So last weekend, we’re at our farm west of Bridgeport and I’m looking out the back window of our house at a feeder down the hill. I had just told my wife and girls that we haven’t been seeing many pigs. Well, I see this dude at the feeder and me and my daughter scramble out of the house with the 221 Fireball and the Caldwell rest like we always do.
We get setup and I take a look through the binocs and knew right away it was a Javi. I couldn’t believe it. My 16YO daughter didn’t really appreciate the unique situation and was hoping to KAP. So we take some pics with our Nikon with the zoom lens and these 2 are the best I have. There were two of them. Funny thing is I’ve had a cam at this feeder for 2 months and had just moved it. I think this might have been the first day they were there.
I have a buddy that has seen them in Throckmorton county and I saw a thread from 2014 on TBH about North Tx sightings. But I’ve never heard of one in Wise. The map shows some stockings that were done in N Tx (see the black dots). I don’t know the timeframe or anything about them - but I plan to do more research. There apparently was a stocking in Jack county. Maybe these are part of that group that has moved East. I’m sure there are guys on TBH that can add some info on their range in N Tx.
Looks like there is no season in Wise. Will be interesting to see if they establish a population.
We get setup and I take a look through the binocs and knew right away it was a Javi. I couldn’t believe it. My 16YO daughter didn’t really appreciate the unique situation and was hoping to KAP. So we take some pics with our Nikon with the zoom lens and these 2 are the best I have. There were two of them. Funny thing is I’ve had a cam at this feeder for 2 months and had just moved it. I think this might have been the first day they were there.
I have a buddy that has seen them in Throckmorton county and I saw a thread from 2014 on TBH about North Tx sightings. But I’ve never heard of one in Wise. The map shows some stockings that were done in N Tx (see the black dots). I don’t know the timeframe or anything about them - but I plan to do more research. There apparently was a stocking in Jack county. Maybe these are part of that group that has moved East. I’m sure there are guys on TBH that can add some info on their range in N Tx.
Looks like there is no season in Wise. Will be interesting to see if they establish a population.
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