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#1 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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Leaving to hunt with Three Fingers today. Will be leaving from North Carolina at about 6pm and will have a 12 hour drive down. I will be visiting friends and will actually be hunting Sept 21-23. I'll keep everyone posted and hope to have some pictures to put up.
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#2 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: angleton tx
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soon as i get some time or know when i may have some time off work im going to book with them as well ,, good luck pics when you can !
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#3 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Coppell
Hunt In: San Saba
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Good luck. I'll be waiting for the write up. Drive safe.
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#4 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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We arrived in Texas Sunday morning and will be heading out to hunt wednesday thru friday. I will keep you posted.
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#5 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Burleson, Tx
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Good luck.
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#6 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Central Wyoming
Hunt In: WY, NE, KS, SD, TX
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Good luck!
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#7 |
Four Point
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Fairfield
Hunt In: 3FB
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Can't wait to see some pics. Good luck!
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#8 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Coppell
Hunt In: San Saba
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update after the morning hunt. I believe you said Wed right? Good luck.
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#9 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Godley
Hunt In: Eastland,and Erath County
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good luck I love hunting that place
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#10 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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1st Morning hunt recap... I met up with Ryan this morning and headed out to a box blind at the back of the ranch. It was still dark and Ryan loaded the feeder with some corn and put some on the ground as well. I settled in and got my bow and camera set up. After about 10 minutes hogs and some other animals could be seen by the moonlight at the feeder. Light grew and I notice a few fallow deer, a red stag, and several hogs at the feeder. I wanted to shoot a hog but it was so early in the morning I held out for a while. Several big fallow bucks came in along with some whitetail does. After about 20 more minutes I could not wait any longer a nice 60 lb. hog presented a clear shot and I sent an arrow on its way. The shot was perfect and was accented by the lumenok. An oryx that I was after came in 4 times but would not commit to the feeder because of all the other animals. Ryan met up with me and we trailed the hog about 25 yards to its final resting place. The video of the hunt and kill turned out great. I will post the video when I get home this Saturday. I will be going out this weekend with hopes of the big oryx or a big sika.
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#11 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Kings Creek Golf Club, Kemp TX
Hunt In: USA, Concho County and S.E.Colorado
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Good going! I look forward to seeing the Oryx or sika, when you connect.
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#12 |
Four Point
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Gordon, Tx
Hunt In: Eden,Tx, Erath County
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Good Luck!
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#13 |
Six Point
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: ingram
Hunt In: everywere in texas
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what part of NC i was in greensboro form2002-2004 loved it,some of the most beatfull country ,made me miss kentukey,now thats back country living,lol miss that bluegrass
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#14 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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Yesterday was a good evening. I will do a write up at lunch. I'm back in the blind this morning.
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#15 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Azle, TX
Hunt In: Texas
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Havve you seen many blackbucks?
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#16 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: McKinney, TX
Hunt In: Hardeman County(Quanah, TX), Tom Green County(Eden, TX), Grenada & Fayetteville, MS., Russell, KS.,
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#17 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Coppell
Hunt In: San Saba
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Congrats on the hog. If you see that big Sika with a limp tell him hello. My brother gave him that limp. He's still PO'ed that it didn't drop him. He's a phenominal Sika. Keep us posted. Hoping to go back in November.
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#18 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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Got back out to the stand yesterday evening about 5:45. I went back to the same stand as the morning in hopes that the big oryx I had seen the morning before would come in. About 6:30 a large group of rams came in. There were several big rams in the group included 2 huge dalls and a great corsican. I let the rams pass in hopes of the oryx. About 7:00 a big oryx appeared in the field about 200 yards out. He fed safely out of range for the next 25 minutes. With the oryx out of sight I caught movement of a big sika buck coming across the field to join up with the fallow in front of me. He was huge. I turned on the camera and prepare for the shot. I sent the arrow on its way. At thrity yards the arrow entered perfectly behind the shoulder. The sika made it 70 yards and was stone dead in the field.
And Ryan I told limpy hello with a rage. He's huge man. ![]() ![]() ![]() Oryx out about 200 yards ![]() The Sika buck I shot yesterday evening. |
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#19 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Burleson, Tx
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Congrats.
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#20 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Godley
Hunt In: Eastland,and Erath County
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Congratst hat is a great sika I watched him limp around in front of me for 30 minutes great of you to put him out of his misery
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#21 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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#22 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Coppell
Hunt In: San Saba
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Congrats. He's been limping around since July 29th. He truly is a trophy. Is the other one still out there? There were two of them, both very nice, but one noticeably bigger. That's great. I really do enjoy this place. Can't wait to get back.
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#23 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Wow ... can't wait!
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#24 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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There are several sika bucks out there but there was only two big ones. This one looked to be the biggest.
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#25 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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No kills this morning but I still saw lots of animals. Passed the rams again in hopes the oryx would come to the feeder. He did not. Ryan and I built a blind after the morning hunt on the other side of the field where the oryx likes to hang out. I am hoping he will come by within range.
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#26 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Coppell
Hunt In: San Saba
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Good luck. Keep us posted.
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#27 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Godley
Hunt In: Eastland,and Erath County
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Good luck hope you get em
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#28 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Godley
Hunt In: Eastland,and Erath County
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What's the story on the oryx I saw on three fingers facebook you got him
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#29 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Burleson, Tx
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Don't be shy, that oryx looks like an absolute beast.
