Just got back from Texas.
What a trip it was :wavey:
Chris after a successful morning hunt.
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Chris / Bisch / Daniel at the Mexican Restaurant at George West
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Smitty / Danny Rowan / Eric Zuniga / Daniel
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You gotta love Texas :campfire:
More pics to come ....
Nice :campfire:
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more to come
Daniel,
It was great sharing camp with you at Smitty's. I hope we can do it again sometime.
The brush country of Texas is awesome in it's own right for beauty.
BTW, the horns and skull of that longhorn would have been a great souvenir for this particular hunt. I hope you took it back with you.
Thanks for sharing your report and all the photos. :thumbsup:
It's been a long time since I've been to Texas.
Thanks for the pictures they brought back memories & I'm glad you had a good time.
Love the pics.....makes me want to go home for the holidays!
Keep them coming please.
:campfire:
Ain't no place like Texas.
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I like where this is going...
What Ric said!
Greatness. Keep 'em coming.
:clapper: Good to see your pictures of your adventures Daniel. I really like your last canoe winter trip. Have anymore of Texas?
Been cross country from Canada to Mexico, Pacific to Atlantic many times. PNW, Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas, W.Va, are all some special spots for sure. Hope you folks don't mind I'm Texas Proud. Haven't been, you;re welcome anytime. If you have, come back soon!
Great group & pix above.
Had the chance to share Thanksgiving with Danny Rowan at Smittys.
That man appears like a Grizzly :notworthy: and he is a hell of a :archer:
Did you know that Danny is a good chef and singer also ?
Danny, thanks for serving us such a delicious meal and also thanks for guitar playing and singing.
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Meeting of the Generations at Smittys.
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Here is that Broadhead that was given to me by Danny,
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Thanks again ....
will be continued ...
Daniel,I am very glad you had such a wonderful time with this great TradGangers!Didn't know old Danny is a good guitar player and singer,i knew him as a good archer and fine custom bow expert.LOL :thumbsup: :notworthy:
Daniel:::Great pics :thumbsup:
Glad you had a good time...
Here is some more pics of another TradGanger I had the pleasure to meet up with.
Hi Bish, thanks for the Lunch and :campfire:
Hi Daniel!
How on earth did this thread get to be two pages long and me not see it until now.
I love your posts and pictures Daniel and this one is no exception.
Thank you for sharing with us.
Great stuff !!! Hope there is more to come. :thumbsup:
Bill
Before going on a bloodtrail let`s have dinner first .....
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Thanks for coming along.
more to come ....
QuoteOriginally posted by yononindo:
Here is some more pics of another TradGanger I had the pleasure to meet up with.
Hi Bish, thanks for the Lunch and :campfire:
Interesting grip you have there Bisch
yononindo,
Look like a good time and lots of memories. I love Texas!
Thx. for the pics.!
here we go ...
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Again, thank you for coming along.
More pics tomorrow.
Good stuff!!! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Glad you had some great times, Daniel! Thanks for sharing your adventure and the marvellous photos.
Awesome Daniel!!!!
:clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
Awesome trip!!! :thumbsup: :campfire:
Excellent! Thanks for sharing with us Daniel! :clapper:
Wow what a nice trip you had!! I would love to have some trad hunter in my neck of the wood!!
Great pics. Looks like an awesome adventure.
Looks like an all around great time.
Thanks
Awesome!
Wow, This is cool. Looks like a great trip!
very nice. that last picture you posted is amazing and breathtaking. Its nice to see someone paying tribute to the fallen prey
Outstanding trip! Thank you so much for sharing! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Great pictures as always sir! I can't wait to see some more. Thanks for sharing your trip!
Welcome to TX guys! We have it all the time too..... Can you believe that? I literally just got home from a two day hog hunt south of Dallas. They were moving all over yesterday early. Late today esp with the moon.
Lets continue ... :campfire:
Make sure to bring a pair of snake chaps, for snakes and for the prickly pear thorns.. Tweezers are a "must have" as well.
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Fred and Chris at Amistad Del Rio
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still a lot more to come ....
here we go ...
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Nice picts! Thanks for brining me along. I like the sepia effect. I'll have to try that.
Lets go Laguna Atascosa ..
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Car is stuffed - lets go ...
