a cow horn, which I could not shoot (the deer must have at least four points on one side or have a 16" spread). I never saw a legal buck.
The only bucks that my group shot were under sized. Officially my friend was supposed to pay a $500 fine for each of his undersized deer. I think that there was some monkey business and the fine was avoided. This might account for the lack of deer.
I will never go back to Bostic plantation. In my opinion it has been overhunted, and underfunded. This is one cow that is being milked dry. My party felt the same. I should have taken my $1,000 and bought a new rifle for another day. I would have been much happier.
Enough of that, I am going to my hunt club with my ten year old to shoot something.