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#30 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Aurora, TX
Hunt In: Any where I can!
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Congrats
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#31 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Coppell
Hunt In: San Saba
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waiting on the write up
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#32 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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Sorry guys for the delay. Thursday Morning was full of action as fallow hogs audad and rams came in and fed. As usually the big oryx stayed safely out of bow range by over a hundred yards. I passed on the hogs hoping the oryx would come in but to no avail.
![]() Texas Dall ![]() Couple of Fallows Sparing After the morning hunt Ryan and I move 200 yards across the field to where the oryx had been feeding the evening before. We built a ground blind and would return in the evening. I settled in the blind around 4:30 and had several whitetail does and 2 fallow bucks come to within 35 yards. Around 6:00 I saw two oryx horns coming up over the hill straight toward me. I moved lower in the blind and turned on my video camera. The oryx causously made his way to 35 yards and turned broadside. I drew and settled the pin center on his chest and released. I am not sure what happened but the arrow was way low and slightly back. Blood was immediantly visable but I knew the shot was not a good one. The oryx stopped at 70 yards in the field, I quickly nocked another arrow and settled my 60 yard pin a little high. The shot struck him low in the shoulder and with the quartering to angle looked to be perfect. We gave him 1 hours and found him about 200 yards from the second shot. He is absolutely huge. 37 1/2 inches on both sides with 7 inch bases. ![]() 37 inch oryx bull |
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#33 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Hunt In: NV, TX and Idaho once
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man those are two awesome trophies!
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#34 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Godley
Hunt In: Eastland,and Erath County
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That is awesome congratulations
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#35 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Cypress, TX
Hunt In: Medina and Uvalde Co.
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That looks like an awesome hunt, congrats.
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#36 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Coppell
Hunt In: San Saba
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congrats. You have definitely put some great animals on the ground.
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#37 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Lindale, TX
Hunt In: nowhere close to home
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Man thats a great trip! Kudos to you!!!
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#38 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Burleson, Tx
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Congrats man, you have put down some incredible animals.
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#39 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Azle, TX
Hunt In: Texas
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Nice... Now the Taxi bills
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#40 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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Thanks guys. I have friday mornings hunt to report on. I will post about it shortly.
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#41 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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After a late night of skinning quartering and caping the oryx. Friday morning came early. I met up with Ryan at 6am and we decide to try a different ladder stand inside the woods. After getting set up I had several fallow deer and a group of five 40-100lb hogs to come into the feeder. I held out for a shot at the largest spotted hog and the shot never presented itself. the hogs left. About an hour later 3 piglets came in with the smallest hog of the previous group. I decided to take the shot. At 25 yards the shot was perfect and the hog dropped immediantly. With the feeder cleared out I waited for an hour and noticed a large herd of rams moving across the nearby field about 400 yards away. I got down moved the hog to some shade. Grabbed my bow, camera and tripod and decided to try a stalk. around 45 minutes later and after about 600 yards I finally got in range of the majority of the herd. Two large dalls were near the back and I struggled to determine the biggest. One seemed to be much longer and wider, the other was heavier and tighter but seemed to be several inches shorter. Going with my gut I settled the 30 yard pin on the narrower heavy ram and let the arrow fly. The result was impressive to say the least. The arrow entered perfect quartering away and took out the heart and lungs. The ram went less than 10 yards and died in less than 7 seconds. The video proved to be spectacular. As I walked up to the dead ram I was amazed. The mass had completly fooled me. The ram was much longer, much wider, and much much more massive than I had thought. He measure 36" on each side and had bases that taped out at ll inches and he carries his mass throughout. Score does not make a trophy but his is quite astonishing I scored him at 141 &6/8 inches which would put him at #7 all time with a bow.
![]() Monster Spotted Hogs ![]() Fallow deer and piglets ![]() My second hog of the trip ![]() Huge 36" Texas Dall Overall the hunt was incredible I took 5 animals in 5 settings. The sika is 2 inches from being gold medal, the oryx is just above gold medal, and the dall is over 15 inches above gold medal. This is incredable considering the inexpensive price of hunting this ranch. I was able to capture all 5 kills on video and could not have had a better time. |
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#42 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Central Wyoming
Hunt In: WY, NE, KS, SD, TX
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All impressive animals. That Texas Dall is super! Congrats! Are you going to post the videos?
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#43 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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I will have to upload and edit them and will post them. It will probably be a few days before they are up.
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#44 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Godley
Hunt In: Eastland,and Erath County
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Awesome dall he's got many impressive ones out there
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#45 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Corpus Christi
Hunt In: Laredo/Florence
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Wow great kills.
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#46 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Lindale, TX
Hunt In: nowhere close to home
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Thats a trip you won't forget! Now hurry up and get back to NC while we still have animals!!!
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#47 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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#48 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Godley
Hunt In: Eastland,and Erath County
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Nice video I can't wait to get back out to 3fb
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#49 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Coppell
Hunt In: San Saba
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Nice Shot. Do you have the video from the other animals you took? Wouldn't mind seeing those as well. Congrats again.
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#50 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Vale NC
Hunt In: All Around
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I managed to get all of my kills on film. I think they all turned out good. The oryx the only negative thing was that the first shot was low and back and I had to rush to get the second shot off and did not get the second hit. I will post the others soon. Thanks.
Last edited by TravisElmore; 09-29-2011 at 12:56 PM. |
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