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Good stuff. I hunted at Hondo TX for a couple years and the country is wild and woolly no doubt.
Scouting ....
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having a rest at the hunter check station ...
Let`s go hog wild ...
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Great pictures. Thank you.
at hog island ...
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Daniel, excellent pictures. Your photography skills tell great stories. Can't wait to see what happens to that hog! Congratulations on a memorable hunt.
took a shot at a big boar, hit the shield - no pass through - he went crazy - squealing like hell - he circled around with that bright yellow fletching sticking out of his shoulder .... splashing mud and water all over the place ....
as he opened up his circle and run towards me - you know what I did ????
I dropped my bow, grabbed my knife and started running - had to find out he was not charging me, he run into the open water ..... puuhhha ?!?!?!!!
there was no chance for a second shot - this all happened within a couple of seconds and he scared the hell out of me !!!
I could hear him splashing through the water for a while, leaving me and my shaking knees behind ....
here is where he disappeared ...
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after 40 minutes I took off my boots and trousers and started searching with the help of my buddy Chris ...
here is what we found ....
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I was not much into arguing with an Alligator - particularly not in pants and barefoot .... so I hope he enjoyed that free meal ...
even though we did not recover that hog it was still a satisfying hunt !!!
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This thread keeps getting better and better.
I like that orange plaid.....good idea to be camo while still wearing your hunter orange
Thank you all for coming along with me.
Gonna have me some coffee now ...
See you all later.
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Will be continued ... :archer:
I see you made it to the State Capital Building! It is the same as Michigan's, just a different flag over the entrance! :biglaugh:
Very cool pictures. There are way to many reptiles for me to ever think of doing that kinda hunt! I will stick with the griz here in Wyoming. I really enjoyed the photography.
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Sounds and looks like you all had a great time, I know I have just reading and looking at the pics. Some great photos by the way.
Thanks so much for sharing.
Awesome stuff!!!!!
Great pictures. Looks like a very large time was had by all. Welcome to Texas, Ya'll come back now, ya hear
Thank-you for the pics,love the one where your cradling the deers head in your lap.
Leland
Daniel, great thread.
If I can offer some advice, tweezers are good but duct tape will remove all of those little invisible stickers. Don't go to west Tx without it.
Peel some tape out and roll the tape back on itself while still on the roll, (making the adhesive side out) then roll it over the stickers you can feel but can't see. It will remove them.
Looks like a great trip. Thanks for taking us along with you to Texas.
Billy
Cool trip but in the water with gators????? Crazy!!!!!!! Id rather kiss a Grizzly than get in that water with all them snakes and creepy crawly snakes :eek:
Thank you Daniel......please keep the pictures coming.
Cool pics.
I didn't know Toyotas' came with a V8
Watch out fer them gators before wintertime! Would have loved to see the boar. Awesome photos and what a trip you guys took...
Great great Pics Daniel!
Come back and see us soon !
Thanks for sharing the fantastic pics. :clapper:
Daniel you never cease to amaze me my friend.
I truly hope that someday your wanderings will bring you near my neck of the woods.
I'd brew you a great pot of whole bean coffee.
Thanks gain for taking us along on the adventure.
Daniel,
Thanks for the Wild, Wild West Adventure, although at this time over half of your pictures are not showing :rolleyes: there a message attached to the ones not showing saying " You're Popular" due to high veiwing so it seem this thread is getting alot of exposure :saywhat:
This is killing me Daniel! I can't see hardly any of the pics! It says "photobucket bandwidth exceeded" where there is supposed to be a pic.
Anyway, great meeting you and looking forward to meeting again in the future.
Bisch
Great pics!
from one Daniel to another... great job!
Good stuff right there!!!
Biggie would be proud!!!! :D :D :D
ouch ! from here it's just like an american dream becoming true ! fantastic trips and wonderful pics ! Thank you !
Great pics and story Daniel. I hope you killed all those snakes so there's none left when I get down to Texas.
Oh boy great pics and story!! I got a buddy headed that way shortly that I bet is going crazy over this thread.
What a great adventure. I just HAVE to get to texas on a hog hunt! But man standing out in the middle of a pond having a close and personal conversation with Mr. Alligator would have me running, not walking, on water.
Great thread, guys.
