Dont look now but here comes hunting season

[2RLAKE]

i keep an emergency well stock first aide kit with me ... in our trucks/cars and at my farm in the Ranger ... from bandages to tourniquets ... i have those sterile strips to help close gashes, sterile glue (it stings but works great) and even a suture kit

hate when i have to use some of it but I like to be prepared

[pmkkdx]

been away from computer and the forum for a little while ... this new format is ... ummm... different and kinda takes some time to get used to ... or at least for me.

my son and I headed to my west Texas place this past weekend for game counts, fill feeders, check game cameras and determine what (if anything) needed to be harvested. I had a pretty nasty time with an old winch up feeder where the winch brake failed as I had the barrel full of corn almost at the top, really nasty gash on the palm of my hand and another at the base of my little finger. But since we were out in the boonies and a solid 2.5 hour drive to the nearest ER, we did the best we could with a small first aide kit in my son's truck (initially used toilet paper and electric tape as that was what was in my son's CanAm Defender). Finished filling feeders and swapping SD cards, settled in for the afternoon hunt/count. I took a pretty solid 7.5 y/o 10 and my son took a 6.5 y/o 9 point, guessing both would score low-mid 130s b/c, Sat. afternoon. We sat till late morning on Sunday before loading up and heading home, got home about 7:00 pm. Of course my wife made me go to the ER to get a tetanus shot as a minimum and have them look at the gash. They said I had waited too long to get stitched up (likely 10-14 were needed) due to sealing up bacteria and likelihood of infection, so they steri (sp?) striped with glue, non-stick gauze and wrapped. Said I would have a pretty sore hand for a few weeks and to go easy on it.

as far as our counts went, our doe/fawn/yearling population was drastically down from previous years and I suspect that could be from the brutal record cold spell we had last February here in Texas. Total deer count was down some but still a good population of all levels of bucks (yearling spike/4 point, up to mature), just very few does and fawns ... so looks like we will not be taking any does from the ranch this year.

[mastercraftka]

While I could have shot him in the pond, I chose not to. I don't have permission to hunt any of the fields or woods behind the pond to get him fair chase.

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Oh I hear ya makes sense I wouldn't have shot him in the water either.

[bcd]

While I could have shot him in the pond, I chose not to. I don't have permission to hunt any of the fields or woods behind the pond to get him fair chase.

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[mastercraftka]

It is the same buck. Here's a close up picture.

Hunting has been slow for me so far. 2.5 year old ts are all I've seen for bucks so far. Work and weather has limited my time out.

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I would be camping out for that deer! Our rifle season just started Saturday so I have only sat a couple times and saw lots of deer but nothing to crazy. Haven't seen much on camera either still waiting on our first freeze to get things moving. One crazy horned buck here.

[bcd]

It is the same buck. Here's a close up picture.

Hunting has been slow for me so far. 2.5 year old ts are all I've seen for bucks so far. Work and weather has limited my time out.

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[mastercraftka]

I’m walking through the kitchen with my bowl of cereal, and I look out the window to see a big buck bolting down a field, heading towards our subdivision. I grab the camera and run outside to get a picture, but I don’t see him anywhere. All of a sudden, I look down, and he’s in the pond swimming towards me. I take a few pictures, and then think, go grab the bow. So I grab the bow and run back out there. He didn’t get out of the water and is swimming the other direction. I look at the field to the west and there’s another buck standing there. So as far as I can tell, the buck in the pond got his butt kicked and he had to hide in the water. The other buck eventually took off to the west (that’s the field/woods picture). I decided shooting a big one out of my pond isn’t really a hunting/bragging deer to claim, so I didn’t shoot it and let it go.

Same buck from the other pic right? very nice!!

[tommurtha]

once in a life time experience ^^^^^^^

[bcd]

I’m walking through the kitchen with my bowl of cereal, and I look out the window to see a big buck bolting down a field, heading towards our subdivision. I grab the camera and run outside to get a picture, but I don’t see him anywhere. All of a sudden, I look down, and he’s in the pond swimming towards me. I take a few pictures, and then think, go grab the bow. So I grab the bow and run back out there. He didn’t get out of the water and is swimming the other direction. I look at the field to the west and there’s another buck standing there. So as far as I can tell, the buck in the pond got his butt kicked and he had to hide in the water. The other buck eventually took off to the west (that’s the field/woods picture). I decided shooting a big one out of my pond isn’t really a hunting/bragging deer to claim, so I didn’t shoot it and let it go.

[mastercraftka]

8 AM this morning 150 yards from my house. The farmer took the beans off this week and left a gravity wagon blind in the field to the west where I got the pictures of this buck last week.

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Love those long brow tines.

[bcd]

8 AM this morning 150 yards from my house. The farmer took the beans off this week and left a gravity wagon blind in the field to the west where I got the pictures of this buck last week.

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[mastercraftka]

I still have not sat! Just needs to be a little cooler for me to get motivated. Our season is so long we have time. I can buck hunt till the middle of January and does till the end. Those MLD ranches here in Texas can hunt until the end of February.

[bcd]

First hunt was Saturday evening. Shot a doe, didn't see any bucks.

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[2RLAKE]

spent six hours yesterday cleaning trails and getting ready ... only a couple more hours to go!

[pmkkdx]

yep, some of those backyard bucks can be outstanding.

saw lots of does, yearlings and fawns, a few hogs, only one middle age buck that needs a few more years. The cool temps were a nice break!