bullets13

usedtobe, i'm with you on that one.  as far as East Texas deer go, that's going to be dang tough to beat outside of a high fence ranch.  i was shocked when we started getting pictures of this guy, and was pretty sure i heard the neighbors shoot him Monday night.  Couldn't believe it when he walked out yesterday evening.  The good news... he's got a brother!  we have a couple of pics of an 8-point with almost the exact same structure... not real wide, but very tall, very symmetrical, and mainbeams that curve around to where they almost touch. 

[quote name="tvc" post="1342053" timestamp="1353821463"] [quote author=bullets13 link=topic=103777.msg1342040#msg1342040 date=1353820691] only 14.5 inches wide, but tall and had mass... good mature deer, weighed 170. [/quote] About 140"? [/quote] didn't fool with all that last night.  i would expect he's a 130"=140" deer.  what i've seen says that width isn't as important as height and number of tines, and he's got plenty of both! 

only 14.5 inches wide, but tall and had mass... good mature deer, weighed 170.

[img][Hidden Content]] [img][Hidden Content]] I got the one i was after!  What was surprising was we had gotten a bunch of pictures on one stand, and i shot him all the way across the property (425 acres) when i was down in a bottom hunting for hogs.  This is my first buck... might be hard to top for awhile.

i'm planning on going.

HJ is looking sharp to start the season!

Saw FOUR bucks today between 645 and 815.  One huge four point that will be a beast in a couple of years, two borderline bucks that I passé on, and one solid 8 point, but the only shot I had was to butt shoot him, which I wasn't about to do with a ballistic tip.

i guess so, but there's a strong possibility that they are only the 3rd best team in their district.

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="1328311" timestamp="1352745424"] [quote author=SAWolverine link=topic=96275.msg1328307#msg1328307 date=1352745215] So if San Augustine makes a run does it mean they fall out of the rankings?  How does this work? [/quote] Makes a run at what? Not sure I understand what you are asking. [/quote] football maybe?  like if they suck at the beginning of the year with a bunch of starters out?  who knows?

ignore the date on those pics, it isn't set.  those are from last week and then last night.

[img][Hidden Content]] [img][Hidden Content]] i found the one i want, but i'll shoot a different one if it's dumb enough to walk out in front of me.

We have pictures of at least 15 bucks right now, 4-5 shooters, and one monster 10-point.  And I'm off all week to hunt!

I get so tired of these rebuilding years...

HJ 84 Kountze 72 Kountze will be a powerhouse this year, but i think the HJ press causes serious problems for Kountze's young starters.

and if it doesn't have to be saltwater, you can always chunk pieces of liver on treble hooks out into the canals around here and have a decent chance of catching a few channel or blue cats. 

[quote name="westend1" post="1330286" timestamp="1352912732"] [quote author=Cougar4Life link=topic=105990.msg1330252#msg1330252 date=1352910847] Im new to the duck business. Went this past weekend and killed a few. Anybody have any good methods on ways to prepare/cook duck, and how to get the gamey taste out? [/quote]  Soak the duck breat in milk overnight.  Then, wrap in bacon with a slice of jalepeno.  Place on an oak plank and put in oven for about an hour.  Take it out, throw away the duck and eat the plank.      ;) [/quote] heard a similar recipe for gasper goo :)

[quote name="tvc" post="1327832" timestamp="1352687989"] A basket rack 8 point is not B&C.  ;D [/quote] He swears up and down it was at least a 20 inch spread, tall, and heavy.

My dad got busted by a buck he swears was close to a B&C today..  I've hunted with him four years now, and he doesn't normally exaggerate.  We hunt in east Texas, so it's not some high fence ranch where they breed em big.  Wish he would've gotten a shot, but we had high winds today and it came out in just the right spot to smell him

[quote name="Buccaneer#3" post="1324040" timestamp="1352427896"] [quote]Anyone notice how the 1st weekend of gun season was warm and muggy? Forecast for this weekend is the same. That figures doesn't it. Nice cool mornings duringthe weekwhenI canthunt then by the weekend it warms up! We need to break that cycle!!![/quote] Would rather be hot than cold typically! But last weekend was miserably hot in the long sleeves and pants hunting [/quote]i hunted in short sleeves, shorts and tennis shoes :)

My dad just killed a 20 lb pig.  I'll be eating well tomorrow night when I get to the lease :)

[img][Hidden Content]] bacon wrapped backstrap kabobs!

[quote name="puddin tane" post="1323924" timestamp="1352418706"] I saw a  couple of cardinals and a butterfly on my p.o.s. clear cut lease in nac county cut the krapola outta of it 3 weeks before season.............got more trees at crystal beach............ [/quote] running into some of the same problem on my lease.  a lot of it burned during the wildfires last year, and the forestry service didn't come up with the survey until september.  so all of the cover that was burnt, is now pushed over and burned in piles.  fortunately we still have some woods here and there to hunt.

About to pull some bacon-wrapped back strap kabobs off the grill.  It's gonna taste horrible ;)

[quote name="westend1" post="1322774" timestamp="1352311231"] Just got back from Sabine.  Same story.  Lots of birds but very few keepers.  Only kept a couple of reds and a couple of trout. [/quote] you need to invest in an LA license.  everything's a keeper!

[quote name="rip2506" post="1322228" timestamp="1352252486"] [quote author=marshman link=topic=103777.msg1320538#msg1320538 date=1352125112] What Counties is everyone hunting? Just curious. I hunt in jasper and orange county. [/quote] Jasper just north of the city of Jasper .. friend killed a nice 8pt 15 1/4 inside and 158lbs on the hoof [/quote] I hunt in Marion County, just outside of Jefferson.