I lived in Dallas for a short while and had the same questions. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed the draw hunts. I was able to get onto a couple draw archery hunts and the experience was awesome! I now live in Alabama, job moves me around a lot, but still put in for Texas draw hunts every year...
I almost went that route. Since I didn’t have the encore I went with full build. With a Leupold 3x15 VX5, The rifle will put a single ragged .5 inch hole @100 (if I do my part). It is really well made and the first true custom gun I have had built.
Ok fellas, I am torn…Muzzle loader in an area I know well (where I took my doe) or new rifle spot that is the hardest to get to but open to more hunters. These two areas are only 1/2 mile apart but the rifle area would require a couple mile hike.
What are you talking about? I picked that muzzleloader up at my local Walmart. It was a special, buy a muzzleloader and get an artificial flocked Christmas tree for free. I thought everybody got in on that deal.
Ok, it’s a custom Arrowhead Rifle long range muzzleloader (Orion). I get over...
Well. I am going to give it a few more minutes. I just had five deer, three does and two fawns walk by at 40 yards. I was hoping for a buck following them but..they bolted. Two rifle hunters just pushed the far side of the swamp. They spooked the deer by me. I am hoping a buck tries to...
This hunt is archery, muzzle and rifle…depending on the location. This morning it’s muzzle.
I know it’s not the best for scent but the wind is in my face and morning coffee in the stand can’t be beat!
I am able to get three-five hunts in per week. I am hunting from a saddle and climber.This morning I am set up near a swamp. There a big buck tracks in the area and last season my son saw a 160 class buck about 1/2 mile from here. I will try and make this semi-live.
Hope this helps through...
I know western hunting is really slowing down and everybody is getting ready for application season. I notice every year tempers flare and people seem grumpy. Well…the deer season in my area of Alabama is just getting going.
The whitetail rut here is in late January through February. I...
I have been a criminal investigator for over 27 years. So many people get caught by their phones. I never understand how people believe they can get away with poaching a trophy animal when there are pictures all over the place of the animal. Their stories are always exposed and they get...
I bet cell phone ping will be his undoing if someone has it on a trail camera 20 miles away. His historical cell tower data will definitely put him in a certain area at the time he says he killed it. JMO
AZ elk hunting sucks!
I wanted a unit 1 tag when they only gave out 150 archery tags. When the state decide to add hundreds more tags, I did the only sensible thing I could think of and I switched to unit 9 archery. I waited 17 years for a unit 9 archery elk hunt. I went on the hunt and...
I have had two crazy good (lucky) shots.
First was in Alaska, my friend and I were fishing with a local friend. The local had his .454 Casull and I had a S&W .44. The whole trip he kept joking about filling the front sight off so it didn’t hurt as bad when a bear shoved it up my butt. Well...
I have fished in Hawaii many times and have always tipped 20%. However, it really should depend on how hard they work. Catching is not a guarantee but the work the crew puts in should be. On my last trip to Kauai the deck hand was worthless! He had AirPods in and didn’t talk to anybody. One...