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Tidbits of News about Heart's Desire and this Website.May 10, - The Season is finally over...very strange...we had a lot of action early...the best weekend of the year April 15 was attended only by Greg and Lynn Sheanshang...they heard them everywhere, but failed to connect...the last Friday night-Saturday morning, only Doug Hardcastle hunted...Hmmmmm. WAIT'LL NEXT YEAR! May 7, 2008 - Rusty Dunn snags # 15 - his first ever! April 26, Uh...Oh! ...long dry spell...but, Sam Murray finally gets # 14. April 12, Fourteenth day - Nate Greene gets his 3rd. Unlucky # 13 out of the way. April 11, Thirteenth day - Ned Priest gets another! #12 in the books. April 8, 2008 - Tenth day - Ned Priest "windows" # 11 bird. April 7, 2008 - Ninth day - Wilson Burton takes # 10. April 5, 2008 - Seventh day - Robert Alexander scores for # 9. April 2, 2008 - Fourth day - Nat Harris eked out his first of the season for # 8. April 1, 2008 - Third day - Richard Speer took a nice bird for # 7. March 30, 2008 - Second day - within the first hour, Nate Greene scored with his second bird of the season. Later that morning, Skip Neblett got his first of the season. March 29, 2008 - Opening Weekend Turkey Season - Immediately Nate Greene harvests 1/2 of a double - the other half being a clean miss by his hunting partner. Within the hour, another attempt at a double was successful - Robert Alexander doing his famous call..."Are you ready? BANG! Shoot!" About a split second later, Owen Hardcastle got the second bird. Later that day, Jimmy Love managed to take the fourth of the day. Feb 8, 2008 - Lodge Reservation Sheet updated. January 4, 2008 - Philip Fontenot - See picture... November-December, 2007 - Three Great Deer Killed - See Deer Section - Vital Statistics on all to follow...
November 24, 2007 - This was not a good weekend at HD - two button bucks, four missed "Shooters" - one 8 and three 10 or 12 pointers...
September 3, 2007 - Hunting Season for 2007 - 2008 posted. April 15, 2007 - Posted the opening day turkey pictures (sans Ned's). April 6, 2007 - Posted the results of the opening few days. See Owen's, Nate's, Ned's First or Ned's Second Turkey Stories (a/k/a Turkey Tales, or Imaginative Impressions of what really happened). February 27, 2007 - Posted another fishing picture of Will Morgan. February 15, 2007 - Posted some pictures of Will Morgan in New Zealand. January 31, 2007 - Updated the Membership Page. January 28, 2007 - Brent Chance and his son Bo enjoy the last weekend of Duck Hunting Season. January 24, 2007 - Richard Speer reserves the Lodge for February 17 - 18. Philip Fontenot for June 1 - 3. See Reservation Sheet. Greg Sheanshang changed to June 7 - 10 (with Con coming in the evening of the 10th). January 23, 2007 - Con Knox reserves the Lodge for June 10 - 16. See Reservation Sheet. January 17, 2007 - Deer Season is officially over. Our grand total will be posted later. The Lodge Reservation Sheet was updated to reflect the current activity for 2007. December 18, 2006 - Posted the pictures of the deer Mike and Stephen found on the South Pittman Field Levee. December, 2006 - Posted the pictures of Tommy and Thomas Hawkins on Opening Weekend as well as Jimmy Love and Nat Harris on December 10. December 2, 2006 - Posted the pictures of the Ned Priest and Philip Fontenot Deer. November 26, 2006 - Posted the picture of Nathaniel Minneman's First Doe. Also, Ned Priest took an old 4 1/2 + year old buck today... 205 lbs., details to follow...Also, Doug Hardcastle and Richard Speer harvested does # 22 and 23 today... November 22, 2006 - Posted the first picture of Doug Hardcastle's 8-Pointer... November 2, 2006 - Posted the Elk harvested by Doug Hardcastle. November 2, 2006 - Posted the Pheasant Hunt by Nate Greene and Nat Harris. October 29, 2006 - Posted the results of the Juvenile Deer Hunt weekend. October 18, 2006 - Article from Mississippi State University - http://www.tndeer.com/faq-14.html October 15, 2006 - Archery Season - Posted the first of three doe kills by Philip Fontenot. October 4, 2006 - Three Items Posted...
