Alright: pnh, TAT & BuckRage....and anybody else who wants to come along.......

I think these Big Country storms are going to skirt around us, so I'm headed back out to the tree. Last time we were out, we got tangled up with a nasty javelina and got a visit from the GW. Let's hope this front will get 'em moving. I'm putting the bush-rags on now and waiting on the wife to get home. Y'all come along. I'll try and keep you in the loop.....

You saw a Javi in Eastland? How is the new GW?

Thanking god for the rain but I don't feel like sitting in a tree while it is lightning. I will be out there first thing tomorrow morning though. They were moving this morning so good luck.

Phone + rain = hard to type.

I'm hAvig to type through the plastic bag.....GW is a nice guy. I knew him some year back when he wan in Midland county …. The rain has let up.

Sorry, had to come to Frisco to see my 11 year old grandson play football. He plays for the Cowboys in the FFL. They are now 5-0. Might give the Dallas bunch a pretty good tussle!

Good Luck

Hope they are dancing in the rain for ya!

The rain is one thing but an electrical storm is another when you're in a metal stand. I got a little wet. Tune in next time. Taking the phone apart and going to let it dry.

How much rain have we gotten out there?

It was a nice evening to sit. The rain did let up for about 30 minutes and the birds and sqirrels came out but then the turds started floating and the lightening was pretty close.

It was a pretty good soaker for several hours. It should do the tanks real well. I don't have a guage up.

As for the javelina, evidently, Eastland county has them....just don't shoot them. He was all by himself and I pulled my camera's card and he was on it several times. I won't be posting pictures of him though.

I say I "know" the GW....I don't know him but being from a small
town, we have met. Our families had a mutual friend when he was out in Midland. He's a good guy - Lee Dycus. From what I understand, he's wanted to get this job for a few years now.

That's awesome to have another good game warden. I spoke with Zach the other day. They are good friends. I saw a pic of a javi in s'ville last year or the year before.

I'm 6 miles Sw of eastland,just checked my rain gauge and it goes to 5 inches and its full!! and still raining..

VTR
Mike

Just got back from my daughters competition. I'll come along for the ride! Glad to hear someones getting rain. Good luck and keep us posted.

P.s hope your phone survives

Alright, Mike. Did Patti pull a bolt back on your crossbow? I told her to get it ready before she left for work so you wouldn't have an excuse for not going. 5 inches is definitely a soaker. I hope the fish don't suffer from all of the silt.

Don't wait for me, stxranch. I'm not heading back out this morning....I'm still not dried-off from last night. I'm going to try my luck at an auction later this evening: rifles, flint-locks, a little Raven .25... I hope the bidders are generous. Still raining here...I might need to get the paddles out.

Well last sunday I went and tried to sight it in,and that turned out to be a bad idea,guess I'm going to have to wait to get the docs release(the 17th) b4 I try it again,that will leave me time I hope....still getting pics with deer at the feeder during the day

For you guys around Eastland and Carbon, there is a wildlife seminar/field day around the corner from my place on October 15th. It is being put on by Cook Canyon Ranch and the TPWD. They are going to discuss Quail,Mountain Lions,Hog Control, Deer habitat Etc. It will be from 8:30-4:30. You must RSVP if interested. I will try and load the info on here if anyone is interested.

I would go to it but we have hunters that I will be guiding that weekend.

Never mind, it looks like you had to register by October 6th. Sorry.

http://texasconservation.org/page.php?page=workshop

We're back on stand this muggy morning. I was able to het permission and did find the javi....no pictures, though as I think you'll all understand. We stirred up the area pretty good yesturday looking for him and filled the feeder so it might put the deer on alert today. I should have just worn a short-sleeve b/c it's humid. I'll try and keep this updated....

According to my lunar calendar, I should be covered up. I guess the deer didn't get the memo....

I tried lunars last year and didn't work out for me either. Glad ya found the javi. They make cool skull mounts. Good luck!

The sqirrels aren't even making any racket this overcast morning. I wonder what's up?

I don't base my hunts off the calendar but I need all the help I can get. Haha!!!

I'm home now. My wife took the day off - not so I could hunt, but to go job-looking. Chores and euro-mounts today and tomorrow.

Ok, I'm confused. Did you kill a Javi? And is that why the GW gave you a visit? Are they illegal to kill in Eastland if you see one? According to the Regs, there is a North zone that has a season for them which started on October 1. I did not see Eastland listed as a county in either the north or south zone. PM me if you don't want to answer here.

ok just caught this thread,where have i been!!!! good luck on the hunting and congrats on the javi. is mr. brown still a GW around eastland, callahan and ther counties in the area? he was a great GW! Novemberyet, are you hunting this evening?

We've had the Javi's on our place in Jack County for two years running. There's no season on them in Jack Co so we just walk watch them. I was surprised though because I didn't know they were that far north...

North????Jack cty is north of Eastland.