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MLD Hunts
Posted By: roadkill54
MLD Hunts - 08/24/20 04:38 AM
We have 4 HF ranches becoming available for a few hunts this year. This is a first in a long time. Three are in the Pearsall area and one is in Sonora. I have been on all these ranches guiding customers for the last decade or hunting myself. The facilities are nice and specific to each ranch. A hunt typically starts with the afternoon hunt, hunt the next two days and conclude on the morning of the third day. (Ex.Arrive Monday after lunch-hunt evening, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday morning/depart). Each hunter will have his own guide. Their job is to get you your targeted deer. Then have some some fun. These deer are wild-not pen raised. These ranches may be HF however they are big acreage. I will be happy to provide pictures/pricing if your serious. Management deer up into the 70's maybe an 80s are available. They're still finishing out as I type this. These are wild deer on protein, oats during the winter and heavily managed. Its what mother nature provides us.
Dates open currently
October 22-25 Sonora (max of 2)
November 9-15 Pearsall ranches
December 9-13 Pearsall ranches
Other dates are available, I know that if you have a small group it would work well in one of these windows. The ranch WILL not hunt more than four hunters per hunt and typically will change ranches for the next hunt to keep the pressure off the animals. My customers have harvested some tremendous trophies over the years which I am very proud to have been a part of!
If your seriously interested please send me a PM with your phone number. I will be happy to call you and text you some pictures of the deer we have taken over the years.
Posted By: svbubba
Re: MLD Hunts - 08/24/20 06:25 AM
tagged...
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 08/25/20 02:27 AM
Mustang Response sent......
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 09/15/20 02:51 PM
Update-the October hunt is committed. Since there has been a lot of interest I will open up another hunt window during the week of January 11th on my Junction/Sonora ranch. Please PM for details.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/08/20 03:11 PM
The big deer are starting to move on the South Texas ranches. If you like watching animals and harvesting a great trophy please send a PM. The ranches have some hunts available.
Posted By: ErikL
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/08/20 03:54 PM
pm sent
Posted By: jphunts6165
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/11/20 02:31 AM
You won’t be disappointed, honesty is hard to come by. This man is. I was scared to death when I booked last year as I had never booked this kind of hunt before. Everything is as advertised. Understate and over delivered. I am returning to hunt this year with him. If your looking or interested go ahead and give him a shout.
Posted By: Clark8907
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/11/20 05:40 PM
What is the price for one of these management deer in the 160s-170s?
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/16/20 04:34 AM
Clark, PM sent in response to your questions.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/18/20 03:28 AM
All PMs answered. We've had several oil companies pass on their hunts due to the oil price downturn this year thus opening up some additional dates on the STX ranches. I have hundreds of pictures of great happy hunters/deer. If your interested in a quality hunt on really good ranches please contact me.
Start of the rut week has opened up also.....(Dec 7th-) We have harvested some whoppers this week in the past....... Couples, friends work really well...
It's a great week to be in STX! or WTX!
Send me a PM. I'm happy to call and talk, text pictures and dates.
Also the bucks have finished out great! All the ranches finished up with great bucks and a number of top end bucks. This is intensive, native management at its best!
Thank you JP for the kind words! Looking forward to next week and having one heck of a good time.
Posted By: Mr. T.
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/19/20 02:28 PM
Please PM me prices also for a 150-170 deer. Looking for two spots, one for me and one for my wife.
Posted By: b weezy
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/19/20 08:35 PM
Please PM me prices also for a 150-170 deer. Looking for two spots, one for me and one for my wife.
X2 please
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/20/20 04:55 AM
All PMs answered. Thanks for the questions!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/29/20 10:28 PM
We had a very successful hunt on the Sonora ranch this week. Enclosed is a picture of the trophy that we harvested.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/30/20 11:00 PM
Posted By: TakeMeLord
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/31/20 07:15 PM
tag
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/31/20 09:18 PM
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/31/20 09:27 PM
Posted By: ErikL
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/01/20 05:31 AM
pm re: axis sent
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/01/20 01:47 PM
All PMs answered. Thank you.
Posted By: jphunts6165
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/02/20 08:32 PM
One pic on the 55 gallon drum while roadkill is scoring it.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/16/20 08:42 PM
We just completed a couple of hunts on the ranches in South Texas. Even with the ridiculously warm temperatures our guides got it done. Four hunters - four trophies!