Here is the press release on Taylor Harris...: San Antonio, TX Taylor Harris of Nashville recently won both the Sporting Clays and FITASC National Championships in his class B. He also tied for 1st in the 28 gauge and .410 bore competitions. The National Championships are held annually in San Antonio with over 1200 participants this year. Shooters compete via a class ranking system Master, AA, A, B, etc. through E. Sporting Clays is a clay target game featuring vastly dissimilar targets which are set up to resemble actual flights of wild birds and paths of bouncing rabbits. FITASC is another event featuring much longer, faster and more difficult targets. Taylor Harris enjoys practicing/shooting at the Tennessee Clay Target Complex (a/k/a Nashville Gun Club). A graduate of MBA and UT-Knoxville, Taylor has been shooting competitively for less than a year. Complete Results of all the National Championship events can be found at http://www.wyshotgun.com/schedule.html.
Members - Lodge Reservation Sheet (Click on this hyperlink...) August 16, 2006 - Posted the 2006 - '07 hunting dates and limits. For a wallet size copy of all these dates, go to http://www.state.tn.us/twra/wallet_06.pdf and print it out. For a copy of the entire season, go to http://www.state.tn.us/twra/06huntguide.pdf August 12, 2006 - Posted some fishing pictures of Robert Alexander and Nat Harris... July 31, 2006 - Posted some recent pictures from Heart's Desire... May 13th - Turkey # 16 - Toby Magsig... last year on May 3rd, Toby scored with his first ever turkey - a 15 pound Jake. Today, he ended the season with...see story... May 12th - Turkey # 15 - Philip Fontenot... Later, added his picture.... May 6th - Doug Hardcastle catches a 6 pound bass. May 3rd - New Members - Randy Chance and his son, Brent Chance. Randy has bought the memberships of Frank Stephens and Marshall Hart. April 27th - Turkey # 14 - Skip Neblett April 26th - April 21st - Turkey # 11 - Bill Clark... April 20th - Turkey # 10 - Con Knox... April 13th - Turkey # 9 - Jim Love, Sr.... April 12th - Turkey # 8 - Quinton Robertson... April 10th - Turkey # 7 - Jim Love, Jr.... April 7th - Turkey # 6 - Wilson Burton... April 6th - Turkey # 5 - Wilson Burton...... April 1st - Opening Weekend - Four (4) mature Toms are taken by 7:35 am Saturday. See Turkey section. March 25 - 26 - Juvenile Weekend. 26 degrees each morning... plenty of gobblers opened each day... Nathaniel Greene, Aubry Greene and Mac Lessing were the hunters and each had several "encounters" and close opportunities... but no shots were fired. Next weekend starts the regular Turkey Season. March 21, 2006 - Will Morgan. Added his "little" 7 lb. 2 oz. bass. The biggest recent news is THE BASS! Check out "Fishing". March 20 - In the process of editing the website and adding the Lodge Reservation Sheet on March 5th, I managed to screw up all the navigation panes (a/k/a "Link Bars") as well as the text on the top borders. They have now been fixed. March 5, 2006 -
October 21, 2005 - Updated a lot of stuff: August 27, 2005 - Motel 12 Progress - The roof is on!
