East Texas hunting 2022-‘23 season

[Gumbo Man]

For those who are going to brave the wind and cold I am going to reference Steve's thread on pressured deer. He talks about the corner effect and how deer reposition as the wind shifts making them vulnerable during that short period of time. For most of you the wind is likely already shifted, but I wanted to add an observation to Steve's point. I am able to watch deer year around here at the house and have witnessed this corner effect many times. As the bucks are already beginning to get back into their bachelor groups, I have noticed these groups of deer almost always face multiple directions when they bed in a group and usually on the edge of a slight rise or ridge. This makes it very hard to stalk a deer.

Great info Captain. Thanks for the reference.

[Pstraw]

Great job and good shootin'! I'm sure all the folks up and down the creek appreciate your efforts.

[AgHntr10]

Latest I have ever punched a tag in East Texas, just a broken up old man that I have passed twice in early November then had a close encounter around Thanksgiving where I almost shot him with both my daughters in the stand. On what was going to be my last hunt of the season, possibly the last ever on this piece of property, I decided it would be a fitting end to this chapter.

[hogslayer78]

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Latest I have ever punched a tag in East Texas, just a broken up old man that I have passed twice in early November then had a close encounter around Thanksgiving where I almost shot him with both my daughters in the stand. On what was going to be my last hunt of the season, possibly the last ever on this piece of property, I decided it would be a fitting end to this chapter.

Nice

[JhuntsAlot]

Latest I have ever punched a tag in East Texas, just a broken up old man that I have passed twice in early November then had a close encounter around Thanksgiving where I almost shot him with both my daughters in the stand. On what was going to be my last hunt of the season, possibly the last ever on this piece of property, I decided it would be a fitting end to this chapter.

Congrats to ya!



J

[Gumbo Man]

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Latest I have ever punched a tag in East Texas, just a broken up old man that I have passed twice in early November then had a close encounter around Thanksgiving where I almost shot him with both my daughters in the stand. On what was going to be my last hunt of the season, possibly the last ever on this piece of property, I decided it would be a fitting end to this chapter.

Fantastic. Congrats on the late season punch.

[AgHntr10]

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Not a giant by any means but a mature East Texas bully of a deer. Every time we saw him he had broken more off. Riley my 6 year old has logged a little over 50Hrs in the stand with me this year. We shot that deer today from the same spot I killed my first deer 25 years ago. With any luck we will get to keep the lease long enough for her to get her first deer in the same spot, but if not we went out on a high note and will find somewhere new to keep it going.

[turkeyhunter1]

North East Texas Buck

I was blessed to harvest this guy back on 12/15 up in NE Texas.

[NewBallCoach]

Nice bucks, and a great story

[JhuntsAlot]

Congrats guys.

Bummer about the broken beam. But still cool deer.



J

[U.S.ArmyRetired]

I would like to know how you guys pull in deer like these. I never see deer on my place in Harrison County. I guess there is too much pressure with the hunting leases and neighbors.

[Etxbuckman]

I would like to know how you guys pull in deer like these. I never see deer on my place in Harrison County. I guess there is too much pressure with the hunting leases and neighbors.

You can't kill deer like this if the "ya' cain't eat da horns" folks keep shooting them when they're legal but 3.5.

[Low Fence]

I would like to know how you guys pull in deer like these. I never see deer on my place in Harrison County. I guess there is too much pressure with the hunting leases and neighbors.

All of my properties are small. 40 acres or so. On 40, I MIGHT hunt and penetrate 5-6 acres. The rest is off limits. I probably average 1 gun hunter per 15-20 acres. But they blow them off their property by 2nd weekend. I hold the deer, but still don’t mean they are huntable. I only
Hunt when it’s perfect and usually get 4-5 sits per property a season and I feel they are done

You can’t hunt small property the same as large tracts. And even then big land is useless if it’s getting stomped through weekly and offers no safe zone

[jshouse]

Had a cool one show up last week that I haven't seen since late summer, if that beam wasn't broke off he might be in trouble...he has been all over the cam every dang morning too lol





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[U.S.ArmyRetired]

All of my properties are small. 40 acres or so. On 40, I MIGHT hunt and penetrate 5-6 acres. The rest is off limits. I probably average 1 gun hunter per 15-20 acres. But they blow them off their property by 2nd weekend. I hold the deer, but still don’t mean they are huntable. I only
Hunt when it’s perfect and usually get 4-5 sits per property a season and I feel they are done

You can’t hunt small property the same as large tracts. And even then big land is useless if it’s getting stomped through weekly and offers no safe zone

Mine is about the same size. All I ever do is run 2 corn feeders year round.
1. Should I continue to run the corn feeders or should I shut them off after season?
2. Should I try protein?
3. Should I burn the property or let it grow? It is pines with a lot of underbrush. A tornado in 2017 wiped out most of my hardwoods and the underbrush and briars are so thick you cannot walk around in it.