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Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/07/10 07:06 PM
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Chuck P
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I have always hunted in west Texas for 20 years and I found a lease in Centerville. I have not found signs that there are alot of deer there. I was wondering does anyone else hunt in this area and what kind of success to you have?
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
[Re: Chuck P]
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10/07/10 07:10 PM
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rifleman
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there seem to be deer in the area..I've noticed that the folks I know who hunt the area seem to have better luck w/ a mixture of timber and pasture land on the places they hunt.
you are talkin' Big Centerville, right?
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
[Re: rifleman]
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10/08/10 01:52 AM
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there are deer, especially in Leon County. The area gets hunted pretty hard because of its proximity to Dallas and Houston
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/08/10 02:09 AM
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I used to hunt in buffalo and saw tons of does and almost no bucks. Lots of hogs as well. Depending on where you are, there are actually some very nice deer in that area, but you have to find a bigger tract because it's a very heavily hunted area.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
[Re: cameron00]
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10/08/10 02:11 AM
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Another thing I'd mention is that the only success we ever had in harvesting a buck came by walking through the timber in the middle of the day. We jumped up a decent 10-pter that was bedded down in some brush beneath a big pine. He was about 100 yards from our camp.
I wasn't there, but a buddy of mine shot a coyote that came out of the woods growling, and right after he did, an 8-pt came out and gored the dead yote. Right up until my buddy shot it as well.
Weird place, but there are definitely deer there.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/08/10 02:25 AM
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buddy of mine shot a 154 un-official score 10 point somewhere near centerville. There are deer but hogs seem to be a problem out there.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/08/10 10:56 AM
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Chuck P
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Yes I have noticed the hogs. I have never had hogs before and am waiting to see what kind of problems I have with that. On the other hand that is year round hunting that I have also never had. Will be going back down next weekend to look at camera pics and see whats up. Unfortunatly I am not on a large parsel of land, only 180 acres. We'll see, thanks for your .02.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
[Re: Chuck P]
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10/08/10 11:16 AM
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unlike the hill country which i love dearly, you actually have to work for the deer in east Texas......I hunt across the hwy near buffalo........my best advice: Plant a food plot (clover) ! Your gonna be real disappointed if u throw a feeder up and wait........Centerville is awesome, lots of deer, and some nice deer.......good luck
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/08/10 05:26 PM
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We've hunted in Leona about 3 years ago right before antler restrictions. There were always good numbers of deer but hunting pressure was insanely high. In the 3 or 4 years we hunted we probably saw two or three that would meet today's restrictions. It would be interesting to go back and see what that would be now. Opening day out there sounded like the fourth of July. We were only on 200 acres just south of Leona but good graciois it was bad! Always a ton of hogs.
If you do take up this place I recommend steak night in Leona. Only open Friday and Saturday but ohhh so good. Pretty small place right at the only yellow blinking light. Ive heard they've had to expand to take on the "crowds".
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/09/10 01:19 AM
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Thanks for all your posts. My hunting partner and I have been doing research on food plots and are going to get started next weekend. Will keep you guys posted. I believe that we will take up residence here because of the price of our lease. I got broke from all the high price leases. This land looks like it has alot of promise and we are going to work our tales off to make this work.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/09/10 01:25 AM
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I hunted Centerville all year last year! No good bucks on cams and alot of young bucks and does!! Oh yea HOGS galore!! I have a free 250acres on the creek and gave it up and moved to Houston County!!
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/09/10 03:49 AM
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I hunted Fort Boggy and saw a lot of does but not one buck the whole hunt.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/11/10 12:55 AM
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axisbuck
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I hunted Fort Boggy and saw a lot of does but not one buck the whole hunt. Got drawn for bow hunt at Fort boggy this month end. The booklet says its by compartment. Could use some help or suggestions if youve hunted there before.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/11/10 03:26 AM
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drove thru centerville and buffalo last august on my way to louisiana, and i saw alot of deer, many of them bucks, feeding alongside the highway around dusk.
seems to be a good amount of deer there for east texas, my uncle hunted in buffalo for many years, but never shot a buck of any consequense
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/11/10 11:51 AM
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I hunted Fort Boggy and saw a lot of does but not one buck the whole hunt. Got drawn for bow hunt at Fort boggy this month end. The booklet says its by compartment. Could use some help or suggestions if youve hunted there before. The best area that I found was the picnic area next to the lake. When I went, there was a strip of tall grass around the lake and a sandy beach after that. The wind was blowing from the picnic area to and across the lake so I just hid behind the grass and laid down on the sand till the deer showed up. I even took a little nap. About 30 minutes before light, three does showed up and were eating the acorns from the big trees in the picnic area. One worked it's way toward me and I stuck her with an arrow at 20 yards. It was my first bow kill. That was back in 2000 so things may have changed since then.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/11/10 12:22 PM
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unlike the hill country which i love dearly, you actually have to work for the deer in east Texas......I hunt across the hwy near buffalo........my best advice: Plant a food plot (clover) ! Your gonna be real disappointed if u throw a feeder up and wait........Centerville is awesome, lots of deer, and some nice deer.......good luck X2. If you put up a feeder, all you'll get is a crop corn growing under it unless hogs hit it. If you hunt that area, you're really going to have to hunt; not just sit in a box and watch a feeder. I hunted a place near Fairfield for 13 years. You have to learn their natural movement patterns, their bedding areas, their food sources (which change as the different types of oaks drop their acorns), and their reaction to hunting pressure. It's a fun area to hunt but don't waste your money on feeders or permanent stands. It takes the deer about 2 days to pattern you so you have to be 1 step ahead of them.
Practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice makes permanent.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/11/10 12:30 PM
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I'm going to disagree with PrimitiveHunter on this one.
The does hit our feeders like clockwork there. It's a no-doe county, so they're not scared or spooky. We never had bucks hitting the feeders except for youngsters, but keeping all of those does around serves the same purpose it does anywhere else.
The bucks still like poon-tang, even in Centerville.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/11/10 02:28 PM
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Yea I agree with Cameron on this one. We havent had any rain in 2mths and I believe it slowed the acorn crop down. There are some acorns dropping, but they are destroying the feeders. Leon cnty produces some great deer and our lease should be taking some 140's soon. Just being patient and keeping the does in check!
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
[Re: jbhlsu]
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10/11/10 02:30 PM
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ya'll shoot most of ya'lls bucks under the feeders or out cruising in the fields (think I remember a field in past pics)?
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/11/10 04:02 PM
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I wouldn't call Centerville "East Texas". It's more Post Oak Belt. Very pretty country.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/11/10 05:21 PM
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ya'll shoot most of ya'lls bucks under the feeders or out cruising in the fields (think I remember a field in past pics)? I would say both rifleman! We are covered in pin oaks and live oaks...Its been to dry to put the food plot in. I did let the pigs have it this weekend though.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/12/10 11:46 AM
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Chuck P
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I will be going for a short hunt this weekend and it will give me a chance to look at the cameras we have set out. I do beleive that the deer are a little wiser here from the pressure. But bottom line they are still WTD and have needs they have to fulfill. I will agree with Postoak that this is very pretty country. One box blind that we set up over-looks 2 feeders and the view is fantastic. You almost don't care if you see an animal because of the landscape.
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/23/10 08:11 PM
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Did you eat at steak night yet?
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Re: Hunting Centerville Texas
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10/27/10 08:18 PM
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Chuck P
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Did you eat at steak night yet? Not yet, my daughter plays basketball and is messing up my Friday and Saturday morning. What you do, you love'em and go to the games.
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