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Post by 45MAN on Nov 22, 2020 8:01:06 GMT -5
YESTERDAY MORNING (11/21/20) MY COMPADRE OSCAR AND I MADE A VUELTA (RODE AROUND, MADE A ROUND) ON THE HIGH FENCED 2,250 ACRE LENADEROS SECTION OF A RANCH WE HAVE A DEER LEASE ON. WE ALSO HAVE A LEASE ON A NON CONTIGUOUS 1,500 ACRE, HIGH FENCED, SECTION KNOWN AS THE RESERVE AND CONSISTING OF LOS FIERROS & LOS CUATES PASTURES.
WAS A FOGGY MORNING SO VISIBILITY WAS POOR. SAW A FLOCK OF TURKEY HENS, A DOZEN OR SO. THEN AT 1 FEEDER WE SAW 3 BUCKS, MAYBE 2 8's AND A 10, THEY LOOKED LIKE YOUNGER BUCKS BUT 1 WAS VERY WIDE, MAYBE CLOSE TO 20 INCH INSIDE SPREAD. THEN AT ANOTHER FEEDER, WE SAW 10-12 GOBBLERS, SOME LONG BEARDS IN THE GROUP BUT THEY ALL LOOKED LIKED YOUNGER BIRDS. THIS LEASE YEAR THEY ARE OPENING UP TURKEY HUNTING TO US BUT ONLY DURING THE SPRING SEASON. THE SPRING HUNT SHOULD BE FANTASTIC FOR THE CLASSIC TURKEY HUNTERS. THEN WE SAW A FEW ANTERLESS DEER. DID NOT SEE ANY J's (JAVELINAS). NO FERAL HOGS ON THIS RANCH.
WE ARE SUPPOSE TO TAKE A DOE AT LENADEROS, AND A DOE AT THE RESERVE, BEFORE WE CAN TAKE A BUCK. WE HAVE A PICTURE BOOK THAT SHOWS THE BUCKS ON THE SECTIONS, BY AGE CLASS, AND WHICH MATURE BUCKS CAN BE TAKEN, AND WHICH MUST BE LEFT TO SPREAD THEIR GENES AND GROW BIGGER. THERE IS 1 REAL OLD BUCK THAT IS A FREEBEE AND WILL NOT COUNT AGAINST YOUR 1 BUCK LIMIT. THEY MAY ALSO ADD A FEW CULL BUCKS LATER IN THE SEASON. SINCE THIS RANCH (ABOUT 7,000 ACRES IN ALL) IS MANAGED IT IS UNDER SPECIAL DEER SEASON PROGRAM AND OUR DEER SEASON GOES UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY.
I AM GOING TO MY RANCH FOR THANKSGIVING, BUT IN DECEMBER I PLAN TO HUNT HARD AT THE LEASE, GET THE 2 DOES DOWN THEN LOOK FOR MR. BIG.
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Post by wheelguns on Nov 22, 2020 8:26:29 GMT -5
Sounds like too much fun for one man! Awesome! Good luck to you!
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Post by junebug on Nov 22, 2020 12:19:31 GMT -5
Good luck to you! Sounds like a fun place and a good plan.
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Nov 22, 2020 12:57:33 GMT -5
Rey, you are living the dream! Have a great hunting season!
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Post by 45MAN on Nov 22, 2020 13:04:39 GMT -5
KEN, AT 76 I AM FORTUNATE TO STILL HAVE GOOD HEALTH AND THE YEAR ROUND HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAVE.
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Post by sixshot on Nov 22, 2020 15:28:39 GMT -5
Good luck Rey, sounds like those 45's will be busy! looking forward to a full report.
Dick
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Post by Big Bore on Nov 22, 2020 19:24:17 GMT -5
Sounds like a great plan, Rey. Good luck and sorry you can’t make it to Mark’s in a few weeks.
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Post by princeout on Nov 23, 2020 22:33:38 GMT -5
Good luck! I miss the S TX deer leases. We used to to take our kids hunting on Christiana Ranch near Benavides. It belonged to another Oscar, the guy who owned the oil company I worked for in those days. Lots of fun and lots of game.
Tim
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Post by 45MAN on Nov 25, 2020 7:21:56 GMT -5
princeout: I GO THRU BENAVIDES WHEN I TRAVEL TO AND FROM BROWNSVILLE (MY HOME TOWN) TO MY RANCH IN EDWARDS COUNTY (NW OF KERRVILLE). NOT MUCH LEFT IN BENAVIDES. THE BANK IS IN A TRAILER.
