TX-RAT
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Fri Nov-19-04 05:23 PM
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Normally we have 14 to 16 inch's of rain per year. I just poured out what amounts to 34 inch's so far. That means big horns this year, have already taken 3 bucks over 140 B&C. My pastures have never looked so good.
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Redneck Socialist
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Sat Nov-20-04 11:18 AM
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1. You're living in a deer hunting fantasy land. |
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Us north easterners have a hard time wrapping our heads around multiple deer limits, much less actually shooting three over 140 B&C.
Up here rack size is secondary to weight though. If it's not over 200 pounds it doesn't attract much attention.
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alwynsw
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Sat Nov-20-04 11:33 AM
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2. In the area I'm hunting, I get 2 bucks and 7 does. |
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That is, if I can get that many. Actuqally, I'm happy with a buck or no buck. Just so long as I get 3 or 4 for the freezer. Does taste better IMO.
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Redneck Socialist
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Sat Nov-20-04 11:51 AM
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It's a different world, man. Up here if I filled every possible tag, bow hunting, firearm, extra doe, etc. I could take four. One pretty much fills my freezer though. Occasionally I'll shoot a second to really pack the freezer full.
I'm with you on the does, they are much tastier and more tender then a gnarly old, rutted up buck.
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alwynsw
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:00 PM
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4. We're terribly overpopulated here. |
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If you add archery and blalck powder, you can take up to 11 in most areas.
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Mon Nov-22-04 11:18 AM
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8. *unlimited* antlerless by bow in some MD areas |
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Edited on Mon Nov-22-04 11:19 AM by Romulus
due to overpopulation (which is no joke around here). http://www.dnr.state.md.us/huntersguide/map.htmlNot so enticing if you are looking for racks, but great if you are simply freezer-filing. :D
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Mon Nov-22-04 10:09 AM
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6. No 200 lb deer around here. |
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I didn't shoot any of those deer, all customer bucks. I won't allow anything under 140 to be taken. We're going to take 3 more bucks and about a dozen doe's this season. I may have a cull buck hunt last week of season. Theres 4 bucks hanging around that just ain't going to make it. 3 of the bucks are big 8 points and 1 has 4 on his left side and 1 main beam on the other, very strange looking. I haven't fired a shot at a deer on this place in 7 years. I do hunt in Nebraska, and Kansas, when i get a chance, much bigger bucks in that country. I'm still waiting for that 180+ typical, Would love to have a buck that made the book.
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:06 PM
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5. So. Does this mean that many of you Texicans are finally going to swim? |
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Look for a huge cottontail and jackrabbit crop in the spring. Quail should do nicely as well.
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Mon Nov-22-04 10:16 AM
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7. Haven't shot any of the Cottontails yet, waiting for good hard freeze. |
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Have already taken over 100 Jackrabbits this year. Recently bought a Remington semi-auto in .17 rim-fire, a most excellent Jackrabbit weapon. This has got to be the best Quail hatch we've ever had. I'm jumping coveys of blues that have 50-75 birds in them. The Bobwhites seem to stay in smaller coveys.
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Mon Nov-22-04 08:39 PM
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9. I do miss those big western coveys. |
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About 15-20 is the biggest we get around here.
I got an NEF single in .17 HMR last spring. It's a dandy for groundhogs around here. Since one groundhog can devastate up to an acre of soybeans, we tend to dispatch them whenever possible.
I do like that little flat shooter.
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