Tag: Rural Tennessee

There are many good things about living in a remote location and, as you would expect, some not so good.  One of those not so good things is connectivity.  Where I live in rural Tennessee is serviced by a phone company, but I built my home about half a mile from the road.  I was willing to run the power underground because power lines across the landscape is damn ugly and I was able to find someone willing to dig a trench 4 foot deep and 2500 feet long at a reasonable price.  Water was the same way, but it came in from a different direction.  and ran almost a mile.  When it came to phone lines and an internet connection I opted for a satellite.  Now satellite service is perfectly adequate until heavy rains or significant cloud cover blanket the area.  I had both yesterday and it made it difficult to post.  In short, blame the weather and not your host for yesterdays slim postings !

Temperatures are finally moderating and the rains will end today.  Looks like I’ll be able to get into a tree stand this coming week.

One rather large setback in my hunting plans is the closure of two nearby deer processors.  By asking around, and by research on the Tennessee health departments website I was able to locate another is roughly 20 miles away.  It’s a ‘setback’ because, while this is an excellent butcher, he will only process deer that are field dressed; he does not do taxidermy, he is closed on Sunday’s and Monday’s, and I have to take the bones with me when I pick up the meat.  More on these ‘sorrows’ later.

I’ve had the Game Cams out for a couple of weeks now and we have several good groups of deer roaming about.  Still have not identified where the big bucks are at, the big ones didn’t become big ones without being very cautious.  Have seen some smaller ones but I really need to find something that will both fill a freezer and decorate a wall.