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 skunked this year
#536449
01/05/09 02:17 PM
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caprocker
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It looks like i am coming home empty handed this year..It really disappoints me too..Mainly because of the," management " ,that we have done for the last 5 years..we have let the young ones walk for 5 years and this year i never saw a buck bigger than a 15 inch 8 point...its frustrating...the last hunt i was on i had seen 5 bucks..8pt. 7pt. 6pt. 4pt spike ...i gues we need to make a commitment to meat hunting for the next 5 years and maybe we will see some bigger bucks... 
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: caprocker]
#536450
01/05/09 02:52 PM
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partypat
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Sorry to hear that, I guess success next season will be that much sweeter after this season!
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: partypat]
#536451
01/05/09 02:56 PM
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chestnut
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You weren't satisfied with a 15" buck? I didn't see ONE SINGLE DEER this season, period.
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: chestnut]
#536452
01/05/09 03:22 PM
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Rem270man
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I saw 3 does all year long. Didn't shoot anything.
Proverbs 13:3
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: Rem270man]
#536453
01/05/09 05:23 PM
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caldwelldeerhunter
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I saw some deer but was also left empty I spooked a wall hanger and was waiting on him all year and never did. passed on a couple of good ones to get him. he maybe we willhave story to share next year on our sucess
If I put my wife in a high fence will her rack get bigger? ![[Linked Image]](http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k513/harmsway_15/th_DSC02082.jpg)
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: chestnut]
#536454
01/05/09 07:43 PM
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caprocker
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Quote:
You weren't satisfied with a 15" buck? I didn't see ONE SINGLE DEER this season, period.
It took a lot of patience and persistence to find a place like this but yea i was disappointed..i know that several people dont get to hunt a place like mine but i have been on places like the one you are talking about...i had a great time in the pursuit and the camraderie at camp etc.and thats what i payed my lease fee for this year i guess..i just made a personal decision to wait for a good mature shooter...i have taken management bucks for the last 4 seasons and it's getting disappointing to not see the fruits of your patience.. 
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: caprocker]
#536455
01/05/09 08:28 PM
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Curly
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Yeh, the only way I go empty handed is because I didn't see anything I could legally shoot.
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: Curly]
#536456
01/05/09 08:30 PM
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ScottF
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Didn't see any bucks worth shooting. But, I did take 3 does. Does are good eating!
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Re: skunked this year
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#536457
01/05/09 08:36 PM
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Curly
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I love a tender doe. What stinks for me/us is that we only have 3 doe tags a year and 10 hunters on our place.
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: Curly]
#536458
01/05/09 08:37 PM
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Curly
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Doe permits, not tags........my bad.
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: Curly]
#536459
01/05/09 08:43 PM
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ScottF
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I'm in a 2 buck, 3 doe county. With no bucks worth shooting, we thought we would thin the herd of does.
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: ScottF]
#536460
01/05/09 08:56 PM
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Waylon A.
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I didn't see anything worth shooting either, but my camera did! That makes looking forward to next season that much sweeter.
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: Waylon A.]
#536461
01/05/09 09:02 PM
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caprocker
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i tell myself that i am going to shoot a doe every year and dont do it..being in a one buck county i am always apprehensive about running off a buck when i shoot a doe...i may look into a lease in a 2 buck county next year
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: caprocker]
#536462
01/05/09 09:05 PM
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BMD
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Throw the tags in our tag soup we are gonna make. 
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: BMD]
#536463
01/05/09 09:12 PM
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ScottF
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After a two year drought hunting public land, getting three does to have meat in the freezer was a priority. Had venison burgers for lunch today.
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: ScottF]
#536464
01/05/09 11:43 PM
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ACKHNTR
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Wheres your lease Caprock? Howard Co. has alot of good looking deer and its close to home!!
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Re: skunked this year
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#536465
01/05/09 11:52 PM
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TxonMyMind
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i saw nothing in nolan cty either
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: ScottF]
#536466
01/05/09 11:56 PM
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Jimbo
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Quote:
After a two year drought hunting public land, getting three does to have meat in the freezer was a priority. Had venison burgers for lunch today.
There's the key!
You don't know what you've missed until you don't have it anymore! 
Thursday at 12:45 PM
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Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: skunked this year
[Re: Jimbo]
#536467
01/06/09 12:45 AM
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huntinfishinsumb
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saw some real nice deer with no shot and seen some does and passed up a pig hoping not to scare a buck and came home empty handed this season also but it was damn un doing it i guess just half as exciting
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