Hunted a few days this week and heading back out to East TX for the weekend. Trying for a deer and any unlucky hogs....obviously really dry and my host has not filled their feeders yet, so it's kinda ambush tactics and spot and stalk in the thick stuff right now. The deer are still coming to their old food plots in the AM, I've noticed, and I might just set up on the trails to/from there. Seeing lots of deer and some midday. I think the stress of the summer is hurting us. I'll hunt close to the creeks in the riverbottom area.
Anyone here in TX out now or have news from this week? I'd like to hear what everyone is seeing?
I hunt near Goliad, TX and opening weekend I saw lots of hogs (shot two), some does and no bucks were seen. Still early though and the bucks should start making more appearances during the last week of archery season. At least that's the usual schedule on our place.
Good luck.
Little movement and scarce water with deer only watering at night.
saw a jackrabbit with a bucket if that helps you any!!!Hill Country
Im in hallettsville with a full quiver and ready for sat. morning maybe and hopefully shot my first trad deer buck doe does not matter to me.
Ok guys I'll keep you posted from Winona....thansks for the updates!
Ok guys I'll keep you posted from Winona....thansks for the updates!
I've been feeding the deer in my front yard. The high summer temperatures this year and no rain since last September of 2010 has put a hurt on the deer where I live and hunt.
The deer coming to the front yard of my house, both bucks and does, their ribs are showing. I guess I'm getting soft in my old age and I've decided to not hunt deer this year. I'm going to hunt small feral hogs instead.
Besides, the 13" antler inside spread rule is in effect and I haven't seen a buck with a spread wider than 12" this year.
That's exactly what I'm fearing. Where are you?
I hunt in the Hill Country, going back down tomorrow. We've been seeing does in one area during the morning, and then a separate, more heavily wooded area about 500 yards away is where the bucks like to show up in the evenings -- there's action at these two feeders only at those times, never both. Occasionally, you get some does mixed in with the bucks and vice versa.
Opening weekend, we found they were doing 2 things -- first, they were moving around later in the mornings than usual (we've been scouting this place all year with cameras and also just sitting and watching their pathing from hillsides and blinds), and second, they were moving around a lot just after midday rather than their usual pattern of just before dark. We adjusted for this on Sunday and my brother-in-law was able to take a shot on a 9-point around 2:30pm (we never, ever saw them out-and-about around this time prior to this), but it was a bad shot. :(
We'll see what happens this weekend. Good hunting and be safe.
I hunted the Sam Houston National Forest last weekend and its dry as heck. I do alot of spot and stalk out there but its sounds like I'm crushing a bag of potato chips every time my feet hit the ground. I'll be back after it tomorrow. I had a doe within 25 yards last weekend (she didnt give me a good shot) but she looked pretty healthy. Sam Houston is on a lake though so they are getting water. I may hit Amistad once rifle season starts since its bow only. No lease for me again this year, its been hard to find a good lease.
Good luck too you
4 does and a little one at 60 yds. Crossing in front of me in a clearing. There's an armadillo beneath the stand and it sounds like a frigging elephant rolling in the underbrush!!!
I saw acorns on the road when I stalked in.
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I hunted my place opening mourning,it buts up to the Sam Houston National Forest.Only hunted 30 minutes,shot a doe right off the bat.I was surprised how good a shape she was in and she even had some fat on her.
My lease is in Coldspring, been feeding heavy there with feeders and hand feeding.Cameras showing a lot of hogs,some does and a few bucks.The deer are looking poor there with ribs showing.There is water in the creeks so that helps.Will hunt there this weekend.
I'll be taking a good friend up on an invite next weekend in the Florence area and hopefully will secure an open gate pass to a ranch near Comanche for hogs soon.
Good luck y'all.
Wood County is slow. Had two does first day come in to my plum thicket(close but no shot) when we had that temp drop. after that not much going on. all my pics of critters are at nite watering.
