This buck was shot by a paid client on the Nail Ranch, grossed 189 and some change, if you don't know the Nail Ranch is a low fenced ranch in Shackelford Co. TX. You have to look close but he's a typical 12 with triple brow tines on each side.

Hey Jeff, Congratulations on a great Trophy Buck.

How `bout fleshing out the story a bit more? A fine Trophy like that deserves a good story to go with it.

Good Hunting and clean 1-shot Kills.

That rack is too cool! Condolences to you, as it may be several years before you get one bigger than that!

I DID NOT shoot this buck it was shot by someone else, I just posted it so everyone else could see a great buck.

Jerry, that seemed obvious to me, as I actually READ you initial post. It's easy to see how someone wouldn't though, that thing is awesome!

I love to see those 'mostly' typical racks that really score. I want one like that!!!

How does one go about booking a hunt on the Nail Ranch??

Fish30014,
Call Craig Winters, 325 762 4383 cell
325 762 2974 office. It is hard to get a spot, but if you call soon after the season is over he might have an opeing for next year. They are hunting around 30,000 low fenced acres.

Thanks for the post -- what a buck!

Thanks for posting the photo. That is an AWESOME buck.

Great looking buck, Thanks for posting the picture and also Thanks for posting that it was off a low fence property.

Excellent buck

Guys,
There are some real sleeper areas around Shackleford county and areas north and west that produce some fantastic deer... Great buck Jerry, the rains paid off this year! I will be in Haskell next month for a quail hunt. Report is lots and lots of quail!

Yep, that area is low-fenced and the sleeper deer hunting ground of the state. The ranchers have worked together for years up there managing their hunting and only taking mature bucks while keep the buck to doe ration in balance. It rivals the high dollar, high-fence ranches in south Texas.........

Bob

very nice buck! thanks for posting it!

Bwanamrm,
You should do a two day goose hunt while your up there. I went a few days ago and there are THOUSANDS of geese in the fields now.

Great Buck. I love bucks with split tines, kickers etc, anything that gives them "character". It's also good to show low fenced deer that come from Texas.

However, I wouldn't go so far as to call Shackelford County and that region as a "sleeper area". Back in the the early 90's it was reguarded as one of the top 10 places in the US to kill a B&C eligible buck. It was very popular in the late 80's and 90's and my dad, who usually owns a blood trail dog or two, had more than one occasion to go trail deer on the Nail and other ranches. I had heard that certain ranches were, in fact, over hunted in the 90's and had to be let to rest for a few years.

One of the reasons it could be reguarded as a "sleeper" area, and they can thank God for it, is because Texas Trophy Hunters largely focuses on south Texas. Mostly because the folks that own TTH own ranches there.
Shackelford doesn't get the print that the south Texas counties get but I would reguard that as a good thing, sort of a quality over quantity thing...

That was my point Ryan..........

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Originally posted by Bob in TX:
Yep, that area is low-fenced and the sleeper deer hunting ground of the state. The ranchers have worked together for years up there managing their hunting and only taking mature bucks while keep the buck to doe ration in balance. It rivals the high dollar, high-fence ranches in south Texas.........


Bob

Sleeper? Theres been big deer coming out of that country for years.

Very nice deer and thanks for sharing.

Yes, the Nail/Stasney/Hashknife/etc. have been working for years to provide a wonderful area to just go out and enjoy friends, great deer and the beat goes on, and on.

Nice. The Nail Ranch has been doing well for awhile.