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Dead Deer
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07/11/11 12:16 AM
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Talked to our rancher out in Childress and he had stated that there is a good number of deer starting to be found dead through out the county from dehydration, hope who hunts out there have water on there place..They have not had rain since deer season of last year..They have had temps of 100 48days in a row now..Most days have been 110-117' in the last few weeks..Pray for some rain out there..
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/11/11 12:20 AM
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07/11/11 01:35 AM
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07/11/11 01:36 AM
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rain plz rain!!!up north!!!
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/11/11 11:56 AM
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Was at the lease on Saturday, between Rising Star and Cross Plains, and the tanks are starting to look low. None of them are empty yet....... WE SURE NEED SOME RAIN though!
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/11/11 12:25 PM
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I'm just east of Shamrock and my ranchers are finding some dead fawns but no adult dead deer so far. I found a dead fawn this weekend also. We drove around and still see lots of deer on the leases but what was very odd is I didn't see any does with 2 fawns they were all singles. My guess is that can't support 2 and it's mother natures way of working it out. Very HOT and dry and the 10 day forcast is just like last weeks.
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/11/11 02:49 PM
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I'm just east of Shamrock and my ranchers are finding some dead fawns but no adult dead deer so far. I found a dead fawn this weekend also. We drove around and still see lots of deer on the leases but what was very odd is I didn't see any does with 2 fawns they were all singles. My guess is that can't support 2 and it's mother natures way of working it out. Very HOT and dry and the 10 day forcast is just like last weeks. Now that you have mentioned that about the 2 fawns this year I have not seen any my self...seen tons of twins last year..
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/11/11 02:55 PM
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At the lease near San Angelo, the rancher has found a few dead fawns. Still seeing plenty of adult deer, but he did mention the number of fawns that he is seeing is way down from what he is used to seeing.
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07/11/11 03:22 PM
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I think im going to my lease this weekend to set up my new deer blind. Hopefully some of our tanks still have water!
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/11/11 04:36 PM
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Most days have been 110-117' in the last few weeks..Pray for some rain out there..
Is this with some kind of heat index? That sounds pretty crazy hot to me. We still have does with twins, no lost deer that we know of from this year. We have year round free choice protein spin corn and water stations at most blinds pluss a couple cattle trouphs and a tank. Also we have timed waterers set up on a couple trees we planted that will make a puddle around the trees, the deer quail and rabits know when the waterer goes off and start showing up a little before, just like it is a feeder! We could sure use some rain. matt
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/11/11 04:42 PM
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Yea it sounded crazy to me when he told me then about a week ago I heard it on the news about being 117 in childress some guys at work were also talking about them hearing it to..Its probley the index like you said..We also have water trouphs at are place ran off solor.
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07/11/11 11:53 PM
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MatthewsBM- Hows the area east of McLean off I-40? Any rain at all? Antler growth? Ive hunted gray and donley county line.
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07/12/11 02:00 AM
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Yea it sounded crazy to me when he told me then about a week ago I heard it on the news about being 117 in childress some guys at work were also talking about them hearing it to..Its probley the index like you said..We also have water trouphs at are place ran off solor. Folks I know at Vernon say it's the actual temp. Our lease is between Vernon and Childress and I have temps from the game cams of 123. Now I think those cant be accurate but it still has to get pretty hot for the cameras to report temps that high.
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07/12/11 02:06 AM
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No dead deer here, yet. The fawn crop is small this year. Last year I had two does with twins and one with triplets, but they've all been singles so far this year.
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/12/11 11:11 AM
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I live in Pampa(gray county) and hunt wheeler county. Average rainfall is 10" and we have recieved 2" this year. Down in mcclean, wellington, shamrock they got upwards of an inch or more last night and right now as well. Its dry dry up here. Deer look decent but I am worried about the bucks growing to full potential. Don't think it will happen. The sweetwater creek runs through our 12 section ranch and its dry. Totally. So I am thinking doe only harvest this year unless a freak cull deer presents itself.
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/12/11 11:14 AM
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Also Saturday it was 106 in Pampa. We have seen temps of 106-112 actual temp. That is WAY out of normal for us. So it is bad up here for sure. They are talking like next week a storm system is looking promising for us. We shall see
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07/12/11 12:00 PM
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Longhorn Cop East of Mclean has received a little more rain than Shamrock but not much. They still need rain just like us. However I'm looking at radar now and it says it's raining in Shamrock. I'm waiting to hear from my ranchers to see if we got any and how much.
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/12/11 12:54 PM
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We just got dumped on. East got rain also. Heard mclean had 0.70". Not bad.
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/12/11 01:52 PM
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Yea it sounded crazy to me when he told me then about a week ago I heard it on the news about being 117 in childress some guys at work were also talking about them hearing it to..Its probley the index like you said..We also have water trouphs at are place ran off solor. Folks I know at Vernon say it's the actual temp. Our lease is between Vernon and Childress and I have temps from the game cams of 123. Now I think those cant be accurate but it still has to get pretty hot for the cameras to report temps that high. Our game cams have reported temps into the 150's.. pretty inacurate if you ask me. matt
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/12/11 06:24 PM
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I did some lookin and the highest temp I found was 117 on June 26, 2011... man thats hot fellas. That is an un adjusted actual temerature and a new record breaking the old one for that day of 108 which was set in 1994.
The 117 was the hotest recorded for june and july though.
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/12/11 07:06 PM
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Thanks guys. Im praying for rain for you all.
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/12/11 07:31 PM
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Tanks are low and temps are crazy hot in Knox County, but on the upside, the low tanks mean good frog hunting. If you can find a tank with water, then fresh frog legs for supper!
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07/12/11 07:43 PM
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Its bad even in east Texas.
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07/12/11 09:58 PM
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Each storm that has had the chance of rain up there has totally gone right around childress, Vernon, and hardeman we need it bad..
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Re: Dead Deer
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07/13/11 04:13 PM
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I just got off the phone with our rancher.... Not lookin good. We hunt 17k acres in Briscoe Co. Haven't seen a drop of rain since October with about 2" of snow in Feb. He said that all but 2 of the 15+ tanks we have are dry. The biggest tank, which was loaded with bass is completely dry. He is relying on windmills right now to keep water, but then he is still hauling water 8 hours a day. Said even the cedars are browning up.... We are heading up this weekend to fill feeders, and are taking water with us to help with some of the windmills. He said the litle 1/2" rain we got yesterday was well appreciated, but its not gonna do it. Not a good year.
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