Opening morn last Sat, I hunted deep woods SHNF. Unknown, it was near the Lone Star Trail where I saw 15 hikers total (numerous groups) walking through making all kinds of noise. On purpose? Been 4 days before sunup to after sundown & haven't seen a thing. Hunted over a wet creek tonight until dark & noticed the moon. Public land deer feed after dark on bright moons. Found 1 oak w/very small acorns, 1 small rub, 2 scrapes, & I'm in the deep woods a lot.
QuoteOriginally posted by highpoint forge:
That's exactly what I'm fearing. Where are you?
I live in Magnolia, Texas which is in southeast Texas. It's about 35-40 miles northwest of downtown Houston, Texas near the upper Texas coast.
My inlaws are in Conroe. Plenty dry there too.
Wow...we are all close. I live in Cypress, about 10 min from Magnolia. We should all get together some time. I dont personally know to many trad guys away from the web sites. I'm the only one out of the people I hunt with that uses trad gear.
Look up Staitera.....
I hunt in Gonzales county near Nixon. Plenty dry there. Hogs are still around quite a bit. I have not yet seen any legal bucks except for those on trail cam pics.
I'll be back after them this weekend hunting out of a new tree stand. We'll see how it goes.
Brett
QuoteOriginally posted by klight:
Wow...we are all close. I live in Cypress, about 10 min from Magnolia. We should all get together some time. I dont personally know to many trad guys away from the web sites.
Maybe we should get together after bowhunting season is over. It would be nice to meet fellow TG'ers that live close (relatively speaking).
Went this morning and missed a squirrel at fifteen yards. No deer to be seen. Praying for rain. Hopefully do better tomarrow morning.
Could not get up at 5. Got up at 8 instead and but a serious ground blind, which I needed yesterday to get close enough to the does. Setup is beneath a black walnut tree about 15yds from several trails....
Getting together sounds great! Sent a few PM's. Think you boys would do good to give the moon a rest. Man I'm bummed at no deer. Might give chance for rain too. Cloudy today but you couldn't get rain here if clouds had it. Think we're on a 100 year sun cycle. Might ask Al Gore to do a rain dance if this isn't his weekend saving whales.
Just got back to the house an hour ago.I was in the stand from 6:20am till noon.Did not see nothing,no pigs no deer,no nothing.San Jacinto county can be tuff,I know Buddy will agree he hunts public land there.I live in New Waverly so I am close to every one also.Buddy and I have talked but haven't got together yet.Born and rasied in Conroe.A get together would be good.
Got a doe at 7:45 she was heading from water through an oak flat to a bedding area. Several came through before sun up but she was a straggler that stayed out to late ;)
Just back in and every mosquito in ETX had a go at me. I'm at least a pint low! On the hunting side, nada.
nothing here. A boar to water bout 7:00pm. no shot. 25yards. deer are showing up around 11:00pm to 2:00am. come on cool temps and rain :pray: i am hunting the only water around my area.
QuoteOriginally posted by highpoint forge:
Just back in and every mosquito in ETX had a go at me. I'm at least a pint low! On the hunting side, nada.
I don't see how mosquitos survive a drought. You would think there would be none.
I'm in Cleveland and we had a little rain today and the mosquitos were out in force. No deer or hogs seen.
That's what I thought but it's 95% better than usual. 3 years ago I'd a been carried off!
Now why I didn't bring my thermcell is beyond me?
Mosquitos eggs can lay dorment for aong time and they only need a coke bottle top of water to hatch and grow. So them skeeters are drought tollerant for sure. Just lying in wait for a little moisture.
Thank God for all the rain that is falling! 'Nuff said.
I will be headed to Center City, TX. on the 15th.
Wish me luck, have never killed a dear with a bow yet, but I am pretty sure this is my year.
I meant deer.
I'm glad to see lots of rain today. :D And we've got a lot more coming. :thumbsup:
BTW, I do a lot of saltwater kayak fishing. If you think the mosquitoes are bad in the woods, saltwater mosquitoes are twice as large and when they stab you, you definitely notice it! :eek:
This good rain system should green up any vegetation for the deer and might even get the hogs on the move.
no rain here. SE wind 5-10mph.
no rain here. SE wind 5-10mph.
