A few years ago I took over the management of the wildlife on my ranch. Previous management decisions mostly involved cashing a check and if it is brown, it is down. I had no background at all in wildlife management but the one idea that I carried forward from a lifetime in the cattle business was that if I could provide a good healthy environment for my doe herd, the horns would follow. It was the blind leading the blind and mistakes were made. My first feeding station lasted almost two weeks before a Brahma cow destroyed it. The second attempt is ugly but still up. You learn as you go. Just as we thought progress was being made, along came the Year from Hell. We hauled both feed and water almost daily to strategic locations across the ranch. We lost most of the fawn crop that year but were able to save the core breeding stock. It was a setback but we emerged from the disaster with a core breeding stock of survivors. Some of our neighbor�s wildlife was decimated. We survived, the herd survived and the generation of deer that we are seeing today is the product of our work. Born and raised on the ranch during our program. Low fence wildlife management where you have no control over genetics requires patience, patience and more patience. These are my guys! I think it is working!

My part of the country doesn�t have the genetics to make the front page but it sure makes an old man happy when he can honestly say that he has made a difference�.and I think we have.

Always rewarding to see the results of your work and effort. Congrats and keep at it. The last couple of years have been good years and with a growing population, should be a great year

I'd say the sweat and tears are paying off Hope you have a banner season!

Congrats on your success. They are looking good.

Slow, steady, hard work. Well done.

Oh hell yes! Well done sir.

Nice!!

Looking good

Great pic, deer, and outlook. Hope they keep looking up into the future.

We don't all have unlimited feed budgets, brought in genetics, or high fences with extensive culling programs. Good work, as good as the last few years have been, there were some pretty tuff ones before it.

You are doing good.

Agreed

Your plan is working and working very well Keep up,the good work and the hard work, Nice looking deer!

Well done sir!

Well done!!!

Success is a great reward!

Congratulations on seeing the fruits of your labor. Well done.

But I heard you like to shoot'em with milk on their lips? So, what do you know? two and a half , three and and a half, what difference does it make!

Well done!!

Cats out of the bag...and you can wipe that milk off before pictures

That's awesome. Good luck in your hunting

look like nice bucks to me.

Keep at aeb because your doing something right