TX Buck down...end to a good season...

01 January 2010, 21:31

Tim Herald

Just got back from Uvalde, TX last night. I had a good hunt over the past few days. The first afternoon, I hunted over a huge oat field. It was about 1200 yards long and 200 wide. I was told there was a good high tined 10 pointer with short brows that they had been trying to kill for a month that showed up on this field randomly. They had named him the "Perkins Buck" as a hunter last-named Perkins had seen him 2-3 times and couldn't get a shot, and then 3 other guys had had the same bad luck.

About 4:30 deer began filtering into the field, but they were all about 900 yards away. Then at 4:55, one deer stepped out on my end of the field, and it was the "Perkins buck". He was about 170 yards, I watched him for a few minutes, then he got broadside, and I dropped him in his tracks. My hunt lasted about 35 minutes. This buck was 7.5 years old...

We had a bunch of industry folks in camp, and they were all hunting management and cull bucks. Pictured below are 2 mgt deer. Greg Kosteck of WInchester with a nice main frame 8.

John Burgman from Outdoor Life with a good mgt 10 point and his first deer...

This was the end to my best deer season ...

Happy New Year...

01 January 2010, 22:26

Charles_Helm

Nice!

03 January 2010, 17:35

Bob in TX

Great buck, Tim!!

Bob

03 January 2010, 21:01

Gatogordo

Really a nice deer! Congrats.

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04 January 2010, 18:19

matt u

Way to go Tim!
Nice Buck

17 January 2010, 22:24

bwanamrm

Nice buck... White Mines area? And seriously, an Outdoor Life guy with his "first" whitetail?

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18 January 2010, 00:24

Tim Herald

Not sure the area. We were on the Canyon Ranch 10-15 miles west of Uvalde. Yep, John's first buck. He was just hired to OL a little while back and had never been deer hunting...

18 January 2010, 06:17

Sevenxbjt

Very nice buck. Heck I like the management deer!

19 January 2010, 07:20

Blank

Tim: Congratulations on a nice deer. We just returned from the lease in Uvalde on the 1st also, and took a couple 6.5 yr old bucks. Saw some gorgeous 10's and one 12 but all too young, so whacked a brace of 9 pointers that had the same Dad way back when. Gotta love that Nueces country.