Howdy Fellas, I live Close to Hughes Springs, Tx. Me and a friend are in the process of making the switch to Trad only. I have been bowhunting since I was very young and used a compound with no sights up until age 16 then went the compound with all the bells route. I have found with age that traditional is much more challenging and fun. I have a lot to learn and so far it has been great. Just wanted to say hi and let ya know where i'm hunting this season. I bagged a cow elk last month in a diy hunt in colorado but that was before I made the switch. good luck this season and God Bless.
saw a few out of range on opening day in Sam Houston National Forest...
I live in plantersville not far from yall.Grew up in cypress.
TXCP
Might head back out tomorrow evening as the rain has hit. Left the ranch earlier today.
Been raining all day here and thats fine with me.
We got 3.2" of rain today. A lot of people's stock tanks are full or close to it. This should help our animal population.
I just got home from 4 days at my lease near Tilden. I shot a big fat doe. She was in great shape and weighed 109lbs. I saw quite a few does and fawns for our place but the bucks were not so good. I saw 6 bucks - 2 spikes, 2 four pointers, and 2 six pointers. NONE of the fours or sixes had any brow tines. I hope this was a fluke and I see more and better bucks as the season plays out. Bodywise though, our deer seem to be in prety good shape.
Bisch
The temp for hunting was pretty bad today and yesterday. However all the feeders are now full, at least.
Hunted in a light rain last nite. saw a few critters moving round. We got some rain, not like most of you did tho. It will settle the dust for a day or two at least.
My lease in in Taft and we finally got some rain yesterday. I'm heading to Hebronville this weekend for a dove/pig hunt and then the following weekend for an Axis hunt in the hill country. Keep praying for more rain.
Yes! Rain!!
I'm in Mt Pleasant and I'm yet to lay eyes on a deer. Been huntin a couple lease we have but it is slow, belive i'll head to my place in okla this weekend
I went to my place near Leakey in the Hill Country to fill feeders opening weekend but didn't hunt because there was to much work to finish up. We filled a feeder that is 400yrds from the deck at 4:30PM on Saturday afternoon and went back to the house. At 4:45 the feeder went off and 10 minutes later we had two 3yr old 8 points and 5 doe at the feeder. I has working on the feeder and setting up a trailcam for at least 2 hours and the deer still came in. Just goes to show you how hungry they are.
Beenslow at Holly Lake, no bucks moving in the day time, and not many does.
Saw deer in SHNF last weekend. We still hunt and got within 25 yards of two doe before they spooked. we walk up on three other deer a few minutes later. Didn't get a shot. They are moving very late almost dark.
I hunted the Aransas Wildlife Refuge last week. I saw 2 does, and a small herd of hogs. Never got a shot at the deer, but the hogs gave me an opportunity at a 35yds. in the dark. All I got was some hair:( There were some lucky guys though. I think the biggest was a 10 pointer at 40 yds. He was shooting a "Wheeled Devil" though.....Gonna go out to the ranch down here in Laredo this week, much better luck there.... I did manage to get a ram on another ranch out in Webb County opening weekend...It's posted on here.
wood county mineola, new hope area still way slow. found a small group of falling acorns. hunted there tonight. tree rats and crows thats it.
Trying to get out Fri/Sat if the boss lets me.....
Baird/Cross Plains looks like it got a good amount of rain. Rancher said 5"
Everyone else said between 4-6"
Full moon kinda stinks, but the animals were moving tonight right at sunset.
I'll be back at it Friday afternoon.
How's everybody doing this weekend and where are you hunting?
Hunted at my lease in Coldspring.Had a little 6-point walk by at 10 yards,just let him go.Way better deer in those woods.Trail pics starting to show more bucks than does.Have multiple pics of two 10s and a funky horned 8 at the very stand I was in today.I will be back there tomorrow.It was cooler this mourning,felt good too and it was really still for once.
