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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: beartrap]
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09/18/20 09:49 PM
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tmd11111
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I don’t care how long you boil those antlers for, their still too tough to eat.
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: Derek 🐝]
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09/18/20 10:36 PM
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Duck_Hunter
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My hunting resume is pretty pathetic. I was on a lease in Strawn for 10yrs and this is what I capped.
1 - 9 Point 1 doe 2 bobcats 2 pigs
Deer Camp Derek must’ve been epic.
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: Chris B]
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09/18/20 10:51 PM
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hopalong
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Pescador Loco
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In Texas you can hunt just about anyway you want. Nobody is forcing you to hunt with game cameras, blinds, feeders and what not. Hunt how ever you enjoy. I don’t know why so many people think if your not stalking through the mountains and miserable your not hunting. It’s supposed to be fun. Texas hunting is just a different type of hunting, I don't know of many people that have leases that can stalk hunt, some have assigned blind areas. the private property and pressure says cameras, feeders, blinds etc. are pretty much how you have to do it in most cases. west Tx. not so much but for whitetail/E. Tx. you don't have many areas where you can safely stalk with a .308. have to work with what ya got and what the law says you can do, this to me dictates how we hunt now. colorado I used to spend all summer fishing high country lakes and watching for deer and elk sign, come fall and guide a camp I had a good idea of where to start at least. no feeders, no blinds, all stalk/sit hunting. different accessibility and different laws. spent 3 months at a time in the mts. guiding hunts, just a different style and accessibility, my favorites were my archery and black powder hunters, they were all pure stalk up close hunters and a lot of fun. technology has made fishing easier from a finding fish standpoint, catching is always going to be relevant to the fisherman. same with hunting, scopes now will range and auto adjust out to 1,200 yds. (I had a burris eliminator II 16x that would) and we have rounds that will drop a 1,000 # elk in its tracks instead of blood trailing for 5 miles at night (no fun by the way). modern times it is all relevant to what the law says we can do, what we can afford to do and how good we are at taking either. jmo
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: Derek 🐝]
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09/18/20 11:04 PM
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Nickbyrd
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My hunting resume is pretty pathetic. I was on a lease in Strawn for 10yrs and this is what I capped.
1 - 9 Point 1 doe 2 bobcats 2 pigs
Mines pretty weak too . Couple pigs A nutria (I think) And a yote Elements have never been right to harvest a deer And still no dove 😢😢😢
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: Nickbyrd]
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09/18/20 11:07 PM
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hopalong
Pescador Loco
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Pescador Loco
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My hunting resume is pretty pathetic. I was on a lease in Strawn for 10yrs and this is what I capped.
1 - 9 Point 1 doe 2 bobcats 2 pigs
Mines pretty weak too . Couple pigs A nutria (I think) And a yote Elements have never been right to harvest a deer And still no dove 😢😢😢 patience padawan!
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: tmd11111]
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09/18/20 11:18 PM
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Caymas Cx 21
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I don’t care how long you boil those antlers for, their still too tough to eat. True but they sure look good in my trophy room!
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: beartrap]
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09/19/20 12:46 AM
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butch sanders
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i watched a bobcat on mushrooms
chase a butterfly for 45 minutes
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: beartrap]
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09/19/20 02:39 AM
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Spiderman
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I don't deer hunt in Texas because of most of the things mentioned above. Mainly the cost to harvest a deer. To me a deer was worth $40.00 for the meat. To pay big bucks to be told where to sit and what to shoot never appealed to me.
That said now I put out corn in my back yard and have 8 or 9 deer appear every afternoon and really enjoy just watching them from 30 yards away.
But fishing has never been easier! If you have an understanding of what fish do as we go through the seasons, catching them is very, very simple now.
With the electronics, trolling motors, rods, reels and lures at our disposal catching a limit of crappie or bass is pretty simple anymore.
The Truth is six of the seven Dwarfs are not Happy!
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: butch sanders]
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09/19/20 02:48 AM
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RayBob
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i watched a bobcat on mushrooms
chase a butterfly for 45 minutes Pretty kool. Were your mushrooms tea of did you fry them up?
Advice? Wise men don't need it. Fools won't heed it.
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: butch sanders]
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09/19/20 03:01 AM
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outfishdya
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i watched a bobcat on mushrooms
chase a butterfly for 45 minutes Where did the bobcat get the mushrooms
Woke up this morning Got yourself a gun....
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: BrandoA]
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09/19/20 03:03 AM
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ReelSlow
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As far as hunting goes, on our ranch, we don't run Cameras. We shoot mature bucks and does. We still like to have the element of surprise. We typically know what we have and what our "trophies" are for our ranch and those our are targets. I'm bow hunting this year from 2 stands that I will hand corn , no feeder no cameras. I just don't have the drive this year to jack with feeders and cameras. I know there will be nice bucks chasing during rut. I like you am looking forward to the surprises. All I'll have to do all season is make a drive by with corn every few days and wake up early and go sit. I may hunt 3 times a week all season and never sling an arrow, but I'll see a lot of wildlife. It will take a monster for me to kill one this year. Last year I killed more coyotes and hogs with my bow than ever and passed on a lot of decent but not trophy bucks. I'll kill one doe for meat.
GOD is good!
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: David Welcher]
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09/19/20 03:13 AM
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ReelSlow
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The question is if you are going to shoot it on Nov 7th when he walks out Yes I would. This brow tine king showed up 3 years on camera and never when I was sitting there.
GOD is good!
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: outfishdya]
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09/19/20 02:23 PM
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butch sanders
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i watched a bobcat on mushrooms
chase a butterfly for 45 minutes Where did the bobcat get the mushrooms they were all over that pasture
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: beartrap]
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09/19/20 02:48 PM
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Bassnhog
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Being originally from Missouri, where baiting is illegal, I don't find quite the same amount of satisfaction when I kill a deer at one of our feeders on our 2500 acre Texas lease. I haven't lived in Missouri in nearly 40 years, but I did enjoy scouting feeding areas, staging areas, and funnel points in order to find a strategic spot to set up my stand location. Hunting was a lot more fun. Challenging. Now it's more like harvesting. If I could talk my lease members into it I'd say lets remove all of the feeders and elevated box blinds and actually hunt. I would be exiled though. Ha.
Semper Fi-shing
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Re: has deer hunting turned into "shooting" and bass fishing turned into "catching"....
[Re: beartrap]
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09/19/20 11:55 PM
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KingwoodCat
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Hunting is different in different parts of the country. For instance, most states do not allow one to hunt over bait. Some states require feeders to be removed a month before the season starts. Some states have much shorter Gun seasons, so it’s critical to pattern the deer. As far as fishing goes, I’ll just say this. No matter how many electronics you have on your boat. If you don’t present the right bait at the right time, you will come home empty handed.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him had better take a look at the American Indian".
Henry Ford
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