Savell........out of curiosity, what caliber is your Henry levergun ?

You can have the deer fat Snyder,
I'll pass.

45 long colt

Hey DD, don’t you have them live oaks down there that are evergreens? That would throw another wrench in you oak nut trees for us yanks.

I've had local deer that have ag crops and ornamentals, and Catskill deer with essentially no ag crops, just natural browse, I always found the upstate deer tastier...

No they don't. Those dang things taste like beef eating all that ag stuff.

I like to still or jump hunt the brush, although glassing in more open terrain can also be fun and effective. And tracking down deer or running down elk is a real blast. Better be in good shape though to run down elk until they are standing there with their tongue hanging out, looking back to see what is chasing them.

Of course my first love of hunting is hound hunting, I've never hunted where you can run deer with dogs, but bears, lions and bobcats I won't hunt any way but with dogs.

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No they don't. Those dang things taste like beef eating all that ag stuff.[/quote]
I wish, I'll take beef over deer any day, but we finish our cattle on grain too, no grass fed lean meat here.

I guess I'm spoiled.
Pretty much all of the green, red, gray, and white land is my "government woods". Some of the white is private, but only 4.2%, and the rest is State owned public land that can be hunted.
BTW, you coud cut this State into two States, and Texas would then still only be the third largest State.

…. A lot of room to roam there waggler… ain’t got but 160,000 acres here around the house

… and it’s thick… some of impenetrable

… you find the sign in the little hardwood openings

Got this pic of Savell on my secret deer spy cam!

Or is that “Yes Sir”?

[quote=Savell]…. A lot of room to roam there waggler… ain’t got but 160,000 acres here around the house

… and it’s thick… some of impenetrable

… you find the sign in the little hardwood openings


[/quote. I see you like hunting those small Harwood openings.Those are nice honey holes . I am pretty sure you carry a sack of 13 and spread around the base of the water oaks just after spring green up to hep them acorns get big and sweet.

… I like to move around too much for that partner … rarely hunt the same spot more than two or three times

… got ourselves a sure enough Comanche here boys

Never seen an elk. Imagine that if they are pound for pound like a white tail... running one down on foot for a tongue hanger must take a few extra minutes.

I like to scout when I’m hunting government woods. Always like to see what’s around the next bend. Feed trees are what I like to find early season. Persimmons or water oaks are normally our go to early season trees to hunt. I’ll walk with my stand on my back a couple mile loop and only set up if I find something worth hunting. Our local places are open through bow season and then closed once rifle comes in except for bonus buck hunts on certain weekends. The bonus buck hunts get pretty packed, but there’s always a bunch of deer killed. I mostly kill little bucks, but I have a lot of fun doing it