Saint Mary's River TR

[Gam]

In South Georgia and Florida there is a giant sand dune running parallel to the Atlantic Ocean. The pounding surf deposited the dune so long ago, that even I don't remember it. It was back in the Pleistocene Era, I think. Today the dune forms the eastern boundary of the Okefenokee Swamp. No surf, but still plenty of sugar white sand to found on the Saint Mary's River which drains the Southeastern corner of the swamp. I took an overnight trip down it last weekend.

Lots of strange trees



And sand


The fishing was slow, the water temperature is still a little cool, but I occasionally caught a fish.


While camping on these sandbars looks pretty cool, sand gets in everything


Wild boar hunting is big down there, and I came across this track near camp


So I set a snare using a pork chop that had just a little too much sand on it to eat. I didn't catch a Boar, guess it was wrong using a pork chop to catch a pig, but the trap worked, I caught myself in it the next morning while taking the pork chop off.

[KeithEA]

Alright, alright. Mike! What would you have done with him if you had of caught him? I don't think that you will find any truffels under that scrub oak down there! Like the feller once said. "I don't know what I would have done with him, but it would have been one hell of a fight!!". From the track I 'd say it was a bore. You know them things got tusks on one end and can ripe you apart. An old bore got ahold of a cousin of mine once and layed him open from his knee all the way to his,,,,, He almost bleed to death before we got him to some help. He won't even eat bacon anymore. Keith

[wayne-o]

down at cumberland island off the coast off ga about 3 years ago, i was walking with 2 friends
near the south end of the island and we walked up on a "train" off close to 10 hogs that looked
big from 125 yards away, we just slowly moved back going the other way cause i sure didn't want to disturb a family of them if they got spooked from us.

[Gam]

Originally Posted by wayne-o

down at cumberland island off the coast off ga about 3 years ago, i was walking with 2 friends
near the south end of the island and we walked up on a "train" off close to 10 hogs that looked
big from 125 yards away, we just slowly moved back going the other way cause i sure didn't want to disturb a family of them if they got spooked from us.

The one I saw was down a King's Bay across from Cumberland Island on the coast, I was in the reserves and we would go down there for summer camp back when they were turning it into a submarine base, I was out playing with a jeep on a sand road in the pines and there was one right smack in the middle of the road, it was huge and completely black and wooly, I thought it was bear at first.

[Gam]

Originally Posted by KeithEA

Alright, alright. Mike! What would you have done with him if you had of caught him? I don't think that you will find any truffels under that scrub oak down there! Like the feller once said. "I don't know what I would have done with him, but it would have been one hell of a fight!!". From the track I 'd say it was a bore. You know them things got tusks on one end and can ripe you apart. An old bore got ahold of a cousin of mine once and layed him open from his knee all the way to his,,,,, He almost bleed to death before we got him to some help. He won't even eat bacon anymore. Keith

You know Keith, I didn't give a whole lot of thought as to what I would do if I managed to tangle the leg of some foul tempered beast, I guess that's why I seem to have more than my share of accidents outdoors.

[wspokes]

Nice pics and excellent post! Years ago we were walking from one small town to another and we managed to convince this one city young un to chase a small boar...they told him it was a baby pig. He chased it til mamma came along. We ran into town to get ice cream, we located our friend on the return trip...up in a tree!

Great Post though!

Walt