Here we go again boys!! Round 2 is just around the corner. Almost time for TPWD to roll the dice and see what happens. Gun Deer Either sex is coming up and I am feeling lucky!!!!

Ive got 8 hunts picked out for GDE but only 2 of them I would characterize as my "dream" hunts. Blind hunts just arent as interesting to me. Your only skills are shooting but in a compartment hunt you get to use your hunting skills. And that is what I personally like to do.

Found some 6.8 ammo (120 SST's) at Academy today. Couldnt believe it. I bought every box they had.

Come on September!!!!

Looks like i got picked for "1 more loyalty point" aarrghhh!!!!

Mine saying second draw except for powderhorn

mine are saying the same. Wonder why no second chance for powderhorn.

mine are saying the same. Wonder why no second chance for powderhorn.

Wiley: hope I didn’t steal your tag. I know, with 16 permits and 1400 applicants that was a long shot even with 10 points. I have been told by reliable sources on this Forum, “There are no deer at Matador, only polecats and rattlesnakes”

GDE for Matador. I’m sorry, I’m sorry-let the hating begin

The guys who've hunted Inks Lake report that the locals put a lot of effort into staging a huge welcome and making sure everything they can do for the Hunters will be done.

Spent some serious time looking at that area to move to before we wound up over here in Anderson County...and Burnet County is still high on the list of where to go next now that our requirements have changed. Good Luck and make sure you get to Marble Falls and eat breakfast at the Bluebonnet.
Ron

mbavo, From Ink's SP there is a hwy that runs along the north side of the river & lake back to 281 that is worth the drive. When you go up the steeper grade slow down and look for the parking area turnout for the best view you'll ever see down there facing south.

There is also a signed road off of 281 just south of the Burnet City Limit sign as I recall that will take you to the Longhorn Caverns unit.

Back when we were house hunting idown there in 2011 &'12 for a cheap place to stay the motel on the NEast corner of 29 & 281 in Burnet, across the street from MickyD's was the most accessible & least expensive that my wife would stay in. Our "Mission" in those days was not a vacation/pleasure trip but to see as many house's we'd spotted online as "mebbe's" as possible. Spent 3 days running both sides of the river from 281 to the top end of Lake Buch.

Austin Dot Com $$'s busted that dream of affordable real estate as we were at least 10-15 years too late. Run the south side of Inks from the Lake Buch dam all that way back into town for some purty country. That area with the gated community & private marina is where my old Weatherby Rep road buddy, Dudly Grounds wound up before he passed away.
Ron

I did the doe hunt at inks last year. The staff is very nice but you do not have any choices on where you hunt. They put you in a blind and whatever comes out comes out. They do have the nicest blinds i have ever been in no doubt. I shot my 2 doe limit the first night but it didnt look like there was a lot of deer coming to the feeders at that time. Not a lot of deer seen by others.

Man reading these pages has me bummed. I know it's my first year jumping into the Texas Public Hunt system but I had hope. Currently all 4 draws I'm trying for say "Pending 2nd Draw". What are the odds one of these will turn up? Or should I set my sights on next year's draw and finding something private?

Man reading these pages has me bummed. I know it's my first year jumping into the Texas Public Hunt system but I had hope. Currently all 4 draws I'm trying for say "Pending 2nd Draw". What are the odds one of these will turn up? Or should I set my sights on next year's draw and finding something private?

Man reading these pages has me bummed. I know it's my first year jumping into the Texas Public Hunt system but I had hope. Currently all 4 draws I'm trying for say "Pending 2nd Draw". What are the odds one of these will turn up? Or should I set my sights on next year's draw and finding something private?


About 0 chance on the second draws. I mean it could happen but its not. If thats all you were in for then you probably wont be hunting public this year. I have been putting in for 8-9 years and have been drawn 4 times 4 deer and a turkey hunt, never on a second draw. Since it has gone to onlime and been able to put in for multiple locations in the same category my success has gone way down like 1 draw in 4 years.
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