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Looking like a good year!
#6400340
08/09/16 03:17 PM
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Joined: May 2014
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Vindicator
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6400341
08/09/16 03:18 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
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tdecker22
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nice
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6400535
08/09/16 05:44 PM
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Joined: Oct 2004
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redchevy
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I'll say
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6400572
08/09/16 06:07 PM
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Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,796
dogcatcher
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6400670
08/09/16 07:36 PM
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Joined: Apr 2005
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Stub
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Good year indeed
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6400722
08/09/16 08:08 PM
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,675
Txhunter65
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Its ashamed they couldn't have more tine length and points!!! Lol. Awesome deer!
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6400818
08/09/16 08:56 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,773
Big_Ag
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I thought we had some impressive 3 year olds, but those take the cake. Good job!
Last edited by Big_Ag; 08/09/16 09:27 PM.
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6400853
08/09/16 09:18 PM
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Joined: May 2014
Posts: 277
Vindicator
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Thanks guys!! 10 years of hard work. We are high fence, but high fences don't = big deer. We fenced because we were paying 6000 dollars a year to hunt west texas and we were letting 3 year old 130-140 class deer walk, only to see them beat us back to camp. Hunters would harvest the very deer we videoed and all agreed to let walk.
We started by releasing just bred does and then got 7 does and 2 bucks of our own and started releasing bucks out of our pens as nubbons (the yellow and white tags.) We harvested as many native deer as we could and for two years we barely saw a deer. Our first year the biggest deer we had on the ranch was a 125" 10 point about 13 inches wide. We have won some battles and lost some, but all and all we are just about where we wanted to be from when we started. not trying to re-invent the deer, just letting them make it to 6.5 years old, be in their prime and reach full maturity before being harvested.
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6400885
08/09/16 09:45 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 9,972
Old Rabbit
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Looks like your plan is working well. Good looking bucks.
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6401406
08/10/16 03:08 AM
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 8,572
Tres
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"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6401659
08/10/16 12:21 PM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 19,652
Pitchfork Predator
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Congrats on some awesome looking bucks. Well done.
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6401872
08/10/16 02:50 PM
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Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 1,757
bkj
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I'm excited to hunt with you this fall. I feel privileged to be able to have a chance to reep the reward of y'alls determination and hard work! Thank you!
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6402435
08/10/16 08:11 PM
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,675
Txhunter65
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Thanks guys!! 10 years of hard work. We are high fence, but high fences don't = big deer. We fenced because we were paying 6000 dollars a year to hunt west texas and we were letting 3 year old 130-140 class deer walk, only to see them beat us back to camp. Hunters would harvest the very deer we videoed and all agreed to let walk.
We started by releasing just bred does and then got 7 does and 2 bucks of our own and started releasing bucks out of our pens as nubbons (the yellow and white tags.) We harvested as many native deer as we could and for two years we barely saw a deer. Our first year the biggest deer we had on the ranch was a 125" 10 point about 13 inches wide. We have won some battles and lost some, but all and all we are just about where we wanted to be from when we started. not trying to re-invent the deer, just letting them make it to 6.5 years old, be in their prime and reach full maturity before being harvested. on all the blood, sweat, and tears you put into that place!
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6403030
08/11/16 02:21 AM
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Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,806
MathMan
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Wow...is that Windows XP on your computer.
Amazing deer!!!
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Re: Looking like a good year!
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#6403040
08/11/16 02:29 AM
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Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 2,879
sbushee
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Those are dandies. See, growing big bucks is easy! Lol. Jk! Congrats
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