Daniel Postell gave this one his preliminary bath.

End of Turkey Season Special at Cordray's Taxidermy!

Turkey Fan Mount

with beard, feet, & fan

Free engraved name plate

Regularly $95
Mention this blog post before May 15th
and get it for $85! 

Online Applications for Tag Drawing Start Tomorrow!

Do deer lose their antlers?

YES! We get all kinds of calls during the off season. This is one that we answered just a few weeks ago. Male whitetail deer grow new antlers every year.  The soft velvet antlers we see at the beginning of the season are covered in fast growing tissue that helps form antlers. By the end of August in SC almost all bucks have hardened antlers. Bucks lose their antlers by early winter, sometimes before the end of deer season. By early spring, all bucks are antler free! These lost antlers are called "sheds" and are often found in woods and swamps. Hunters scout for sheds to help them determine buck movement and territories. Keep your eyes open on your next walk and you may find a treasure. But you might want to hurry. Antlers are a favorite diet supplement of mice and squirrels!

FINALLY! Cordray Farms Beef is ready!

I know these cool days and even cooler nights have been great for all of us 2 footed creatures, but it's been slow growing for the 4 legged kind! But it's finally here! We harvested the first 2 cattle this week. I'll be calling the first 16 folks on the waiting list for Cordray Farms Beef Shares after the meat has finished dry aging in about 3 to 4 weeks. We'll set up a pick up appointment or schedule a place and time so we can deliver it to your family.  We expect to be harvesting 2 cattle a week for the next several months, so we hope to be able to meet your needs for beef throughout the summer!
I'd like to thank you all for your patience. Since we grow cows without growth hormones or force feeding on feedlots, we are on a schedule determined by weather, the temperatures, and the appetites of some slow moving relaxed animals!  If you'd like to reserve your Cordray Farms Beef Share, send in your $100 check to the address below. We'll call you when your share's ready for pick up.
Or if you want to reserve a side, send in $200 for reservation. Be sure to always put your phone number on your check, because that's how we'll contact you for pickup.

Please pass this note on to your friends and family! We're excited to finally have BEEF to sell!
Thanks,
Claudia Cordray
 

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www.cordrays.com
Cordray Farms
Cordray's Venison Processing
6708 County Line Rd.
Ravenel, SC 29470
843.766.7922

James Lawrimore's monster buck was featured in SC Sportsman Magazine.

Ellen cooks Hamburger Patties!

We fired up the grill again tonight for some hamburgers.  The way Cordray's has the patties pre-made and individually frozen in a package of 6 was such a time-saver this evening!  We grilled the burgers just how they came out of the package.  They stayed pretty close to their original size, making a good-size meal out of each one.  Since the burgers were sized so generously, the package of 6 burgers fed my family with some to spare.  We served them as cheddar cheese burgers with a little mesquite bbq sauce on top.  Delicious! 

This meal was a big hit with everyone- the guys all loved the hearty burgers and I loved how quick the meal was to prepare.  Awesome burger and now I am in love with these ready-made Cordray's patties!  =)

Happy cooking,

Ellen

Harry Bean picked up his mount this week!

Larry Ott picked up this gorgeous mount from Cordray's Taxidermy!

Lunchbreak gobbler! Kenneth of Cordray's Taxidermy got this big Tom!

All our cows sported stockings just a few weeks back.

It seems like ages ago, but just a few weeks back we were in the middle of a very WET and MUDDY winter. This cow shows traces of the mud stockings that covered every animal we have. I'm sure all the people I know are glad for warmer, dryer weather, but what if you had to tromp through it every day? Now all the cows are getting fat eating spring rye grass and dozing in the sunshine! It won't be long before we'll FINALLY have some Cordray Farms Beef! Stay tuned...

From Ambrose Family Farm: HELP Tons of Strawberries for PYO!

I have attached some pictures of the strawberries we have available for Pick Your Own!  Pete has asked for HELP.  His plea is for each of you to come to the farm and pick strawberries and also to pass the word in your office, neighborhoods, churches, schools etc about the strawberries.  There are literally "TONS" of berries ready to pick and getting riper each moment.  He is distraught about losing the berries, it breaks my heart to see him so worried and frustrated and sad to see 'his babies' go bad.

Help us spread the Word.  Print the attached map & info and post it in your office, school room, church, business, etc.  Email it to everyone you know. 

$2/lb pick your own-organically grown

Mon-Sat  9am to 6pm

Sunday-  Noon to 5

559-0988 Farm

559-9999 Stono Market

Babs Ambrose

I wanna hold your hand!

If think you've got what it takes to hold hands with a really BIG alligator, be sure to go online at SC Department of Natural Resources to apply for tags for the 2010 Alligator Season. Application process begins on May 1st!

Kevin Pritchard got this Ravenel buck mounted at Cordray's!

Remember our buffalo?

This beefalo is half cow and half buffalo. She runs like a buffalo and is smart just like her dad. Just yesterday all the cattle were standing at the fence waiting for us to open the gate for them to go in the rye grass pasture. The whole herd, except for this one, stood by the gate, bellowing to beat the band. She jumped the ditch and walked all along the fence line looking for a weakness in the fence. She made the circuit, didn't find a short cut and then cut back across the ditch and was first in line on the green grass!

Ossie Beauchene got his first deer mounted at Cordray's Taxidermy!