Hunt County report?

Does anyone have a report on Hunt county? All does on my camera so far and hogs.

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I am just a few yards south of Hunt County and years of watching on my location and it is too early, IMHO, to be seeing many Bucks. Should show up more mid November, IMHO

Thanks shooter, anyone else?

still mainly does and young bucks for us, the big ones are either underground or in the trees

We have a lease out there it's real green right now so they have a lot to eat. Give it a couple more weeks and a freeze would help.

I am east in Red River and started seeing bucks yesterday running does.

Brandon I live in Hunt County. Had 2 young bucks,4 points, chasing does in my front yard this morning. Also had a spike with 1 broke off spike. But I have does in my front yard every morning, had 8 this morning.
Here is a shot of the little guys after they got done running everybody off.

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still slow

Here is an 8 pt. that walked out in the yard a few minutes ago. His left side is pretty much all broken off and he has a hole in his neck on the left side. If you look real close under his left ear you can see something sticking out of the hole. Pretty good fight I guess. They are starting to rut pretty good I guess.

a buddy sat out this morning and only saw two does about 5 mins apart.

South of Quinlan, my cameras have been active since Oct 27th. Does, 4pt and last night had 2 x 8pts show up in the same pic. One looked 4 1/2 yrs and the other looked 2 1/2 yrs.
Tomorrow morning cannot get here soon enough.

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Brandon what part of Hunt County are you in? The bucks are moving pretty actively and chasing does. I had 3 on opening morning in my yard, but of course I was in San Angelo at my deer lease. This is what my wife sent me while I was at lease.


I am thinking real seriously of giving up my lease!

I would!

aww c'mon now curly, antler envy?

Quinlan area, nice bucks.

no, legal buck envy.

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Bucks are starting to move in hunt county.

good, gonna check cams tomorrow and hope for a wednesday evening hunt, good luck

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Can someone tell me what part of the rut the deer in hunt county are in? Thanks in advance.

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I am 300 yards south of Hunt cty and I saw my first legal buck making mistakes following a doe yesterday.

Went this morning south of Quinlan and got a 10pt at 9am. He came out to the feeder alone but there was activity behind him in the trees. Had heavy dark glands. Believe rut is nearly over, seeing more activity at the feeder last few days. Same deer showed up on the camera last night at 11:15pm and at 5am last Friday.

Congrats.

Congrats!!!

i saw my first chasing yesterday, a young buck, but a guy that hunts around caddo mills told me he thought the rut was over two weeks ago so who knows.

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Had two bucks chasing does all through the morning yesterday starting around 8 am. At about 11:30 a nice 8 chased the smaller bucks off the does. The does are moving by themselves which indicates they are doed up with bucks. I would say the rut is pretty close to winding down. Not to much hitting the feeders, mainly hand spread corn. We throw corn out in the front yard so my wife can watch the deer, and we have a lot of does come in grouped up normally, but right now it's 1 or two together. But the rut is definitely not over yet.

I'm seeing a few does in the stand, and the bucks are on the camera at night.

We killed a pretty decent 8 yesterday about 12:00 or 12:30. He was chasing doe.

Nice Evco, do you have a pic?

Hunted Thanksgiving evening near Lone Oak and only seen one 8 point and 20 does but the buck didn't come out till right as we where leaving so it's getting way better. http://s912.photobucket.com/user/kilgore...?sort=3&o=2

16" spread, 10pt shot south of Quinlan(mentioned above)

camera night before:


deer down 9am next morning:

Brandon here is the buck my daughter shot on Wednesday!

Congrats to your Daughter and you!!! Good looking buck!!!

Nice Buck Evco!

Thanks guys! She was really excited. Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.

Very Nice Buck ! Bet you are very proud of her bet she has a never ending grin on her face!

Bump

Gotta really heavy 8 chasin full force 11-26. Huge body too. I'll get some pics of him up. 20 3/4 wide with 10" and 11" g2s

Hopefully they will be moving Saturday and Sunday morning.

Sunday Morning I hunted outside of Lone Oak and This Buck was the first out and was about 300 yards out and finally came in about 130 yards out.

Anyone seeing nice bucks in there area?

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there are a few around, for now.

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Anyone seeing any shooter bucks in hunt county?

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Not yet

yes, for now.

Seeing some does with fawns and young bucks in my area. Anyone else seeing anything?

Be watching for a mid 160s 11pt, he's on his walkabout and could be coming to a feeder near you.

I'll keep an eye out. Anyone else seeing any so far?

Jshouse, what part of Hunt county do you hunt?

close to quite close to the lake

We are close to the lake also. Are you on public or private land?

Extremely private, unless you are a doper looking for somewhere to shoot skeet, if so, come on through the gate and make sure you leave all your hulls and broken skeet on my food plot!

Nothing towards you Brandon, I just hate trespassers.

I understand jshouse I'm the same way.

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Has anyone taken a nice buck yet?

What kind of activity is everyone seeing?

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The bucks I've seen are still in bachelor groups. Anyone else seeing this?

no legals seen in my area a few hundred yards south of Hunt Cty

bigs usually are not seen by me until mid November and I live on the edge of the woods with them.

off 34 Poetry Bottoms

no legals seen in my area a few hundred yards south of Hunt Cty

bigs usually are not seen by me until mid November and I live on the edge of the woods with them.

off 34 Poetry Bottoms

Same here Brandon. Last year started seeing them toward opening weekend, and really picked up second week of November. Little earlier open this year, will see how that affects it. Right now a lot of does and 4 young bucks still grouped up. Good Luck this year!