Hunted north of Florence this morning. 50 degrees as the moonlight was overpowered by the rising sun. At 7:15 two does came from my 7 o'clock position. The older doe was showing the effects of the drought....pretty guant. The younger one looked to have more meat on her so I decided to take her if they'd just quit boring holes through me as they fed. When I felt it safe to draw I raised my bow the last 3 inches and I swear it took me 3 minutes to draw to anchor as they were at 11 yards and I was in a 6' tripod backed into some cedars. At release the string caught on those little rubber dots on one of the fingers of my glove that I was wearing under my tab....the shot went high/back.
After 1/2 an hour went to get my buddy and drove to town to have some coffee before trailing her. When we got back we couldn't find any blood, but I saw the trail they took out on. After 40 yards I found my arrow....small amount of blood, lots of meat. Shot her right through the tenderloin. We couldn't find any blood on the ground after a large grid search so we tracked their running hoof prints for over 1/2 mile before losing them.
I know this one's going to make it, but it doesn't take the sight of a bad shot out of your head. First thing I did when I got home was cut those 3 fingers out of that glove.
Rob -
Know how you feel about getting off a bad shot. Takes awhile to get the taste out of your mouth and the memory out of your head.
I spent my first weekend hunting in SE Oklahoma. Lots of public land there. Some pressure but usually never see another hunter except in the designated camp area. Sat the first afternoon and evening near the only water hole within a mile. There were lots of tracks, deer, turkey and hogs. Not one was thirsty before dark. Rained pitch forks that night and most of the morning. Managed to get in and set up one of what I call a throw away ladder stand. If someone needs it more than I, they are welcome to it. It's located about 15 yards on the south side of a well used east west game trail. It also sits 10 yards from a well rooted out mud hole and bedding area. Only problem now is I'll have to wait a couple weeks before I can get back and see what comes by.
I knew you were up in Ok. while we were enjoying our first rain since April Danny. I wish you the best of luck when you return. Weather sure is getting nice....don't you just want to leave right now?...lol.
I'll be back up in SHNF Nov 4,5 & 6.. I'll be hunting the archery only zone, hoping the gun hunters push deer to Me.
Hunting around hallettsville has been slow. But last nite I finals connected with a nine pointer. First trad buck heck first trad kill for me ever. Wish I could add a pic but have not figured out how yet.
Congrats John!
Hunting around hallettsville has been slow. But last nite I finals connected with a nine pointer. First trad buck heck first trad kill for me ever. Wish I could add a pic but have not figured out how yet.
4 pigs and 1 coon later, the weekend ends. I'll post up some pics in different thread later.
The deer movement was pretty slow, though. The bucks I saw looked like the drought has had some effect on the antler growth.
Do tell.....
What's up this week guys?
Leaving after lunch tomorrow....staying til Tuesday afternoon. I'm hoping this moon thing will work out. Also supposed to be another cool front blowing in Tuesday night or Wednesday. I'm working on getting both my does this weekend. Fingers crossed.
Hoping to get back to the lease this weekend.I know the bucks are starting to heat up.Have been super busy with work and I knew it was going to be this way.It does the same thing every year just creeping along all summer with hardly any work.Come fall bidding on jobs and they all come at once right when the hunting is at its best around here.
Well keep us posted.
Good luck to all I will try again Sunday morning. If I learn to post pics I will.
One doe down and three barn coons. I think the coon hunting was more fun than the deer hunting.
Deer movement was mediocre, but I saw a few pigs and about 10 toms....none within range.
Going to ILL. on Sun. LOOKing for MR. BIG BOY.
Got a LARGE area to hunt. Soy beans etc.. MY PULSE IS RACING:))) BWAA HAA HAAA!! :pray:
Headed out tomorrow at noon to intercept the cold front....
Headed out tomorrow night for hunt, Thursday thru Saturday evening. Thank goodness I only have to drive 1.5 hours to lease.
I saw a buck chaseing a doe yesterday down in Overton had to come down for work and saw another buck crussing down a creek So there on the move
Nothing for me yet. Started to draw back on a nice 8 point but he heard/saw/sensed me and took off. A few minutes late a doe stepped in and I let an arrow fly..... above her back.
Gilbert
I hunted the cool front Thursday - Sunday and saw deer at every stand I hunted, just nothing to shoot at. Several 2-3 year old bucks and yearling does or spikes. I'm still looking for a mature deer.
