Post up your Hunting pics!

Really nice congrats

 

A friend was going to town to eat from the lease and saw this escapee pass in front of him on the road then he stood there and stopped for his picture to be taken.

 

This morning's boar.

 

Congrats!

 

Nice buck

 

Thanks!

 

Jeez, that’s a masssive doe! We don’t grow em that big in TN.

 

Dandy Doe!!!! Monster!!! Way to go!!!

 

Boiled some skulls a couple weekends ago.

 

Started filling up the freezer. Two decent does from the other morning. Spent the rest of the day processing, something very relaxing about it.

 

Nice job on the harvest. Young Doe meat is always tender and tasty. I put up another stand yesterday, prepping for January Bow hunts. The Bucks are there, just not when I’m there. Hopefully I’ll be showing one in the back of my Tundra soon.

 

Had a red yucca plant that fell victim to the local Javelina population...

 

Some young buck's from my lease in the Mexico brush country in Nuevo Leon. The young'uns are chasing, rubbing and scraping right now, but the old buck's haven't showed yet. Hopefully rut will be in full swing later next week when I go back.

 

One of the few times I agree with the old phrase , It's either Him or Me . When you come up on him , do you POKE HIM IN THE EYE to see if he's DEAD. Ha Ha , Congrats.

 

Usually run my finger across his teeth lol

 

Opening the mouth and taking a close look down the throat for any signs of breathing would work too.

 

Little bro knocked both of these down in October here in SW Michigan.
I'm not a hunter...just an eater.
This venison is corn fed and delicious....

 

Totally agree , here in N. ILL , corn and beans , even the old boys taste great. Congrats ,nice bucks , hope little bro shares a backstrap with you.

 

Spotted this group of about 20 Axis deer last week on a ranch property. The largest Buck was very impressive!

 

Nice! Y’all got some big bodied deer up north.

 

I've honestly never heard of axis deer before, had to search it. They look like a whitetail with a hybrid whitetail/elk rack! That's crazy.

 

Yeah they are pretty cool looking for sure. I'm sure they are only found on private ranches in Texas that offer exotic hunting opportunities. Unless some have escaped the high fence life and made it to public land.

 

You can see Axis deer very often in residential subdivisions around my area. They’re more prevalent in the hill country areas though. That ranch land in the photo is not high fenced and the deer room into surrounding residential neighborhoods.

Just like this buck that sits outside my buddy’s home each week.

 

That one is a whitetail.

 

My old hunting lease in Junction, TX was lousy with axis deer. They are some fine eatiing! They would mostly follow the river bottoms at first... but they would migrate to the corn feeders almost 5 miles from the river at times. I go on a hunt in Leakey, Tx every year now targeting them just for the meat.

 

Interesting, thanks for the info. So can you hunt Axis on public land with an OTC license? Or is it restricted in some way? I've never tried to head to Texas for an Axis deer because I didn't want to pay for private land hunts...

 

They are a non-game regulated species in Texas and you can shoot them any month of the year. There are some ranches that charge to hunt them. But it is open season on axis deer year round if you can find land to hunt them on. No deer tag necessary as a resident. You may have to purchase a non-resident license, I just don't know for sure. I can hook you up with a guy who specialize's in these hunts. Cost is about $250/ axis deer.

 

I’m aware of that.

 

And you know your truck is a GMC, right?