Guest Photo Gallery

Below pixs of trophies and/or catch of the day from some of my hunting, fishing and long time friends and relatives!

David Lear, Robert Webster and William Pence from Rockingham, NC area with some blue catfish from the Pee Dee River in Anson County, NC near the South Carolina line caught July 19, 2003. Most of their fish averaged around 40 plus lbs. Notice the fish skeletons in the bed of the pickup truck in the back ground. We had a fish fry after those big boys were processed and Robert Webster knows what to do with fish and wild game when it comes to cooking not to mention eating his share too! Grin now.

Brent Thompson of Mt. Gilead, NC with a beautiful long beard harvested on 04-12-03. I will get the details later; too far back to remember.

John Gaddy, Polkton, NC with an excellent bow harvested 9 point buck.

Jody Brown of Polkton, NC with a long beard taken on 04-17-03. Jody shoots a big 10 gauge magnum!

Wade Hogue of Archdale, NC with an excellent Whitetail Deer rack ready for mounting harvested 11-21-02.

Quinton Thompson of Mt. Gilead, NC with a 10 point buck harvested on 12-20-03 scored 140 B&C.

David Lear of Rockingham, NC near Cordova area with 475 lb. wild hog taken in his back yard in 2003.

David Lear of Rockingham, NC with his 8 point Anson County Buck harvested 11-06-04.

Don Edwards of Hamlet, NC with his "yote" taken while deer hunting. Don't think he got much venison out of that coyote! My little digital camera caught Don's eyes about closed or I hope that was the problem. Many have commented that the coyote looks better than Don in this pix even though the coyote is stone dead. Lets blame the photographer for this one!

John Gaddy aka "Big John" with a long beard harvested on April 21, 2001 in Anson County, North Carolina.

Kenneth Diggs of Polkton, NC with an 8 lb. plus Largemouth Bass caught on 06-23-02.

William McKnight Porter III, one of our two West Coast Grand Boys from Vista, CA with the catch of the day in Southern California on July 15, 2001. I believe we drove by this Lake in May 2008 while visiting with the California Porters and had lunch at a nearby seafood restaurant.

Travis Lee Huneycutt , one of our East Coast Grand Boys from Lilesville, NC with his first fish caught in 2000 at Rose & Vondale Tucker's farm pond in Morven, NC.

Trevor Lane Huneycutt, another East Coast Grand Boy from Lilesville, NC with his first fish caught on April 14, 2001 at Bill Escott's pond in Polkton, NC.

Had to go way back on this one to 1967...the young lady is Iris Bowers, and on the left is Rickey Bowers and Buddy Bowers from Burnsville, NC. We all fished a near by pond....anything on the ole fly rod big or little is nothing but fun for sure. Bill Porter 08-31-08

City Lake Archery Club trophy winners at Sapona Archery Club in 1987. Our oldest daughter Laura Porter front left whose age had her in the Youth Division but she had little competition and entered into the Women's division at this tournament and took first place in the Unlimited Women's division class beating out veteran archers using 500 dollar plus bows such as the Hoyt Gold Medalists and she was using a 50 dollar Black Bear model bow.. Our City Lake Archery Club had three former NFAA NC State field champions and good instructors makes a big difference when training youth! One of Laura's competitors filed a complaint that she was shooting in the wrong (class) division but the club rules stated you may enter into a higher level competition class but you could not go down a class. We all got a good laugh and grin except the competition. The little chap on the right is Jason Steele of Cason's Old Field, NC who is an off an on competitive bull rider; he has many battle scars and looks like the bulls fair better than Jason. We use to kid Laura about being our secret weapon in the mixed competitive archery tournament groups since the competition could easily become distracted...grin if you must!

Above pixs of David Stewart of Ellerbe, NC with a 9 point buck he harvested around the Mountain Creek area in November 2007 taken with a shotgun firing 00 buckshot . The buck had a 22 inch inside spread but the right main beam was very distorted due to an injury the buck sustained to his left hind leg of which the hock area was twice its normal size.

Calvin Jones from Wadesboro, NC with a good catfish caught from the pond of hosts and good friends Kent and Brenda Wagoner, both NC native of Elon, NC who they met on Calvin's second tour of shore duty in Patuxent River, MD in 1990. Kent and Brenda returned back to the Tarheel state in 2004 after a twenty year navy career and twenty-four years as a government contractor and civil servant with the Navy.

Calvin and Deborah Jones daughters...I will get the names very soon.

Calvin Jones, II with a pair of very nice fish caught from a farm pond in Lilesville, NC.

Deborah Jones with a keeper catfish.

Kent Wagoner retired from the Navy as a Chief in 1980 with a nice "fat daddy" Bluegill.

Brenda Wagoner with a super sized Bluegill.

Kyle Johnson of Wadesboro with a pair of Largemouth Bass.

Thomas Kincer harvested this nice 12 point buck in Chesterfield County, SC. Thomas is field testing my Dual Hens call this spring.

Jim Yarboro of Gun Barrel City, Texas with a nice 285 lb. buck harvested in November 2004. Buck had 8 points with 16.5 inch inside spread and the G2s were 11 inches in length. Jim grunted and called the buck out before shooting light and 15 minutes later made a good shot with his trusty ole 30-06. For some reason Jim looks very small in this pix and he is a good sized man...got to be the buck for sure shrinking Jim up! Below pixs of his Texas hunting stand which is 8 feet square with a portable toilet inside and a gas heater. Gives a new meaning to roughing it...grin Jim because I sure am. Jim has taken 83 deer from this area over a couple decades or more. Nothing like hunting smarter not harder!