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What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/28/15 08:54 PM
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GoBears870
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A few years ago we had a lease in Coleman County that was pretty incredible - good deer numbers and quality, had some awesome dove hunts, ducks loaded up the ponds in December, wild quail were abundant, and there were turkey everywhere in the spring. The only thing it didn't have was hogs (which is good or bad depending on what you want).
We're looking in Coleman again for next year and further down the line would like to buy some land, too, but wondered what other counties in the Cross Timbers region people have experienced the same variety of wildlife. What do you think is the "best" county for having as many hunting opportunities as possible?
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/28/15 09:12 PM
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Edwards County, especially if around water. You never know what you will see....
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/28/15 10:35 PM
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titan2232
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What area is considered "cross timbers". Sorry for the ignorance.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/28/15 10:36 PM
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stxranchman
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McCulloch or Menard County would be a very good choices. Pretty good deer numbers and quality in a lot of areas of the county. Lot of axis in the county and a few blackbucks. Turkey, quail and dove for bird hunting. Throw in a growing hog population along with predator hunting.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/28/15 11:14 PM
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txshntr
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McCulloch or Menard County would be a very good choices. These and parts of Brown County can produce some great hunting also.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 12:25 AM
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GoBears870
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What area is considered "cross timbers". Sorry for the ignorance.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 12:52 AM
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Seen very good deer come out of Throckmorton and even Young counties.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 12:58 AM
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Grayson.. Webb None around here
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 12:59 AM
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Oh your not talkin about just deer.. Head west..
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 02:09 AM
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lonestar1995
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Best lease I have ever been on was In brown county right outside of trickham
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 02:22 AM
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Best lease I have ever been on was In brown county right outside of trickham Trickham....does that bring back memories. The best dove place we ever had was just west (like 700 yards west) of Trickham in Coleman County just west of the cemetery. This was back in the mid '90s. We leased directly from the landowner for a few years and had some outstanding dove hunting, then some lease broker got wind of it. The price tripled and so did the hunters. Was great while it lasted though. Sounds like you were close to Brookesmith?
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 02:27 AM
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I'm with the OP on Coleman County....had several good spots there over the years and loved the overall hunting opportunities. Good deer, great dove hunting and pretty good waterfowl on a few places. Also had some great tank fishing. Other counties in the area that I really like are Brown, Mills, Hamilton and Comanche.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 03:23 AM
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Jack county also has a nice variety of wildlife and some good bucks. The problem with the closer in Cross Timber counties to the metromess can be the higher hunting pressure which often pushes deer movements to more nocturnal in nature. Can definitely be a tradeoff. I've heard good things about Shackelford and Callahan counties, both a little further out from the metromess.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 03:27 AM
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 03:28 AM
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Cross Timbers is nice for variety.. Turkey, Ducks, Deer, Hogs..
Deer don't get very big though..
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 03:33 AM
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Cross Timbers is nice for variety.. Turkey, Ducks, Deer, Hogs..
Deer don't get very big though.. I've seen plenty of 150+ class deer harvested and brought in to ClearFork processing in Graham, TX over the past 6 years of hunting Young county. Actually a lot more than I ever expected to have seen when I purchased out there. As mentioned, the proximity to metromess increases hunting pressure which can create a bit of nocturnal type deer activity earlier in season. I do agree with the variety of game comment though.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 03:35 AM
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For all around hard to beat Frio, zavala, McMullen, la salle.
Big deer, great dove and quail, if you have water ducks are gonna be there. More hogs and predators for off season activities
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 03:37 AM
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I thought OP was soliciting other good hunting counties in Cross Timbers region besides Coleman? If we were talking statewide, I'd toss out Webb, Maverick and Dimitt counties too but didn't think we were.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
[Re: GoBears870]
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01/29/15 03:47 AM
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stxranchman
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There are 150-180 class deer killed LF in McCulloch county every year. There are some bigger ranches that produce those kinds of deer each year with good management and rainfall.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 03:49 AM
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There are 150-180 class deer killed LF in McCulloch county every year. There are some bigger ranches that produce those kinds of deer each year with good management and rainfall. Ranch, I thought McCulloch was maybe Edwards Plateau, Menard too?
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 04:02 AM
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Interesting Ranch, that EcoRegion map a few posts above doesn't match the tpwd link you attached above. The tpwd link goes out a lot more west to include Tom Green in Cross Timbers. I was thinking like the EcoRegion Map showing that county to be in Edwards to Rolling Plains. Too many good counties around I guess.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 04:32 AM
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txshntr
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Interesting Ranch, that EcoRegion map a few posts above doesn't match the tpwd link you attached above. The tpwd link goes out a lot more west to include Tom Green in Cross Timbers. I was thinking like the EcoRegion Map showing that county to be in Edwards to Rolling Plains. Too many good counties around I guess. I would call them Edwards Plateau also...Concho, Menard and Tom Green for sure. McCulloch is close and maybe split a little.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
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01/29/15 04:50 AM
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rifleman
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What area is considered "cross timbers". Sorry for the ignorance. I'd agree with that order.
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Re: What's the "best" county you know of?
[Re: txshntr]
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01/29/15 04:51 AM
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stxranchman
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Interesting Ranch, that EcoRegion map a few posts above doesn't match the tpwd link you attached above. The tpwd link goes out a lot more west to include Tom Green in Cross Timbers. I was thinking like the EcoRegion Map showing that county to be in Edwards to Rolling Plains. Too many good counties around I guess. I would call them Edwards Plateau also...Concho, Menard and Tom Green for sure. McCulloch is close and maybe split a little. I would call Menard more Edwards Plateau. I would call Tom Green more West Texas. I would call Concho more Cross Timbers as well as McCulloch, both are similar in terrain and habitat.
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