This is my first booked hunt on a ranch. I have only hunted on leases, Sam Houston National Forest, and The South Texas Shootout.
I’m writing this to let everyone know what is going on over there at First Point. The guy in charge of the ranch is name Mike Palmer. Before me and my two friends Joe & Jesse got there, we asked around and was told that Mike Palmer was a real jerk with no sense of humor. We found out that this wasn’t all true. He seemed like an alright guy, but when we sat down he laid down all kinds of crazy rules. Some of these were, “no drinking beer outside the camp” & “no hunting within 100 yards of the feeders.” The biggest rule that effected the whole hunt was’ “NO SHOOTING DOES!” Because of this rule, there were a million does on a 6,000 acre low fence ranch. They were literally watching us put up our blinds. Mike Palmer’s explanation for this was so that when the rut comes around , he can suck all the bucks in from the surrounding ranches. When he said that, I thought to myself, “the other ranchers probably want to kick his ***!” Anyways….. The whole three day hunt, all I saw were about 30 does and a couple spikes. Needless to say that I’ll never go back. I did have a good time with my friends, but I’ll be haunted by does mocking me in my sleep for a little while. For the record: First Point Bowhunting ranch’s new name will forever be “The Doe Ranch.”
WARNING: Do not use popup blinds on this ranch. The deer (does) are super educated. It was so bad that my friend Jesse told me that when a doe approached him he could almost hear the doe tell her yearling, “look sweetie, that the new Double Bull Matrix.” Try to cut down brush to make your own blind, or you can use some of the existing brush blinds that were left by other hunters. If you look hard enough, you will find that there are plenty everywhere. Trust me. You won’t be fooling anyone with your, “high-speed, $300, scent control, crazy 3D camo, popup blind”
I’m writing this to let everyone know what is going on over there at First Point. The guy in charge of the ranch is name Mike Palmer. Before me and my two friends Joe & Jesse got there, we asked around and was told that Mike Palmer was a real jerk with no sense of humor. We found out that this wasn’t all true. He seemed like an alright guy, but when we sat down he laid down all kinds of crazy rules. Some of these were, “no drinking beer outside the camp” & “no hunting within 100 yards of the feeders.” The biggest rule that effected the whole hunt was’ “NO SHOOTING DOES!” Because of this rule, there were a million does on a 6,000 acre low fence ranch. They were literally watching us put up our blinds. Mike Palmer’s explanation for this was so that when the rut comes around , he can suck all the bucks in from the surrounding ranches. When he said that, I thought to myself, “the other ranchers probably want to kick his ***!” Anyways….. The whole three day hunt, all I saw were about 30 does and a couple spikes. Needless to say that I’ll never go back. I did have a good time with my friends, but I’ll be haunted by does mocking me in my sleep for a little while. For the record: First Point Bowhunting ranch’s new name will forever be “The Doe Ranch.”
WARNING: Do not use popup blinds on this ranch. The deer (does) are super educated. It was so bad that my friend Jesse told me that when a doe approached him he could almost hear the doe tell her yearling, “look sweetie, that the new Double Bull Matrix.” Try to cut down brush to make your own blind, or you can use some of the existing brush blinds that were left by other hunters. If you look hard enough, you will find that there are plenty everywhere. Trust me. You won’t be fooling anyone with your, “high-speed, $300, scent control, crazy 3D camo, popup blind”
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