I haven't seen any wildlife violations that I know of but the national forest where I hunt is a hot spot for recreational shooters which is legal in certain sections, but I have caught countless people shooting carelessly where they aren't allowed. There were also people shooting during the...
I believe in Texas a hunting license is required but no tags are sold for exotics and all deer require a deer tag on the hunting license except for managed land deer permits. I’ve hunted highfence and normal family ranches and didn’t really notice any difference besides size of deer and you...
I see where you are coming from but the fact that Texas has help improve the numbers of a lot of species and a few threatened and endangered ones the high fence hunts are definitely good for conservation. Wether the actual hunt is ethical is up to the individual.
They have already regulated trapping so much to the point where trapping predators that we really want to thin out in areas such as coyotes is impossible because of having to use cages.
That's what I meant, the tickets aren't very much. Talked to the game warden and he said its hard for him to spend 4 hours catching a deer feeder just to write a $170 ticket
I wouldn’t think so as the scent lure I use smells exactly like skunk. I believe they might think what ever was in the trap got sprayed and is maybe weak or dead.
Another trapping update:
I caught skunk in one of my traps which was not fun to deal with but the funny part was a picture I got from my trail cam that showed a decent sized bobcat checking the skunk out while he was caught in the trap.
Last year the rut didn't peak until the last week of September and first week of October. However, some places farther from roads and pressure may see action earlier.
Bobcat Trapping Update: Cats-3 Kody-0
Set two traps in a new area with lots of cat sign and within a week one was set off and the bait was stolen from both. On the first trap it appear the cat set off the trap but maybe wasn't completely in and backed out very quickly. After further...
I got a Remington 700 compact 243 at around 10 for deer and it worked great. Now that I have grown I plan to put a full sized stock on it and use if for predators.