Looks like I'm headed to Childress for a 3 day hog hunt. I'm also thinking an afternoon of dove hunting is included. Time to check zero on the 30/06. Should be fun.

I work for an electrical contractor. Hunt is paid for by a lighting rep because of high sales.

You'll have fun up there...lots of hogs running around the Red River....and inbetween Quanah & Paducah.

I did a guided Red Stag hunt with one of the AR members on here on his personal ranch and he had a skull of a boar he shot on the property...had some of the largest tusks I've seen on a Texas hog.

Good luck and have fun!

Everything in that area depends on rainfall, as it's typically very dry. Here in Dallas, it's been quite a wet summer (a good thing), and I believe they've had above average rainfall in Childress as well.

One point: when these areas have been dry for the better part of a month and then suddenly get rain, it seems that every mosquito on the plant makes a personal appearance. Bring plenty of bug spray.

Childress is at the north end of the Texas Rolling Plains, where they meet the High Plains at the corner of the Panhandle. The breaks of the Red River, as well as the uplands, offer plenty of hog habitat. If you can find a recently harvested grain sorghum ("maize") field the dove activity can be furious at times. You should have a good time.

Childress is about 80-90 miles west of where I live, I know we are above normal on rainfall by a little not sure about up there but there are lots of hogs in that part of the country.

Not that it matters, but some really big deer in that area as well. See if you can come back later for deer season.

go get em' Bob!

Hope to see ya' next March!

ya!


GWB

Hope you have a great trip.
Just a bit of advice though.
WATCH those speed traps in those little towns!
I think it was Quanah that had a half block of 25mph that dropped from 35. Just as I saw the sign and stomped the brakes the bastard lit me up. I hadn't gotten into it yet quite. Cost $130, or come back from up here 600 miles to court. Big choice and they know it. That was in '04, bet it's a lot higher now.

Guess they got even with me for the hundred or so times I blasted 'em out of bed with the Jake brake those ten yrs of driving thru there.

Have fun,
George

What George said is very true. My wife got caught in much the same sort of speed trap. Since her family lives in Austin, she decided to go to court and contest the ticket. In the end, the judge just smiled and said, "Since you came all the way down here to waste the court's time instead of paying the ticket, the fine is now $200." That was between Hamilton and Lampasas.

Just found out the name of the ranch. It's the Rustic River Ranch. Looks 1st class to me.

Larry:
That would sure piss me off!
Just might end up feeding me for 30 days for
spouting off about it.

I used to truck all over texass, sure glad I got out of it years ago before it got so bad.

George