Just got back from paul's ranch. We had a great time and saw and shot many hogs. The staff was awsome and the food was great. We saw about 50 hogs a day when walking around, hunting at night we saw a few hogs and it was slow , but alot of fun. varmint hunting is very difficult in general and not recomened at this place. we saw a skunk but did not have enough time to put a good effort into hunting varmints.  The best time to hunt this place at night is from midnight to daylight. We saw a giant hog at night but it would not come into bow range. we shot 6 hogs and all were around 150 pounds. there were 11 people total hunting the ranch at one time which i thought would be way to many but it was just fine. Everyone shot hogs. The only complaints that we had were that they charge to put your meat into a cooler and when they do it is just frozen into a big block. when you have them cut up your hog stand there and put the meat into bags before it go's into the cooler. when they debone your animal they don't do a very good job, the meat is left with dirt and hair on it. Paul? who is this guy? Is he made up? You would think the owner of the ranch would stop and thank a guy for hunting on his ranch, the guy is no where to be found. There are no other ranches like he says there are. There is only one and it is about 320 acers. Other than that it was a great time.

have you ever seen a group of worms in a deers brain? my friend killed a deer the other day and cut the skull cap off to get the antlers european mounted and the deers brain was full of big fat worms!!!

i cut in two inch chunks and apply steak seasoning , along with half spoon full of cream cheese , then sliver of jalepeno and wrap in bacon ... mmmmmm 

do you travel, located near Kerrville, if so how much?  Over run with hogs and government has cut down on flying in our area due to budget cuts.... contact me at callcottranches@yahoo.com

Tom:

If you are not going to reload those spent .30-30 rounds, I'd like to have them.  I come through Austin usually twice a year (both times during deer season) and would be glad to stop by, meet you and collect any spent brass you have for the .30-30.  I intend to start reloading for the .30-30 after this deer season.

On the PakLite skinner, the only thing I don't like is the curve at the back of the blade near the finger groove.  I can't sharpen it with a flat sharpener, but then again, the pointy end is all I've ever used to skin and cut so it works just fine for me.