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Live oak county. #6822551 07/14/17 04:35 PM
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Who hunts live oak county? Just purchased land around Whittsett. Good hunting in area? Illegals? Poachers?

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Can be really good or really bad. Too many factors to list

Sold a ranch in lower live oak county, low fence with mid size to large ranches. Everyone is on the same page management wise and it's not uncommon to see 15-20 deer during a sit and they will kill a 160-180" deer every year.

10 miles down the road they won't break 140" and see maybe 2-3 deer a sit.



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Wow. I'm in upper Live Oak county I assume. Kind of close to the 74 ranch. Low fence all around.

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The 74 is a good place but that really doesn't mean much even if they are your neighbor as they are high fenced. The area can be good but it all boils down to the size of both your place and the neighbors (plus the hunting pressure applied) and the fencing in between.


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Re: Live oak county. [Re: Cjdelagarza] #6823824 07/16/17 01:55 AM
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True that. Yeah it's not neighboring but pretty close. Big ranches around. Is hunting good overall in the whole county?

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Originally Posted By: Cjdelagarza
True that. Yeah it's not neighboring but pretty close. Big ranches around. Is hunting good overall in the whole county?



depends again on your location. I'd rather be west of 37 than east for sure.

is your place brush or old regrowth farmland?


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Re: Live oak county. [Re: Cjdelagarza] #6827863 07/19/17 10:48 PM
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I'm in the middle of three rivers and George West, we've been feeding protein for five years or so and struggle to kill anything over 150. But the last two years we've seen better deer than normal. Pigs have been the main problem.

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Average number of deer seen per hunt is around 10, some of the better stands you'll see 25-30. Average buck killed is 140in weighing 200-230. Biggest killed in the past 5 years was a hair over 160. We've seen many bigger on camera every year but never out of a stand.
The property I hunt is brush and mesquite. We have water throughout the property which makes a big difference especially now. I went two weeks ago and there's about 3 inches of dust on the ground, most all ponds are on the verge of being completely dry and probably are by now.

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I'm west of 37. On fm 99. The land is all mesquite and a few oaks. Big property on there and we have 2 big ponds on the property. Do y'all have problems with illegals?

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No problems with illegals, I'm off of 281 and FM 1042, more in Three rivers than George West.

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Originally Posted By: Cjdelagarza
I'm west of 37. On fm 99. The land is all mesquite and a few oaks. Big property on there and we have 2 big ponds on the property. Do y'all have problems with illegals?


That should be some good country.

Good luck this season


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What town are you closest to?

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Whittsett

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Your a little north of me but pretty close.

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You 15 miles north of 3 rivers

Re: Live oak county. [Re: Cjdelagarza] #6832745 07/24/17 09:19 PM
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Yeah I'm about 5 miles from choke canyon BBQ

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Originally Posted By: Cjdelagarza
Yeah I'm about 5 miles from choke canyon BBQ



worst BBQ in the state. Crazy the one on 35 and the one on blanco rd in SA are delicious


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Sowell's in three rivers is pretty good

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Originally Posted By: spg
Sowell's in three rivers is pretty good


Van's BBQ is the bomb diggity


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Re: Live oak county. [Re: Cjdelagarza] #6834188 07/26/17 12:15 AM
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Van's? is that Sowell's?

Re: Live oak county. [Re: spg] #6834272 07/26/17 01:35 AM
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I've heard of Swoells. I love Vans too.

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Hopefully you got mineral rights.

Re: Live oak county. [Re: Cjdelagarza] #6834421 07/26/17 04:26 AM
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I wish, just an Ol'poor country boy.

Re: Live oak county. [Re: erathar] #6834561 07/26/17 01:14 PM
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We have that in gillett on our other place.

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Talked to the rancher today, 108 deg's and dry. Need some torrential rain.

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