deer season

[6 MANDAD]

yeah, but i hate to unleash a rifle in a spot where deer and hogs come through :)
sounds like there are no deer or hogs coming through, probably should have shot the rabbit. ;D

[bullets13]

[quote name="6-MANDAD" post="1356099" timestamp="1355766168"]
yeah, but i hate to unleash a rifle in a spot where deer and hogs come through :)
sounds like there are no deer or hogs coming through, probably should have shot the rabbit. ;D
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what's weird is that while most reports i'm hearing are that it's been a bad year for hunting across the state, we've had a much better year this year than last year.  we've seen a lot more bucks than usual (1 3-point shot in the last 2 seasons), and have taken 3 (4 people hunting), as well as 5 hogs. 

[tvc184]

[quote name="thetragichippy" post="1355998" timestamp="1355754688"]
[quote author=tvc link=topic=103777.msg1352758#msg1352758 date=1355104013]
[quote author=bullets13 link=topic=103777.msg1352752#msg1352752 date=1355103730]
got in the stand 4 times this weekend and didn't see anything bigger than a rabbit.
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Rabbit gravy, stew or smoked rabbit is good.
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Got a recipe for smoked rabbit?
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No but I have eaten some cooked by a friend and it was literally some of the best smoked meat that I have ever eaten. I don't think he seasoned it much like maybe some salt and pepper and then smoked them for a good while at a low smoking temperature. They were not barbecued but that might be good also. We always ate them in a stew or gravy but the smoked was awesome.

[thetragichippy]

[quote name="tvc" post="1356234" timestamp="1355801232"]
[quote author=thetragichippy link=topic=103777.msg1355998#msg1355998 date=1355754688]
[quote author=tvc link=topic=103777.msg1352758#msg1352758 date=1355104013]
[quote author=bullets13 link=topic=103777.msg1352752#msg1352752 date=1355103730]
got in the stand 4 times this weekend and didn't see anything bigger than a rabbit.
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Rabbit gravy, stew or smoked rabbit is good.
[/quote]

Got a recipe for smoked rabbit?
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No but I have eaten some cooked by a friend and it was literally some of the best smoked meat that I have ever eaten. I don't think he seasoned it much like maybe some salt and pepper and then smoked them for a good while at a low smoking temperature. They were not barbecued but that might be good also. We always ate them in a stew or gravy but the smoked was awesome.
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may try that this weekend......thanks

Same here, my grandmother would smother with onions and mkae a gravy, served over rice......really good

[Texasminuteman]

[quote name="thetragichippy" post="1356378" timestamp="1355854548"]
[quote author=tvc link=topic=103777.msg1356234#msg1356234 date=1355801232]
[quote author=thetragichippy link=topic=103777.msg1355998#msg1355998 date=1355754688]
[quote author=tvc link=topic=103777.msg1352758#msg1352758 date=1355104013]
[quote author=bullets13 link=topic=103777.msg1352752#msg1352752 date=1355103730]
got in the stand 4 times this weekend and didn't see anything bigger than a rabbit.
[/quote]

Rabbit gravy, stew or smoked rabbit is good.
[/quote]

Got a recipe for smoked rabbit?
[/quote]

No but I have eaten some cooked by a friend and it was literally some of the best smoked meat that I have ever eaten. I don't think he seasoned it much like maybe some salt and pepper and then smoked them for a good while at a low smoking temperature. They were not barbecued but that might be good also. We always ate them in a stew or gravy but the smoked was awesome.
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may try that this weekend......thanks

Same here, my grandmother would smother with onions and mkae a gravy, served over rice......really good
[/quote]Ive eaten it every way you do chicken including fried also with dumplins,rice,noodles.Its that good!!

