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PassnItOn · 10-03-2020, 04:53 PM

This may get a little wordy and I apologize up front. This one is no Booner but he is special to us. We made the decision earlier this year to look for some property of our own. I wasn't quite ready but it has always been a dream of my dad's to have a family place and we knew we needed to do it now while he still had a few good years to work and enjoy the place. So in January my wife and I began the search, fully expecting to view many ranches for multiple months but wouldn't you know, I fell in love with the first one we looked at, never thought it would be down South.

We closed in February and have been WORKING hard to get things set up and start pulling some deer in. (Bugging the South Texas and McMullen county threads with many questions

) Fast forward to this morning, I was covered up with does and fawns and got a text from my dad. "He jumped string on me and I hit him back", he was sick - ready to pack up and go home. We left him alone, I put in a request for a dog on the GS but decided to ease in and take a look after 3 hours. No blood on arrow and it smelled like guts, I wasn't very confident. We looked and swept for about 20 minutes, was just about to back out and just blindly stumbled across blood about 100 yds in the brush. It was steady and getting better as we went, followed it about another 100 yds and right into the thickest mesquite/cactus flat on the place. It started getting spotty and we started getting nervous walked around a big bunch of cactus and right up on him.

I'm not gonna lie, I got pretty emotional. My dad killed his best buck to date on OUR property, the first morning we hunted it. By the way, these are some big bodied deer down here - WOW. Like I said he's not a monster but he is special to us and will be the first one on the ranch wall.

Thanks for following along and thanks for the suggestions the AM, I'm glad we didn't have to make the call. Good luck to everyone the rest of the weekend. I have no idea why those images posted like that, will add a better one of the deer.

PassnItOn · 10-03-2020, 04:58 PM

See if this works

AgBass01 · 10-03-2020, 05:02 PM

That's awesome, congrats!

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fish4food · 10-03-2020, 05:03 PM

That is awesome!!!

Not sure how much y’all are supplementing, but McMullen has tons of native browser that’s just as good or better than anything you could ever feed them.

MUZZYSLINGR · 10-03-2020, 05:05 PM

Wow! Glad y’all found it. Congrats to your father for setting the bar high.

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RattlesnakeDan · 10-03-2020, 05:08 PM

Wow...good job. That looks like a big healthy buck!

open.pasture · 10-03-2020, 05:12 PM

making some good memories....nice

Mexico · 10-03-2020, 05:14 PM

Congratulations!

twosixteens · 10-03-2020, 05:14 PM

Very nice buck

Pstraw · 10-03-2020, 05:15 PM

That's a nice lookin' buck. Congratulations to the 'young' man!

freerhunter16 · 10-03-2020, 05:28 PM

Great buck! Congrats

bow up · 10-03-2020, 05:29 PM

Nice! Congrats!

lovemylegacy · 10-03-2020, 05:31 PM

Goodness son! Nice buck

TxMedic · 10-03-2020, 06:53 PM

Heck yeah! Very nice!

Bisch · 10-03-2020, 06:56 PM

Congrats!!! I sure miss my days of hunting in McMullen Cty!!!!

Bisch

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TildenHunter · 10-03-2020, 06:57 PM

Congratulations on a beautiful McMullen buck. Welcome to the neighborhood!

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Mr. Stickers · 10-03-2020, 07:09 PM

Heck Yeah........Good Job fellas

doghouse · 10-03-2020, 07:13 PM

Nice buck and congrats to your Dad!

Johnny · 10-03-2020, 07:13 PM

Beautiful buck and congrats on y'alls own place!!

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texan16 · 10-03-2020, 07:19 PM

That's some good bull !!! Congrats to all!!!

F1addict · 10-03-2020, 07:30 PM

That’s a great looking deer! Tell him congrats!

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DUKFVR · 10-03-2020, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by PassnItOn

See if this works

Congrats to your Dad and all of you ! Nothin like making it happen on your own place!

ACbob · 10-03-2020, 07:34 PM

Lot more than the score that make a deer a trophy. Congrats to you both on a fine deer!

Grizzly1 · 10-03-2020, 07:42 PM

Congrats...he’s a monster in my book!

tlh2865 · 10-03-2020, 08:20 PM

Congratulations to you both, that'll be something for both of you to remember for a long time

TexasJim · 10-03-2020, 08:36 PM

Good memories. Congratulations

AntlerCollector · 10-03-2020, 08:43 PM

Congrats

PassnItOn · 10-03-2020, 08:51 PM

Thank you everyone! We threw a tape on him, 23" beams, 4 1/2" bases, 17 1/2" inside. his brows and G2's hurt him but we are more than pleased.

