Just moved up to sweetwater a couple months ago!

where abouts? we are off of 70 south of the Lake

John that last two buck pics looks to maybe have some age. Looks like you have one trying to be an 11 also. All look healthy. Looks like yall have more 10s than we have.

All depends on your surrounding hunting pressure. These counties have just as good genetics for the most part as any other counties in west tx but if they never reach maturity at 5.5+ you'll never see the bigger deer. Good luck on your season!

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In town. I drove past the "lake" a couple times looking for it. Definitely new to west Texas.

What town and what are you looking for??

Sweetwater, and was just commenting that lake sweetwater is easy to miss haha

Yep most of the lakes in west Texas are pretty easy to miss right now.

We are headed to the lease next weekend for final prep! Can't wait.

It's almost here! Not much new on our feeders right now. Does look like bucks are starting to move out of their summer pattern to new grounds.

Anyone have any newcomers or target bucks?its really dry but mesquite beans are dropping heavy!

Anyone get out west this last weekend? Was super slow on our place. Two rattelsnakes and a big hog was all that died. Not much new on camera yet and daytime activity at feeders is very slow. Hoping that changes soon.

delete the 2x4 buck in pic#5 and the 6pt in pic #7

Was there the weekend before last. Saw one shooter 10, but all three feeders were down and all three cams had bad SD cards - so I really don't know what I have coming, but have a feeling that my regular visitors are feeding somewhere else because my feeders were broke. But I have everything back up and running now, so hopefully will get some updated pics before season. Heading to Boerne for axis this weekend, then back to Coke county the following weekend to check on things right before season.

Before season???it started 2 weeks ago!

Hope you got some good ones coming in. Any of the other guys on talks place got anything yet? Haven't seen an update from talks lease.

That's why pics of those deer are on there. They are culls on the hit list and have been for two yrs now. Just a little too slick.

I haven't been in the stand but one time so far during bow season but I had this guy between 8-30 yards for almost an hour. He was only a 3 year old so he got a pass. He also had broke that right G4 after this pic was taken.

Solid 3 yr old!

Anybody in the area make it out this weekend? Wondering how the deer movement was and what the rain totals were.

Had a few guys show up this weekend despite the weather. Has a few isolated showers after Friday morning but a few were able to hunt with the North winds. My granddad had 4-5 inches and Oak Creek started to run Friday afternoon as it was dry when we got into town earlier in the day.

Deer seemed to be moving a lot during the day with this weather. Bucks are starting to chase and get pretty serious.

Nothing was taken this weekend so far but a couple of guys plan to stay all week.

So far a 10 point has been taken around the 6th and my brother got a doe 2 weeks ago. I shot a nice 10 on the 12th but didn't recover him Still pretty mad at myself for making a poor shot. I went back and watched a video of the hunt and he had turned slightly quartering to me and I hit him in the shoulder and only had a couple spots of blood when he broke the arrow off crashing through a fence. Still hoping for a miracle he made it but last round of pics he hasn't been back.

That's a tough one but part of bow hunting. Usually takes them a couple weeks to return to normal after a shoulder shot.

Any pics of the 10 that was shot or the one you stuck?

Hope he shows back up.

Here is the 10 I didn't recover.




I haven't seen a great pic of the buck killed but pretty sure this is him.

Both solid deer, that buck you shot looks post mature off those pics. Hope he shows back up for you. I won't be back for a full weekend until first week of November.

I can only hope. First time to lose a deer and would have been my first 10 point to make it worse

I feel your pain, I'm trying to take my first typical 10 this year.