166
169
187
201
I'll also mention we harvested a deer three weeks ago that scored 252 and change. We've been watching him for three years. I'll post a few pictures when I get them. Again I'll stress these are native genes and not pen raised. We work very hard at our management practices to grow these bucks. If your interested in a hunt please contact me.
Thanks
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/16/20 09:08 PM
Below is a picture of a deer we have been watching and protecting for three years letting him "grow up" and get old enough to hunt and harvest. I think its a testament to the type of management program we have on our ranches. Of course not all the deer posses the capacity to grow to this size however we do have a wide array of native deer across all the ranches. Small groups (1-3, 1-4) work well. The above two groups were two hunts with two hunters. We hunted two different BIG ranches. Lots of acres ......... Anyway we have lots of deer that still need to be hunted. If your interested please contact me!
Thanks
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/17/20 04:03 PM
All PMs responded too. Thank you!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/23/20 12:39 AM
A couple of more hunters are very happy this week. They scored on a couple of very nice bucks! Even thought the weather is not cooperating yet we still have managed to find some really good deer. If it ever does cool off I expect some new faces to begin to show up....
Posted By: ErikL
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/23/20 04:05 AM
nice old bucks!
Posted By: ErikL
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/23/20 04:13 AM
pm sent
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/24/20 12:39 AM
All Pms responded too!
Thank you for the inquiry.
Posted By: Halfmann
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/24/20 03:41 AM
PM sent.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/24/20 04:42 PM
PM responded too.
Thank you.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/24/20 06:52 PM
I have one/two more management type deer I'd like to remove from my family ranch in the Junction area the week of January 11th if there is any interest? Please send me a PM for details.......
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/01/20 09:16 PM
Another big buck hit the ground yesterday afternoon. Our hunter made a great shot....
Will post a picture when it comes in......
We may have an opening developing for December 11-14 (Rut should be on). Bucks are showing some serious attitude. PM if serious....
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/03/20 02:01 AM
Several more quality bucks hit the dirt this week so far. With the cooler weather the bigger bucks are starting to prowl and stick their noses into the wind! That put these two in harms way!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/03/20 02:05 AM
All PMs responded too.
Thank you.
Posted By: Madbomber
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/04/20 06:30 PM
pm sent
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/06/20 02:27 AM
All PMs responded too.
Thank you.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/12/20 01:05 AM
We just completed another week of hunts. Some great deer ate some red dirt. I'll be posting pic's in the next day or so. The rut is on! We experienced two knockout, knockdown fights - vicious is a better description of what we watched. Check back for pic's when I get them uploaded!
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Thank you!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/12/20 05:09 AM
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/12/20 06:02 PM
Couple of bucks on one of the ranches....... The big boy in back knows the game is up! The one in front is still thinking what the ......
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/14/20 05:34 PM
PMs responded too.
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Posted By: RodneyEarl
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/15/20 04:03 PM
Would like to hear what you have in mined
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/16/20 03:08 AM
RodneyEarl- Please check your PM. Thanks
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/23/20 12:26 AM
We just completed another very successful hunt and have two very happy hunters! They harvested two great deer one of which ( A big 8) just materialized the evening before. We had not seen this deer this year. We were able to get into position to harvest this magnificent trophy! The rancher decided today to offer a few more hunts based on the number of big deer that have shown up in the last ten days as the rut has kicked into high gear and more bucks are showing themselves as the rut heats up! If you have an interest please send me a PM.
Posted By: 12thman
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/23/20 12:42 AM
PM sent
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/23/20 03:10 AM
All PMs just responded too!
Thanks
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/23/20 04:05 PM
All PMs responded too.
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Posted By: Longtine
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/23/20 04:22 PM
PM me. We are in if the dates work
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/23/20 07:11 PM
All PMs responded too.
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Posted By: Chris86
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/24/20 01:55 AM
Guys I just got back from there and you will not be disappointed. It is a top notch operation from start to finish.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/24/20 03:41 AM
Thank you Chris. We did have a good time.
All PMs responded too.