I hunt west of Alto. Opening weekend, Sat. evening had two 8 points and a yearling come in. The 8 point that was big enough to be legal stayed behind a cedar tree forever. I got my bow ready, when he stepped out he looked around, figured something wasn't right, turned around and walked off into the woods, the other two followed him. No chance for a shot. This past Sat. morning had two does show up, didn't pick a spot and shot right over the back of one. Funny how you forget the little things. Will be back after them this weekend.
I wish I was ready to hunt. I live in NW Houston. I have had my recurve for a couple years. Gotta be honest, I haven't practiced enough. Should be ready by now, but Im only consistent to 10 yards.
Anyway, good luck to all of you this season.
Skunked tonight but hunted a big ol ravine system behind a very productive feeder. Many Mosquitos and nothing moving at 80F. The squirrels barely showed up at dark!
Saw a NICE 10 pointer with a doe, from the truck this PM. I left the brush blind early as the feeder was inexplicably empty. Just watched him walk away. Tall rack with heavy dark antlers and the main beams were close to touching. Just outside the ears. I'd guess a 3 year old. He had good body mass too.
The acorns are on the ground fellas...
Went to my lease in Aspermont opening weekend and found both my feeders out of commission. #1 battery out of juice. My son-in-law had mounted the solar panel under the feeder instead of on the side. new battery and remounted solar panel. second feeder destroyed by cows. Had to buy new feeder and rework fence. No deer this weekend.
Last weekend went to another place near Brady. Only saw 4 deer in three days and none of them were close. Out of 20 hunters one axis and one doe in three days. Not looking good. I have yet to drop a string. Maybe Thanksgiving when I go again to Aspermont.
Been hunting about 4 sits out at my lease in Nixon. Had 2 small bucks at 12 yards this week. Neither was legal. I'm hoping to at least get a shot at some hogs one of these days. Maybe the cooler weather will help out.
Brett
Froze my butt off this AM as I was up and in the bushes by 5. Saw nothing. Deer had been there though. They left me several presents. I'm going to require more insulation under this fancy high tech camo.....
How'd everyone do? Trying to head out again same timeframe this week....
It has been harder this year for sure,I usually have had much better luck finding nice bucks.I am seeing a few does and small bucks but no shooters yet.Had a big doe come in to my set up Saturday evening.She had 2 button bucks and a yearling doe with her and big mama doe was in bad shape.Really pulled down with all those little ones.Starting to see more scrapes now and good pics of shooter bucks both day and night.Just need them to show when I am there.A lot of season left to hunt.
Had a big 6-point that is well known on our lease (Hill Country) -- which one of my nephews shot at on youth weekend and missed -- within 20 yards of me... with limbs between us. The one lane I didn't clear (because I had the approach points covered to that spot, or so I thought). After watching him for over 5-minutes repeatedly turn broadside to continue eating, I couldn't stand it... I got up off my stool (I ground hunt exclusively) and began inching my way to a spot about 3 yards closer that would offer me a clear shot. Of course, he turned and began walking when I was almost in position, and he busted me. I'm still sick about it. I'm new to all this, especially ground hunting, so lesson learned: be patient and don't succumb to 'buck fever' so easily.
Had a young spike who is always hanging around come within 10 yards on Sunday (he was also hanging around on Saturday), but I keep giving him a pass as watching him has given me lots of good information on favored trails in the area and so forth. Plus, he was shot at once by someone else (arrow merely took some hair on top of his back, we have photos) and was standing next to the aforementioned 6-pt when my nephew shot at him, so he has also had a bullet fly past his head. I figure I don't want to jinx myself, so I leave him be, heh.
Kind of a bad weekend; very little movement, strange weather (windy, cold and sunny on Saturday; hot, muggy, cloudy and way too quiet on Sunday). Friends/relatives hundreds of miles away on another lease (W/NW of Fort Worth) saw absolutely nothing all weekend.
I'm gonna try to get down south to the lease this weekend. I have a bad tooth and a root canal keeping me in town all week.