Click on picture to enlarge. August 24, 2005 - Annual Meeting - The new slate of directors is as follows:
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Licenses may also be purchased online by clicking here: Tennessee Online Hunting and Fishing License Sales , or http://www.wildlifelicense.com/tn/July, 2005 - Robert Alexander and Nat Harris. See the HD fish! Late June, 2005 - Billy Coble, Robert Alexander, Jimmy Weaver and Nat Harris explored the Crappie fishing at Lake Sardis. First Day each boat kept 65 over 10" crappie. The second, one boat had 56, the other 72, the biggest being about 2 pounds. See Pictures. July 1 - Hunting Seasons - The TWRC set the hunting seasons for 2005-06 for both deer and turkey. Major changes:
June - James Boleyn and Freddie Rosson are hired as Jimmy's assistants. We no longer have the services of Tommy Marrison or an intern and these guys will take their jobs. I met both this past week. They were clean at 8 AM and very dirty at noon. I think we have some winners! May 15 - Manager Applications - We are beginning the process of receiving applications for the Manager's position. See Manager Position. May 11 - The Old Homestead Ghost has been taken - Will Morgan - Turkey # 11. See story................... May 5 - Toby Magsig # 10. April 29 - Wilson Burton # 9. Also added the stories and statistics for Jim Love's two birds. April 25 - # 8 by Jim Love April 24 - # 7 by Jim Love April 8 - Turkey # 6 taken by Nate Greene. April 4 - Turkey # 5 taken by a 10 year old "rookie" Clay Iaquinta. April 3 - Turkey # 4 harvested by Skip Neblett. April 2, 2005 - Opening Weekend - See April 2, 2005 March 6, 2005 - It's Turkey Time in Tennessee! See Turkey Hunting for details. January 14 - The regular deer season has ended. Final harvest results - 60 deer, consisting of 13 bucks and 47 does! Our members and guests did an excellent job taking the does per good QDM management practices. The largest buck, weight-wise, was Lynn Sheanshang's 195 pounder. The largest buck, antler dimensions-wise, was Tommy Hawkins' 9 pointer weighing 170 lbs. December 20 - Added a short story and a picture of Lynn Sheanshang's 7-pointer taken on November 6th. December 20 - Benji - per your request, here are quick links to some of the better deer we have harvested. Robert Alexander, Arnie Pittman, Owen Hardcastle, Will Morgan, Doug Hardcastle and Nat Harris. December 20 - The doe total as of yesterday is 31. Owen Hardcastle managed to take two over the weekend. December 5 - Will Morgan today bagged an 8 point 145 lb. 2 1/2 year old. I do have a picture, but don't have a complete story. Owen Hardcastle made the statement that this one was much better than his. December 3 -
November 23 - Owen Hardcastle - 10 point, 135 lb. gross, taken in the North Country. Details later. November 10 - Unlucky deer # 13 was taken by the equally unlucky Will Morgan, who once again forgot his glasses and was unable to distinguish a doe from a button buck. Our President is going on the "Got Milk" trophy with a very personal recognition of his mal-accomplishment. November 9 - Added the results of the opening weekend of the Muzzle Loading Season - 6 more does and one 14" buck. That brings our total to 10 does and 2 bucks. October 31 - Added Matt Biemick's first deer (doe # 3) with a bow, and the Juvenile Hunt results (doe # 4 and buck # 1) through 10 AM Sunday. October 19 - Added a picture of a member's new toy...... October 14 - The second doe was taken by Richard Speer. October 10 - The first doe of the season was taken by Will Morgan. August 27 - Arkansas Duck Season - Nov 20 - Dec 5, Dec 17 - Dec 24 and Dec 26 - Jan 30 - 6 Ducks, 4 Mallards (but only 1 may be a hen). Also changed the Tennessee Season Schedule to reflect the same 1 hen limit. August 23 - Look at the monster Philip Fontenot captured. Needless to say, Foster Butt has been given the responsibility to mount it for placement at the Lodge for a year, then on Philip's wall. August 23 - Added the dates for hunting Doves, Deer, Ducks, Geese and Fall Turkey. Duck Hunters - Mark your calendars for the new 2-day season opener on November 27 - 28. Also added a correction to the story of the 25th turkey harvested by Richard Speer. June 14 - Here he is. Mr. America - Matt Biemick,
our new intern. June 14 - Added a shortened version of the story associated with the unsuspecting 25th bird, who really had a hard day when a number of circumstances all came together with only Richard Speer having a weapon in his hands. May 18 - Added the 25th and final bird taken this year - Richard Speer, with help from Nate Greene, Carl Johnson and Michael Zanolli. May 3 - Added the 24th bird taken by David Neblett. May 1 - Added Skip's actual story. It's a "must read". Take a few minutes and enjoy. April 29 - Added a brief on turkey # 23 taken by Ned Priest. April 28 - Added the picture of Con Knox and Don Alexander. April 26 - And we continue to set new standards. Eric Pederson nailed #20 with a 13.75 pound jake, his first ever. Then, Sunday our Chairman Ned Priest seduced a 2 year old 19.625 pounder with a worn out 5" beard and 7/8" spurs. Not to be outdone, Skip Neblett limited out with another worn out 3 year old with vital statistics of 15.5 lbs., 9" beard and 7/8" spurs. Skip has now called in 2 for himself, 1 for son David and 1 for his intern guest. I believe this is the first ever for someone using all his