Unfortunately, i had to work today and on Friday, but I will be heading down south to the RGV for the special whitewing weekend hunt.  I heard some great reports from friends that went out this am near San Antonio and found plenty of flocks some as big as 50 birds flying over corn and sunflowers.  I have been seeing plenty of birds all around the SA area and some fields I scouted in South Texas, the key is finding fields with good native food source and water nearby where the birds are actively using to drink.  Just because there is a tank of water does not mean birds are gonna use that tank, it has to have the right elements for doves to land and walk up to the bank and drink!!!

Paper woods?I was on one close to a neighborhood and suffered the same thing.My first year on I was waving to people on fourwheelers that were not even on the lease.During the first year i saw the same bastards riding at night with rifles.I was unarmed so I drove past them hiding on side of the road.My suggestion is to cut your losses and get off!!

The peace and quite, early morning when everything comes to life, shot my first deer when I was a kid and been hooked ever since

hogs move around alot. one day you could see 20 of them then not see any for two weeks it just depends on if they are still in the area. The deer and the hogs will eventually find it, especially since they dont have as good of food source as normal with this weather

Scout the area you want to hunt first. Go deep in the woods if hunting public land. A hand held GPS works great for this, you can mark all of the spots that look promising on it. The deeper you go the further you are from everyone else, and the more deer you will see. One thing I never understood was most of the guys I've seen that hunt public land never travel very deep into the woods, or they walk and stalk. I've yet to see these methods work on public land. One thing you've got to remember is there will be more people there than you expected, and the deer will not be used to all of this new activity, and it will drive them deeper and further away from all of the commotion. Also buy a climber type stand, and you will have a lot more success. Public land hunting can be a lot of fun, but it is a LOT more work than a lease.

I would go for the hogs first. They are abudant, easy to find a place to hunt them, cheaper, and its year round. I would improve my shooting skills with pigs during the summer and then try deer in the winter.

I went out Friday night with a group for my first Thermal hog hunt.   [url=http://www.doubledrophunts.com]Double Drop Hunts[/url]  http://www.doubledrophunts.com I have hunted before with night vision and been fairly successful if hogs were around to shoot at. But this night we were very lucky. We watched from a fence line downwind from a field and a large Oak tree where bait had been put out. At the time I was not feeling overly optimistic because it seemed too open a field. But after waiting for 40 minutes one of the guys whispers that he sees movement. And one after another hogs start coming into the field. There had to be at least 60 70 hogs. We were instructed to shoot on the count of 3. All the guns were suppressed and some had Thermal and others had night vision.
In Short order we had 9 hogs down. This was a rush and I really enjoyed the hunt.