Posted By: Vindicator
Looking like a good year! - 08/09/16 03:17 PM
Posted By: Txhunter65
Re: Looking like a good year! - 08/09/16 08:08 PM
Its ashamed they couldn't have more tine length and points!!! Lol. Awesome deer!
Posted By: Big_Ag
Re: Looking like a good year! - 08/09/16 08:56 PM
I thought we had some impressive 3 year olds, but those take the cake. Good job!
Posted By: Vindicator
Re: Looking like a good year! - 08/09/16 09:18 PM
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.
Posted By: Old Rabbit
Re: Looking like a good year! - 08/09/16 09:45 PM
Looks like your plan is working well. Good looking bucks.
Congrats on some awesome looking bucks. Well done.
Posted By: bkj
Re: Looking like a good year! - 08/10/16 02:50 PM
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!
Posted By: Txhunter65
Re: Looking like a good year! - 08/10/16 08:11 PM
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!
Posted By: MathMan
Re: Looking like a good year! - 08/11/16 02:21 AM
Wow...is that Windows XP on your computer.
Amazing deer!!!
Posted By: sbushee
Re: Looking like a good year! - 08/11/16 02:29 AM
Those are dandies. See, growing big bucks is easy! Lol. Jk! Congrats