Awesome season for sure. Congrats to you and your family on the memories made together. We have had an above average season ourselves. My son killed a spike and a doe on opening day of "primitive" season. Then we had a hot streak and I killed a 5.5 year old 16.5 wide heavy rack 8 pointer on...
It doesn't sound to me like the OP has anything to learn or correct at all. Sometimes shit happens that's just out of our control. This was just a messed up situation. Very nice buck though OP and I'm sorry it went down this way.
I know what you mean lol. I have a couple of mature bucks on my place right now that I would be absolutely thrilled to take this season. Already looking forward though to see what they will look like next year if I don't make it happen this season.
That's a great looking buck! Love the wide rack and have hunted deer with similar characteristics to this one down in Frio county TX. I'm guessing 4.5 plus but its so hard to tell from photos. Do you have history with this buck?
That's interesting. I have both Reveals and Wise Eye cams and have not noticed any difference. My target buck last year was a regular on one of my Reveals until I took him out two days after he daylighted for the first time last season.
Check out Frank Foster, Red Wings and Six Strings album is awesome. He's a south Louisiana former oilfield worker. Old school solid country music feel to his music. Good stuff
I alternate between two, my old faithful Remington 700 270 Win or my rifle handed down to me from my dad a Browning X-Bolt 270 win. Both rifles really like 140 grain Hornady Interlock bullets and I have had great success on whitetails and hogs with this round.
Congratulations on the year bud! I just made my first year sober also on July 26th. Difference between me and you though is that I'm 50 and my first grand baby just made one year old. I'd give anything to be able to go back in time and quit when I was 37 and to have done it when my own kids were...
Sabine National Forest is about 4 hours from Forth Worth and has good deer and hog hunting. It's vast and if you do your homework you can have success and get away from the crowds. I've never had a problem seeing or killing deer there and never had problems with other hunters. I had a camp on...
Redfish are fantastic eating many different ways. Blackened redfish is a signature dish that is pretty famous around the Gulf coast. Or you can grill it on the "half shell". You can also smoke it, bake it, pan fry so many different options. Just take care when cleaning to remove blood line etc...