131"

TxDispatcher · 10-03-2020, 08:54 PM

Congrats to you and your Dad!

Burnadell · 10-03-2020, 08:56 PM

Good job! Congratulations!

tradtiger · 10-03-2020, 08:59 PM

Congrats! Beautiful deer, and really great to be on y'all's place and right off the bat!

bullets13 · 10-03-2020, 09:00 PM

Nice one! Congrats!

RifleBowPistol · 10-03-2020, 09:20 PM

That's some great stuff. Keep on enjoying that place as long as you can.

Aggie Dad · 10-03-2020, 09:52 PM

Great deer & congrats to y’all!

CabezaBlanca · 10-03-2020, 09:57 PM

Congrats to Dad!

RF76 · 10-03-2020, 10:08 PM

Congrats to your Dad. Good job on finding him and not giving up.

dgilbert · 10-03-2020, 10:12 PM

Congrats

BLee15 · 10-03-2020, 10:13 PM

That’s a nice deer. Makes it even better being on your own place especially opening day. Congrats!!!

chrisgunguy · 10-03-2020, 10:20 PM

What an awesome accomplishment for your family. Congrats.

Grndchecker · 10-03-2020, 10:24 PM

Congratulations! Great buck.

GRIZZ64 · 10-03-2020, 10:32 PM

Congrats. Nice Buck. Thanks for sharing.

steve morton · 10-03-2020, 10:33 PM

Great buck and for "pop's" even better.

88 Bound · 10-03-2020, 10:41 PM

Congrats!

Allpublic · 10-03-2020, 10:53 PM

Good job, he's a nice one for sure.

cm12setx · 10-03-2020, 10:54 PM

Wow that's a great way to start the memories with family. Congrulations.

AggieRod · 10-03-2020, 10:54 PM

Nice buck, congrats to your dad

catslayer · 10-03-2020, 10:57 PM

Dig it

SabineHunter · 10-03-2020, 11:52 PM

Awesome

EliteDriver · 10-04-2020, 12:12 AM

Congrats in ALL aspects!

sp-bow · 10-04-2020, 12:12 AM

Congrats on a great first buck on your new property.

10-03-2020, 04:53 PM	#1
PassnItOn Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Angleton, TX Hunt In: McMullen County	Opening Morning Success... after a tough blood trail. This may get a little wordy and I apologize up front. This one is no Booner but he is special to us. We made the decision earlier this year to look for some property of our own. I wasn't quite ready but it has always been a dream of my dad's to have a family place and we knew we needed to do it now while he still had a few good years to work and enjoy the place. So in January my wife and I began the search, fully expecting to view many ranches for multiple months but wouldn't you know, I fell in love with the first one we looked at, never thought it would be down South. We closed in February and have been WORKING hard to get things set up and start pulling some deer in. (Bugging the South Texas and McMullen county threads with many questions) Fast forward to this morning, I was covered up with does and fawns and got a text from my dad. "He jumped string on me and I hit him back", he was sick - ready to pack up and go home. We left him alone, I put in a request for a dog on the GS but decided to ease in and take a look after 3 hours. No blood on arrow and it smelled like guts, I wasn't very confident. We looked and swept for about 20 minutes, was just about to back out and just blindly stumbled across blood about 100 yds in the brush. It was steady and getting better as we went, followed it about another 100 yds and right into the thickest mesquite/cactus flat on the place. It started getting spotty and we started getting nervous walked around a big bunch of cactus and right up on him. I'm not gonna lie, I got pretty emotional. My dad killed his best buck to date on OUR property, the first morning we hunted it. By the way, these are some big bodied deer down here - WOW. Like I said he's not a monster but he is special to us and will be the first one on the ranch wall. Thanks for following along and thanks for the suggestions the AM, I'm glad we didn't have to make the call. Good luck to everyone the rest of the weekend. I have no idea why those images posted like that, will add a better one of the deer. Attached Images

10-03-2020, 04:58 PM	#2
PassnItOn Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Angleton, TX Hunt In: McMullen County	Better LDP See if this works Attached Images

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10-03-2020, 05:02 PM	#3
AgBass01 Pope & Young Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Round Rock, TX Hunt In: Cuero, Brownwood	That's awesome, congrats! Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk

10-03-2020, 05:03 PM	#4
fish4food Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Calhoun County	That is awesome!!! Not sure how much y’all are supplementing, but McMullen has tons of native browser that’s just as good or better than anything you could ever feed them.

10-03-2020, 05:05 PM	#5
MUZZYSLINGR Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Palestine , TX Hunt In: Home and wherever i can	Wow! Glad y’all found it. Congrats to your father for setting the bar high. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

10-03-2020, 05:08 PM	#6
RattlesnakeDan Ten Point Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Floresville Hunt In: Everywhere	Wow...good job. That looks like a big healthy buck!