tags at Heart's Desire. Kudos to Skip for a great season. Stories to follow. April 20 - Records are falling each day! On the 10th, David Neblett officially broke the two year standing record of 13. Then on the 15th, Wilson Burton, Nat Harris and Nate Greene went 3 for 3 for birds # 15, 16 and 17 (3 birds for the only 3 hunters that day). Sid Dassinger got # 18 on the 17th and Marcus Sheanshang harvested # 19 on the morning of the 18th. See details. April 10th - The Heart's Desire turkey record of 13 birds taken in one season was tied this morning by Doug Hardcastle - on the 8th day of the 2004 season! See details. April 7 - Added additional posts for Turkeys # 9 & 10 - Con Knox and Will Morgan. Corrected an earlier double-error post for Con - this one is much more accurate. April 6 - First posting in awhile. It's Turkey Time in Tennessee. Opening weekend was great with 8 Toms being harvested. For each of the last two seasons, we harvested 13 each year. If we continue to be lucky, or skillful and Frank would say, 2004 will be our best year ever. Saturday, Frank Stephens, Robert Alexander, Wilson Burton, Richard Speer, Kristie Sheanshang, Philip Fontenot, Con Knox and Will Morgan scored. The festivities began Friday night with the presentation of the "Got Gas" reminder T-Shirt and early the next morning with the large "Got Gas" banner as a final reminder before venturing out into the woods.
By 8 AM, these three had returned with their harvests. Frank Stephens, Robert Alexander and Wilson Burton.
See Turkey in the Hunting Section. January 15 - Board of Directors Meeting.
Just another picture of the other side of the T-shirt. Pretty good show for a practical joker dentist! Double click on it for a larger version. January 6 - Added a picture of Wilson Burton's 10 pointer. January 5 - Added a picture of Nathaniel Greene and his doe and a picture and brief story on Will Morgan's recent success. December 2 - Added a picture from Opening Day of Duck Season. December 1 - Picture of Denny's deer.... November 29 - Denny Michaelis, a guest of Greg Sheanshang's, scores with a big buck. See the brief story. We'll have pictures soon. November 27 - Added the spring turkey season dates and bag limits. Also added a new page to the Hunting Section - Clear Cut Rehab & Enhancement Plans. This is Ned's program and will be expanded as the plans are developed. And, added the results of Opening Day of Duck Season. November 26 - Added the exact weights and measurements to the deer taken on Opening Weekend. See and reread stories. November 25 - Published the pictures and stories of our excellent opening deer hunting week. Owen Hardcastle, Will Morgan and Ned Priest were all successful in taking nice trophies. Nathaniel Minneman also got a trophy fox squirrel. November 13 - Edited the Membership Page to remove the "new member" designation. Does # 9 through 14 have been harvested. And for some reason, Karnack the Magnificent (old Johnny Carson character) is sending the answer "Dr. Phil", but I haven't received the envelope for the question. Could it be? No. Yes? Oh, no..... November 3rd & 4th - Does #'s 6, 7 and 8 were taken during the first day of Muzzle Loading Season. Also, added a picture of Will Morgan and his nice 3 - 4 pound bass taken on the 3rd. November 1st & 2nd - Does numbers 3, 4, and 5 were harvested this weekend on the special Juvenile Hunt weekend. David Rohrer with two and Clay Adkisson with one were the lucky hunters. See the story in the Deer Hunting Section. October 31 - Learned that doe # 2 had been taken recently. Ned Priest managed to take a 6 1/2 year old. Congratulations! Details later. October 26 - Added pictures and a brief story (not necessarily factual) on a recent pheasant hunting trip to North Dakota by Nate Greene and Nat Harris. October 20 - Added pictures and stories on the two recent trips taken by members. See both the Saskatchewan (geese, duck and grouse) and New Mexico Elk hunts. October 16 - Just for the record, only one doe has been harvested this bow season - a healthy 2 1/2 year old by Hud Hudson, a guest of Will Coble's. I can only guess that Philip Fontenot, Ned Priest, Jim Love and Will Morgan have not had the correct opportunity. October 1 - Corrected the Bag Limit for both the Juvenile Deer Hunts. It has been changed to 2 deer, no more than 1 antlered. As with all multiple bag limits per day, the hunter must tag the first harvested animal, and then may continue to hunt. If successful, both may be checked in at the end of the day. Also added the non-quota antlerless hunts for Decatur and Benton Counties. A hunter may now harvest 2 does in each of three successive weeks in Decatur County, and in each of two successive weeks in Benton County. The first week, Dec 20 - Dec 26, is the only "Decatur County Only" period. See details. September 19 - Added the pictures of Philip and his trophy below. Also added a picture of Will, Richard and Wilson on opening day of Goose Season, 2003 September 9 - The annual meeting was held at Hillwood Country Club last night. Will Morgan was re-elected for a second two-year term on the Board and Ned Priest was elected for his first two-year term. The rest of the officers were serving their second year terms. Philip Fontenot became the first recipient of the Wall of Shame Award having bagged a button buck on Jan 3, 2003. Future winners will have their nameplates added to the trophy.
