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Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 12:02 AM
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Went for a few days on a buddy's lease in Bandera. He let me take a cull spike and a doe so now I have venison! Anyway, I've never seen so many deer in one place in my life. Every time I sat in a blind, I saw over a dozen whitetail, including some nice bucks AND some really nice Axis deer and Blackbuck. There was even whitetail and Axis milling around in the neighborhoods of Bandera! It was crazy.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 12:17 AM
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don k
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Went for a few days on a buddy's lease in Bandera. He let me take a cull spike and a doe so now I have venison! Anyway, I've never seen so many deer in one place in my life. Every time I sat in a blind, I saw over a dozen whitetail, including some nice bucks AND some really nice Axis deer and Blackbuck. There was even whitetail and Axis milling around in the neighborhoods of Bandera! It was crazy.
There are probably more WT and Axis in the City limits than there are in most countys in Texas.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 12:25 AM
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Jimbo
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Times have really changed since I hunted there in the 60's and 70's. Back then if it was brown it was down!
Thursday at 12:45 PM #33 Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 12:29 AM
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Curly
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Times have really changed since I hunted there in the 60's and 70's. Back then if it was brown it was down! Now it's "if it's brown, it's in town!"
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 12:46 AM
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RedSnake
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Times have really changed since I hunted there in the 60's and 70's. Back then if it was brown it was down! Now it's "if it's brown, it's in town!"
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 12:51 AM
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Rockinmyshoe
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Well did you try out a chicken fry from OST?
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 12:56 AM
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stxranchman
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See what can happen when you don't have AR's to deal with
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 12:57 AM
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stxranchman
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Congrats Curly on getting some venison for the freezer
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 01:19 AM
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Curly
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Well did you try out a chicken fry from OST? We went there for breakfast. Had the Migas. It was great!
Last edited by Curly; 01/01/15 01:20 AM.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 01:19 AM
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Curly
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Congrats Curly on getting some venison for the freezer
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 01:29 AM
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postoak
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I think "if it is brown it is down" is still operative, but what I'm seeing is a lot of city people buying 1-40 acres to live on or put up a recreational house on -- and they don't hunt, so deer numbers remain high.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 01:44 AM
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Fowlman
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Nice work.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 02:06 AM
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Times have really changed since I hunted there in the 60's and 70's. Back then if it was brown it was down! Now it's "if it's brown, it's in town!"
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 04:44 AM
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Auctioneer1
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It's amazing what happens when you let some walk. Now only if East Tx would get on board with the program.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 06:40 AM
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It's amazing what happens when you let some walk. Now only if East Tx would get on board with the program. Yeh, that's why East Texas doesn't have Axis or Blackbuck too....right? I'm sure Bandera owes it all to "letting some walk". Especially since Bandera and East Texas have the same kind of terrain and landscape.
Last edited by Curly; 01/01/15 06:48 AM.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 08:40 AM
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Seadog
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Congrats Curly!!! I have a BIL that lives out that way and I'm going to try for an axis one of these days!!!
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 05:15 PM
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rob valle
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Tons of deer out here. I like to take my boys to the city park in the evenings to watch the axis come out....usually around 30-40 at a time.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 05:37 PM
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don k
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A Buddy of mine lives near what used to be the head waters of Medina Lake. It is amazing the amount of Axis he has at his feeder at times. Also tons of WT. And they are not saved in that area.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 08:32 PM
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Auctioneer1
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It's amazing what happens when you let some walk. Now only if East Tx would get on board with the program. Yeh, that's why East Texas doesn't have Axis or Blackbuck too....right? I'm sure Bandera owes it all to "letting some walk". Especially since Bandera and East Texas have the same kind of terrain and landscape. I'm talking about the deer population dip stick. Welcome to our world it's nice to see deer don't you think.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 09:09 PM
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postoak
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Big deer in the Hill Country has to do with deer density being so high and hunting culture lower than East Texas -- oh, and high fences.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/01/15 10:05 PM
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Curly
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Big deer in the Hill Country has to do with deer density being so high and hunting culture lower than East Texas -- oh, and high fences. What do I know....I'm a dip stick.
Last edited by Curly; 01/01/15 10:17 PM.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/02/15 04:19 AM
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I have 40-50 wt and 10-20 axis in the back yard everyday. Wife shakes the corn bucket and they come running.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/02/15 04:21 AM
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Curly
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I have 40-50 wt and 10-20 axis in the back yard everyday. Wife shakes the corn bucket and they come running. Awesome! East Texas could be that way too if only..........
Last edited by Curly; 01/02/15 04:25 AM.
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/02/15 04:30 AM
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Simple Searcher
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Plenty of deer there. We will see 15 at a time, shoot one... and 20 return. Crazy
"Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: Bandera Tx
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01/02/15 04:57 AM
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Well did you go to the silver dollar?
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