Bisch
Hunted Sat night/Sunday morning.....nada this weekend. Cooler weather coming!
Just missed this evenings hunt. I'll try a late morning through midday tomorrow. Full moon.
Busted by does at 10 yards while setting up my 360 chair! I turned around to sit and look up; there's 5 does staring at me.. SNORT. Hogs behind me fighting both days almost got introduced to my .45 ( why I went to find them without my bow is anyone's guess).....but go figure I found them all right. Scouted for white oaks and found many. Tomorrow those hogs are gonna get it. Here's pics of my setup. Too bad those are Willow oaks and note White oaks! Pics coming.
Made a nice shot on a fox squirrel at 22 yds.....those little dudes are tough, though. He climbed a tree with my arrow but another squirrel knocked him back to the ground defending his turf.
Couldn't get drawn on a doe...but it was looking good. A buck was between us an he picked me off up in the tree.
Wind and moon are working against me. Deer sightings are scarce this weekend.
My buddy shot two pigs, though.
Is it just my area or have the deer not recovered from the drought yet?
Ive seen lots of deer and some good horn this year but I havent shot any yet,they're nothing but a bag of bones around my area.
SL
We have seen several very nice bucks and rutting behavior is definitely occurring here in east TX. They hand at the edge of fields and rush out for the does, noses down and oblivious to us in vehicles. Trying to get set up on a route into/out of those fields....
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I hunted Fri afternoon thru this morning. I saw a few deer (no shooters) on Fri afternoon and not another critter the rest of the wekend. I was supposed to stay for a few more days but decided to come on home and give it a try next week when the moon is not so full.
Bisch
Well seeing the rutting bucks (most were way better than shooters) made me sorta freak out and want to keep hunting but next week should be better without the full moon - hopefully it'll be cold as well. I covered more than 25 miles on foot this Wed-Sat looking for dominant white oaks and marking them on my GPS.....getting my scouting in DURING the season....d'oh! On a 7000 acre place you can cover a lot of territory and the river bottoms on this place are amazing. The deer were all over and pigs were so close I almost popped them with my 45 while hoping their parents might saunter by. They were fighting over food and I've never heard a pig scream like that. I thought it was a bobcat at first! Hopefully next Wed-Fri again.
View from the ground blind in Oak Central intersection, just off the creek system and in-between bedding areas:
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I could only hunt Sat. morning this weekend due to having my daughter. Like Bisch said....hopefully without the moon next week things will be better. Trail cam showed I did have deer at my feeder on Thurs/Fri night about an hour before dark. Time for another cold front me thinks. :pray:
COLD FRONT WED!
Still cold. Still rutting. Anyone else?
I think I am going to skip this weekend and head out the day after Thanksgiving. The moon will be gone and hopefully i will see a few critters.
Bisch
Rutting, but WINDY
I'm heading out Thurs too.
Hunted from 2 till dark last night....nada. I'm going to wait for a change in the weather.
Lots a deer just after dark. 10 pointer missing one side completely. Bunch of does. Bobcat. Fog rolled in and ruined everything. Pack of hogs in road almost got capped.
Oops.
Deer have gone acorns on me.I have been trying to find where they are at.A few acorns here and there but nothing saying hunt here.Not many around so they should clean them up quickly.
I'm headed up to SHNF Tomorrow morning for a 2 day hunt. I'll be in the Archery Only Zone.
I'll be driving by. If you hear somebody shouting from the hwy it's me enroute to Montgomery.
nothing here yet. all deer still in the early am around 2-3. the monday fog roll in was a great nite to be on stand. good luck all
Went pig hunting today at a buddy's place close to the house. It was my first hunt with the St.Judes bow "Hope". That is one slick bow and shoots real well. I had the pigs come in right at dark and by the time they got close enough to shoot at, it was too dark to pick a spot. We will have to try again in a few days.
Bisch
Skunked this pm but saw deer in the afternoon. Mr. Cinco dodged a shot by my buddy.
I'll be in a tree tonight and in the morning. Wasn't expecting to go back out til this weekend, but I'm ready. Hope they're moving....I did rattle in 2 bucks last weekend. The shooter didnt come in close enough and the 8 was too small.
