SOUTH TX. STAR COUNTY BUCK

killed this big rattler at my lease in starr county.

Heres another of my hog.

Starr County, TX.  DEC 30, 2010...I passed up a nice 8 and was regreting it in the morning but instead I was rewarded 2 hours later with this  11pt.  

Shot this hog in Irion County, took 3 to get him loaded in Ranger any guesses on weight?  It took 4 shots with 22-250 and a final shot with 30-378 to the face when it was charging.

Got this buck a couple of weeks ago in Kinney county.

We just got back from Schleicher County today with the rut in full swing.  My youngest son John took this 8 pt, his first deer ever, Tuesday night on a low fence ranch we've been invited to hunt on for over the last 6 years or so.  Mr. Buck was chasing a doe and stopped just a second too long.  We aged him 4.5 YO, others think he might be 5.5 YO.

Considering the drought going on down there we were thankful just to get a opportunity to take a deer this year...imagine the heart thumping when this one showed-up.  As they say in ETX, this boy is RUINT!

we were pig hunting in jack county with dogs and a 250 pound boar ripped up the catch dog- good thing there was a vet with us!

Nice buck...I'd say 3.5 YO, but its really hard to tell from the one photo - he might be older than that. 

I knew a guy in ETX that leased 145 ac, and between he, his wife, and son took 4 or 5 good bucks off there in about 3 years, all by bow - they thought it was a 'buck sanctuary' where the big boys would hide out pre and post rut.  It would be interesting how many bucks stay on your place around the rut.

If he's the same deer as in most of the other pictures he's 4.5 YOor better...give him a year or two.