Cedar Creek Plantation
Forestlands and Hunting Preserve

Deer Hunts

Check Out The Trophy Page!!

Management Plan  
At Cedar Creek Plantation, our goal is to give you the best hunting experience possible.  The management strategies that we practice reflect this goal.  We have been  intensively managing our deer herd for the past 15 years.  The first step to improving our deer herd consisted of limiting our buck harvest to deer with 8 points and a 14 inch inside spread.  This allowed the younger bucks to walk and increased the number of bucks that survived through deer season. The next step we took was to increase the doe harvest in order to even out the buck to doe ratio.  For several years we shot four or five times as many does as we did bucks.  These first two steps resulted in a huge increase in buck sightings and the size of our deer.  But we didn't stop there.  We started a supplemental feeding program for the deer using soybean feeders and year round food plots.  Wildlife openings now comprise approximately 15% of the property.  Our timber management plans have been geared to benefit to the deer herd.    Timber harvests have been limited in size to create a mosaic of habitat types.  Oak trees have been planted to add to the mast production.  Most of the pine stands are on a prescribed burn rotation to favor natural forages that are high in protein.  We plant over forty food plots in the winter to increase the food supply.  By increasing the carrying capacity through management, we are able to hold more deer on the property and allow them to grow to their full potential.  Our 4-5 yr old bucks range in size from 125-150 inches B&C and will weigh between 175 to 215 lbs  (see examples on the trophy page).  Our management practices have allowed us to increase your odds of having a quality hunting experience.

Your Hunt
As a guest at Cedar Creek Plantation, you become part of our management strategy.  The following is what can be expected on your hunt with us:

• You are allowed to take one buck and one doe a day during your hunt as long as all bucks meet requirements.

• Bucks must meet all requirements in order to be harvested.  They must have a minimum of 8 points with an inside spread of at least 14 inches.  If you shoot a buck that doesn't meet requirements, you pay a $300 fine.

• If you shoot a deer weighing less than 60 pounds, you pay a $100 fine.  When deer are this small, it is almost impossible to tell bucks from does.

• During January, no does are to be taken from green fields.  By protecting the does during the rut, you will see more deer and increase all hunters chances of harvesting a mature buck.   

• You will be hunting from a mixture of ladder stands, lock on style stands, and fully enclosed shooting houses.  You can bring your own climbing stands if you wish.  Stalk hunting is not allowed.

• State law requires all hunters to wear 144 sq. inches of safety orange to and from the stand.

• Absolutely No Trophy Fees!

• Alabama Hunting License required (see "Pricing" for link)

Cedar Creek Plantation
Phone: (334) 365-9521
cedarcreek@knology.net

Home Page

About

Deer Hunting
 
Turkey Hunting

Quail Hunting

Hog Hunting

Maps & More

Pricing