George Murdock

George Murdock is having a heckuva year!

First deer fun!

Jacob and Jeff Snyder celebrated Jacob's first with a new shirt!

Bobcats and Coyotes!

Cordray's Taxidermy has a display of bobcats and coyotes in the store for a few days. Stop by and check them out!

Tradd Cooper

Tradd Cooper got a big buck! The cold weather has them moving again after a slower week last week. Lots of does!

Hickory Smoked Hams ready for the Thanksgiving!

Stop by the store and pick up your brown sugar cured, hickory smoked pork hams for the holidays. They are fully cooked semi- boneless and range from 15 to 18 lbs. We have some in the meat case now, and if you'd like to reserve one for Thanksgiving or Christmas just send in a $20 deposit. We follow the same slow cook smoked recipe that we use for venison and you'll love it!

T-Shirt Contest Winner!

Last year we did a contest to design a new T-Shirt. Lee Taylor won the contest with this slogan "You drop 'em. We chop 'em." Lee, you can stop by the shop and pick up your prize - a Cordray's T-shirt! We've got them in adult sizes.
We've also restocked on the regular grey shirts in both adult and children's sizes.

Heading to Clemson?

Learn from our mistakes!
Many of you know that Kenneth, our youngest, is graduating from Clemson in May. He's the third of our kids to go there. Now, if we'd been smart, we'd have bought an apartment when the first one went in 1998! But since we are a little slow, we waited until the last kid to buy a 2 bedroom condo in Cedarwood Apartments about a mile from campus. If you've got a kid heading to Clemson in the fall or just want an inexpensive weekend retreat a little over an hour from the mountains, minutes from golf courses and Lake Hartwell, and almost within earshot of the Tiger's roar, give us a call. We are asking $43,000. It's got 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors and comes with stove, refrigerator, and dishwasher. Contact us if you're interested or have questions!

10 point on the sneak at the beach!

These pictures were sent in of a 10 point buck. If you have some good photos from game cams or otherwise, send them in and I'll try to post them. for everyone to see. The full moon and warm weather is giving us a quick break, but looks like next week will be back to business!

Eugene Taylor won a tree stand.

Eugene Taylor's Big Buck had a dressed weight of 132. 4 lbs. He won the tree stand for Oct. 12th through Oct. 25th. Congratulations!

To qualify to win a tree stand, you must have the deer skinned and processed at Cordray's . Every deer is automatically entered in the contest. Deer must be from the Lowcountry of SC and you may only win once per season. Deer weights are for the dressed weight. That means it is skinned and cleaned with bones and meat. The Biggest Buck for the season will win a shotgun.

They're back!

We've finally added new beef smoked items to the case! We have plain snack sticks, cheese snack sticks and snack sticks with cheese and jalapenos. We also have plain summer sausage right now and beef jerky in two flavors.

We need HELP!

This has been a terrific season so far! That's the good news.
The bad news is that we are REALLY struggling to get as many deer out of here as come in each week. Your orange pick up card tells you when your order will be ready.

If you've brought in a deer or wild hog, and didn't have smoked hams,
before Monday, Oct. 27th, it is ready and we need you to come and get it quickly.

If you bring in a deer, please plan on picking up your finished orders before you leave the new one. This year we just don't have the freezer space to hold them for you. We hope you help us be able to stay open to take all the deer you'd like to bring in! We've only had to close due to overload one time about 10 years ago, and as you can imagine it was a mess with hunters having no place to leave their deer. We are working as hard as we can, and hope you'll help by picking up your orders to free up some space!
Thanks,
Claudia

We'll be closing at 9 from now on!

After the time changes, we'll be closing at 9 every night.
That means 9 to 9 Monday to Saturday and 6 pm to 9 pm on Sunday evening.

Wow! Very busy for a morning!

The weather must be just right or the rut is in full swing or something, but we've been loaded with deer this morning. Two 8 points, several 6 's and even a calico doe. That's pretty unusual for a morning, so we are gearing up for another big night! One guy said that after they shot 2 bucks, there were 2 others standing there watching. Another said he saw 25 deer last night. See you tonight!

Lost a pocket knife?

I found a small pocket knife in the driveway. Must have been lost Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Describe it and it's yours!
Claudia

Some guys REALLY LOVE hunting!

Al DeLeon - 9 points, 170 lbs.

Tan your hide?

Did you know you could buy a tanned deer skin for $100? We have these soft furs available in the store. Come by and check them out.

Jeff Stone

Jeff Stone got an unusual 14 point deer. It had an injury to the right back foot. We often see that a buck that has an old healed injury will have antlers that are misshapen on the opposite side. This was really true in Jeff's buck. Anybody know why this happens?

Bernard Funderburk

Tyler Limehouse