Seems like we had a couple of Jack county threads going last year. Mostly lamentations due to the acorn crop.

But with a new year comes new hope. If someone already started one and I missed it please forgive me. If not, then I was hoping to get the Jack Cty info going. Headed out this weekend. Didn't get to bow hunt this year.

I am hunting a few miles north of town and will share info as obtained. Would appreciate others doing the same.

Happy Hunting to All.

I have a place a few miles south of Bryson - out by the wind generators. Very different than last year - everything is coming to the feeders, no corn is staying on the ground.

Until this past week even the decent bucks were coming during the day. This past week they seem to have wised up a bit, they are still there - but have gone nocturnal. Hoping to catch one out during shooting hours this weekend.

This is our second year to hunt this place. We did not shoot a deer last year. This year I think will be a different story. Also had a nice flock of turkey show up on the cameras lsat week. Hope they stay for Thanksgiving too (or thier part in it anyways).

Earl

Does anyone know if they are going to do another Hunters dinner this year and when if they are? We hunt North of Jacksboro and have been seeing a bunch of deer this year. We did have the fire come through my place and now everything is green. We probably saw 100 deer yesterday on our way home down 1810. They were all out in the green fields. One field had probably 30-40 deer in it.

Oh wait, they do a hunters dinner in Jacksborro too? When and where? I've been a regular at the one in Graham for the last 3 or 4 years...love it.

Earl

If they do a hunters dinner in jacksboro I would love to know about it. If not I might run over to the one in Graham. Any info on either or both would be appreciated.

Anyone have any rut input on Jack? This is our second year as well and it was difficult to learn much last year with the unusual acorn crop and minimal deer movement.

I have always heard that your best chance for a buck is before thanksgiving? True?

The one in Graham is the 1st Saturday in December at the Young County Arena off of 380. It's allways a pretty big affair (at least for Young County) - live country music, raffles, silent auction, displays of trophy's taken in Young County - and lots of good wild game food - bacon wrapped dove, venison cilli, jambalya, deer tamales, barbeque wild pig, deer sausage, red beans, etc.. I never go away hungry and the funds go to a good cause.

Last year was my first year to hunt in Jack County - and wasn't a year to judge anything by so I look forward to seeing how this year will be. I will say that in Young County every year I see deer around or after Thanksgiving that I did not see previously - last year again being an exception. Last year just sucked - this year won't. I can't keep corn on the ground this year while last year it just piled up.

Earl

Earl

I am on the Parker and Jack County line. Sunday morning I had a mature buck under the feeder and a 3.5 year old 8 chasing around three doe. He wasn't chasing them hard just walking around following them while they kind of flirted I guess you could say. I expect it to be starting up pretty soon, maybe not the biggest part but there are always a few that come in heat early. Whenever the next full moon is I would be in the blind.

I have had my place in Jack county for 11 years and we have always seen the deer running hard and rutting around the 17 through thanksgiving. Just remember where their are does the bucks will he also.

Any new info?

I know the hogs are thick as thieves off of 2190. No less than 6 of 'em in a 4 mile span that are buzzard bait right now (along the highway)...I think they have spooked the deer around my place because I haven't seen near the numbers or quality of deer that I usually see. We're practically over run with these bastards.

We hunt off 148 North of town also.. Good deer numbers this year and a ton of pigs.. Headed out Fri will be there till Mon evening..We have had our lease for 10 years and the horns this year lok to be a little smaller than in years past. Great numbers however..

I just looked at some camera pics and the bucks were NOT impressive at all. Lots and lots of hogs.

Deer at least coming to feeders this year. The does look healthy but the horns are small.

Well my opening weekend consisted of a Saturday only. Morning was good with lots of movement. Saw two 8's, and a 6. A doe and fawn. Saw deer movement until 10am or so. Then the winds kicked up and the rest of the day did not see an animal.


The deer I did see showed no visible signs of any rutting intentions.

I was a little disappointed to see the Jack County Thread seven pages back.

I hunt in Wise, near the Jack County line. No advice on deer, but don't grab any tacos at the Taco Casa on 380 in Bridgeport on your way to Jack. I did, got food poisoning, and haven't had a very enjoyable weekend.

Just thought I'd give out that warning. Only food I've eaten "out" in several days and I'm 99% certain that's what it was. Kind of knew it while I was eating it.

I hunt NE of town and saw 20+ deer Saturday morning, including a nice main frame 8 with a drop tine and a kicker. Had small bucks chasing does all over the place and the 8 cruised through the food plot checking all the does and pushing some of them. Saw bucks and does all throughout the day. Got to the stand about 3 pm for the afternoon hunt and ran 5 deer out of the field. I sat there for about 45 minutes and had my monster 11 point walk right behind me out into the field following a doe. He stopped broadside and I busted him. Scored right at 150" with a sheared off g-4 on his right side. He was 7.5 years old and the most impressive thing was he weighed 215lbs. This morning I saw two other really nice bucks pushing does as well, so I would say the rut is just about to start smokin'.

A few that ive got on camera in the last month. Hunting north of jacksboro on 148 as well. let me know what ya think

Nice bucks..And it looks like you need to put some of those custom hog traps to use..Oh and you might think about a coon trap or two.lol

I hunt north of Jermyn and will be up there tomorrow and Thursday evening and will report back what I see.

yea we have got 14 in the last 3 or 4 weekends and shot another 4 or 5 underneath the elusive wildlife Kill light. there are so many on our place they are just impossible to control and we just picked up another 630 acres this past weekend so im ready to go out and scout that very soon.

I hunt about 10 miles West of town. Best bucks only seen on camera at night at my stand. Seen a little 6 chasing a doe sunday morning and a little 8 come in about 30 min later running around with his nose on the ground. My brothers father inlaw shot a nice 9 that was 19in wide Sat evening casing a doe but his neck was not swollen. I guess just starting to rut. How long from start to finsh does the rut last?

Oh Ya Stoped by that deer processer on east side that hing was full seen a few really nice bucks but only seen 3 spikes brought in. That guy that runs the place I guess, only charges $10 a night to cold store.

in past years it starts about the 2nd week in november and runs till around thanksgiving depending on the cold fronts. we are close though the bucks are starting to single out and even seen a few young bucks chasing this past weekend.

We hunt by 3344 & Jamison Road. No real big bucks in our cameras but this is a new lease for us so we just put in the feeders and cameras. Lots of deer in general, no hogs in our cameras and no turkey.

We didn't get any movement at our blind on Saturday morning and since we were the lonely hunters at the lease, I decided to try find them. Several small bucks let me walk right next to them at around 20 yards. Does were being more careful but I managed to shoot one at 80 yards out.

They were moving still quite late in the day, the doe I shot right at 11am. First deer I saw at night were around 4pm.

most will know Richards Ranch south of town, I had a great hunt with them a couple weeks ago. Bucks out in light, does running for their lives, and bucks fighting.

Just a reminder, make sure to sign up for Diamond Food Market's buck contest. It's located one block south of the square in Jacksboro. www.diamondfood.com/slideshow/dia/image1.jpg