Just wondering if anyone else hunt near eldorado and if y'all have had any luck or if it's been slow ??

I don't, but a couple friends on 2 different ranches have for several years. If your place is like theirs, you will probably see more bucks than does, and more turkeys than anything. Unfortunately, many if not most of the bucks will probably have broken tines by now. They really duke it out out there.

We are 21 miles out of Eldorado on 190. We have had a pretty good season so far. The bigger mature deer have just started moving good in the last week or so. I am leaving this thursday to head out for 4days. Going to be freezing cold all weekend!!

We used to hunt a place about 20 miles out of Eldorado on 190 owned by a rancher named Oglsby. We had 10k acres and the place was on both sides of 190. We hunted the place for about 17 years. The racnher passed and a guy by the name of Mertz took it over, he was a piece of work.

Mertz... interesting. I, too, hunted a place last year owned by that guy. Never met him, never saw him. But we hunted 2000acs about 12 miles southwest of town-- SUCKED! His reputation isn't the greatest, either. That part of the country is "supposed" to have really good deer, though. My experience wasn't so positive.

We are about 15 miles northeast of town actually we are one pasture from the polygamist compound . It's been pretty slow this year nothing big has been moving , guess I'll wait it out !!

I think I know the ranch you are talking about...did you see/shoot any good deer on that place?

I had a buddy that looked at one of Mertz's ranches a few years back. He got on that place and the last year or so was brutal due to the drought.

Yes, tons of deer and some nice ones as well. Lots of other game too, Quail, Doves, Turkeys, etc. which Oglsby let us hunt without an issue. Oglsby was one of the nicest guys I ever met and he asked Mertz to take care of his hunters when he passed, well he passed during the season and Mertz took over. During the last hunt in January we had the pleasure of meeting this d-bag.

My dad and a friend busted a covey of quail and when they were hunting them up when he pulls up, slams on the breaks (he is on the phone at the time) and jumps out of the truck, THROWS his phone in the cabin and processeds to give my old man and friend a tongue lashing about how they dont have a quail lease only a deer lease. The long and short of it we end up telling him to go f himself, all 11 hunters packed their stuff up and left. 17 years on the place, I shot my first deer when I was 8 years old there and have tons of memories.

some pretty good deer on that place i would have kept it as a deer lease and done what the owner said haha.. hes actually a pretty good guy talked to him today matter of fact.... and to answer the question my hunting north of town has been pretty good but its getting alot better with every day

Our spot is located near the radar installation, Pave Paws. We have seen no movement of anything big. We're pretty much resigned to only shoot spikes and does this season and let the lease grow up a bit.

Here is an example of the spikes we got:

We are a section south of Oglesby, down Co rd 119. I just got back and the rut is on. Lots of fresh rubs and scrapes, bucks are nose down running. Big uns just coming in.

You should get out there right now!

Hope it's still good in a couple of weeks. Will be hunting out there for the first time around 190 & Co Rd 224(I believe that's the location have to verify). A friend of mine invited me out to his folks place. Lookin' forward to it.

highlonesome: I looked at land that was next to your cabin there... I hope all is well and good luck this weekend!