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Started by Desert Fox , Nov 26 2012 05:08 AM

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#1 Desert Fox

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Posted 26 November 2012 - 05:08 AM

Leaving for Matador Texas this AM. See you guys in a week. DF
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Posted 26 November 2012 - 08:05 AM

Good luck to you!!!
Now, don't try to get away! I am more muscular, more cunning, faster, and larger than you are, and I am a genius. Why you could hardly pass the entrance examinations to kindergarten.

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Posted 26 November 2012 - 08:13 AM

Have a good hunt Rommel!

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Posted 26 November 2012 - 09:37 AM

Be safe. Take pictures.

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 04:31 AM

Good Luck!
I will be in Texas next month!
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Posted 27 November 2012 - 10:38 AM

Good luck to you,
I hope you get to do some pig hunting while you are there.
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Posted 27 November 2012 - 07:29 PM

Have a good one man. Bag some pigs and do the damn thing.

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 07:21 PM

Just got back from Texas. Didn't have a chance to bag one but a friend did with a big bodied 8 pointer. It was a combination of bad timing, warm weather and a full moon. Other than that it's still a good hunt.

Here's some picture from the hunt.

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I was hoping to encounter any of these.

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Here some of what we saw at the butcher shop.

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 07:37 PM

Awe they're hugging lol....Those bobwhites are freaking awesome,would love to hunt those one day!

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 07:57 PM

Better luck next time Rommel. I've only hunted Texas for whitetail once but I had a great time doing it.
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Posted 01 December 2012 - 08:08 PM

I'd rather eat my tag than shooting a doe. My buddy's feeder cam has been seeing some eye popper. I'm hoping to encounter one of them but no luck.
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Posted 01 December 2012 - 08:17 PM

Well Rommel it is all about the hunt, not weather you are successful. I am sure you had a great time. Success is just the icing on the cake. I am sure you agree. Ed

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 08:50 PM

There is a lot of meat on those slow does with the yellow ear tags.
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Posted 02 December 2012 - 12:14 AM

Well Rommel it is all about the hunt, not weather you are successful. I am sure you had a great time. Success is just the icing on the cake. I am sure you agree. Ed

Totally agree Ed. That's why they call it hunting. I have 3 doe tag. I had a chance to shoot one but can't bring myself to do it.

There is a lot of meat on those slow does with the yellow ear tags.
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Tom, those cows were a curious bunch. They followed us around everywhere we went.
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Posted 02 December 2012 - 09:15 AM

Totally agree Ed. That's why they call it hunting. I have 3 doe tag. I had a chance to shoot one but can't bring myself to do it.


Tom, those cows were a curious bunch. They followed us around everywhere we went.


They get bored out there in the field and love to follow people around. One ranch that I hunt on here has horses and mules and they are way worse, trying to pick up the E-caller and generally getting in the way. When I go out there, I get a bale of alfalfa and spread it out away from where I hunt to keep them busy for an hour or so,
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Posted 02 December 2012 - 10:20 PM

Sounds like a good time. Cool pictures and nice rifles. :good:
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Posted 02 December 2012 - 11:19 PM

So you will shoot a buck at a feeder, but not a doe to help control (over)population???? OK............ I must be missing something?

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 12:07 PM

As some would say, horns are for the walls, does are for the table.

I wish they would open up California hunting to does not just on special hunts.

I see over-population in some areas and we might be nearing the same deadly deer-to-car collision risks as some East Coast states.

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 06:06 PM

So you will shoot a buck at a feeder, but not a doe to help control (over)population???? OK............ I must be missing something?

I tell you what; Pay my trip next year and I'll shoot all those does for you. Deal! :good:
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Posted 03 December 2012 - 07:57 PM

Nope, won't pay for zoo animals at a feeder :smiley-sorry:

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 08:33 PM

Come on man, Whitetail are not zoo animal. You won't find them in the zoo.

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Posted 03 December 2012 - 08:48 PM

My mistake, they were being fed by a feeder, I should have said "pet" :rofl2:

I'd rather eat my tag than shooting a doe. My buddy's feeder cam has been seeing some eye popper. I'm hoping to encounter one of them but no luck.


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Posted 04 December 2012 - 11:50 AM

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