Tennessee Hunt 12-27-09

[Tnmountains]

Howdy !
Sat in a deer stand for a couple of days and did not see any shooters so went and hit a local field around noon today. Not much found.They had just sown the winter wheat and the field was kinda muddy. Nothing great but man oh man was it good to get out and hunt. The best find was the flint cobble hammerstone. Have learned the small cobbles with the cortex on were used in knapping. They have flint in the middle and the soft cortex worked like an antler at grabing the material to flake it off. A broke Benton and a couple knifes and one fairly large exhausted tool.
The Farmer saw me out there and called me on my cell. I said ok.... so am I going to jail? He laughed and said the wife had dinner ready when I got done looking. Great folks ! Great meal. I love that southern hospitality.
Thanks for looking and look forward to many more hunts.
TnMountains

The field


Muddy wash outs..


Knife insitu


Insitu,,Yayyy !


Brokes I will take them


Great Outdoors


A worn out tool. Not a preform as you would expect.


Broke Benton and some old kifes and that cobble and worn out tool. Fistfull of rocks : )

 

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[creek astronaut]

glad to see you got out over the holidays.good hunt and great pics!!pick and i got out alot this weekend,it was nice to be out huntn.wish we would have had some good grub being cooked up at the farmers kitchen.

 

[pickaway]

Nice finds, looks like spring compared to here

 

[creekhunter]

The dinner was the best part I bet!

 

[Tnmountains]

Thanks Greg Pick and creekhunter. I thought it was pretty cool. My phone went off and the caller I.D said it was the farmer. I was like busted but they just wanted to share some hospitality. I do have permission to hunt there but its been plowed so deep so long everything is broke. Every now and then a good one will come out. The actuall site is a long narrow band that runs for about 500 yards. Being plowed its like 50 yards wide by 500 yards long. Pretty narrow considering the plow has dispersed it some. There are probably 7 to 10 other sites just like this within a mile and a half radius. A lot are now in pasture though.

 

[Mentalfloss]

i would say a fistfull of awesome. i love the pics of the area. I like to see the area and think of what if must of looked like in there day and try to see what they seen, anyways thanks for the pics

 

[SoIll]

Nice finds.
Do they really still plow there?
For corn

 

[Tnmountains]

i would say a fistfull of awesome. i love the pics of the area. I like to see the area and think of what if must of looked like in there day and try to see what they seen, anyways thanks for the pics

Mentalfloss I think the same way.Sometimes it helps to imagine stuff like that when looking for sites.You stay safe Mentalfloss and appreciate your service. You get home we look forward to seeing your hunts. Thank you sir.

 

[Tnmountains]

Nice finds.
Do they really still plow there?
For corn

Yes some places are still plowed or disced. It depends upon the farmer. Most are going to no till and drilling everything with a light discing once every three years.
Yes corn and soybean rotation in this area with a winter wheat inbetween.

 

[blindpig]

Looks as if you had a fine weekend as well ,.. that is a nice handful there TnMnt's . I like the mountain back drop there ,.. If you think about it ,. you can see some fine country here on the forum ,....Blindpig

 

[Th3rty7]

Nice post Tn, great finds, pictures, and story. Cant beat that southern hospitality. The topography in your area looks alot like here.

 

[chong2]

a fist full of rocks is always great

 

[Tnmountains]

Thanks guys. It was fun to just launch myself out into that field hopeing to find just one.