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Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/31/20 09:59 PM
I found this 3 yr old on the last hunt we did. I think he's going to turn into something really special in another couple of years. He's a mainframe twelve!!!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 01/03/21 11:39 PM
Posted By: Biscuit
Re: MLD Hunts - 01/04/21 01:16 AM
It's not very often you get to hunt in the snow in Texas! During the last winter storm a couple of the kids put these culls on the ground during the morning sit minutes apart. It was a great day to be at the ranch!
Nice
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 01/09/21 11:02 PM
I thought I would post a few of the bucks that get a pass till next year. In the last 10 days they have really started to fight and break up. The second/third cycle has definitely kicked in and the boys are out trolling. Anyway we gave these guys a hall pass to see if they make another jump.....
I hadn't mentioned anything about turkey hunts yet.....I'll be posting some information about available hunts in the near future. Stay tuned!
Also a large number of our mature bulls are now out 1-2' and starting to show some definitive character. It should be interesting the next couple of months watching them finish out. I only plan to do a couple of Axis hunts. If you have an interest please send me a PM.
Thanks
Posted By: Biscuit
Re: MLD Hunts - 01/10/21 01:29 PM
I thought I would post a few of the bucks that get a pass till next year. In the last 10 days they have really started to fight and break up. The second/third cycle has definitely kicked in and the boys are out trolling. Anyway we gave these guys a hall pass to see if they make another jump.....
I hadn't mentioned anything about turkey hunts yet.....I'll be posting some information about available hunts in the near future. Stay tuned!
Also a large number of our mature bulls are now out 1-2' and starting to show some definitive character. It should be interesting the next couple of months watching them finish out. I only plan to do a couple of Axis hunts. If you have an interest please send me a PM.
Thanks
Nice ones
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 02/01/21 07:47 PM
Turkey Hunts
The Pearsall Ranches are booked.
We've got 2 ranches 15 miles North of Mathis that are loaded with birds! If your interested in a DiY type hunt please contact me. Each ranch has a house with facilities that can be used during the hunt. One ranch is 3000 acres the other 500 acres -again there are a bunch of birds.......
Please send a PM.
Thanks
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 02/19/21 01:15 AM
Posted By: joedav31
Re: MLD Hunts - 02/19/21 02:43 AM
Wow. That’s sucks roadkill. Hate that for you. Mother Nature is tough for sure.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 03/21/21 03:56 AM
Axis update-
We came through the winter storm in great shape. We put out extra feed a couple of days before the storm hit and the animals did just fine. While we have been doing pipe repairs at camp over the last two weeks we have been walking a bunch picking up fresh sheds. One of the bulls I had been watching last year carried great point length and mass. The last time I saw him was around Thanksgiving. I didn't think a lot about it at the time as some of the bigger mature bulls were starting to drop. Anyway during one of our walks this past week we found him. He apparently got stuck by another bull fighting last fall and died. We've lost several bulls in recent years from fighting-the common denominator being its always the big bulls that get hurt. Anyway, below is a picture of his skull.
I will be doing a couple of Axis hunts in a few months if interested. Right now its so green their not coming to corn, protein, cottonseed or alfalfa at the moment. When it starts to dry out that will all change...
Posted By: Biscuit
Re: MLD Hunts - 03/21/21 04:01 PM
Dang that’s terrible
Posted By: ErikL
Re: MLD Hunts - 03/21/21 05:08 PM
Pm sent.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 03/21/21 05:28 PM
Erik-PM answered.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 03/30/21 09:03 PM
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 04/04/21 11:23 PM
Two years ago a up and coming two year old went missing. He was already a ghost at two years of age as I only got two trail camera photo's of him and my son actually got his eyes on him in late January of that year. We had high hopes for him and then he became invisible. I didn't think a whole lot about it since we have a number of bucks that are ghosts. Little daytime activity, they avoid the cameras like the plague and we may go a whole year without a visual. He didn't show the next year or this past season so I've been wondering if his rack changed drastically and I didn't recognize him or something happened to him. Last week the boys were walking an area looking for a specific bucks sheds and found him. I surmise he got into it with another buck over a doe fawn coming in season late. This is one of the risks we run on our ranches since we keep our ratios so tight. Very disappointing but at least we have an ending to the story and we know that our quality program is moving in the right direction.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 04/22/21 01:08 AM
Posted By: Biscuit
Re: MLD Hunts - 04/22/21 01:37 PM
I get to bring closure to the story I told earlier in this thread of the big deer I had to put down from fighting this winter. A couple of the kids had him mounted for the ranch. He turned out fantastic. As I commented in the story about my history with this particular buck I take so lance in knowing that his genes have been spread through the herd over the years. I look forward to watching his offspring grow up in the future!
