In college while I was majoring in Geology we stayed there a few times. I just remember the deer herds around the camp itself. We didnt spend much time in the park. We would just camp there and drive around to different areas of interest geologically.

0 for 5 on this go around. Keeping my fingers crossed on the rest.

Thank you!! PM sent.

I hope i get one of these!!!!!

Got drawn for Atlanta state park, looking forward to it!

1 no select and still 13 pending 2nd draw. Usually how long before the 2nd draw is conducted?

They give us 10 days to pay for this hunt we were selected for so I am assuming they will do it the day after they close the collection of money.

10 days! I guess for those people who only check their email once a week......shoot if I won I'd pay within minutes of getting that email.

I paid within minutes. Not the best draw but might be the only time I get drawn this year. If I somehow get some "better" hunts and I can't make them all, I'll drop one with a stand by and post it on here.

Odds are though garner is my only one.

My single EXO and 4 remaining GDA entry's are all showing as pending 2nd Draw, as well the GDA Permit Win at Ft Boggy...sooo just maybe that you can win more than a single Hunt in a given category...who knows what I'll find out in the morning talking to the folks at Smith School Rd in Austin.
Ron

Nada for me, hoping to get lucky on the 2nd draw.

Choke Canyon Archery Deer. Yippee!!!!

A few others that show pending 2nd draw, but not worried that they will work out.

I get to come to Texas to fish in Oct., and to hunt in January. Doesn't get any better than that

You should be here in late November through Xmas that is our best fishing month of the year by far. Congrats on choke canyon. Just dont choke!

Think your wrong about shooting a white tail buck. Bag Limit: unlimited axis deer: either sex limit one fork antlered buck. I'm pretty sure it means an axis buck, I know it was that way last year on the youth hunt.

Could definitely be that.

Looks like you can win more than one in a category. I drew javelina at Mason Mountain and Big Bend Ranch. Also got an antlerless/spike at Copper Breaks. Looks like my year!

Congrats on that Big Bend hunt. I am very jealous of that one!!!

Thanks, I am really excited about it. I think I will pass on Mason Mountain. I hunted Scimitar Oryx there last year and it is a great area with a nice bunkhouse, but it is the week after Big Bend and I don't think I can swing taking time off two weeks off in a row.

Anyone hunted the Aransas NWR before? General Deer...

I'm looking at what other hunts I should apply for... I'm eyeballing Ft. Boggy, Enchanted Rock, San Angelo, Las Palomas NWR and Aransas NWR.

Any info on any of these hunts if any of y'all have done these before...

I went 0-9.
Two friends who applied together went 0-17, ouch. They hit all the exotics and bunch of whitetail hunts. I don't feel so bad.

I am pending second draw on exotic and archery deer. Hoping desperately to get something!!!!! Did not get selected on mason mountain exotic hunt

ME and my crew went 0-4 but we've still got like 19 more for some of the september drawings.

DHS don't feel bad about goin 0 for 9...theres a reason I have 18 LP's in EXO and 15 LP's in GDE...just sayin'...and don't forget hammering the StandBy circuit too, a PIA but it works when TPW allows it to used, now that it's has been re-instated.
Ron

Got lucky drew chaparral javalina and government canyons archery. Hunted government canyons management archery last year on standby. Of course only deer I saw was a 130 class 10 point that was off limits.

So this guy at government canyons was in front of me for two days at 15 yards and I couldn't shoot him. This year I can !