Great to see all the comments. I will post my success pics on this thread. This is my Texas buck. He was and old 7 point that was beating up on a nice young 10. There was a little six chasing the doe while the other bucks were playing. It was on 30 acres of family land. I have only taken two...
I was up there last week for my doe. I messed up twice. Took the old Hawkins and a pop up blind on my lease, and couldn’t make it happen. The deer we’re moving the last 10 minutes of legal in the evenings, and beating me to the blind way before legal mornings. No one we were talking to were...
I can tell you one thing, if you shoot a deer in early muzzleloader season you better be wearing off. I bet I picked off 50 ticks. Didn’t take my pack frame bc I can drive up to a deer on my lease. Wasn’t prepared to make multiple trips for a public land deer.
How’s thing looking guys? I put up a SPYPOINT cellular this season. Game cams can help you on passing younger game looking for that mature buck or kill the mood when nothing is showing up. Right now small four point and a spike in the last month. There are more mature deer on the property, but...
We ended up getting access to the x bar for the first week in October. I have Kansas muzzleloader taking up September. I would pass on my muzzleloader for September, but my buddy on the lease drew his first Kansas tag. Hopefully we aren’t making a mistake heading to 45 in late season with...
So do most of y’all guys hunt out of state? Does that mean you show up and pick a tree, or do you go early for a weekend and do some scouting? I will admit I put up a feeder and take game cam pics on the lease. This I believe a 4.5 year old that I will be after this year. I caught him through...
Thompson center, all my Tc’s liked the powerbelts. One is a brown barrel,(meaning built) two are factory. This is my uncle shooting the old brown barrel. We took two shots we were not on target yet. Look under the target. Two bullets touching. All in front of 90 grains of pyrodex rs. I have not...
I have an old Hawkens that will shoot the green tip Powerbelts under an 1” at 100. I have only shot deer with it. A buddy of mine shoots the platinum Powerbelts at elk. His whole family uses them they drop an elk every year. He said the copper ones are to soft. He did not get good penetration...
WBC, there is lots of really good looking wiha. They have a interactive map on Kansas parks and wildlife page. Read each one carefully, some are shot shell and archery only. Some have have animal regulations as well.
I love the little towns. I went to my local feed store and it took me back to...
Depends on where you hunt. South Texas actually has some large bodied whitetail. Where I am from north of Fort Worth, I shot a 6.5 year old buck that dressed 174 pounds. He was a freak for weight in my area. If you hunt in the hill country does can weight 60-80 pounds mature bc of over...
I see a lot of your post Doug. I can’t wait for a mule deer! We do not have many opportunities for them here in Texas. I will have four points next year in Wyoming. Next season back to Colorado over the counter then Wyoming mule deer.
Anyone hunting Kansas this year? If so good luck! Was lucky enough to draw another muzzleloader tag. I was the only one from our group last year. I am one of those guys,”I paid for a lease.” However; I have some nice wiha around me I keep a close eye on. Should be another good year with all the...