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"Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 08:14 PM
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Creekrunner
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With TLK's incredible low fence buck pictures, I hesitated to even post this, but I think he's gonna make 12 pts. and he's pretty dang good, I think, for this broken-down ol' ranch. Not a south Texas 12, but I'm a hill country kid anyways. Who knows if I'll even see him once the season opens, but it is encouraging.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 08:16 PM
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 08:17 PM
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Sneaky
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He’s pretty. I’d be happy to see him running around.
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 08:21 PM
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 08:30 PM
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Good looking buck Creek
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 08:44 PM
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 09:25 PM
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 10:06 PM
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RPLS
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Nice buck. I like the tank and trough.
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 10:11 PM
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nice deer. why are the trees dead at the water hole? somebody not put the windmill in neutral and over flow the tank for several months?
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 10:14 PM
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 10:42 PM
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Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 10:46 PM
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stxranchman
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nice deer. why are the trees dead at the water hole? somebody not put the windmill in neutral and over flow the tank for several months? The drought a few years ago was really hard on a lot of the trees up in the Hill Country. Then throw in Oak Wilt and Decline on top of that and there is a lot of dead trees. Also with that trough there I would think animals spent a lot of time loafing there in the shade and caused some erosion of already shallow soil.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 10:48 PM
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'Must be somethin' in the air that pulls 'em that way. Maybe Jambalaya...or mudbugs.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 10:51 PM
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That is a beautiful buck - I grew up in Taylor and spent the first half of my life hunting nothing but Hill Country. Cut my teeth there. Would not trade a minute of those times. I spent hour upon hour still hunting deer in the cedars of the Hill Country
To me a trophy is a trophy based on where you are. Some of my favorite bucks I shot would not touch 130 but were trophies at the time for Hill Country. So please do not ever hesitate to post pics of nice deer no matter what the location is.
You can't fix stupid
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 10:57 PM
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nice deer. why are the trees dead at the water hole? somebody not put the windmill in neutral and over flow the tank for several months? The drought a few years ago was really hard on a lot of the trees up in the Hill Country. Then throw in Oak Wilt and Decline on top of that and there is a lot of dead trees. Also with that trough there I would think animals spent a lot of time loafing there in the shade and caused some erosion of already shallow soil. Judging by the previous owners, prior to spring 2019, and the way the weeds grew around it last year, letting the tank overflow for a looong time is actually a distinct possibility that I hadn't thought of before. Thanks to both of you. The brake on the windmill needs replacing, but it keeps enough in there for the wildlife, with the brake on, that I hesitate to repair it.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 11:00 PM
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 11:02 PM
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not to shabby,
Last edited by colt45; 08/07/20 11:03 PM.
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 11:11 PM
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stxranchman
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nice deer. why are the trees dead at the water hole? somebody not put the windmill in neutral and over flow the tank for several months? The drought a few years ago was really hard on a lot of the trees up in the Hill Country. Then throw in Oak Wilt and Decline on top of that and there is a lot of dead trees. Also with that trough there I would think animals spent a lot of time loafing there in the shade and caused some erosion of already shallow soil. Judging by the previous owners, prior to spring 2019, and the way the weeds grew around it last year, letting the tank overflow for a looong time is actually a distinct possibility that I hadn't thought of before. Thanks to both of you. The brake on the windmill needs replacing, but it keeps enough in there for the wildlife, with the brake on, that I hesitate to repair it. I can see repairs on cracks to the storage tank and almost all of the old ones like that leak. Tree roots, drought, freezes all cause stress on those concrete storage tanks. Mine storage tank like that one will not hold water anymore due to all the cracks. If I repair it, it will be with a sprayed in fiberglass liner. If my windmill goes out, I will replace it with solar pump and panels that is advertised here the classifieds by a member out of San Angelo.
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 11:18 PM
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Good looking buck, regardless of region!
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 11:50 PM
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I use to run some cattle on a place next to me. The owners lived in the Dominion in SA. The place here was just a weekend place of about 150 acres. Quite a few years ago during the deer season I was checking cows there and I saw a nice Buck and I just saw it for a few seconds and thought it had 10 points. I called up the owner of the property and told him I had seen a 10 point buck there. His wife liked to hunt and the next afternoon they came up. A little while after dark they came to the house and he told me they had taken the buck but it wasn't a 10 point. I told him she must have taken the wrong deer because I knew it had 10 points. I went out to their truck and looked at the Buck and it was a perfect 12 point. I have seen bucks here with more than 12 points but that was the first with a perfect 6 on each side.
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/07/20 11:55 PM
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/08/20 12:01 AM
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/08/20 12:18 AM
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And hot--107 degrees! Rough summer all around.
Me and ol' RUGER, 74 years and still shooting.
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Re: "Hill Country" 12
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08/08/20 01:34 AM
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