That’s a great end to the story
Posted By: 1955
Re: MLD Hunts - 04/22/21 06:31 PM
👍
Posted By: jphunts6165
Re: MLD Hunts - 04/26/21 12:29 AM
Much better to remember him like that. Hard to fathom what he looked like just prior to injury to a short time later. “A”
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 04/26/21 03:10 PM
JP- It will be interesting to see what the middle aged bucks do in the next couple of years....Once they get the skeletal growth out of the way and put it to the antler growth - look out!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 05/20/21 03:21 AM
Many of you have followed this thread since it started from the beginning. We've got the three ranches around Pearsall and my ranch west of Junction. The Pearsall ranches were lightly hunted and have a solid carryover of good bucks for this fall due to the long term management plan but also due to the impact of Covid. We had fewer deer harvested which means we've got more to take off/choose from this year. We've started booking hunts. If your interested take a few minutes to look back through this thread to look at the quality of bucks that have been harvested in recent years. A couple of the THF guys hunted with me last fall and had a very successful hunt down south.
Another friend on this forum hunted with me out west and harvested an exceptional mature buck on my family ranch. It took 7 years and a lot of nutrition to get that deer to the size he grew into but its possible if you let them get some age and pour the groceries to them. Anyway, I will do one maybe 2 hunts on my ranch. I also have Axis as an additional bonus if that's of interest.
As a reminder there are lots of pictures in the preceding posts. As the bucks get a little further developed I will begin to post some developmental photo's for fun......
If your interested in a hunt please send me a PM or if you already have my number don't wait to book as some dates are filling since a lot of people have gotten their shots........
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 05/28/21 05:33 AM
As an added commitment to our hunting guests all of the ranch guides, cooks and support staff will be vaccinated by the time the 2021 season begins. We want to make sure our team has done our part to make sure guests feel comfortable while they spend time at the ranch chasing that deer they have been thinking about for the last 12 months and not have any other distractions in the way!
Send me a PM to set your hunt up today!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 06/09/21 10:35 PM
Well......the boys are starting to show! We've been fixing flood gaps on all the ranches during the last two weeks. Over 9" inches out west to over 15" down south. So much rain that the deer have turned off the protein because of the availability of native browse! That translates into there's going to be some bruiser bucks on all the ranches this year....
Every year is good because of the management practices however this year will be exceptional because .....
1)We carried over extra bucks from last year
2)A number of our larger bucks broke up thus getting a hall pass for another year
3)We've already had our annual rainfall in the growing season
These three factors mean this will be an exceptional year antler wise!
Some early growth photo's.....
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 06/23/21 10:31 PM
I have an update on the Pearsall ranches. We just concluded a ranch meeting and the week of November 8th through the 14th is available. We typically conduct two hunts , the first starting Monday afternoon and the second starting Thursday afternoon. In past years we have hunted this week with customers and harvested some magnificent bucks. Bucks are still in bachelor groups and in more patternable groups then in a few weeks when it gets closer to the rut. They also typically are not broken up yet from fighting. We can easily handle up to four hunters per hunt.
As I mentioned in the above post we have a lot of solid bucks that we carried over from last year. The earlier you hunt the more deer you will see......
If you've got a friend or want to bring your kids the guides are really good. I brought my customers here for 9 years before I retired...
Send me a PM I'm happy to discuss details or I'm happy to call you!
Posted By: ElkOne
Re: MLD Hunts - 06/24/21 06:35 PM
Sent you a PM
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 06/28/21 09:51 PM
Elk One,
I have responded. Just got back from one of the ranches putting out feed. Fawns are hitting the ground!
Thanks
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 06/30/21 10:03 PM
The bucks are starting to show some bone. If you want to experience a quality hunt we have some availability in November. We carried over a lot of good deer from last year..... We have some really good native genetics! Send me a PM and lets talk!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 07/12/21 11:48 PM
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 07/14/21 10:11 PM
A couple of more Axis bulls to look at. Its finally starting to dry out and they are almost becoming visible during daylight hours. If your interested in a hunt send me a PM. I have some very nice bulls......
