anybody hunting runnels county near ballinger? thanks for the help.

I hunt Runnells, about 20 miles from Ballinger.
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why do u ask?

good hunting there but you have to be patient and have food plots. I have done well there but monsters are rare due to hunting pressure

20 miles from ballinger on oak creek, what did you need

We have a place about 8 miles to the NE of Ballinger. Good turkey hunting and decent deer. Would not expect to see many 160's though.

I hunt about 4 miles north of there on Elm Creek.

Thanks for the comments. I picked up a place north of ballinger. Its a two gun lease and i can take wife and kids. I have been huntin young county and saw one deer in two seasons but it was close. Kids and me got little tired of not seeing anything. Saw 12 deer and a bunch of turkey in the middle of the day with 20 mph winds when looked at the place. May not kill a trophy but it all about the kids for me. Thanks again

I'm in far north Runnels County. We see lots of does and smaller bucks. One very nice buck taken off the lease last year. Big and wide 8 point. Some turkey too.

Hunted Runnels county in 03 with Dad and friends.. The deer were scarce but there were decent animals when they did come along.

Turkey were around during the deer season.. first and only time I've ever watched turkey roost on a high-line power line (the 100ft transmission lines).. that was a pretty awesome sight going on 20 ft in front of me.

Another first and only was the game warden.. never seen one before or since the one in Runnels County.

Hunted the western part of the county all of my life, the deer were pretty scarce prior to the 70s then the deer population started to improve. It was in the 90s that it really boomed. Now it it is what I would call decent for meat hunters with a few trophies thrown in for the antler hunters. A lot depends on the exact location, there are a lot of cultivated areas that can change everything with in just a few miles. Kind of hard for the deer to hide out in the middle of open fields.

I hunt with a friend 2 or 3 times a year on a cotton field between Ballinger & Bronte.

I've hunted there my entire life. Dogcatcher is right. A few nice places, near the river(s) hold some nice deer. other properties have good hunting but a select few have great hunting.

Even the bad places will fill a cooler. I've killed 4-5 deer and 1-2 turkeys almost every year for 5 years.

I hunt right by Elm Creek Reservoir. We have some decent deer with a really good buck ebing taken the last three years. Plenty of deer, hogs and varmints

put up my feeder and two tripods for me and my girls. thats right girls. i have two girls and one boy and they all hunt. theyve been climbing in a stand almost since they could walk. my middle girl bow hunts. saw 10 deer and 2 jackrabbits and something had dug a hole in the ground big enough to put your leg down in it. it had fresh dirt all around it so i am figuring coyotes or is there badger in that part of country. we have already seen more deer than we saw in two seasons on our old lease. tracks everywhere. i put up a camera and will go back next week and will post pics. me and my kids are pumped.

I went this weekend too. All I saw was a fox but I put up 4 stands and 4 feeders and 2 cameras. Pictures coming soon. Can't wait for the cold fronts to get here.

I hunt just south of the Runnels/Concho line; it's good solid hunting, especially if you have manageable sized leases w/ like minds surrounding you. Something's wrong if you don't see a deer every sitting, typically.

Wheres your place at thorn? Im on CR330 off of 83

I just aquired a place between ballinger and Bronte. It is mostly cultivated but there is an 80 ac crp pasture plus a spring fed tank. It is the firsts place before it is all farmland brushy all the way to the river. Going on my first hog hunt this weekend.

I cant wait for this weekend! Hope we can get you a big one.
I noticed there was a season for antelope in Runnels. Is there a good ammount to where its worth looking at getting permits for? How about hog population arround Norton?

I'm just a stone's toss away from Runnels, never heard of PHA being there, but hmmm...

Big country im out 158. I will be headin back out the middle of next week. Put up feeder and check cameras. Have not seen any hogs anybody got hogs near ballinger?

I'm north east about 7 miles from Ballinger and I have not seen any hogs or signs of hogs.

I heard a rumor that they came in with a chopper and killed mucho hogs. That makes me almost sad I wanna get a hog tonight.