Mental Kudzu
My life on the River of Strange

southern deer camp culture

The Deer Camp is about 20 miles into the next county, five miles down a winding stretch of dirt road, and smack in the middle of 200 acres of forest and swamp. The accommodation at Dear Camp is a fairly new cinderblock cabin: one huge room with a small lean-to kitchen off to the side. A screened-in porch, furnished with three picnic tables, a couple of rocking chairs, and a church pew, runs across the front and down one side. Inside, bunk beds line the walls and there’s a huge poker table in the middle of the room.