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good Stuff,. Bud,,, thanks for sharing... :campfire:
looks like yall had a good time!! thanks for the pics!
Im going to laguna for the jan hunt, maybe there want be as many rattle worms out. i had some friends huntin down there while you were there and they said they were thick until the front rolled through. one had 4 under his tripod at one time, and the blue indigo were getting up in the engine compartments of there vehicles.
Its too bad they want let you harvest all that pretty bow backing on the refuge!!
I don't know what changed but I can see the pics now. Looks like you had a great time everywhere you went Daniel! It was great meeting up with you and I look forward to a possible hunt together in the future.
See ya later,
Bisch
Nice pics.
Nice pics!
Thanks for taking us a long :)
Daniel - I was admiring your photography skills when I realized some of the pictures (of you), were taken by me :-). I guess that's what happens when your hunting partner wears a camera on his chest....I'm always snapping candid shots..
It certainly was a lot of fun Daniel. Rarely do I meet someone who wants to hunt for as long and as hard as you did. I think many people get the impression that Texas is a state that offers only high fenced hunts but you've definitely experienced the other side...the gruelling public hunts in swamps, mud flats, the hill country, and the thickest brush imaginable.
I always learn something new when I hunt with you and you're always welcome in my camp :)
Here are some additional pictures of the hunts....some of my favorites....
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you really cant beat the sunsets in south TX...
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lake amistad...
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a scrape..
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as if the cactus and catclaws werent enough... this place has quite a few sinkholes
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one of my favorites....
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Thanks for sharing, great pics.
cactus and gulf coast cord grass...
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Daniel converting one of the wheelie shooters..
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storm blowing in....
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the laguna....
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south TX brush country..
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another refuge hunt...
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i laughed out loud with this one...im drinking wine from the bottle and smoking apple tobacco while Daniel plays bobby dylan. Daniel is probably on his 8th cup of coffee for the day
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hunting south TX
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caught the light with this candid shot..
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There are too many crazy stories to tell but I'll delve into one of the shorter ones...
Daniel and I were hunting a 35,000 acre refuge down south, posted up on 2 different ends of a hunt area. I was off to myself by a vast expanse of mudflats. It was early and I was glassing some far off reeds with my binos when I saw two huge brown boars emerge from the other side of the flats, covered only by a small clump of reeds.
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i laughed out loud with this one...im drinking wine from the bottle and smoking apple tobacco while Daniel plays bobby dylan. Daniel is probably on his 8th cup of coffee for the day
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Glad you cleared that one up Chris!! LOL!! Saw that pic and thought I walked into "Tradguys gone wild"!!
I had good wind so I started the excruciatingly slow process of trudging towards them in the knee deep mud. At times the mudflats opened up into tributaries then more mud. I finally made it across the expanse and was about 20 yards from the hogs, sidestepping for a better shot. I started to draw back then caught movement in the reeds. Creeping up on the boars was a huge gator, and were were all in the center of a mud flat, 150+ yards from shore. I pondered the situation then turned and decided to make haste. After I had trudged about 75 yards I hear something and looked back to see one of the big boars running at me from across the flat!!? At first I thought the gator chased him out but the boar was coming directly towards me. He slowed and I turned to face him and we stared eachtother down for a few minutes at 50 yards. He held his ground and I decided to leave, I was perflexed, but more worried about the gator than the hog.
Whats even crazier is that I mentioned the episode to another hunter and he immediately went into the flats in search of the pigs, no fear, solo!
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Daniel - its was fun! I'll be in touch!
BISCH - it was great to meet you! You are the 2nd tranganger I've met (Daniel being the first). Thanks for the meal I owe you one!!
I'm not much into 3D but if you ever want to meet up and hunt lemme know. And good luck on the rest of your season!
FNH: Thanks for adding the pics and your side of the adventure.
TX hunting is like no other....
Thread just gets better and better
This thread is making me home sick!
Thanks for the photos and sharing. Dave
Daniel looks like you and everyone involved had ablast thanks for sharing.
always enjoy reading your posts daniel.
when i log on to pow wow and see yononindo has a thread it's the 1st i read.
looks like a great time.
BTW, i can't believe no one has mentioned this but can someone tell me what is odd in this pic?
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Meeting of the Generations at Smittys.
