Finishing Up South Texas Hunting With A Bang!

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Congratulations and good to see that Remington in 35 doing the job.
Thank you for that photo !
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Nice buck! How much did he weigh?
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Old Scribe wrote:Nice buck! How much did he weigh?
It field dressed 138#, typical for South Texas post rut.
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I thought I would add a few pictures of of hunting South Texas.

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Texas is the land of the high fence, especially South Texas. Probably 90% of the fences are in place to keep outsiders out; fence line hunters, illegals, deer, hogs, and exotics. I would suspect that there are now more high fenced ranches than their are low fenced ranches. This 15,200 acre Wildlife Management Area is high fenced into three main pastures but there are two smaller pastures. As a single drawn hunter, I was given the the northwest most pasture of 685 acres. From the WMA headquarters, it was 7 1/2 miles to the gate.

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This is a good view of what the thorn brush looks like. It is slightly higher than my truck and goes for miles in all directions. The only openings are the senderos which are ranch roads, pipelines, seismic lines, etc.

This is a very controlled high fenced pasture with a known quantity of deer within. Elevated blinds are available but you are cautioned about using them as the deer are reminded quickly once hunting season starts that they are being hunted. It was suggested that you use a small popup to hide in within the blind which I did just to see if it fit. I did not see a deer within 300 yards of a fixed stand.

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More of the horizon. I'm actually on a mesa that is 100' above the plain so the horizon is 12 to 13 miles out. The gas compressor station is out of the pasture.

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While eating lunch at my truck, these fellows popped out of the brush. Javelina are trapped in this pasture to repopulate their native ranges. They are only being released on other WMA properties.

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Finally, why you always carry a bore snake or similar with you. I was done hunting for the morning but when I opened up my portable popup, the wind caught it and dumped the barrel of my Rem 721 300 Savage right into the moist dirt. I used a small stiff twig to loosen the dirt so that the 30 caliber snake could be send through. I was back up in minutes. Never had that happen in 55 years of hunting.
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Thanks for posting the photos. Interesting to see the conditions other folks hunt in.
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r1200r wrote:Thanks for posting the photos. Interesting to see the conditions other folks hunt in.
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