Posted By: ErikL
Re: MLD Hunts - 07/15/21 05:28 AM
pm sent
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 07/16/21 10:36 PM
PMs answered. Thank you!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 07/20/21 04:59 PM
A couple of teasers! The big boys are definitely starting to take shape!!!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 07/30/21 05:49 PM
Posted By: aoudaddy
Re: MLD Hunts - 08/01/21 12:42 AM
We pulled some cards on one of the ranches. The bucks are really shaping up. We still have a few openings if you want to hunt for a fantastic whitetail! Send me a PM>>>
That wide 8? With the short drop looks really interesting 👍🏼👍🏼
Posted By: Biscuit
Re: MLD Hunts - 08/01/21 05:22 PM
Great looking animals
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 08/03/21 03:40 PM
If this is the buck I think he is he is an absolute ghost - almost! He just keeps growing. Never a daytime photo ...... and barely any photo at all.....
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 08/23/21 12:33 AM
The bucks are still growing on the Pearsall ranches. We have two spots in mid November if you and a buddy want to make a hunt.... we're anticipating some exceptional deer with the amount of rainfall this year. This type of year doesn't come along very often in South Texas so don't miss out!
Posted By: HK9mm
Re: MLD Hunts - 08/24/21 03:54 PM
Sent you a PM re: Nov hunts.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 08/31/21 10:42 PM
Posted By: svbubba
Re: MLD Hunts - 09/01/21 09:21 PM
pm sent.........
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 09/06/21 09:55 PM
Yes sir. PM answered and call made. Thank you.
The first big boy shed yesterday! The fun begins......
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 09/14/21 03:17 PM
The Geezer made his appearance! This will probably be the only sighting we get of him this year unless he gets stupid in a couple of months which he hasn't done yet in the last couple of years... Amazing what a tease this buck has become!
We still have availability the week of November 8th. There will be some really nice bucks harvested this year due to carryover and the copious amounts of rainfall this summer. Nature may not provide this amount of moisture again for a long time. If your on the fence about doing a hunt in South Texas this is probably the year you should do it. It may be a while before you hit these conditions again!!!
If your interested shoot me a PM....
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/09/21 03:44 AM
I appreciate everyone that has been looking for updates and pictures. There is a lot of work going on behind the scenes currently. We typically don't kick it in gear until early November. Once it starts though it will be pretty steady for several months with lots of updates and pictures.........
Stay tuned - it should be an interesting year!
Posted By: TxBuck
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/09/21 10:00 PM
What is the price tag for that buck?
Posted By: MAP
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/14/21 02:18 AM
is that big 8pt available? Great looking bucks
Posted By: Setafavn
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/15/21 03:54 PM
Hi. I just sent you a PM
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/18/21 10:20 PM
TxBuck- That buck still has a hall pass for another year or two. I need to get a little more age on him. He is that good looking and looks better hard antlered. I anticipate he will add a lot of bone in the next year.
MAP- The rancher is debating whether to offer that buck up this year. His sheds scored 172" last year as an 8......
All PMs answered. Thank you.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/20/21 08:46 PM
A couple of nice bucks decided to pose for the camera recently...... we've got lots of deer of all sizes, these two just presented nice photo ops!
Posted By: aoudaddy
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/21/21 03:37 AM
Thats one big 8!
Keep us posted
Posted By: HFD45
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/23/21 04:05 PM
PM sent
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/25/21 09:06 PM
All PMs answered.
Thank you!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/26/21 07:52 PM
All additional PMs answered!
Thanks
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/28/21 04:17 AM
The one buck will score really well...... the other buck lacks tine length however he sure put it on width wise! The bucks ears on this particular ranch typically are 18" so you can do the math and he is on the hit list for this year........
Posted By: Chris86
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/28/21 06:53 PM
Counting down the days until we get there!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 10/28/21 08:25 PM
Yes sir, there are some really nice bucks starting to move about. Should be a good time! We're looking forward to ya'll coming down!
Posted By: 060swt
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/03/21 12:42 AM
Hello Roadkill54, I am very interested in harvesting some meat this year. If you still have something open, please let me know. thank you.
Posted By: 060swt
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/03/21 12:43 AM
Hello Roadkill54, I am very interested in harvesting some meat this year. If you still have something open, please let me know.