10-03-2020, 05:12 PM	#7
open.pasture Six Point Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: schulenburg Hunt In: Fayette,Lavaca and Kansas	making some good memories....nice

10-03-2020, 05:14 PM	#8
Mexico Pope & Young Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Clear Lake Tx Hunt In: Old Mexico, Centerville Tx	Congratulations!

10-03-2020, 05:14 PM	#9
twosixteens Pope & Young Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: North Texas Hunt In: Young County Mostly Mack’s Creek Missouri on occasion	Very nice buck

10-03-2020, 05:15 PM	#10
Pstraw Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Henderson Hunt In: Front yard or back yard	That's a nice lookin' buck. Congratulations to the 'young' man!

10-03-2020, 05:28 PM	#11
freerhunter16 Ten Point Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Baytown, TX Hunt In: Freer, TX	Great buck! Congrats

10-03-2020, 05:29 PM	#12
bow up Eight Point Join Date: May 2012	Nice! Congrats!

10-03-2020, 05:31 PM	#13
lovemylegacy Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mauriceville Hunt In: SETx,La,Il,Ks,Mo	Goodness son! Nice buck

10-03-2020, 06:53 PM	#14
TxMedic Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Georgetown Hunt In: Kimble County	Heck yeah! Very nice!

10-03-2020, 06:56 PM	#15
Bisch Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sonora, Tx	Congrats!!! I sure miss my days of hunting in McMullen Cty!!!! Bisch Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

10-03-2020, 06:57 PM	#16
TildenHunter Pope & Young Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Houston Hunt In: Tilden & Utopia	Congratulations on a beautiful McMullen buck. Welcome to the neighborhood! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

10-03-2020, 07:09 PM	#17
Mr. Stickers Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: East Bernard Tx. Hunt In: Brackettville Tx.	Heck Yeah........Good Job fellas

10-03-2020, 07:13 PM	#18
doghouse Pope & Young Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Goldthwaite Hunt In: Mills County	Nice buck and congrats to your Dad!

10-03-2020, 07:13 PM	#19
Johnny Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Conroe Hunt In: Montgomery & Madison Counties	Beautiful buck and congrats on y'alls own place!! Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

10-03-2020, 07:19 PM	#20
texan16 Pope & Young Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Fairfield Hunt In: Freestone/Schleicher Counties	That's some good bull !!! Congrats to all!!!

10-03-2020, 07:30 PM	#21
F1addict Four Point Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: south Austin Hunt In: Zavala Co, Hays Co, SHNF	That’s a great looking deer! Tell him congrats! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

10-03-2020, 07:34 PM	#23
ACbob Eight Point Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Rockport, TX Hunt In: Sabinal & Victoria Cnty	Lot more than the score that make a deer a trophy. Congrats to you both on a fine deer!

10-03-2020, 07:42 PM	#24
Grizzly1 Ten Point Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Nederland Hunt In: Carthage TX, Victoria TX	Congrats...he’s a monster in my book!

10-03-2020, 08:20 PM	#25
tlh2865 Six Point Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: VA	Congratulations to you both, that'll be something for both of you to remember for a long time

10-03-2020, 08:36 PM	#26
TexasJim Eight Point Join Date: Jan 2013 Hunt In: South Texas	Good memories. Congratulations

10-03-2020, 08:43 PM	#27
AntlerCollector Pope & Young Join Date: Apr 2014 Hunt In: Votaw, Del Rio, Eldorado, Bon Wier	Congrats

10-03-2020, 08:51 PM	#28
PassnItOn Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Angleton, TX Hunt In: McMullen County	Thank you everyone! We threw a tape on him, 23" beams, 4 1/2" bases, 17 1/2" inside. his brows and G2's hurt him but we are more than pleased. 131"

10-03-2020, 08:54 PM	#29
TxDispatcher Ten Point Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Bellville, Tx Hunt In: East Texas Pineywoods, Austin County	Congrats to you and your Dad!

10-03-2020, 08:56 PM	#30
Burnadell Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: White Oak Hunt In: Bee County	Good job! Congratulations!

10-03-2020, 08:59 PM	#31
tradtiger Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Austin Hunt In: Lee Co., Granger	Congrats! Beautiful deer, and really great to be on y'all's place and right off the bat!

10-03-2020, 09:00 PM	#32
bullets13 Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Fannett Hunt In: Marion Co, Jefferson Co	Nice one! Congrats!

10-03-2020, 09:20 PM	#33
RifleBowPistol Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2017	That's some great stuff. Keep on enjoying that place as long as you can.