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Matador This Weekend
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10/19/15 01:13 PM
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Catch Dog
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How many folks are taking a Youth Hunter Quail Hunting this weekend at the Matador????
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5984031
10/19/15 06:06 PM
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Reata
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Used to be an annual trip for me and the boys but mine are no longer eligible. Love that place.
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5984713
10/20/15 01:33 AM
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elcasador
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Looking forward to taking the boys out catch dog!
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5984734
10/20/15 01:41 AM
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orpco
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Have fun and watch for rattlesnakes. I've encountered them on the matador. Let us know how you do
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5984794
10/20/15 02:06 AM
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Have fun and watch for rattlesnakes. I've encountered them on the matador. Let us know how you do Rattlesnakes are TERRIBLE all over the panhandle and rolling plains this year...
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5984990
10/20/15 03:35 AM
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Have fun and watch for rattlesnakes. I've encountered them on the matador. Let us know how you do Rattlesnakes are TERRIBLE all over the panhandle and rolling plains this year...
I'll take a Black Female every time.
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5985550
10/20/15 03:33 PM
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elcasador
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Thanks for the heads up ya'll. The boys have snake boots and chaps. Now we're just praying for good weather!
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5985580
10/20/15 03:47 PM
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Have fun and watch for rattlesnakes. I've encountered them on the matador. Let us know how you do Rattlesnakes are TERRIBLE all over the panhandle and rolling plains this year... Working cows this weekend and counted 16 in just an hour on the back of the horse. Nothing will chill you more than hearing that buzz and not being able to see the suckers.
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5986627
10/21/15 02:43 AM
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My college roommate got bit at his house last week southeast of amarillo. Nasty little buggers and they're thick this year. I don't think I'll be galavanting all over the countryside with my hounds until we get a good freeze.
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5987079
10/21/15 01:48 PM
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My college roommate got bit at his house last week southeast of amarillo. Nasty little buggers and they're thick this year. I don't think I'll be galavanting all over the countryside with my hounds until we get a good freeze. Maybe you signature line needs a qualifier Panhandler Regardless of where folks are heading on youth weekend, good hunting and be safe. Chaps, Gators, and snake boot will definately be the order of the day. Don't forget the other warm weather bird hunting nemesis...keep an eye on the dogs and don't let them get overheated! Many of us and our dogs are couch and crate potatoes through the spring and summer. They will get overheated quickly in this 70 - 80 deferred weather.
We all need to practice Whoa more.
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5987088
10/21/15 01:53 PM
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We expect to see some pictures next Monday.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5987507
10/21/15 05:59 PM
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tx hunter
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Totally want pics and full reports. I'm goin up there for the opening in two weekends and I'm really hopin it's worth it. I've not been up there since 2006
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5987667
10/21/15 07:37 PM
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We will have plenty of pics, just as long as there is no flooding!
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5987911
10/21/15 10:31 PM
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nak
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Looks like you may get a pass on the rain for the weekend, but you might want to take the tow straps, shovels, chains, and come-alongs. It looks like the roads may be extra challenging if they get the forecasted rain on Thursday
Be safe all
We all need to practice Whoa more.
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5988719
10/22/15 01:59 PM
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5990159
10/23/15 12:03 PM
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Have fun and watch for rattlesnakes. I've encountered them on the matador. Let us know how you do Rattlesnakes are TERRIBLE all over the panhandle and rolling plains this year... Working cows this weekend and counted 16 in just an hour on the back of the horse. Nothing will chill you more than hearing that buzz and not being able to see the suckers. What kind of horses were they riding?
Tigger If it isn't white it is not a birddog.
KC Lying is lying. Don't bitch about one doing it and condone another. That's called hypocrisy. _________________
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#5990162
10/23/15 12:06 PM
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tigger
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Have fun and watch for rattlesnakes. I've encountered them on the matador. Let us know how you do Rattlesnakes are TERRIBLE all over the panhandle and rolling plains this year... Working cows this weekend and counted 16 in just an hour on the back of the horse. Nothing will chill you more than hearing that buzz and not being able to see the suckers. What kind of horse were they riding?
Tigger If it isn't white it is not a birddog.
KC Lying is lying. Don't bitch about one doing it and condone another. That's called hypocrisy. _________________
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#6005640
11/02/15 02:28 AM
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reeltexan
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I'm out........
"Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war." - General Patton
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#6011439
11/05/15 01:23 AM
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ScooterG
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Hey gang, I'm headed to Matador for GDE draw hunt next week. I have never been and would love some pointers. I know it's not bird hunting but you fellas probably know the place the best. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#6011455
11/05/15 01:35 AM
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What animal you chasing???
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#6011669
11/05/15 03:06 AM
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ScooterG
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Whitetail deer only. Can shoot yotes and pigs. I'll be looking for a big buck, then hunt the dogs! Don't care about hogs.
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#6011676
11/05/15 03:08 AM
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ScooterG
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We're staying in Paducah at hunters lodge. Thinking of hunting the nw pasture. What are your thoughts?
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#6011700
11/05/15 03:16 AM
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We only seen mule deer the entire time we were there. But from the bull pasture all the way to the river looked really nice once you get off the Designated road, either side of it looked really good...
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Re: Matador This Weekend
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#6017484
11/08/15 01:59 PM
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nak
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Some of the open pasture has cover so higher that you couldn't see a whitetail unless it was walking on stilts.
They've bulldozed the mesquite in a few areas, giving a mix of cover that whitetail can probably move in.
We all need to practice Whoa more.
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