Written: 03/04/2008 23:02 by: Hardy View

A great season here at Campos Viejos. Open file for pics.

Written: 01/11/2008 21:18 by: Hardy View

Time again for the annual Rhodes Family Hunt here in beautiful (but very dry) south Texas. After hunting the Tecomate last year, we decided to give our own ranch and the Elliff family's Nuestro Sueno (thank you Bill) a try and see what we could come up with late in the season. Bobby Rhodes and Dad...

Written: 11/22/2007 00:12 by: Hardy View

One of my best turkey hunting buddies Dr. John Galberry and his 178 5/8" triple drop tine, Buck of a Lifetime! 20 5/8" inside spread with drop tines of 9, 7 and 6 inches, plus a right G2 of 14". John produced this fantastic whitetail on his own south Texas ranch in just his 3rd year of management....

Written: 11/17/2007 20:49 by: Hardy View

Kip West, Dean Palmer and Lee Marks arrived mid-week for their first hunt/visit at Campos Viejos.  I played ball with and against Kip all through our youth and Dean, Lee and I were all on the same high school ball team together. Kip struck early at 217 yards with this great heavy-antlered 8 point f...

Written: 11/16/2007 23:16 by: Hardy View

A regular high school reunion here at Campos Viejos/Nuestro Sueno this past week.  Jay Hansli, Bob Johnson and Ron Mason from the class of '85 at Florida High had a great hunt early in the week and took 3 great old bucks.  They were followed up by fellow class of '86 grads and baseball teammates Le...

Written: 11/05/2007 23:05 by: Hardy View

When I look back at the past 5 years, I think about all of the hunters who have taken beautiful bucks while I was guiding them. I think about all of the hunters on all of the ranches and the ranch owners and the great trophies that I have been so fortunate to be a small part of. I think about the t...

Written: 11/04/2007 20:26 by: Hardy View

A little first day/last day hunt here at Campos Viejos/Nuestro Sueno to kick things off this year. Surprise, surprise, it's none other than my main hunting buddy Billy Rhodes who draws first blood...and it didn't take long. First afternoon in the stand and just as we were about to call it an even...

Written: 09/16/2007 22:19 by: Hardy View

My main partner-in-crime and hunting buddy Billy Rhodes and I are in New Mexico winding down our second day of what has been one helluva 3 day pronghorn trip. We chose to spend this afternoon plinking prarie dogs at 300-600 yards simply because there is nothing left to do.  We have tagged out.  Ma...

Written: 05/23/2007 10:41 by: Hardy View

On our spring scouting trip to our Kansas place, good buddy Billy Rhodes and I ran into a little resistance from the local turkey population.  The following pics are the result of what took place over the next 36 hours on our lease. Just an awesome hunt and completely different than most southeast...

Written: 04/14/2007 12:36 by: Hardy View

Now for the turkeys... Went after the Osceolas first with good friend John Galberry down in Arcadia, FL.  We only had two mornings to hunt, but made the most of it with an awesome double on the second morning.  Next, my main turkey hunting buddy Billy Rhodes & I took birds in North Florida and So...

Written: 04/14/2007 12:21 by: Hardy View

Only had one chance to go offshore this spring while in Florida, but we made it a good one.  Headed out of Destin with good friend and annual deer hunting buddy Chuck Turbanic aboard the "No Alibi". Great trip aboard a great boat.  We caught 10 grouper weighing between 15 & 25 lbs. as well as seve...

Written: 04/13/2007 21:39 by: Hardy View

Every spring I take a little break and head back to Florida (where I'm from) for a little fishing and turkey hunting.   Finally got back a few days ago, and thought I'd throw a few pics out there. We went out of the Econfina River southeast of Tallahassee several times to my main trout holes.  It'...

Written: 02/25/2007 10:16 by: Hardy View

and the deer are getting hard to see. No choice but to start working on the birds.   Springtime is shaping up to be awesome down here in the valley.  Here's a quick quail from the other day.  Lots of birds showing up already.

Written: 02/20/2007 22:36 by: Hardy View

I've been looking for this guy all season.  We had gotten a little video of this beast, but I had not been able to get him within 250 yards all year...when I saw him at all. He came running out into the food plot and stopped for a moment.  I grabbed a few photos and he was off to the far corner o...

Written: 02/13/2007 13:51 by: Hardy View

It was an incredible year here in south Texas.  Our ranch took off and we were able to finally start our commercial operation.  I guided on several unbelievable ranches again including El Cazador and Tecomate and we took some beautiful animals. Still, the overwhelming highlight of the season was D...

Written: 02/10/2007 09:13 by: Hardy View

First, an awesome 3 year old 12 with broken G4's trying to decide whether or not to come on in the food plot. Second, a management buck that "got away".  We'll be looking for him next year. Last, this kiskadee nearly lit on the blind and then flipped to a nearby branch. Nothing like being out th...

Written: 01/31/2007 15:10 by: Hardy View

First sunny afternoon in a while and I just couldn't resist getting into the blind with the still camera. Had been there for about 25 minutes when this gorgeous 4 year old decided to come for a visit. His tines actually lean forward quite a bit, making them appear shorter than they are. Gotta lo...