Shooterwalter I'm a hop, skip and a jump from you.

This is what I've seen so far and a lot of doe. Sorry about the poor quality they were taken from my phone and the first one was right at day light.

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Went out Sat & Sun mornings just south of Quinlan and saw nothing. Nothing on the cameras since the 25th of Oct and my corn is starting to pile up. Too many acorns and green still in the trees for the deer to need the feeders. Couple of weeks that will all change(hopefully).

I hunted in Commerce for a few years and I started seeing the most movement around mid November. The rut was usually going hard around Thanksgiving. I haven't hunted out there in 4 years but that was pretty much the norm every year.

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Anyone have a good report? I'm seeing a lot of doe's lately.

There are NO deer in Hunt County. Only hogs.

LoL

I don't even have hogs

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Luckly I haven't seen any hogs on cameras since mid August. Since first of Sept, seen quite a bit of doe w/yearling, a few nice 6-10pt bucks, a spike and a 3pt. Hoping to fill my tags this year since I got nothing last season.

I have been hunting Hunt co. now for 3 yrs. and still have yet to take my first deer.

everything was still all good at last camera check...although I heard yesterday about a neighbor bragging about hunting an old metal stand on my place....

I will be out there sunday to make sure the big ones are still lurking, and maybe, just maybe, if the REAL big one shows his face.

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Anyone make a harvest yet? I seen some does with fawns. The young bucks are still in groups on my camera.

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Planning on going out Wednesday...which one of the ol boys will show up.....

jshouse have you seen any nice bucks in your area?

I have cameras on 2 different parts of Hunt County and there's been nothing but spikes and does for the last few weeks. I shot a spike opening morning. That's all I got

My phone still won't upload pics...here is a link to the thread about my little place, I'm hoping the wind cooperates and I'll be out Sunday hunting, haven't been able to go yet...
http://texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/5676168/9/welp,_its_march....guess_what

Solo shooter bucks are starting show up. Anyone else seeing any action?

Mine are still in groups but very active. Seeing some pretty decent younger bucks. A ton of deer activity so far this year.

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Anyone near jacobia or the sulphur river?

I has 2,000 pics of birds, coons and coyotes I didn't even bother to fill the feeder again.

I had a place on 4306 before it ends at the river. Lots of young dear on camera last year. Would assume there are some nice ones in the bottoms. Sold the place so no current info.

That's where I'm at. 4306 near where the road ends.

There is surely something interesting down in there. How many years have you hunted the place?

Just bought it in August, but I've bumped a few does as I've been exploring the property. I'm on the north side of 4306 right at the last bend. Seen a ton of pigs though, so I'm a little worries about this season.

The woods in the back half are awesome. As you noticed, lots of pigs. Does BL still have cattle on it?

How many acres are you hunting? If you don't mind me asking...

John L is currently running cattle out there. Is BL his son? Munoz, just under 90.

John would be his father. The place I had was along the south side to the left bend as you're headed into the bottoms. Best of luck on your season.

Anyone have a report, how are the deer moving?

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Has anyone used any tags yet?

I used one on a spike about 30 seconds into legal shooting light on opening moning. I barely had time to get my bow out of the case before he walked up. Haven't hunted since then. And it's killing me

Saw first buck trailing does this morning in the yard. Pretty decent little 7 point. He was working scrape line and following the girls. Not chasing yet just trailing.

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I have seen this buck before from another hunter. That thing behind his left ear is his antler/main beam that wraps around the back of his head behind his ear.

Out between Campbell and Commerce, I have been seeing lots of does and fawns, small bucks were still in groups two weeks ago.

I had a visitor though. Appears that they found themselves on my cam, took card out, went home and deleted two weeks worth of pics ( including the ones that showed them), and returned my card to the cam. Only thing showing on the card was Saturday morning at 10:19 (some stray cows). Looks like my son missed them by about two hours from when he went to pull the card. I hate ignorant people. At least though, they did leave my camera and returned the card.....

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and good luck1

The bucks are moving today. Good luck all.

Saw one small buck but that was it. Hunted the morning. Fighting the mud was the hardest part. Barely made it to the stand.

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Let's bring this back. How'd everyone do this year in Hunt Co.?

I did not see one freaking deer hunting public there! Went to a different area the last weekend on public and saw three doe.

Yeah similar to my luck. Saw one fork horn yearling. That was it, but I'm still trying to learn my place.

I was in the right place, rubs and scrapes in abundance with trails and tracks in all directions. I hunted from before daylight until dark most days so the deer had to be nocturnal where I was hunting. I know of one doe that was killed there.

Lots of deer on our place near Wolfe City but primarily nocturnal bucks and with only 4 days to hunt doe we scored a big zero! Luckily we have a lease in the Hill country with more deer than we can handle

I live and drive in northern hunt county every day, and I can't believe that people pay to hunt deer here. Around Wolfe City, there are still so few deer that when a local sees one, they call and tell people. Sure there are some, and I know there are some taken, but I wouldn't pay for it right now. Wish we could let them grow a few more years.

There are deer there. I seem'um on my cameras ...just all at 2am in the morning

yep, I know of a big place close to celeste that has plenty of deer, and some big deer too....and it might be for sale....

Oh yeah, behind that big high fence