At the left, we have the Got Milk Trophy prominently displayed with his friends at the lodge. Look lower left. At the right, Philip is graciously accepting his award from Hillwood Hostess Jennifer and Robert Alexander. Also enjoying the presentation are Will Morgan and Billy Coble. Also, it was decided to remove the balance sheet from the website. August 24 - The TWRC (TN Wildlife Resources Comm.) has established the dates for duck and goose seasons. See the schedule under the Hunting section, Deer/Duck Season subsection. August 2 - Added the web address of Bolivian Adventures to the bottom of the Trip page - www.bolivianadventures.com . July 31 - Added a new section called "Member's Hunting Trips" attached to the "Hunting" section. Covered the recent Bolivia dove hunting trip made by Billy Coble, Cameron Coble, Frank Stephens and Nat Harris. July 22 - Added comments on the fall turkey season. 50 permits are available for Benton County. But, for the archers, the one turkey, either sex, may be harvested during the week Nov 15 - 21. July 21 - Added the initial seasons for DOVE and CANADA GEESE to the Deer/Duck Season table. And, added a link to the TWRA web site for the entire 2003-04 seasons. The actual duck season has yet to be established. July 5 - Report on 2 members excursion to Tiptonville (Reel Foot Lake). See Fishing. July 2 - Fall hunting dates (including Wood Duck/Teal and Turkey) inserted in the "deer/duck seasons" section. Check out http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.html for phases of the moon. The new moon this year coincides with the opening days of the gun season. Also, the fall turkey season is November 15 - 21, so one could arrive earlier in the week and try for a "two-fer". June 21 - TWRA has established the fall hunting dates. The best news is that the opening four days of gun season coincides with a new moon. These are the days which historically have proven to be the peak of the rut in middle Tennessee. So, mark your calendars for November 22 opening and plan to stay in the woods most of the day. May 12 - Recorded the fish catch by Robert Alexander and Nat Harris, with a slight assist by Doug Hardcastle. Go to Fishing for more details. April 30 - Updated the Balance Sheet to 3/31/03. April 29 - Added the actual story of Philip Fontenot's second turkey. April 28 - Added a brief description of Richard Speer's third turkey, the club's thirteenth! April 28 - Added the actual story of David Neblett's turkey. April 27 - Added a reference to another "ghost" turkey - one which has been theoretically taken on HD premises, but for some reason, no story has been attached. See Turkey Hunting. April 24 - Corrected an error on Philip's home and added a vague reference to turkey # 11 theoretically taken by David Neblett. April 21 - Recorded Toms #'s 9 and 10 both by Ned Priest...and, added a few pictures. April 20 - Added turkeys 5 through 8 - Obituaries first, facts later. April 15 - Corrected the spur dimensions of Richard Speer's 1st turkey. April 14 - Richard Speer bags another - the "uneak" way. April 10 - Picture of Doug's turkey posted. April 5 - Doug Hardcastle scores with a 19 + lb. Tom - 10" beard. April 2 - Richard Speer bags a 23 1/2 pound Tom. April 1 - Added turkey season news. Mar 4 - Updated the Balance Sheet through Jan 31, 2003. Feb 15 - The 2003 spring turkey has been set - March 29 - May 6. See the TWRA web page: http://www.state.tn.us/twra/turkeydt.html. Acknowledged the resignation of Corkey White and replacement by Owen Hardcastle. Feb 10 - Closed the sale of Irby Simpkins' two shares to Nate Greene and Richard Speer. The note has been paid!!!!!!!!!!! Feb 7 - Closed the sale of Ron Cate's share to Marshall