Nada tonight on the ground and of course the feeder was set to AM instead of PM!
getting my snuffers touched up for the A.M. come on daylight
Let me know how the rut looks Flip. I'm hunting in Winona.
saw three does, not a single shot had them at 10-12 yards. on the way back i saw a small young 6 with nose to the ground. i hunted bout 6 miles out of lindal on 16. this weekend up home in the mineola area. my deer here are still running 2-3 am.
Last week they seemed to be really chasing them. I almost stepped on a spike accompanied by a doe on Tuesday while looking for hogs in a bottom. He grunted at me as I stopped on the other side of a huge clump of head tall reeds, thinking I was walking into a hog's nest i readiedfor action. All of a sudden this head pokes around the corner and it's a big bodied spike...he trotted off. Probably ends up a cull if I see him again.
Thanksgiving evening hunt was again a bust...no deer. Pics show a few deer hitting our feeders between midnight to 3am. I'm hanging my hopes on this wet cold front coming through tonight.
My 2 day huint was great, even tho I didn't see any deer or hogs
Button buck hit by car on road to the house and two does in the yard Fri night was all I saw...
Lampasas Co. Friday through Sunday was pretty much a bust; early Saturday morning, one of my nephews shot a 7-point with a rifle; a few does and a 4-point were seen in the afternoon, but the rest of the weekend was practically dead. Wind was constantly blowing at 15-20 Mph and they were all bedded down.
Had a turkey at 12 yards on Saturday but he caught me drawing my bow, managed to get away. This was after he'd gotten within 10 yards of me the previous day, almost walking into the area I had brushed in, but I didn't know he was there and accidentally spooked him when moving around glassing the area. Frustrating for sure.
Just got back from Mon PM hunt through yesterday PM and didn't see much on the cameras.
button buck at 4-6 yards this morn for 20min. other then that nothing.
Flip am thinking about tomorrow and Fri AM out east off 155.
I am not sure what to do. Heck my hogs have even been slow. hope this colder weather will push them into feeding more, and rutt harder, somthing.
Agreed. Saw no hogs all week!
lets hope that it turns back on :pray:
Well I have been at the lease in Tilden since Sat. Just got home today. I arrowed a nice buck on Sunday morning with "Hope", the St Judes passaround bow. Here is a pic:
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There is a story and more pics in this thread on the powwow (start at the top of the page and read on down):
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=107516;p=11
Congrats Bisch! Very nice Buck and I'm glad to see the deer finally started moving through your lease again.
great buck brother :clapper: :clapper:
lets hope the am will bring me some action and meat. :pray:
Nice Bisch!
Bisch gets another! Good job dude! I see we run the same broadheads. Can't wait to get one with mine.
His grin always says it all......
Blackwidow osage longbow strikes again on a cull buck near coragain ,Texas.
Congrats, Stan!
I didn't make it out this weekend, but hope to be going next weekend.
Stan get some pics up of the bow and derr will ya?
QuoteOriginally posted by Stan the bow man:
Blackwidow osage longbow strikes again on a cull buck near coragain ,Texas.
Way to go Stan...you got any pics?
Bisch
Very nice Bisch
nothing this am. fixin to head out for the rainy pm.
Let us know how it goes....I may head east in the AM.
this tag soup is getting hard to seaason and getting dry :thumbsup:
Can't post pic from my phone.
Any you guys hunt near Coragain?
Headed south fri AM. Flip how's the swimming?
Wish I was in a tree in this weather.
I had to use my floaties sunday to get back to my truck :laughing: that was a long sit in the tree. saw hogs tho. I am starting to see a few deer on the roads after work. what little acorns i had are all on the ground now. I have a good feeling bout this weekend.
Headed out Fri AM.....
Got this one yesterday afternoon at a friends place about an hour from the house. I saw about 15 different hogs all through the cold afternoon and shot this little brown BBQ'er right before dark. I shot it with the St judes bow "Hope" and it went about 40yds.
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Going out again friday to see what I can see hunting over the weekend.
