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Hunting Report
Report from the Brister Creek Ranch (Wellington, TX):
Well, the first hunt, Friday afternoon, I could have shot a spike whitetail. Unfortunately the deer came right in & out before we could communicate with everyone. The deer have become scarce in the area and are only coming out well after dark. They have harvested 55 whitetail this year. One guy on Friday afternoon got 2 does but for the rest of the hunts all I saw were mule deer. The terrain had you shooting from an elevated stand 360 degrees. The deer just appear from the creek bed & are suddenly 50 yards away at times. We saw a few nice bachelor groups out 300-400 yards. Out of which they are trying to thin out the spikes. I wish I could have come back with a deer but that's why you call it hunting.
We staked out 4 new breeding pens while I was there. They are trying to kill every whitetail, doe especially, to better control the genetics on their ranch. They have 3 breeder bucks that are split up in 3 different pens with 20 does in each. In a few years they should have some strong genetics running around on their ranch.
It was a fun trip, stopped by the BIL & sister's place in Dallas on the way back down for a beer & the start of the Giants game. Not too fond of the 8.5 hour drive, 10 hours if you count the stop in Dallas I had to make.
Well, the first hunt, Friday afternoon, I could have shot a spike whitetail. Unfortunately the deer came right in & out before we could communicate with everyone. The deer have become scarce in the area and are only coming out well after dark. They have harvested 55 whitetail this year. One guy on Friday afternoon got 2 does but for the rest of the hunts all I saw were mule deer. The terrain had you shooting from an elevated stand 360 degrees. The deer just appear from the creek bed & are suddenly 50 yards away at times. We saw a few nice bachelor groups out 300-400 yards. Out of which they are trying to thin out the spikes. I wish I could have come back with a deer but that's why you call it hunting.
We staked out 4 new breeding pens while I was there. They are trying to kill every whitetail, doe especially, to better control the genetics on their ranch. They have 3 breeder bucks that are split up in 3 different pens with 20 does in each. In a few years they should have some strong genetics running around on their ranch.
It was a fun trip, stopped by the BIL & sister's place in Dallas on the way back down for a beer & the start of the Giants game. Not too fond of the 8.5 hour drive, 10 hours if you count the stop in Dallas I had to make.
Free advice for cold beer !
Glad you had fun, nothing like getting out of town for a few days. rs
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