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The target seems to be behind them??
Daniel just a great post - looks to be a great time
J
We were shooting at a running deer target about 15 yards in front of us. Great time for sure. That is Smitty's daughter and her 4 children, Daniel and me. Smitty was setting the target and letting it go for us to shoot at.
a few more =) .......
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on one of the hunts I was in ankle deep water and saw a railraod tie next to me. I looked over and saw another "railroad tie" next to me and quickly realized the second one was a gator!
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Fred creeping up on some hogs
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more hogs at 10 yds... (left side pic)
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a pond I was huntin...
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a hunt with a view... this is horsehead island, more or less "lands end", the laguna madre is beyond the sand, then a narrow chain of few barrier island then the gulf of mexico
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this really is an enchanting place...
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Daniel on stalk...
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one of the numerous "resacas" that the brush opens up into
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nilgai prints....
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nilgai droppings...
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another favorite from the ranch house. Daniel and my Dad jamming tom petty... :)
See y'all later..
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Guys...way too cool. Thanks for sharing.
God Bless, Pierre
Thanks very cool pics
Great !! Thanks for sharing
Wow, you fellas were living up. Congrats on a good hunt,
Great hunt and thread, looks like a blast. Except for the big gators:) That picture of the indigo was great, what a neat snake.
Norman - yes those Indigos are great snakes. They are one of the largest nonvenemous snakes in the country.
They're beautiful snakes and great to have around since they eat rattlesnakes. Our indigos are protected under state law and i think the easterns are federally protected.
looks like a heck of a trip...great photos :thumbsup:
Awesome pics and read along,Thank you for sharing!!
Awesome thread! Thanks for sharing! :thumbsup: :campfire:
Cool, looks like a blast.
Missed some pics the first time around...those black&whites/sepias were great. Shows how much you need or don't need :)
QuoteOriginally posted by ozy clint:
always enjoy reading your posts daniel.
when i log on to pow wow and see yononindo has a thread it's the 1st i read.
looks like a great time.
BTW, i can't believe no one has mentioned this but can someone tell me what is odd in this pic?
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Meeting of the Generations at Smittys.
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what's going on with the top limb of that bow the lady is holding????
Looks like a Black Swan.
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Looks like a Black Swan.
Yes Izzy, it is a Black Swan Wave.
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Ozy,
good eye !!!!
Me - first time seeing that bow - I thought warped limbs because hot Texas climate :biglaugh: but no - done on purpose .
Interesting bow, smooth draw, fast ......
Here is some other pics with a closer look of that bow.
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Thank you all for coming along and enjoying .... :campfire:
Hi Chris,
I was waiting for you to participate ... here we go ... thank you brother !!!
Here is my favorite pic of Fred and Chris.
Exhausted but smiling ...
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talking about being exhausted ...
I was done here ....
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:bigsmyl: Been There... :bigsmyl:
Let`s continue the hunt.
Found me a nice and promising looking spot the other day.
Waterhole with heavy used trails, fresh tracks all over the place !!!!!
I placed myself up in a tree ..... waiting for something to walk by ...
..... about 30 minutes later I had some does coming in ... my heart started pounding ...
and then, just out of the blue, a nice 8 pointer stood underneath my tree ... just a tad too far right for taking a shot ...no window to shoot through .... come on boy, 3 more steps to the left and you are mine !!!!
As the pounding of my heart went crazy, beating like a POW WOW drum he spooked ... circled around and was gone ....
While I was still wondering why he spooked, I heard something coming in to my left ... I see something big ..... it`s brown and huge ..... calm down - don`t forget to pick a spot ..... here it comes ..... yeah, keep walking ..... aaaaaand finally .... here it is ... :confused: %x=&"?#% ...
Well, it was exciting at least.
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Went back there next morning.
Guess what happened ????
Yes, cow showed up again and started mooing like crazy.
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Good Stuff!
Let`s chase some bunnies ...
you remember that Jerry Hill broadhead that was given to me by Danny Rowan ??? (see page 1)
here it is again ....
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Daniel, you shoot left and right handed?
Can't get enough of the pictures.....love the TX plate!
great stuff guys! Really enjoying it.
Great thread gents. Awesome pics. Boy the gator shot would have been tempting but I'm still not clear how to recover one.......