Hart. Contracts are pending for the sale of Irby Simpkins' two shares - to Nate Greene and Richard Speer. They should close Monday the 10th. The note has been reduced to $14,841, and should be totally eliminated with the sale of these last three shares. Jan 27 - Corrected the leased property to 457 acres. Jan 25 - Timber revenue reaches $70,000!!! Additional revenue is expected this spring. Jan 23 - Noted the dates for the 2003 turkey season with the TWRA web site. Jan 22 - Modified the statements on dues and assessments. The assessment this year and in the foreseeable future should be less than $2,000. Updated the balance sheet to reflect 12/31/02 year end figures. Added the final results for the deer season. Jan 17 - An additional payment of $10,000 reduced the note to $24,841 with total pay off projected to be by December 31, 2003!. The pending sale of Ron Cate's share will reduce the note by $7,600, meaning, Heart's Desire will be debt free this year - 2003. Also, added a hypothetical value per share ($100,000) if the land were valued at $750 per acre. Jan 15 - Made a few edits - distance and telephone corrections. Jan 12 - The Titans win last night! Thanks to an introduction to this web site by Brendan Finucane, we're on the verge of getting a new member. More later... Jan 8 - Changed the Timber Revenue Received figure to $69,922.53. Added a picture of "Huggy" Hardcastle with his 13 pointer from last year. Jan 7 - Added a picture of Robert Alexander's big deer - 10 pointer, 206 lbs., scored and registered with Tennessee Deer Registry as 158 2/8. Also added a recent picture of the lodge to the Home Page and the Highlights and Amenities Page. Jan 6 - Added a Photo Gallery with some of this year's highlights. More pictures are available and will be added in the next few days...... Dec 29 - Go Titans! We clinched a bye today for next week - and a home encounter with ??? the week after. Dec 28 - Two of the Fontenot boys, Justin and "Reserve", harvested does today. "Reserve" is appropriately named for a red fuel switch labeled RESERVE when someone runs out of gas in his four wheeler. Perhaps we will have a good night time picture to post in remembrance. In the meanwhile, Justine needed his turkey recognized from last year. Dec 27 - Added a page "Highlights & Amenities". Dec 25 - Merry Christmas! We placed an ad in the Sunday editions of the newspapers serving Jackson, Memphis and Nashville. As a result, this site generated over 40 "hits" this past weekend. Added Jimmy Barnes to the contact list. Dec 14 - Registered the website with Google search engine. Dec 10 - The Balance Sheet is updated to month ending Nov 30, 2002. Dec 9 - Will Morgan and Verlan Ming each shot a doe today. Both were 120 lbs., but Will's was 6 1/2 years old and Verlan's 2 1/2. Also, for the site, added a current picture of Will's 2001 deer mounted. Dec 6 - The Balance Sheet was updated to month ending Oct 31, 2002. A picture of Will Morgan's 2001 atypical was added. Dec 4 - The Website was launched. Dec 3 - Verlan Ming harvested a 9 point, 3 1/2 year old buck at 7 AM. Nov 30 - Nat Harris harvested a 10 point, 3 1/2 year old buck scoring in the 135 class. Nov 20 - Another $10,000 from timber revenue was used to reduce the Note Payable. The balance as of November 30 is $46,841. Nov 20th and 29th - Dr. Philip Fontenot harvested two 2 1/2 year old bucks - one with a bow. Sept 10 - Will Morgan harvested the first deer of the season -via bow and arrow. The doe was 3 1/2 years old and weighed 120 lbs. Sept 1 - The newly elected directors of Heart's Desire met, elected the officers and assigned the individual responsibilities. They are as follows:
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