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panhandle hunting
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I am heading out to Texas Tech for college and was wondering how the hunting is out there in or around Lubbock. please show pics of any birds or anything being hunted out there.
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TexasHeat
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(Veteran Tracker)
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06/18/08 02:20 PM
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Re: panhandle hunting
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Hunting can be off the hook! Low hunter pressure and vast amounts of space to hunt. Scout and hook up with some locals are the keys!
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have you been out there?
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ktiner
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(Light Foot)
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06/18/08 02:49 PM
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there are a lot of guys on here that have gone to tech and hunted the area while they were there. What I did; mid 90's, was to get to know the farmers in the area that I wanted to hunt. Most will let you hunt if you have good manners and get to know them. My brother and I always helped during harvest time to show our graditude for them granting us access to there land. Good luck and buy a good waterfowl jacket for that 30+ mph north wind. lol.
Kyle 
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sweet man and i do have a pretty good jacket from last Christmas. With so many fields and wide open spaces how do you even start to scout out there? Cause when i get out there I honestly can't even find the highway i came in on. I guess my question is without seeing the geese or ducks what in the world am I looking for out there that would have what a bird needs.
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Welcome to the forum and to Lubbock, I work in Lubbock and live in out in the sticks. Birds and Coyotes are about it around Lubbock. Being that your in the migratory section, you will be glad to know that Lubbock will be full of as many canada geese (mostly lesser but a fare share of greaters) as you can imagine in the fall and winter months. Ducks are plentiful as well. The only problem that I have seen in the past few years is that since so many geese have decided to winter here that outfitters are popping up left and right. Where once most farmers with a visit would gladly allow you to hunt their fields or playa lakes, now most are under contract with outfitters, or have seen $$$ and want get in on a little cash flow for themselves. Im sure there are still a few of the good old boys around but they are far between. The further you get away from the city the better. Most of the geese roost inside the Lubbock city limits and fly out to feed. As for pics look under the photo section for 06-09-08, I posted a mallard drake with a reward band that I got just west of Lubbock. Let me know if you have any further questions.
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outside of Lubbock what part(ex: west or north) do you see the geese in?
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All over, Just depends on which field they have found to feed in. The best way to find them is to go to one of the playa lakes in the afternoon and wait for them to leave for their afternoon feeding. Just follow them from a distance, usually the next morning they will go back to the same place they fed the evening before. Thats where locating the land owner (tricky)part comes in. They tend to use a field until they have wiped it clean and then find another. The experience's I have had with them is even if you have a great spread but are not in the field they are wanting to go to, then your chances are slim in convincing them to decoy. They tend to feed primarily in cut milo fields, not so much in wheat unless milo crops had a bad year. Hope this helps
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sweet man I cant wait to get out there and do some hunting. Ill probably go buy some decoys and a lay out blind before I move in to my dorm. have you ever used 2D decoys(the flat ones) if so are those a better buy, to get a larger spread. Or do the geese really notice that there are a bunch of paper punch outs in the field.
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Guy
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(THF Trophy Hunter)
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06/18/08 03:45 PM
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The experience's I have had with them is even if you have a great spread but are not in the field they are wanting to go to, then your chances are slim in convincing them to decoy.
It sure helps to be where the birds want to land!  I like what the duckcommader says "You want to look like a good duck caller, just set your spread up where the ducks want to land."
That's some good info you posted! 
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haha thats some good advise but i got to get a decoy spread first, i have 0 in the way of decoys!
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I use to hunt with some guys that had probably 500 real geese pro series sillouettes, and did pretty good. I would recomend not going too cheap, the shiney decoys don't work worth a flip. Early in the season they would probably due, but the birds tend to get educated after getting peppered a few times. Numbers tend to the key. They feel more comfortable landing in a bigger spread. I have around a hundred or so decoys myself mix of sillouettes and shells but really didn't hunt them much last season. The big numbers get here around Thanksgiving and will stay til spring. Good Luck.
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Guy
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(THF Trophy Hunter)
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06/18/08 03:53 PM
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Where you from?
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I'm about 30 minutes south east of Dallas. but i do all my duck hunting in south Louisiana so its gonna be a big change in scenery
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just being a college kid and know that to get a doz good dekes you gotta drop about 400+ bucks isnt going to be a very doable thing.
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I guess you will just have to use your beer money on dekes...
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haha Ive already used it up and I still gotta get other huntin stuff
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Txduckman
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(THF Trophy Hunter)
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06/18/08 11:12 PM
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Lots of good deer, turkey, and hog hunting an hour east of there. Male some friends. You better keep your firearms off campus or you won't be there long!!
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if you go north in the panhandle, there is lake meredith. it is north of Amarillo. you can hunt deer, quail, waterfowl, coyotes in quail season, and occasionally will jump a pheasant. and it's all free.
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sweet looks like ima need to get myself a rifle, what is probably the best all around rifle for hogs deer or anything else imaginable
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This has got to be a joke!
If you are a "duck hunter for life"
You would already know about the panhandle...
J.J.
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now I do, Ive never been there hunting or during hunting season, only heard some stories about it but never really knew. looks like I got four good hunting seasons ahead of me that I know of. being that I am from Louisiana and have done ALL of my duck hunting there I figured that I would give Lubbock a shot.
