Recent content by Noah Shaver

Jode, there are a couple marinas on the lake that will drop you off at Hazel Creek and pick you up at a specified time a couple days later. We typically take our jon boat and motor across the lake to get there. The creek gets smaller as you hike on up. Pretty good hike to get to the little...

Glad you enjoyed my part of the world, Jode. I try to make an annual trip out there to catch those native trout and get away from these local stockers. I am by no means a trout purist but I thoroughly enjoy the habitat and history. We typically camp and hike around the Hazel Creek area in the...

It is a trumpet call, sort of like a wingbone I guess but it is turned on a lathe out of wood. That particular one is made out of Mimosa. I really don't bother with mouth calls or friction calls anymore. Long as I've got my trumpet and a 410 shell I am good to go (y)

We were blessed with a great season in NC and VA. Finally managed to kill a public land VA mountain bird. Spent a lot of time on public in both states and learned a lot. Really looking forward to next season!

Update on the place for my workbench to go: We finished up the brick veneer between the weather events. Only brick that is left are the columns on the porch and a well house. HVAC is done, plumbing is done, electrical is 90% done. My friend does commercial HVAC for a living so he and I did the...

@Don Mintz similar story for me as well. I am a young fella, I wasn't alive in the 80's fur boom, but there was a little burst in the fur market in the early 2010's for 3 years or so. In 2012 I was a freshman in high school and didn't even have my drivers license yet. I started trapping that...

There has been a little fur market resurgence on beaver in the past couple three years, but it is starting to dwindle back down now. The widely popular TV show Yellowstone had everyone going to buy a cowboy hat, so beaver felt for making the hats was in high demand. Trappers trapped beaver and...

My workbench has looked a bit different lately