Texas Weather Strikes Again

We got to the ranch Friday around 5:30. It was overcast and still, quintessential hunting weather. By 9:30 the clouds began to thin out, and by 10:00 they had completely peeled back and gave us a view of some incredible stars:



By Saturday morning the clouds had returned, frost covered the ground, and a thick layer of fog was suspended up on the hills. The deer movement was excellent early but largely done by 8:30. I did find a deer to add to the keep an eye on for the next year or 2:



The clouds broke again, and it warmed a bit Saturday afternoon. Covey picked up her first ducks of the year in a nice little mid-day wigeon shoot:



Saturday night was one of the darkest nights I've ever witnessed out at the ranch as the low clouds built up, keeping any ambient light at bay. A great night for a steak, a few glasses of wine, and an early bed time; however, I wasn't prepared for what I would wake up to:

Beautiful. Thanks for posting.

Great pic of the dog in the snow.

Nice Pictures

Nice Texas photography!

Those are truly beautiful photos, thank you for sharing them.

Agreed!! Thanks!

Thank you for sharing these!

Thanks for sharing!

My kind of hunting!!!

Outstanding pics

Great pics.

Beautiful

Wow, great pics! Thank you

Great stuff there and great pics.

I'm a Lab guy loved the dog pics!

You captured some of the fundamental things that folks strives for in the great outdoors
My two favorites.

Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing.

The stars are stunning at our place too.

Really cool photos, especially the Lab in the snow.

And what a bounty He hath made!

Hard to capture on photos - but you did!

Star photo is incredible.

Thanks for sharing

Beautiful Pics! Thanks for posting. Man I sure miss my dog buddy.... Yours is a good looker, enjoy.

Great pictures thanks for sharing

Great photos! As the saying goes, “if you don’t like the weather in Texas, wait 15 minutes.”

Thanks for all the kind comments! Now if only I could get my buddies to stand still while taking a long exposure!

Really cool pictures man, those stars are just something we dont get to see here in the DFW. Makes me even more excited to go to San Angelo and do some hunting this weekend.

Nice series!

One last picture. This one is from the same spot but looking the opposite direction from the one with the campfire. Was pretty cool to see the milky way up over the ranch house.