is it me or are the big deer of east Texas showing up a tone this year!
i have hunted east Texas all my life and this year i have seen more bucks on my camera and a tone of them on THF i just saying east Texas guys get ready its going to be a hell of a season

Its called results of antler restrictions.

I can only hope and pray this is true!!

could be the ARs, but we've been watching them years prior to ARs going into effect.

bossbowman this is going to be the !st year with ARs on my lease in Polk county and we are seeing some big deer

ARs still _______ !!

huh thats funny, ive seen nothing of the sort. would really like to see one of these deer yall are talking about.

lol, if my cam took good night pictures while driving 70mph+ I could show you some you have the opportunity to shoot.

I saw a real nice one on my buddies place in east tx. Hopefully I'll have some pics of him in the back of the truck soon. One of us will get him if I can get him to get serious and do some huntin this yr.

Does anyone else get the feeling that CURLY hates the AR rules?

i know there out there, just havent seen any on cam this yr. i saw several nice bucks last season. had the safety off on a good one but it was well after sun down. i could barely see him at the feeder and i didnt want to make a bad shot.

think so,

THERE IS NO "E" IN TON.

Who, me?

curly just tell them the truth... is a trick... He is trying to conceal the fact that he has 160's right and left. I guess you could call it an east tx road hunter diversion

Darn your hide jgiles! Blow my cover why don't you?!?!

And with antlerless deer being legal in some counties from the start of the general season through the Thanksgiving holiday, it's going to sound like WWIII around day break on opening day.

not to use for shooting the deer....for following the bloodtrail.

ya i know i was just being a smart a$$. i second guessed myself for the rest of the season after not shooting that one.

I would have to.. we usually have atleast 1 chance at the bucks we see on cams at some point during season. I've been in that bind of seeing a nice one and letting him walk so I can shop around never to see anything better over the course of a season.

the bad part was it happend to me twice last season. once at the lease and once at my buddies place in llano. im pretty sure the one i passed on at the lease was a ten. i had a guy that hunts a spot next to mine watch a ten for over an hour a couple days after that. he haad already taken a buck and had no choice but to just watch him.

then i had a nice buck in llano come out to the feeder and keep on walking past it never to stop. when he got near a fence line i had him in the crosshairs with the safety off but he just wouldnt slow down, he was moving along pretty good and i just didnt feel comfortable with the shot. he was a good 8 with a kicker on his g2. i did end up shooting a little cull buck that weekend but not the good one i had a chance at.

I live in a county that is just starting antler resrictions this year. I think it's a good idea with one exception. I think there should be no restrictions for anyone under 16.