With deer hunting season over, I thought I'd show you guys some pics of the 3 bucks killed by our hunters in West Texas this year. Before CHC shows up in his drunken stupor mouthing off, your's truly, White Trash, did not fire a shot at a buck this year.
One of our favorite PA hunters killed this nice cull buck bumping 180", including 50" of mass. An ancient buck.....
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Next my buddies 15 yr old son killed his first mule deer buck, a fine 180" 5 yr old.......
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Finally, my friend from Louisiana finally got a chance to hunt this ranch with me. 5 full, hard days of hunting turned up this massive 7 byr old going 197 5/8 gross. 40" of mass on this buck.
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Posts: 2276 | Location: West Texas | Registered: 07 December 2011
your's truly, White Trash, did not fire a shot at a buck this year.
Don't feel like the lonesome stranger. First time in 14 years I did not shoot one deer during season.
Not to worry. My oldest took a nice cow elk and a black bear back in September. I had two freezers so full that until late December I would have had to go buy a third to put any meat in.
Best,
GWB
PS: fine looking critters. Bet the hunters that took them were jazzed.
Posts: 23752 | Location: Pearland, Tx,, USA | Registered: 10 September 2001
Really great bucks. I have never had the chance to kill a muley here in Texas. Killed them in Colorado and Nebraska, maybe some day before I die I can shoot one here.
It would not have to be anything of that quality, just a muley. They impress me more than any white tail ever will.
Those are nice bucks. Most of the pictures I have seen of Texas mulie bucks were of deer that were rather spindly……… these would be considered good deer anywhere.
Maybe I don't have to get a second mortgage to go to Mexico for one?
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Posts: 1855 | Location: Northern Rockies, BC | Registered: 21 July 2006
Wow, it seems as all you ever hear about is Texas Whitetails! Those are some babies with great mass along with everything else. Congrats to you and the hunter on a great season out there!
The tags are taken for the next 3 years. I'll keep you posted if something changes though. This is a great ranch, except for the exceptionally dry drought years. Since 2008 we have taken 6 bucks over 190". Only 4 tags per year max on 65,000 acres.
Thanks for the kind words.
Posts: 2276 | Location: West Texas | Registered: 07 December 2011
Fantastic deer from anywhere, much less Texas. Are these Panhandle muleys because the terrain doesn't resemble the Trans-Pecos area?
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Originally posted by JGRaider: Not Panhandle, not Trans-Pecos.....somewhere in between.
I was wondering about "that area" a few weeks ago. Had not seen any deer pics from that area in a while. Good to see it is still producing some solid deer.