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Post by pleadthe2nd on Nov 25, 2020 19:32:21 GMT -5
Wow, your close to my younger brother, he's in Harlingen.
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Post by 45MAN on Dec 5, 2020 19:31:51 GMT -5
THIS MORNING I SAT IN La Montana BLIND IN THE Lenaderos SECTION OF THE LEASE. 3 BUCKS CAME IN, A MATURE 9, A MATURE BUCK THAT LOOKED LIKE/MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE APEX BUCK THIS YEAR ON THIS SECTION, AND A YOUNGER DEER. AFTER A WHILE THE BUCKS LEFT AND LATER FOR THE 2nd A.M. FEED @ 8:15 A.M. A BIG DOE SHOWS UP AND THE 3 BUCKS COME BACK. I GET SET UP WITH A 10 INCH 45 COLT CONTENDER, LOADED WITH A 275gr SWC HP CAST BULLET SUPPLIED BY SIXSHOT. THE LOAD CHONOS 1,375 fps. AT 80 YARDS I SHOOT AS SHE WAS FACING AWAY AT AN ANGLE. I COULD TELL I HIT HER AND WAITED ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE GOING TO LOOK FOR HER. NO BLOOD SIGN BUT I FOUND HER ABOUT 40 YARDS AWAY LAID UP, ALIVE, IN A MOT. I HAD MY JRH CUSTOM 45 COLT RUGER SS BISLEY IN HAND AND SHOT HER HIGH IN THE SHOULDER BUT IT DID NOT FINISH HER SO MY NEXT SHOT BRAINED HER. NICE, BIG, MATURE DOE. BULLET WENT IN JUST AHEAD OF THE RIGHT REAR LEG AND THE BULLET STOPPED AT THE FRONT POINT OF THE LEFT SHOULDER, JUST UNDER THE SKIN. I CUT THE BULLET OUT AND WILL WEIGH IT TOMORROW. NOW I NEED TO SHOOT A DOE OVER ON THE RESERVE SECTION OF THE LEASE, AND THEN I CAN START BUCK HUNTING.
THE DOE WAS MY 2nd KILL WITH THAT LOAD AND THAT CONTENDER BARREL (IT WEARS A 3X TC SCOPE), THE FIRST BEING A LARGE BOAR HOG UP AT MY RANCH, HIGH SHOULDER SHOT AND DOWN HE WENT, FINISHED HIM OFF WITH A FA MODEL 97 327 MAG.
HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK I CAN GET DOE # 2.
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Post by 45MAN on Dec 6, 2020 8:05:02 GMT -5
FORGOT TO ADD THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS FOR SO FAR ON THE LEASE: BOW HUNTERS: 1 DOE ARROWED BUT NEVER RECOVERED; RIFLE HUNTERS: 1 DOE SHOT BUT NEVER RECOVERED, AND 1 DOE MISSED; AND HANDGUN HUNTERS (ME): 1 DOE SHOT AND RECOVERED. THIS RANKLES ME: THE BOW HUNTERS ARE REAL NEWBIES TO BOWS, AND 1 IS JUST A NEWBIE HUNTER PERIOD. THEY NEWBIE, NEWBIE ARROWED A DOE AND APPARRENTLY THEY WENT AFTER IT RIGHT AWAY, BIG MISTAKE AS THEY JUST KEPT PUSHING IT, PLUS THEY AFTERNOON BOW HUNT - IN SOUTH TEXAS YOU CANNOT WAIT UNTIL MORNING TO TRY RECOVERY AS THE COYOTES WILL BEAT YOU TO THE KILL.
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Post by sheriff on Dec 6, 2020 12:15:20 GMT -5
That's a good bullet in a .45, Rey. I run a MP molds 270 ssa, HP, powder coated in my 12" Contender. They're thumpers.
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Post by sixshot on Dec 6, 2020 20:10:41 GMT -5
Good job Rey, that's a pretty good test for any bullet from a revolver, congratulations!
Dick
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Post by bigbore5 on Dec 14, 2020 9:53:05 GMT -5
I lost a doe to coyotes myself this year. In NC! Dang yodeling irritants are everywhere now.
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