Forums46
Topics538,549
Posts9,738,421
Members87,095
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Few from England
#5861214
08/03/15 06:22 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 471
JEmberson
OP
Bird Dog
|
OP
Bird Dog
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 471 |
Hi guys New to the forum, recently moved to Texas from England after getting married. Love the state, feel very at home but im missing hunting! Hoping to try and get out this coming season if everything goes well and I can get my head around the permit system. Heres a few shots from back in England over a few years. The deer are Roe deer, does that i had stalked just for the photos, I dont shoot them on my ground, they seem to have a good sustainable population on their own. Few other shots of some duck taken at my local club that shoots the foreshore/coast. The landscape pictures are of the area they were taken and one of my old Black Labrador who isnt with me any more but I have a 6 month old chocolate replacement who is up and coming. Rules and licensing is slightly different at home with no limits on anything, no tags needed, just licensed guns is all. Joe
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861222
08/03/15 06:26 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 21,271
SniperRAB
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 21,271 |
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861233
08/03/15 06:33 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,682
bp3
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,682 |
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861241
08/03/15 06:37 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 2,258
Hunt Dog
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 2,258 |
The lease thing isn't that hard to get your head around. If the wife's family doesn't own some land maybe they have a friend that does. You won't be missing hunting very long.
Don't mention licensing and/or registering firearms around here, it doesn't go over well.
Have fun
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861244
08/03/15 06:37 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 471
JEmberson
OP
Bird Dog
|
OP
Bird Dog
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 471 |
Found one of a Roe buck that i took as he had a broken leg. Turned out to be the biggest shot in the county. Thats as big as the antlers will get on a Roe.
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861291
08/03/15 07:06 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 14,768
jeh7mmmag
gramps
|
gramps
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 14,768 |
Welcome to THF and Texas. Congrats on the marriage. Thanks for the pictures. Nice photography work. To get a feel Look at the public draw hunts and Public hunting lands on TPWD site.
�Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.� ~ John Muir
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861485
08/03/15 08:36 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 22,630
Cast
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 22,630 |
Now we gotta get you a proper Texas handle.
BubbaJoe REALKILLERJOE Billfearsme IndianJoe (borderline racist Mark Twain reference) RookieTexan TeaTimeTexan
and the list goes on...
Cast I have a short attention spa
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861500
08/03/15 08:42 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 19,666
Pitchfork Predator
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 19,666 |
to our great state. Congrats on your new marriage.
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861560
08/03/15 09:10 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 11,573
dlrz71
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 11,573 |
great pics
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: dlrz71]
#5861563
08/03/15 09:12 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 65,541
SnakeWrangler
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 65,541 |
great pics x2
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861647
08/03/15 09:55 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 11,542
rickym
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 11,542 |
Welcome to the great state of Texas. There are many ways to hunt in the state so finding something shouldn't be a problem for you. Nice pics, very interesting how the antlers grow on a Roe deer. The doe's look similar to whitetail.
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: SniperRAB]
#5861662
08/03/15 10:04 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,042
Western
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,042 |
And great photos
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861686
08/03/15 10:28 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 11,657
colt45-90
Texas colt45
|
Texas colt45
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 11,657 |
welcome...what part of the state are residing in?
Last edited by colt45; 08/03/15 10:29 PM.
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861718
08/03/15 10:45 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 14,956
don k
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 14,956 |
I used to go to the UK a lot with my former job. A very beautiful country. most of the time we stayed in London. We usually landed in Stansted. A few times we stayed in that area. Once was at a B&B that was out in the country. I would walk around and see all the wildlife. Many rabbits and larger birds and a few times Roe deer.
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861743
08/03/15 11:00 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 471
JEmberson
OP
Bird Dog
|
OP
Bird Dog
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 471 |
Currently in the east, Nacogdoches, Lufkin area. Wife is originally from here so I kinda didn't have much choice! Been here on and off for three years working. Finally starting to get settled and everything worked out. Just passed my Texas Hunters Ed as I assumed it was the first step in being able to get out. I was about an hour from London, right on the very south coast, could see France on a clear day. Plenty of good hunting to be had around the area, it's beautiful country, but Texas is special though and being able to hunt here some day is going to be one off the bucket list. Thanks guys, Texas and its people can sure make some one feel welcome!
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861779
08/03/15 11:26 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 6,164
Chief Joe
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 6,164 |
"It is the same boiling water that softens the rice, which hardens the egg." It's not always about the circumstances, but what you are made of....
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861799
08/03/15 11:43 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 867
Jon P
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 867 |
Welcome to Texas. Great pictures!
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: Jon P]
#5861826
08/03/15 11:56 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,061
ChrisB
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,061 |
cool pics. Thanks for sharing.
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861857
08/04/15 12:14 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 25,372
Creekrunner
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 25,372 |
Welcome and good hunting.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861872
08/04/15 12:21 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
stxranchman
Obie Juan Kenobi
|
Obie Juan Kenobi
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296 |
Nice pics
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5861885
08/04/15 12:27 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,959
Scoop
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,959 |
I wonder if I'm the only one mentally reading your posts with an English Accent? Plenty of hunting opportunities here. Leasing, public, guided day or weekend hunts, or just making the right friends.
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: Pitchfork Predator]
#5861992
08/04/15 01:35 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 44,045
Stub
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 44,045 |
“I never forget a face—but in your case, I’ll be glad to make an exception.” —Groucho Marx
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5862003
08/04/15 01:38 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 5,989
Michael W.
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 5,989 |
Nice photos and welcome to Texas and to the forum.
A clear conscience is often the sign of a fuzzy memory.
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: JEmberson]
#5862231
08/04/15 03:54 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,804
dogcatcher
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,804 |
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
|
|
|
Re: Few from England
[Re: Pitchfork Predator]
#5862304
08/04/15 09:11 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 12,177
kry226
The General
|
The General
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 12,177 |
to our great state. Congrats on your new marriage. Couldn't have said it better myself.
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|