I will after I get back from hunting Mule Deer and get everything cleaned up and moved in.

So, how is it?! Any issues? How bout some finished photos!

Add me to the list of those wanting to see the finished house. Especially you trophies on the wall. I'm hoping to start my trophy room in the spring and would love to hear how your walls worked out for hanging all your mounts.

Eddie

Here is an old thread with pics that were added after the start. Just have to look thru the pages.
http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/4993813/3

I'm only stumbling on this thread now, congrats on the progress. Looks great

Holy 10 yr old thread.

And the OP's moved since...twice.

....HOLY BAT BUMP!


I wonder what the "Then vs Now" construction cost is....

Nice STX thanks for sharing.

He does not want to think about this.

Ten years old... Why has a man so knowledgeable who was so active on the forum stayed away? Appreciated the wisdom of STX.

I miss his posts very badly. So much knowledge and so willing to share it. Im confident he will come back.

free- do you know why he disappeared again? hes doing ok i hope...

A few on here know him better than me. They have said that he is doing fine. Some say hes just real busy and he has stopped posting before for that reason, but has come back. I know the type-hes either all in or all out. Ive described myself as "I dont kinda do anything", so maybe thats it.
I have my theory on why hes stayed away but Ide rather not speculate.

My going theory is that he is helping on a very large study incorporating genetics, live capture, and active management looking at whether it is beneficial to shoot yearling spikes in both HF, with native genetic subgroup and a subgroup of improved genetics, and LF, with multiple subgroups based on different sizes land mass and even one large land size subgroup where they introduced improved genetics, with free choice protein and without in each situation, to ultimately determine if the herd genetic pool can be improved and also if those yearling spikes ever reach the full phenotypic potential of their peers in the same age category. Of course all management shooting has to be done with a 6.5CM and only neck shots.

I’ll just correct one of the so many available - high shoulder and not neck.

Def tongue in cheek there Hud. A little disappointed you didn’t correct more of the many obvious issues with my projected study. I thought the 6.5CM was such easy low hanging fruit to go right along with the neck shots


I do miss reading STX posts here tho. As was mentioned, he is so full of knowledge and had such great pics!

You forgot the 30 something characteristics to judge when aging a buck.