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your going to tech, you might want to plan on 6 good seasons
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kirkw
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(Bird Dog)
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06/19/08 08:35 PM
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so cut sorghum fields are pretty good?
guess I just got lucky with my new job. We have a pretty good size piece of sorghum. None of my co-workers are waterfowlers so I am not getting any info from them. I have very high hopes for this season.
Kirk
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?? masters??
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why would I be planning on 6?
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why would I be planning on 6?
man you need to do your homework...its a bit of a party enviroment with some of the hottest chicks around. Your going to want to string it out a little longer
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why would I be planning on 6?
man you need to do your homework...its a bit of a party enviroment with some of the hottest chicks around. Your going to want to string it out a little longer
dekes or bail money, man thats a tough one... LPD going with zero tolerance this last year on college students. Just a heads up.
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Txduckman
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(THF Trophy Hunter)
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06/20/08 09:50 AM
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5 to 6 years is the norm. Easiest to get into and hardest to get out of... I should know!
About hunting, don't get your hopes up sooooo high. Yes, it is a great jumping point for great hunting. Just calm down and take it easy. Don't go buying rifles and stuff just yet. Meet people and talk with people. Plus you can't store that stuff in the dorm or car!! The Lake Meredith deer season is open only during week before Thanksgiving holidays and finals time and it is going to be a 140+ mile drive one way!! Your best way to get to go hunting is by meeting people with land out there already and you should access to plenty of farm boys in the dorm there. (Be careful of their type of hunting methods as well. Not always the most ethical. Just some of them though.) They will be the ones in the hall with a little cow throwing a rope at it. Stay away from the dudes wearing pink polo shirts. You'll burn too much gas driving to the brush country to hunt with them. 
If you join a fraternity, there are usually several guys who hunt all the time and have access to places which they own. Think locals. Join an ag club.
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Marcstar
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(Veteran Tracker)
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06/20/08 09:51 AM
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The only time I really made time to hunt while at Tech was when I came home and duck hunted with my dad. Other than school about the only thing I focused on was my social life and chasing girls.
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The only time I really made time to hunt while at Tech was when I came home and duck hunted with my dad. Other than school about the only thing I focused on was my social life and chasing girls.
I wish I would have spent more time hunting then did...god I would love to have just 1 more year in college up there
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ktiner
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(Light Foot)
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06/20/08 10:56 AM
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What he meant to say is that you better forget about the hunting and everything else if you think you are going to get out in four years. lmao. I got out in 8 semesters but I took several 20 hour loads to do it. Plus an easy major.
Kyle
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your going to tech, you might want to plan on 6 good seasons
Best Damn 8 years of my life!!!!!!!!  
Life revolved around:
Girls, beer, girls, hunting, girls, penny pitchers, girls, fraternity stuff, girls, and then there was this thing called school!!!! 
To sum up college right hera!
J.J.
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ktiner
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(Light Foot)
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06/20/08 11:27 AM
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J.J.
The famous penny pitcher. I cried when the legend of the penny pitcher died. THOSE WERE GOOD TIMES! Walking in and Crawling out.
Kyle
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Junior, (ducksforlife)
There ain't no birds in the pabhandle... 
Dat what you are talkin' bout?
J.J.
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Txduckman
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(THF Trophy Hunter)
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06/20/08 11:48 AM
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Yeah, what is wrong with charging a $5 cover and giving everything away for free!??!
I worked the door at a place that used to be on Broadway street. hmmm... Amazing how everyone I carded was under 21! 
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when I moved back to austin the biggest shock was paying $5 a beer instead of .50
and no Schooners, just regular old pint glasses
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When i went a couple months ago I was surprised how many hot chicks were there (in the middle of no where!!) Im heading out there this Sunday for new student orientation so ill be seeing quite a bit more. dont know if I want to hunt more or just chase around girls. how is a guy supposed to choose between the best things in life!!!
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I would leave about 4:00-5:00 a.m. to head out...
That gives plenty of time to get your groove on...
And sometimes...
J.J.
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Marcstar
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(Veteran Tracker)
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06/20/08 01:43 PM
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The way I look at it is you'll have your entire life to hunt. If I went back and did it again I'd probably do it the same.
Yeah I went to Lubbock a couple months ago to meet up with some old fraturnity brothers and play golf at the new Tech course...damn there are a lot of hot girls in that town. It made me feel pretty old though. Sucks how you age but your taste in women pretty much stays the same.
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...I get older, they stay the same age...
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honestly their cheeleaders are by for not the hottest girls on campus. 2 of them come from my school and they're alright but ive never seen that many hot girls around here.
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You will have a blast at Tech. I was there from 89'-95'. He is right, just get to know the farmers real well and they will usually give you permisssion. What I did when I was there is that I went to the local Texas Parks and Wildlife and got some stop poaching stickers and went out and gave them to the farmers. If they think that you are involved in helping them out and not just wanting to use them to hunt, they will be more apt to help you out.
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That's great!!! Reminds me of the good ole days in Lubbock!
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Whiskey are you going up to the panhandle again this year?
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Whiskey are you going up to the panhandle again this year?
I would love to...
got several invites last year and was only able to make one...
I am suppose to head to North Dakota for 10 days this October and that might hinder me heading up to the panhandle? But then again, I don't know...
But to answer the question...Yes, I would love to go up there again!!!
J.J.
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