PM 214-264-8325
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/03/21 05:50 PM
All PMs answered.
Thank you.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/09/21 05:25 AM
Well, its game on. The fun has started. One of the first bucks to hit the ground is a deer we have watched for 5 years. This buck has always had incredible spread and we estimated him to be 8/9 years of age. We asked one of our long-time guests if he would be interested in hunting a 'Wide' deer. He jumped at the opportunity without seeing any pictures. Of course, the buck sensed immediately we were after him and disappeared. Five additional cameras and 41/2 days our hunter finally connected.
Main frame 8 with a 3" inline beam drop right side. 305/8ths inches outside. One heck of an mainframe 8! For those that care about score 168 and change.....
Posted By: ErikL
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/09/21 09:51 AM
great, interesting buck
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/11/21 07:14 PM
A couple of months ago I posted a hunt available on another ranch further south. That hunt took place a couple of days ago. I'll just say we underestimated this great buck considerably..... This was the big deer (fuzzy pic) i put out there to hunt a couple of months ago. The hunter made a great shot and has a super trophy now. The buck scored 2141/8...... Congrats to the successful hunter.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 11/14/21 05:19 PM
On certain bucks we do post postmortem's - sometimes due to injury (as in the case with the deer last January) or if we want to gain a better understanding as to what made them special from an antler growing perspective. This was the case with this buck. His body was longer than the typical buck deer on this ranch and he was heavier than most. He was a native deer. The ranch had years of history with this buck. He was a fighter-not a very good one. He was always busted up by Thanksgiving. The old saying -genetics, nutrition, AGE....... Below is his jawbone.... He jumped 30" from last year.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/10/21 03:14 PM
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/11/21 02:18 AM
We've had some really good deer hit the ground already from our hunts that we have conducted. This first buck scored 173 and was taken at 257 yds coming into an oat pivot. An interesting note - there still not hitting the oats very much due to the native browse and forbs coming up from the recent rains.... This buck was trailing a doe. The second buck scored 159 7/8 missing 4" of his brow guard on the right side....
Posted By: Biscuit
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/11/21 03:47 AM
Really nice
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/11/21 02:57 PM
This buck has been on our harvest list for the last three years however he has proven to be an absolute ghost. Any little bit of pressure and he goes underground for a week. We have spent hundreds of man hours hunting this particular deer. We have had 11 cameras out monitoring his travel patterns. To say he had become a nomad might be an understatement. In the span of four hours recently he covered 4.25 miles and visited four different stand locations. In the last week with the approaching rut he narrowed his area down to two stand areas but then only at night. Just before our group came in we got a daylight picture of him. Then another along with some girlfriends. Could a pattern be developing? At least long enough to slip in and kill him....
Our group arrives, we take care of the necessities and our guide and guest hike in over a half mile to minimize any disturbance. The does came out about 4:40 pm along with a few other bucks. At about 5:10 The buck comes slipping out along the edge of the brush line on high alert. Its very evident he doesn't like being exposed -our guide whispers to our guest that's him -Kill him now -he's about to leave! Our hunter made a great shot and the rest is in the photo's and he now has a tremendous trophy!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/14/21 07:55 PM
We had one of the best hunt weeks we've had in a long time. It was tough because the bigger deer were out of their pattern but good because they were on the troll and visible which made them kill-able. The first buck was seen only once last year during the hunting season. We got him on camera a number of times this year and then one of the guides actually filmed him briefly. He does not stay in any one place long so it was game on. They started hunting him where they had seen him only to find he had moved 3/4 of a mile to another location where the buck made a mistake and took a dirt nap! The first two photo's are of the ghost buck. This bucks scored 1843/8ths for those that care....
The second buck had been on the watch list for a couple of years and almost always at one particular stand area. He ended up being harvested over a mile from where he normally lives the majority of the year. This deer grossed 153.....
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/15/21 06:20 PM
Another nice buck hit the ground this past week. We had been watching this buck on camera for weeks and when we slipped in to hunt him he became a no show. We surmised he was in lock down with a doe. Lots of other bucks were being seen just not the target buck. On day three we made the decision to go in late morning and try and rattle him up. Much to our delight it worked perfectly and he almost ran over the guide who was rattling however the hunter was not positioned to make the shot. At least we found out several key things....
