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East Texas Tips
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01/22/14 01:00 PM
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Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 19
SGIB
OP
Light Foot
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Light Foot
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Lived and hunted in East Texas my whole life. Just curious to hear about some of yalls tricks and tips to mastering the tough hunting.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4926128
01/22/14 03:20 PM
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Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 756
DirtNapTET
Tracker
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Tracker
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Time. Lot's and lot's of time in the stand.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4926149
01/22/14 03:29 PM
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Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 15,581
TexFlip
THF Celebrity
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Hunt easements where you can.
Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4926238
01/22/14 04:05 PM
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 5,339
caldwelldeerhunter
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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hunt pipelines hope to catch them crossing
If I put my wife in a high fence will her rack get bigger?
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Re: East Texas Tips
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#4926254
01/22/14 04:10 PM
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Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 28,032
Navasot
Hollywood
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Hollywood
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4926281
01/22/14 04:19 PM
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 20,366
Curly
Overrated
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Overrated
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A good spotlight helps.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: DirtNapTET]
#4926284
01/22/14 04:21 PM
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Joined: May 2008
Posts: 7,992
B-swit
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Time. Lot's and lot's of time in the stand.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4926872
01/22/14 08:27 PM
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Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 244
cjs0134
Woodsman
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Woodsman
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slow down to 60mph at night!
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4926903
01/22/14 08:40 PM
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Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 494
817cd
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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stay out of Grayson county no deer there.
Never used photoshop and never will. Photoshop is for liberals.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4926916
01/22/14 08:44 PM
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Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
stxranchman
Obie Juan Kenobi
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Obie Juan Kenobi
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Good spotlight and a fast truck and barditches are the key I hear
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4926925
01/22/14 08:48 PM
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 142
Green Timber
Woodsman
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Woodsman
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Patience and a vantage point where you can see alot of ground. Hunting woodlines vs in the thicket has worked best for me.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: Navasot]
#4927096
01/22/14 10:03 PM
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 22,270
Texas Dan
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"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: Texas Dan]
#4927359
01/23/14 12:29 AM
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Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 6,578
Wburke2010
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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This is what I have found to work best for me as we'll. Walter
MW Ranch Services 903-303-4523 Metal buildings, welding, equipment repair, dirt work
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4927379
01/23/14 12:38 AM
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Curly
Overrated
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Overrated
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try and learn to love antler restrictions
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: stxranchman]
#4927380
01/23/14 12:38 AM
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Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 44,461
rifleman
Sparkly Pants
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Sparkly Pants
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Good spotlight and a fast truck and barditches are the key I hear Umm...shouldn't you ask permission before telling errbody they can hunt my stand? Cover a lot of area from a stand and be able to shoot it.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4929265
01/23/14 08:45 PM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 86
Keeper of the Flame
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
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It helps to know what kind of neighbors you have. We're fortunate enough to have like-minded neighbors in all directions, so it makes it easier to let good bucks walk for another year or two. There's no doubt that the bucks in our area are getting better and better with each passing year. Pics and hides prove it.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4929664
01/23/14 11:18 PM
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Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 799
texasspazzman
Tracker
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Tracker
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FIND and hunt the natural food sources! White Oak acorns, native persimmons, etc. Personally, I think corn is a waste of time, if you're east of I-45. I do agree that pipeline right-a-ways are one of your best bets, especially if you have limited opportunities. My 2 cents...
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: texasspazzman]
#4929770
01/23/14 11:57 PM
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Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 6,358
jshouse
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Personally, I think corn is a waste of time, if you're east of I-45.
i think this depends on the property/area, or maybe even specific deer. on my places i agree, its tought ot find the big ones at a feeder but i have seen a bunch of 170" deer killed underneath a feeder too.
If I send my neighbors a text and ask them to give me feedback on my lawn and plant rye into a giant dong pattern, I'm probably going to get some less than positive feedback. Same goes here.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4929870
01/24/14 12:40 AM
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Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 44,461
rifleman
Sparkly Pants
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Sparkly Pants
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Corn is king, just can't be shooting everything that shows up at it.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4929924
01/24/14 12:59 AM
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 482
ROCKMAN57
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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I have taken more and seemingly better bucks both on national forrest and the leases I've been on close to the pine thickets.I find a creek or branch off the creek running along or right through the thicket as thats where the hardwoods(acorns) are but find good trails or even rub lines comming out of the thicket.I hunt rub lines and scrapes when there fresh.Also found over the years that you want the wind out in front of you and not to your back.Learned this after a few bucks snuck up behind me comming nose to the wind.These deer are usually smarter than your average bear and the best chance at a good one is during the rut when their minds are elsewhere.Just my penny pitched in.
Keep your powder dry,the wind in your face and watch your backtrail.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4929948
01/24/14 01:05 AM
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 5,398
Pittstate
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Don't turn off your truck with the big spotlight still plugged in the cig lighter.....
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: Pittstate]
#4929964
01/24/14 01:10 AM
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Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 44,461
rifleman
Sparkly Pants
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Sparkly Pants
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Don't turn off your truck with the big spotlight still plugged in the cig lighter..... And don't leave it turned on and face down on your seat.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4929994
01/24/14 01:22 AM
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 20,366
Curly
Overrated
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Overrated
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Wear waders when reading this thread.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: rifleman]
#4930049
01/24/14 01:41 AM
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Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 19,498
Erathkid
THF Celebrity
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THF Celebrity
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Don't turn off your truck with the big spotlight still plugged in the cig lighter..... And don't leave it turned on and face down on your seat. I had a friend do this hunting coyotes one night. We started smelling burnt fabric and then foam. It melted a giant hole in his front seat. He was none too happy, to say the least.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: East Texas Tips
[Re: SGIB]
#4933791
01/26/14 12:49 AM
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Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 3,124
postoak
Veteran Tracker
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Veteran Tracker
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1) Hunt where there are deer. Some parts of the national forests have very few deer, as in, you can scout and scout and see no droppings or tracks.
2) To expand on what Green Timber said above, if you can, hunt land with open pastures bordered by forest. If your lease has nothing but heavy thickets, you are going to have a tough time getting in contact with the deer.
3) If you HAVE to hunt only forest, then, like Rockman57 said, find a creek and look for a trail alongside of it. Plus, there will usually be less undergrowth alongside the creek, so you have better visibility.
If I were looking for a lease, honestly, I'd prefer to have a cow pasture with woods on the next property than the woods with the cow pasture next door.
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