Junction, which is about two hours west of San Antonio. We call it the Texas Hill Country. Beautiful country and loaded with deer, hogs, and turkey. Thanks for asking.
Well this weekend was one for the books. I took Friday off and arrived at my lease just in time for the evening hunt on Thursday. One of my lease mates had been there a few days and killed his very first buck with a handgun the day before. Through text messages he told me the bucks were starting...
Many land owners here have designated gut piles and can be for a variety of reasons (predator control, management surveys, etc), but ultimately the reasons don't matter. 97% of Texas is privately owned, so if you want to hunt here and don't already own your own land, you are most likely leasing...
They can be unbelievably good. Most people in Texas have such a disdain for hogs, they just shoot them and leave them. Hogs can completely destroy land, fences, gates, etc.
This particular load is a max charge of H110 pushing a 250 grain Barnes XPB right at 2270 FPS. It's cooking...
I'm also still working on a load using a 300 grain Swift A-frame. Haven't quite got the accuracy I want, yet.
Scored a nice sized hog yesterday morning with one of my 460 XVRs. About a 45 yard heart shot with handloaded ammo. Some of the best table fare in my opinion.
Thinking of buying this for my daypack on an upcoming elk hunt. This will be a drop camp hunt where we’ll have access to horses to pack meat out, in the event we kill. Anyone have an opinion of, or, experience with this lumbar pack?