Got this via email from a rancher friend.

These pictures were taken July 7 by a cowboy looking for strays.  For you folks that are not educated on rattlesnakes, this generally only happens in the spring when they come out of the den and the weather is warm enough for them to sun.  The cowboy thinks the drought is so bad in West Texas that they are not going far from the den and returning daily

Nice little Javelina brought down by two young hunters in West Texas I believe.  Nice shootin' boys!

Fishing on a private pound in West Texas and these guys decided to come along.Enjoy!!!!

Pic #1 IS A BUCK I FIRST SAW ON OCT. 2 ON MY GAME CAMERA...I NAMED HIM MR. VELVET...HIS AN 8PT...ABOUT 6.5YRS OLD...I STARTED HUNTING MR. VELVET ON OPENING WEEKEND...WITH NO LUCK...I CONTINUE HUNTING FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS NEVER SHOWED UP AT MY FEEDER...I WENT BACK TO MY GAME CAMERA AND NOTICE THAT HE WAS COMING BY MY FEEDER LATE IN THE EVENING...YOU CAN SEE THAT ON PIC #2 MR. VELVET IS UNDER MY FEEDER LATE IN THE EVENING...ON DEC 6TH I DECIDED TO HUNT THE EVENING...AT AROUND 5PM I NOICE SEVERAL DOE'S COMING INTO MY PASTURE...MINUTES LATER I NOTICE THAT A SPIKE HAD COME FROM THE WEST FENCE LINE...AS HE  WAS TROTING TOWARDS THE DOE'S HE SUDDENTLY PUT ON THE BRAKES...AS I TURNED AND LOOKED I NOTICE A LARGE BODY DEER COMING ALONG THE NORTH FENCE LINE...FROM WHERE THE DOE'S HAD COME WITH ITS NOSE TO THE GROUND...THINKING IT WAS A LARGE DOE..I PICKUP MY BI-NO'S AND HE CAME UNDER THE FENCE STARING DIRECTLY AT MY BLIND...IT SEND CHILLS DOWN MY BACK...I KNEW RIGHT-A-WAY IT WAS MR. VELVET...HE CHECK ON THE DOE'S...NONE IN ESTRUS....I THEN PUT MY CROSS-AIRS ON BEHIND HE'S RIGHT SHOULDER...I RELEASE MY SAVAGE 308 165GR ROUND...HE TOOK OFF RUNNING FOR ABOUT 100YDS RAN THRU A BARBWIRE FENCE....LANDING HIS NOSE TO THE GROUND ABOUT 25YDS INTO MY NEIGHBORS RANCH...PIC #3 SHOWS MR. VELVET FINAL RESTING PLACE...

Hoss Muley congrats

5 Hogs with 4 Shots (.308)...my 1st 2 for 1 deal...all head shots but 1!!!

Was All Teared UP,My son Bryan Thought somebody else got This Buck

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G day mates. I was hunting with friends in Nth West Texas during 2009 rut and managed to take this nice 8 point buck with a Thompson Encore Prohunter 270 cal at about 125 yds walking it scored around 137-138 B&C. God Bless Texas and all its hunters. More pictures on www.biggamehunteraustralia.com I cannot wait to get back and hunt again in 2010.......AussieJohn