[BearBryant]

This, in my opinion has been one of the worst deer seasons I've ever experienced.  I say that first that some of the fault may be my own ( or my own family).  My youngest son missed a quality 10 pt on youth weekend.  My oldest thought it fruitful to be choosy and pass up a 5 yr old longhorn spike (which a neighbor 7r old killed 2 weeks later).  I  asked him why he chose to pass it up and he said "It just wasn't what I wanted"..... I then proceeded to tell him through bleeped words that this wasn't the season to be choosy.  LOL he told me "well dad you tell us to shoot the good bucks"... LOL I guess I should have told him that in "dry" years we shoot the culls...  My youngest son then missed another 10  pt last weekend.  I then learned that my oldest has missed 2 does.... He fails to tell me things sometimes....  Meanwhile I'm about to pull their guns from them and begin pulling the trigger myself...  ARRRGHHHHH!

[bullets13]

have you checked their guns to make sure they're on?  that's a lot of missing!

[TallinaBoyz]

Sounds like they cant shoot? Haha ;D jk jk

[westend1]

Hill country has been pretty good.  Saw more mature bucks this year than i have in the last few.

[puddin tane]

finally saw a doe  in the clear-cut wastleland of nacogdoches county...only thing I've seen this year besides a couple squirrels and an armadillo...wonder what armadillo tastes .....

[tvc184]

[quote name="puddin tane" post="1357458" timestamp="1356065114"]
finally saw a doe  in the clear-cut wastleland of nacogdoches county...only thing I've seen this year besides a couple squirrels and an armadillo...[size=10pt][b]wonder what armadillo tastes[/b][/size] .....
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Pork.

[thetragichippy]

[quote name="tvc" post="1357477" timestamp="1356074325"]
[quote author=puddin tane link=topic=103777.msg1357458#msg1357458 date=1356065114]
finally saw a doe  in the clear-cut wastleland of nacogdoches county...only thing I've seen this year besides a couple squirrels and an armadillo...[size=10pt][b]wonder what armadillo tastes[/b][/size] .....
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Pork.
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At some point you have to draw a line......

I had an Uncle who lived on Taylors Bayou.......Although his cooking always smelled good...I never ate it........you NEVER knew what he was cooking......He did not pay attention to laws, and everything alive was a potential meal to him...........

[westend1]

I'm guessing that if you are hungry enough, anything is a potential meal.  After all, somebody once decided to break open an oyster and eat it.

[Texasminuteman]

OH Yum!!! Armadillo is great barbqued!! Possum on the half shell!! ;)

[puddin tane]

[quote name="westend1" post="1357524" timestamp="1356101975"]
I'm guessing that if you are hungry enough, anything is a potential meal.  After all, somebody once decided to break open an oyster and eat it.
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dude had to be starving!

[TallinaBoyz]

Got a massive 8 point on the camera! Hope to see it

[westend1]

Headed to Junction tomorrow for the last trip of the year.  It might be so cold that I just drink and watch football.  Not as mad at those deer and turkey as i used to be.

[TallinaBoyz]

I have freinds that left for junction this morning! And yesterday morning I saw a doe and longhorn spike and due to confusion I let the spike walk! >:(

[ST413]

Heading out to Mason saturday night for a few days.  Hopefully bringing back some meat!!!

[bullets13]

I just watched a 145-150 class 8 point for 30 minutes at between 60-100 yards.

[mat]

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I just watched a 145-150 class 8 point for 30 minutes at between 60-100 yards.
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? ? ? ? 

[TallinaBoyz]

I let another spike walk today trying to get the eight point. Tomorrow I'm killing whatever I see

[bullets13]

[quote name="mat" post="1359568" timestamp="1356830699"]
[quote author=bullets13 link=topic=103777.msg1359557#msg1359557 date=1356828676]
I just watched a 145-150 class 8 point for 30 minutes at between 60-100 yards.
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? ? ? ?
[/quote]already shot my 13+ inch buck for this county. 

[TallinaBoyz]

Saw 12 Does this morning and not a single buck. Smh.. idk what's wrong

[marshman]

Way my seasons gone, I will be VERY happy to put a doe or 2 down during the ML season.