Live hunt Matador WMA

[krausejmk]

THX for posting this. I drew GDE for Nov 6. Will PM. This thread was excellent . THX for sharing!

Wes

I sent you the info below via pm but it's not showing it went through so I will post it here for any other that are interested as well

The research I did also said more whitetail to the east but we saw plenty of both on the West side. I talked to 3 different groups and here is what they reported.

Lone Canyon- Hunt this if you can! He saw multiple large whitetail bucks and my research led to this being the best unit.

Shorty- not very big but supposed to hold a lot of whitetail. One guy had a shot at a spike but did not take it. Lots of trails going through here as well, not sure what else they saw as they left a couple of days early

Siskpen- the guys who hunted here did not see anything and left early as well.

Samson-we hunted here and saw plenty of whitetail and mule deer and would have got one if we were rifle hunting. In the upper left corner there are feeders and a food plot on private land where we saw 2 big wt bucks fighting. If I did it again or was rifle hunting I would just sit on a high point and glass until you see something then make a move if need be. This unit was good but due to the wet year the creek running through it was hard to find a good place to cross, best bet was follow an old road to the windmill in the middle and just suck it up and walk through ( i fell once, lol )

Driving around on Sunday we saw a very nice wt buck with a kicker on his right side in East Aeromotor and would have picked that unit or south middle if they would have been available.


Also, I ordered a map from the link below it was very helpful and better than what they had at the office. I got the water proof paper and it comes with the units marked out on it.

http://www.apexmappingsolutions.com/matador.html

[grizzman]

When I hunted Yoakum Dunes a couple of years ago, the biologist out there told me that Chip runs the mule deer program for the whole state. That's who he reported to.

[C.Read]

I sent you the info below via pm but it's not showing it went through so I will post it here for any other that are interested as well

The research I did also said more whitetail to the east but we saw plenty of both on the West side. I talked to 3 different groups and here is what they reported.

Lone Canyon- Hunt this if you can! He saw multiple large whitetail bucks and my research led to this being the best unit.

Shorty- not very big but supposed to hold a lot of whitetail. One guy had a shot at a spike but did not take it. Lots of trails going through here as well, not sure what else they saw as they left a couple of days early

Siskpen- the guys who hunted here did not see anything and left early as well.

Samson-we hunted here and saw plenty of whitetail and mule deer and would have got one if we were rifle hunting. In the upper left corner there are feeders and a food plot on private land where we saw 2 big wt bucks fighting. If I did it again or was rifle hunting I would just sit on a high point and glass until you see something then make a move if need be. This unit was good but due to the wet year the creek running through it was hard to find a good place to cross, best bet was follow an old road to the windmill in the middle and just suck it up and walk through ( i fell once, lol )

Driving around on Sunday we saw a very nice wt buck with a kicker on his right side in East Aeromotor and would have picked that unit or south middle if they would have been available.


Also, I ordered a map from the link below it was very helpful and better than what they had at the office. I got the water proof paper and it comes with the units marked out on it.

http://www.apexmappingsolutions.com/matador.html

PM sent

[Aggiewes]

I sent you the info below via pm but it's not showing it went through so I will post it here for any other that are interested as well

The research I did also said more whitetail to the east but we saw plenty of both on the West side. I talked to 3 different groups and here is what they reported.

Lone Canyon- Hunt this if you can! He saw multiple large whitetail bucks and my research led to this being the best unit.

Shorty- not very big but supposed to hold a lot of whitetail. One guy had a shot at a spike but did not take it. Lots of trails going through here as well, not sure what else they saw as they left a couple of days early

Siskpen- the guys who hunted here did not see anything and left early as well.

Samson-we hunted here and saw plenty of whitetail and mule deer and would have got one if we were rifle hunting. In the upper left corner there are feeders and a food plot on private land where we saw 2 big wt bucks fighting. If I did it again or was rifle hunting I would just sit on a high point and glass until you see something then make a move if need be. This unit was good but due to the wet year the creek running through it was hard to find a good place to cross, best bet was follow an old road to the windmill in the middle and just suck it up and walk through ( i fell once, lol )

Driving around on Sunday we saw a very nice wt buck with a kicker on his right side in East Aeromotor and would have picked that unit or south middle if they would have been available.


Also, I ordered a map from the link below it was very helpful and better than what they had at the office. I got the water proof paper and it comes with the units marked out on it.

http://www.apexmappingsolutions.com/matador.html

Got it! THX! The PM did come through also. THX a ton! Wes

[NDN98]

I sent you the info below via pm but it's not showing it went through so I will post it here for any other that are interested as well

The research I did also said more whitetail to the east but we saw plenty of both on the West side. I talked to 3 different groups and here is what they reported.

Lone Canyon- Hunt this if you can! He saw multiple large whitetail bucks and my research led to this being the best unit.

Shorty- not very big but supposed to hold a lot of whitetail. One guy had a shot at a spike but did not take it. Lots of trails going through here as well, not sure what else they saw as they left a couple of days early

Siskpen- the guys who hunted here did not see anything and left early as well.

Samson-we hunted here and saw plenty of whitetail and mule deer and would have got one if we were rifle hunting. In the upper left corner there are feeders and a food plot on private land where we saw 2 big wt bucks fighting. If I did it again or was rifle hunting I would just sit on a high point and glass until you see something then make a move if need be. This unit was good but due to the wet year the creek running through it was hard to find a good place to cross, best bet was follow an old road to the windmill in the middle and just suck it up and walk through ( i fell once, lol )

Driving around on Sunday we saw a very nice wt buck with a kicker on his right side in East Aeromotor and would have picked that unit or south middle if they would have been available.


Also, I ordered a map from the link below it was very helpful and better than what they had at the office. I got the water proof paper and it comes with the units marked out on it.

http://www.apexmappingsolutions.com/matador.html

Thanks for all the information. Much appreciated. I bought the map you recommended for our GDA hunt in December and the map is great quality.

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I also bought the map. Hunting next week. THX for all the advice! Much appreciated! Wes

[NDN98]

I also bought the map. Hunting next week. THX for all the advice! Much appreciated! Wes

Good luck!

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Good luck!

THX a ton! Looking forward to it! Wes