Whats Up?

After talking to the old grey hunter, I thought I should check with everyone else. Who can make the "anterless season" in Kingsbury and Clark Co.? I had Gene turn on a little heat in the house, so it will be starting to warm up. Any time you want to start, if I'm not there yet, I can walk you through the start up procedure for the house.
I did check, and all the corn is harvested except for the food plots, and they had about the same amount of snow as here(12-18 inches), so it should be lots easier to find the deer.It sounds like a 4 wheeler or snowmobile would be a great help, I am checking with a couple of guys about renting a snowmobile for a few days.
I got my stitches out of my wrist today, so I am becoming more mobile, but won't be able to do any physical labor(snow shoveling) for a while yet. I should be able to keep the house warm, and help haul in the harvest, if anyone connects.
I assume there are still Clark Co tags available if anyone wants more meat.
Eat your hearts out, TX and Florida guys, this is where real men bring in the game.
the old Farmer

Bonesteel Muzzleloader Hunt

I didn't take a single picture, but the Old Grey Hunter, Pistol Pat, and Myself gave the deer around Bonesteel a reason to run for once. We spent 4 days living in a tin can and actively chasing deer that acted for the most part like they had never seen a monkey with a gun before. We only bagged one muley out there, but we got a chance to shoot at a few others and whitetails as well (open sight MLs really are harder to hit deer with than a .270 with a 9x scope). We chased a these bastards up and down 1400 feet of elevation for 4 days. It was pretty warm (20's), so it wasn't bad weather wise.

The highlight for me was the one that came walking over the saddle 20 yards away while I was in the middle of taking a piss. I managed to get off a shot at the little mother f*cker, but not before finishing, or pulling up my pants. I don't reccomend this as it is hard to reload a muzzleloader with your johnson hanging out when its 25 degrees.... thats dedication boys! Hell, the only reason I stopped running after it for the follow up shot was that I started dropping tools off my unfastened belt. Oh, did I mention that I jumped over a creek earlier in the day and landed on my feet, resulting in what the Dr. now thinks is a ruptured disk? Yeah, but that didn't keep this moron from climbing hills and chasing muleys. We didn't quit until NOAA said that we were in for 20 inches of blowing snow over three days.

Pat tells me he bagged another whitetail at cousin Ray's during the start of the blizzard. Me, I'm set up with a big bottle of Viocodin, watching Becca shovel. Who knew I could turn my dishwasher into a snowplow? HA, she's reading this over my shoulder. Well, Merry X-mas and happy New Year to all. Hope everybody got through the storm safe. See you next time!

-Topher

South TX hunt at Garcia's ranch

Here are some pics of the hunt in South TX. We arrived Thursday evening after shooting time and left Monday morning after a quick sit.

Much to my surprise it was misty/foggy most of the time there. Wasn't expecting that in the desert. It was definately brush country. The only way to get around was through "cendaro's" which are basically roads that are cut through the brush with a tractor in order to get around.

I shot a big sow Friday night (300lb+) You can see her in the pictures. You can also see a large boar on the back of a 4-wheeler that another guy shot.

Sunday night I shot a doe. (no good pics of her).

I wanted to get more pictures of camp but never got around to it since it was so wet all the time. Great hunt overall. we started to see some bucks moving around the very last morning so we were probably just a little early with respect to the rut.

2009 South TX Hunt

The next hunt...

Heading south for 8 hours tomorrow to do a little deer hunting in far South Texas (about an hour from the border at Laredo) Sounds like it is brush country. Supposedly some pretty big bucks have been shot around there.... Wish me luck. I guess if I don't get anything I can always go for the hunt orange loin cloth... (Hey Topher, can I wear my snake chaps too?) ;-)

The ranch we're going to is near Freer, TX if you want to look it up.

Pictures from the hunt

Thanksgiving hunt 2009

I have also added the link to the AkkermanAcres site. Nice doe Pat.