1) He was still in the immediate area
2) He was not busted up
So the vigil continued. That evening another big deer came in that was on the harvest list however he had obviously been fighting since he was missing some 20" of bone. So he now gets a pass until next year. The next morning hunter and guide are back at it with the other guides sitting in other nearby blinds looking in case this buck moved during the night. Shortly after daylight the shot and hit are finally heard. The buck materialized making a scrap almost in the same spot he was rattled up in the day before! You love it when they grow after they hit the ground....... Mainframe 9 with trash - 18 score-able points. One heck of a deer-one heck of a hunt- one happy hunter! For the score hungry 1835/8.....
Posted By: Txhunter65
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/15/21 08:28 PM
On certain bucks we do post postmortem's - sometimes due to injury (as in the case with the deer last January) or if we want to gain a better understanding as to what made them special from an antler growing perspective. This was the case with this buck. His body was longer than the typical buck deer on this ranch and he was heavier than most. He was a native deer. The ranch had years of history with this buck. He was a fighter-not a very good one. He was always busted up by Thanksgiving. The old saying -genetics, nutrition, AGE....... Below is his jawbone.... He jumped 30" from last year.
What was the consensus on the age of this deer?
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/15/21 10:26 PM
Great question. Sid is thinking 8/9 based on the number of years he has watched him. I'm thinking 7/8 if you solely go off of teeth. We are learning on our other ranches that aging by teeth is not an exact science. In fact we are now extracting the two front incisors out and sending them out for further analysis. We have already learned that even this is not fool[proof though...
Back to the original question though ....... the ranch has 'soft' soils which could attribute to the wear pattern. Not a lot of grit where this buck spent the majority of his time. Regardless, with the years of history that Sid had on this particular buck I think he's probably on age wise. Thanks for the question.
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/26/21 10:34 PM
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/27/21 08:52 PM
A few more of the deer we harvested last week during our two hunts. As I mentioned in the previous post the normal patterns evaporated however we were still successful in finding good bucks. The first buck scored 191", the second was an 8x8 that had great mass and touched 176" and the third we caught up to at dark with a doe at the edge of one of our oat pivots. It was a great time to be in South Texas Texas!
Its not to early to book for next year as we have plenty of carryover deer!!
Posted By: Biscuit
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/27/21 09:57 PM
Love that dark horned one
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 12/31/21 07:00 PM
I've had a cancellation on my family ranch east of Sonora during the week of January 24th. This is primarily a whitetail hunt although I do have axis. This hunt can be for a 130 up to a trophy class type buck since we have plenty of deer. If your seriously looking please PM me. I do not post my pricing. The enclosed is the type of quality deer I have......
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 01/02/22 10:34 PM
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Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 01/23/22 01:06 AM
We just finished up our last big deer hunt for the year. Turned out to be more than a little interesting. A deer we had found last fall had disappeared with the start of the rut as they sometimes do. He reappeared about 10 days ago and settled into a pattern (almost). Anyway, our guest arrived and we started our hunt and the buck no shows ( figures right). Anyway the next day the deer shows and comes in and the guest passes on him........ Mind you this is a deer that has 36-37 inches of mass, will break 170 but is only 15-16" wide. So the hunt continues.This cold front coming and the weather has the deer acting weird. We change blinds and have a bunch of deer out front and to the side. The guest has been staring off to the side watching a deer at the water trough and finally says I think that may be a new buck (after watching him for 15 minutes). Quick glance-get your gun up and kill him. Trash points left g2, trash points right g3-tall heavy, chocolate massive body and now behind a multi trunk mesquite tree.... no shot. Slip back in that evening and he shows about 500 yds out on the fence line via the full moon. So we plan for the next morning...
Go to the same blind......but go early and put extra corn out since the vehicle is not bothering him and hope for the best. Similar scenario -- there are deer everywhere. Two sets of eyes looking at everybody in the field multiple times and then there he is right in front of us at 130 yds! But wait- no doubt its a shooter but he's missing the extra goodies up top from the day before. A couple of kickers, lots of points, heavy, chocolate, wide get the gun up now.... I think our guest gets nervous if he rushes into the shot (about gave us a heart attack!!!) Anyway he made a great shot and this buck will look great on his wall! He taped out at 1796/8ths. A great way to end on a high note!
Posted By: roadkill54
Re: MLD Hunts - 02/03/22 05:45 PM
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