See ya later,
bisch
With a hog that size, that's going to be some tender wild pork.
Friday afternoon, I'll be heading up to SMNF. I'll be hunting Friday evening and all day Saturday.
Ive shot a total of three deer so far. A doe and a buck on our ranch in Webb county, and another doe on the Atascosa Wildlife Refuge down in Brownsville. Hogs are at 5 right now....11 if you count the pregnant sow from the other night.....Population control at it's finest!
From this past weekend. At least I have some rabbit to throw in the pot for the Tagsoup!!!
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Congrats on that swamper.I am going back to the lease AM tomorrow for the weekend.2 does so far its been tough this year.Passed some smaller bucks up,the pigs have been hide go seek and they are way ahead.
That's a big 'ol bunny Jeff (either that or you got little bitty feet - haha)!
Congrats,
Bisch
He is a "Pope"! Big ol swamp rabbit. The sandel is a size 10. Looking for a new rabbit stew crock pot recipe if anyone has a good one.
nothing this am. I had to sit and watch 5 deer walk down the trail at 6:15am. 5-6 yards. heart pumping saying to my self hang around a little longer so I can see what you are. that didnt work. :banghead: Going head out in the am. going to do a all day sit. good luck to all.
Nice boar and a perfect eating sow plus a big ol sow last evening. Saw 4 on my way in tonite, but too far off and they were moving and might of smelled me. I couldn't cut them off .... And I'm standing in the middle of a field! Nice drive back home at 10 PM to surprise the wife.! Also found a complete skull/jaw with great cutters for decoration......Does were out all afternoon. The secondary rut could go anytime now. This was south. Over east near Flip on another place we are seeing some major bucks.
I head east on Thursday AM. Cams have shown several mature bucks.
Hogs and deer are starting to move a little. Its been a long year in the stand so far.
Tell me about it!
Last weekend I was in SHNF, Heard lots of gun fire, But didn't see any deer.. Did find some great spots I want to try next October.
I'm in Winona 73F and windy. Yeesh....
Going to Llano for the weekend. :jumper:
I'm in the stand now. Armadillo within 3 ft walking in. I hear occasional activity around me but could be limbs in the wind...
warm wind hear. man I want the cold back. goodluck brother
Saw a nice group of hogs before the rain started. Headed back to Dallas around 1. Jumped a pair of bobcats leaving the stand last night. They ran up a tree. Mostly does moving at night before the rains.
Going to hit the stand from mid-day on today for the first time in two weeks. Filled the feeder last weekend and had 188 pics on the trail cam...a nice 8 point in two of them.....lots of does during daylight hours.
The last pic was of the ranch donkey and a group of Boer goats destroying my timer/spinner....found it spread out on the ground when I got there. At least he didn't stomp on the timer.
Green,
Sending you some good "vibes" towards your coming hunt.
Jeff
Get em!
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I shot this doe last weekend in N. Tx.:
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Then went to the lease in Tilden ond got a nice sow on Wed evening:
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Good luck to everyone else!
Bisch
Thanks for the help Jeff!
Nice goin' Bisch! You've really put some mojo into "Hope" in the short time you've had it.
Seems to me there's been more than just a few hero shots taken over that log.
Touching up my snuffers for the am hunt, should be good one. Congrats Bisch on another critter :thumbsup:
Temp drops just in time for me to leave! Wanted to head back out tonight...... Will ask wife.
headed out for the pm hunt. good luck tonight brothers :thumbsup:
I'm going to try and hunt Friday & Saturday, Found a few more spots I want to sit in.. Since it's still general season, I'll be up a tree...This time Jerry Hill Stalker Deluxe will be in hand..
Gracie Jiu Jitsu class Sunday/Mon nights or I'd a been long gone by now for tomorrow AM/PM.....
UPDATE: catching a ride down south with friends to hunt their place Wed/Thurs AM and wife will pick me up Thurs on our way to HOU for Xmas. Awwwww yeah!
Good luck down south, Alex!
Bisch
This rain should keep things interesting.........
Rutting near Richland Chambers reservoir.... Multiple buck day today!