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Post by 45MAN on Dec 15, 2020 7:14:34 GMT -5
I HUNTED THE 1,500 ACRE RESERVE SECTION OF THE LEASE LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND A.M. AND P.M. ON SATURDAY WITH THE 10 INCH 45 COLT CONTENDER. WHILE IN THE BLINDS I SAW A YOUNG SPIKE, 2 OK 3-4 YEAR OLD 8 POINTERS, A BIG, WIDE, MATURE 8 (A POSSIBLE SHOOTER), 1 YOUNG DOE, SEVERAL UNKNOWN DEER, 2 JAVELINAS AND 3 AOUDAD (A EWE, A BABY AND A YOUNG MALE). NEED TO SHOOT A DOE AT THE RESERVE BEFORE I CAN BUCK HUNT. THE YOUNG DOE DID NOT STAY LONG AND I WAS NOT KEEN ON SHOOTING HER ANYWAY. THERE ARE A FEW AOUDAD AROUND, ESCAPEES FROM SOME NEARBY RANCH, HOW THEY GET FROM ONE HIGH FENCED RANCH TO ANOTHER I DO NOT KNOW. THE AOUDAD ON THE RESERVE SECTION HAD NOT BEEN SEEN IN ABOUT A YEAR.
HOPE TO TRY AGAIN THIS COMING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY.
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Post by 45MAN on Jan 9, 2021 7:33:15 GMT -5
3 WEEKS AGO I PASSED ON A MATURE 9 POINT BUCK, A NICE BUCK, A TROPHY FOR SOME, BUT I PASSED ON HIM. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO A GUEST SHOT HIM, HE WAS OVER 8 YEARS OLD, AND WAS A BUCK OF A LIFETIME FOR THE GUEST (FUTURE SIL OF ONE OF THE LESSEES). YESTERDAY AFTERNOON (1/8/21) I PASSED ON A NICE 4 YEAR OLD 9 POINTER THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR HARVEST, I KNOW THERE IS BETTER ON THE LEASE. MAYBE TODAY.
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Post by 45MAN on Jan 9, 2021 10:43:50 GMT -5
IN THE LEASE PICTURE BOOK, FOR THE LENADEROS SECTION OF THE LEASE, THEY SHOW 5 4 YEAR OLD BUCKS (MOST, BUT NOT ALL, BUCKS GET ID'ed DURING THE CAMERA SURVEY), 3 OF THEM ARE REALLY NICE AND ARE ON THE "DO NOT SHOOT YET" LIST, WHILE 2 ARE ON THE "OK TO SHOOT" LIST. I SAW 1 OF THESE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THE OTHER THIS MORNING, PASSED ON BOTH OF THEM. IF THE ONE THIS MORNING HAD BEEN CLOSE ENUFF FOR A SHOT WITH MY CUSTOM "NIMROD" TYPE 5 SHOT 45 COLT BISLEY BY BRAD SHERMAN, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE, BUT AT 100 YARDS I HAD NO DESIRE TO TRY TO TAKE HIM WITH MY SCOPED 10 INCH FA 454. I WILL JUST KEEP TRYING.
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Post by bigbore5 on Jan 9, 2021 11:44:09 GMT -5
I tried for a large 10pt all season here. Had to use my last buck tag to put down a crippled 5pt. Yesterday I sat on the back porch drinking a coffee, watching it snow when he walked up in the backyard about 40 yards away. Kinda think it was laughing at me..... You must enjoy your long season down there. We have a two week Urban season coming up. Two doe tags. Wonder how the townies are going to like us arrowing deer in their "hiking greenway" since only permitted hunters are allowed in there for the season?
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Post by 45MAN on Jan 31, 2021 17:16:45 GMT -5
A COUPLE OF WEEKS PAST I SHOT A 10 POINTER ON THE 2,250 ACRE LENADEROS SECTION OF THE LEASE. WE HAVE A LEASE "BOOK" (A BINDER WITH PHOTOS OF THE BUCKS ON THE LEASE, WITH AGE ESTIMATES AND SHOOT OR DON'T SHOOT YET INFO), AND IN THE BOOK THIS BUCK's PICTURE ALSO INCLUDED A PHOTO FROM 2019. NOTHING SPECIAL WITH THE RACK, AND THERE WERE NICER BUCKS STILL AVAILABLE, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUS FROM THE PICTURES THAT THIS BUCK WAS IN DECLINE SO DOWN HE WENT. 1 SHOT FROM THE 10 INCH FA 454 USING VINTAGE WINCHESTER 300gr AMMO SETTLED THE ACCOUNT. THAT SAME MORNING A NEPHEW, NICK COWEN, HUSBAND OF A DAUGHTER OF MY BROTHER NACHO, SHOT A MAIN FRAME 8 WITH A 9th POINT, A LONG DROP TINE. BOTH BUCKS WERE AGED BY THE LOWER JAW TEETH AT OVER 10 YEARS OLD.
