2018 Panhandle Hunting Thread (6th Annual!)

[Heron]

Connected with “Criss-Cross” on Sunday evening.




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Wow! What a solid buck! If I had pics or eyes on anything close to that, I'd be hunting these days. Congrats!!!

[Clark]

Connected with “Criss-Cross” on Sunday evening.

That's a beautiful buck.
Congrats!

[Clark]

Report.
Took my oldest boy up last weekend to do a little work.
Movement is high.
Consumption is unacceptable, 1500 lbs. of protein in 3 weeks.
These girls need to calm down.



I'd posted earlier about finding the skull of a great buck that died next to the pen, sometime during the winter.



Followed by finding a second nice buck later this summer who also died near the pen last winter.
I have no idea what got them.

The draught years of 2011-12 with low recruitment seem to be evident in the pasture I hunt. Best I can tell, there are no mature bucks around.

Looks like a management year for my boys and I.

Here's the good news.
There is a great crop of young bucks.
Same group of bucks from last year and this year.
In 2 years, we might have something.




And a surprise pic of a Bull Elk.



We had a nice rain Friday evening, lost power from the strong winds.




But man, nice to have some campfire time.




Good luck everybody.

[Krivoman]

on my way in an hour. Supposed to get cold Sat... Cant wait.

[Mudslinger]

on my way in an hour. Supposed to get cold Sat... Cant wait.

58 here for a high Saturday and 54 on Sunday so it may be colder a little further up north. Rain might be a problem.

[mekholsters]

I'm planning on trying to go sit Sunday morning. Low in the 40s saturday night and rain/snow mix by noon sunday. NE wind which is perfect for both of my setups. Really hoping I get a chance to see some movement in daylight hours.

[bowtecmike]

I'll be sitting this weekend, but I'll be at a friend's place in Nolan county. Brice (thedosranchhand) broke in my spot tonight. 198 on the scale

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[kry226]

Just catching up...

Jethro- thanks for the report. Will pray for the team and their families.

DZ- great buck with incredible G2s. Congrats!

To the rest of the crew, best of luck. We're getting closer. Doesn't look like I'll make it back to the states this season but I'll certainly be living vicariously through you all.

By the way, did anyone make it to the TPWD/TAMU AE Wildlife Program in Memphis?

[coldgas]

I wish one of

Report.
Took my oldest boy up last weekend to do a little work.
Movement is high.
Consumption is unacceptable, 1500 lbs. of protein in 3 weeks.
These girls need to calm down.

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I'd posted earlier about finding the skull of a great buck that died next to the pen, sometime during the winter.

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Followed by finding a second nice buck later this summer who also died near the pen last winter.
I have no idea what got them.

The draught years of 2011-12 with low recruitment seem to be evident in the pasture I hunt. Best I can tell, there are no mature bucks around.

Looks like a management year for my boys and I.

Here's the good news.
There is a great crop of young bucks.
Same group of bucks from last year and this year.
In 2 years, we might have something.

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And a surprise pic of a Bull Elk.

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We had a nice rain Friday evening, lost power from the strong winds.

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But man, nice to have some campfire time.

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Good luck everybody.

I wish an elk would wonder by my place. There was rumor of one just north of the wheeler/ hemphill county line last year.

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[Mudslinger]

I wish one of I wish an elk would wonder by my place. There was rumor of one just north of the wheeler/ hemphill county line last year.

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Had one on the lease bordering us on the SE corner of our place. Leasee shot it with a bow but never found it.

[Duzy]

It’s gonna be a damp evening...


Not this cowboy...

[txpanhandle32]

I wish one of I wish an elk would wonder by my place. There was rumor of one just north of the wheeler/ hemphill county line last year.

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Lee haygoods hunters had pic of it an Matt P saw it in the middle of CR 22 one morning, last year that was.

[txpanhandle32]

Report.
Took my oldest boy up last weekend to do a little work.
Movement is high.
Consumption is unacceptable, 1500 lbs. of protein in 3 weeks.
These girls need to calm down.

[ATTACH]928310[/ATTACH]

I'd posted earlier about finding the skull of a great buck that died next to the pen, sometime during the winter.

[ATTACH]928311[/ATTACH]

Followed by finding a second nice buck later this summer who also died near the pen last winter.
I have no idea what got them.

The draught years of 2011-12 with low recruitment seem to be evident in the pasture I hunt. Best I can tell, there are no mature bucks around.

Looks like a management year for my boys and I.

Here's the good news.
There is a great crop of young bucks.
Same group of bucks from last year and this year.
In 2 years, we might have something.

[ATTACH]928317[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]928318[/ATTACH]

And a surprise pic of a Bull Elk.

[ATTACH]928319[/ATTACH]

We had a nice rain Friday evening, lost power from the strong winds.

[ATTACH]928312[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]928314[/ATTACH]

But man, nice to have some campfire time.

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[ATTACH]928313[/ATTACH]

Good luck everybody.

how far south of shamrock are you clark? we have seen the most elk on our place this year that we have in years past. every year there is more an more.

[Heron]

My brother had an elk show on his place a few years ago. Pictures but they never saw it in real time. This was east of Shamrock about 6 miles or so. From what I've been told, there is a breeding population in the eastern Panhandle.

As for the place I live and hunt on, only 2.5's and 3.5's on camera so far. No elk. I still haven't deer hunted, yet, but this colder weather has me considering. For now, still working on the dove population at the nearby feed lot. Lots of birds though I'm not sure if they're still around after the last few days.

Based on photos, we have more bucks than does. Not sure if this is a good thing. I expect to see lots of broken racks in the next month or two.

[coldgas]

Lee haygoods hunters had pic of it an Matt P saw it in the middle of CR 22 one morning, last year that was.

I want a big fat cow. Do you know anyone that would charge a reasonable price to shoot one? I called that guy in McLean but he never called me back.

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