Id like to hear from anyone that hunts around the Barnhart area if that's not to far. It was my first yr on the lease and seeing trophy deer on camera much less shooting them was pretty slim. If anyone hunts close Id sure like to hear if your year was any better.
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Originally posted by txbowhunter60 View PostId like to hear from anyone that hunts around the Barnhart area if that's not to far. It was my first yr on the lease and seeing trophy deer on camera much less shooting them was pretty slim. If anyone hunts close Id sure like to hear if your year was any better.
That area was hit really hard with the drought. Really will be the next year or really two before we get age classes back in line.
Have you been on your place long? Any management rules in place prior years?
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It was my first yr but it has been ran by the same group for the last 10. They've always done 8pts or less as culls and 9pts or more trophy and at least 4.5yrs ald for both. I think they are going to change that next season hopefully it will help. I was just concerned when the biggest buck taken this yr was a 128in 10pt off 12k acres.
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Originally posted by txbowhunter60 View PostIt was my first yr but it has been ran by the same group for the last 10. They've always done 8pts or less as culls and 9pts or more trophy and at least 4.5yrs ald for both. I think they are going to change that next season hopefully it will help. I was just concerned when the biggest buck taken this yr was a 128in 10pt off 12k acres.
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Originally posted by txwhitetail View PostI think shooting them at 4.5 you will be doing good to shoot 130" deer. Really need to get trophies to 5.5 or better 6.5 in the area. We went to 6.5 and the top end has really improved for the neighbors. Coming out of the drought it has been slim the past couple of years finding a 6.5 to shoot but that's part of the process you have to be disciplined if that's the type of deer you want to shoot. I haven't shot a trophy in 3 years but the last one I did shoot was over 170".
Just noticed we were already two pages deep and I hadn't added my .02 yet
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