A WEEK OR SO LATER A SON-IN-LAW OF A LESSEE ARROWED A VERY NICE 9 POINTER AND 2 OTHER LESSEES SHOT REALLY GOOD BUCKS, AND WITH THAT THE 6 BUCK LIMIT ON LENADEROS WAS TAGGED OUT. OF THE 6 BUCKS KILLED ON LENADEROS THE YOUNGEST WAS 7 1/2 - 8 1/2 AND 3 WERE 10 OR MORE YEARS OLD. THERE MAY BE DEER WOODS OUT THERE WHERE 10 + YEAR OLD BUCKS JUST DO NOT EXIST.
FRIDAY (1/29/21) MY COMPADRE OSCAR TOOK A REALLY NICE 8 POINT CULL BUCK OFF THE 1,500 ACRE RESERVE SECTION OF THE LEASE, USING A SS, SYNTHETIC STOCKED, WEATHERBY RIFLE IN 257 WEATHERBY (100gr BULLETS). THE BUCK HAD PEE WEE BROWS BUT HE HAD AN 18 INCH INSIDE SPREAD AND 22 INCH AND 20 5/8 INCH MAIN BEAMS, AND A LW OF 171 lbs.
THE LEASE IS ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF THE BORDER AND SMUGGLING, HUMANS AND DRUGS, ACROSS THE BRUSH COUNTRY, TO AVOID ROADS AND PATROLLING BORDER PATROL AND HIGHWAY PATROL VEHICLES, IS A REGULAR ACTIVITY. BACK IN OCTOBER WE WERE AT THE LEASE FILLING FEEDERS AND THERE WERE 2 BP HELICOPTERS FLYING OVER LENADEROS AS SOME ILLEGALS HAD BEEN SPOTTED. A BUNCH WERE CAUGHT BUT 6 OUT OF THE GROUP WERE STILL AT LARGE, AND 2 WALKED OUT OF THE BRUSH TO ASK FOR HELP. WE OFFERED TO HELP THEM TURN THEMSELVES IN BUT THEY DECLINED AND MELTED BACK INTO THE BRUSH. LATER WE SAW 2 OTHERS BUT AS SOON AS THEY SAW OUR VEHICLE THEY RAN BACK INTO THE BRUSH.
THIS PAST FRIDAY AS WE WERE ON THE WAY TO THE LEASE WE GOT WORD FROM A RANCH HAND THAT THERE WERE BP ALL OVER THE PLACE AS A GROUP OF ILLEGALS HAD BEEN SPOTTED ON OR NEAR LENADEROS. WE SAW 3 BP VEHICLES ON OR NEXT TO THE RANCH, AND LATER WE HEARD THAT THEY HAD CAUGHT SOME BUT NOT ALL. THIS MORNING (1/31/21) AS WE WERE LEAVING WE SAW 4 BP VEHICLES ON OR NEAR THE RANCH, AND LATER GOT WORD THAT A BUNCH OF ILLEGALS HAD BEEN CAUGHT AT LENADEROS.
A LOT OF THE LESSEES, INCLUDING ME, ALWAYS CARRY A SIDEARM IN THE FIELD AND AROUND CAMP. AFIELD, I HAVE BEEN CARRYING A CUSTOM 5 SHOT "NIMROD" STYLE 45 COLT RUGER BISLEY, BUT IN CAMP I CARRY A S&W 625 45 COLT MOUNTAIN GUN, STOKED WITH 255gr CAST SWC's LOADED OVER 9grs OF UNIQUE.
I CAN STILL TAKE A BUCK AND A DOE OVER ON THE RESERVE AND THE SEASON GOES UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY. WHAT I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN THOUGH IS A BOBCAT. BOBCAT SIGHTINGS ARE VERY COMMON AT THE RESERVE AND I WILL BE TAKING MY FOX PRO ELECTRONIC CALLER WITH ME ON MY HUNTS AT THE RESERVE.
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Feb 1, 2021 8:26:13 GMT -5
The best all-inclusive post I've read in a while, Rey.
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Post by sheriff on Feb 1, 2021 10:47:15 GMT -5
Good report, Rey! Good luck with a bobcat.
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Post by kings6 on Feb 1, 2021 12:27:54 GMT -5
When my kids were in pilot training down in Del Rio I made a couple trips down there by vehicle. I saw a bunch of raised shooting stands as I got closer to the border area and while they are not a common way of hunting up here I can sure see the benefits of their use down there after looking at the brush covering that country. I was interested in seeing various parts of Texas because I thought it might be a place to look at relocating to once I retired but it seems like there is very little public land for riding my animal or hunting on. I guess I am not sure of how I would like the hunting lease and and how hard it is to find a place with openings and the cost for one of those slots. That said, the folks I met on my trips down to Teas were THE nicest bunch of folks I have ever ran into.
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