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Got drawn for archery nilgai #6480558 10/04/16 07:25 PM
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Has anybody done this before? Any help / info would be greatly helpful
Thanks!

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Where did you draw?

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Laguna atascosa

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Congratulations! The deadline for NWR archery exotic isn't until October 11 so I think the hunt you were drawn for is NWR archery deer. You are allowed to shoot nilgai though so it's a better deal anyway.

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the nilgai and pig only archery hunt is nov 18-22

the deer draw where you can also take nilgai and pigs has the hunt i believe nov 25th


Stuff my dad said in the deer blind

"I can dive deeper and come up drier"
"did you do that?"
Re: Got drawn for archery nilgai [Re: rhiseller] #6492963 10/13/16 12:13 AM
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I got for that hunt also! I guess I'm going to make the trip down there twice.

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I got drawn for the 18-22 archery Nilgai there also. Never been before. Should be a tough hunt but a good time either way!

Re: Got drawn for archery nilgai [Re: rhiseller] #6496105 10/15/16 08:57 AM
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Good Luck to all of you. Hope to see pics of success.

Re: Got drawn for archery nilgai [Re: rhiseller] #6498368 10/17/16 01:47 AM
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I put in for a few of the rifle hunts and did what little research I could on them. Texas Bow Hunters Forum has quite a bit of information on their public hunting page.

Good luck! Hopefully I'll find out soon if I get picked.

Re: Got drawn for archery nilgai [Re: rhiseller] #6502625 10/19/16 06:39 PM
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My boss man got drawn on this hunt also. He's stoked!


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Re: Got drawn for archery nilgai [Re: rhiseller] #6556316 11/23/16 10:58 PM
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Any update from anyone there?

After reading about helicopter culling and the fact it is a free for all, I'm likely not going to go.

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For the first archery hunt, there were only 5 nilgai killed out of 250 hunters. The helicopters took their toll. mad

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Thanks for sharing Palehorse. Hope other folks had some luck!

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Congrats!

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Originally Posted By: Palehorse
For the first archery hunt, there were only 5 nilgai killed out of 250 hunters. The helicopters took their toll. mad


That sounds lousy but sitting at home isn't going to do anything either.

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Originally Posted By: Palehorse
For the first archery hunt, there were only 5 nilgai killed out of 250 hunters. The helicopters took their toll. mad


I saw 28 different nilgai, had 4 in bow range and fired two arrows

There were plenty of nilgai, I don't think the helicopter hunt affected this one bit

It's just a really hard hunt with a bow
Not to mention a boatload of inexperienced public hunters


Stuff my dad said in the deer blind

"I can dive deeper and come up drier"
"did you do that?"
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For the first archery hunt, there were only 5 nilgai killed out of 250 hunters. The helicopters took their toll. mad


I saw 28 different nilgai, had 4 in bow range and fired two arrows

There were plenty of nilgai, I don't think the helicopter hunt affected this one bit

It's just a really hard hunt with a bow
Not to mention a boatload of inexperienced public hunters

I hope you're right. I'm headed there Thursday for the second archery deer hunt. This will be my second time to hunt there. You're spot on about the inexperienced hunters. I think most give up after a couple of days though.

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Originally Posted By: rsquared
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For the first archery hunt, there were only 5 nilgai killed out of 250 hunters. The helicopters took their toll. mad


I saw 28 different nilgai, had 4 in bow range and fired two arrows

There were plenty of nilgai, I don't think the helicopter hunt affected this one bit

It's just a really hard hunt with a bow
Not to mention a boatload of inexperienced public hunters

I agree on all three points. With the TPWD introducing a whole new set of hunters to the Refuge, there is a lot of new blood without experience on the property. Under the old permit system, there was always a bunch of returning hunters that had narrowed down where they felt the best chance for success would happen. It is hard to make the right decision in that respect with a partial day of scouting or none at all.

It would be interesting to see if the rule of halves still applies. Half of the hunters gone after the first 24 hours and remaining number cut in half after each additional 24 hours. Both Aransas and the complete Rio Grande Valley NWR system play by these rules. You got to stick it out and move if there is no sign or you are not seeing anything and then hunker down. The odds of seeing something on your feet are very slim. The only thing that accomplishes is you wear yourself out.

Google Earth on a phone or tablet is your friend. Those aren't cattle trails you see by satellite image, they are made by nilgai hooves.


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I think the most whipped I've been hunting is on a late LANWR hunt. I had been cooked in the heat and frozen in sleet. That is when the Refuge had allowed a full four days of scouting before the hunt and I had taken full advantage of it. At the end of my hunt with several miles to walk yet, I seriously thought about stripping the bolt out of my Marlin 1895MR (450 Marlin) and leaving over 8# of metal behind.


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It's a tough hunt for sure. Plenty of country to hunt and if you put MILES behind you you can get away from hunters. I got it done on a Nilgai the second day. They are there, just very unpredictable. People will tell you that they're diurnal and only move during the day. BS. If you find them feeding or bedded do what you can to make a move. Likely that they won't be there the next day.

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nilgai are hard to bring down with a rifle, they usually run a good way even with a well placed round. Their hide is thicker in the area around their vital organs, and they have a heavy hide to start with.

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