Neches River NWR

[Steve-0h]

Does anyone know if we’re gonna need to wear blaze orange since it’s archery only?

[texasproud02]

Anyone want to go in on an Air B&B?

[drogers6771]

Been out the last 3 weekends to do some scouting and get some good hikes in with the wife and boys. I can say with confidence that this will be a difficult bow hunt, as basically the western half of the preserve is wide open hardwoods with very little topography, a lot like Big Lake Bottom for any of you who have been on that hunt. The east side of the park has a much more varied landscape with a huge ridge with pine flats on top, and more defined creek bottoms etc etc. The top of the ridge is very thick. Some of the best habitat is about 3-4 miles in to the south of the lakes, but that will be a long hike out hahaha. I have seen large sounders of hogs every single time I have been out, including one boar this weekend that will go 300LB and several in the 2-250 range. I have seen lots of turkey tracks and scratching, and I finally did see a gobbler my last time out which was pretty cool even though they arent on the menu for this hunt. Happy hunting everybody.

[KyleR1987]

Looking forward to Friday and the week to come! I live in Henderson county and the bucks have started to chase the ladies! With the weather and chasing starting it should be a great hunt!

[CAH2873]

Any reports on how everyone is doing?

[BrandonF]

Any update from last years guys? Success stories?

[Etxbuckman]

nightmare....lol

yeah, more like easy pickin's.

Edit: oh geez I just realized this thread is a year old. I would be curious to hear how the folks that got drawn did.

[jrlucas819]

Any comments on the successes or failures? I have been drawn for Dead Water unit.

[Bigbass1113]

I got two. Dead water and sand bluff. Which one?

[bowhuntingw]

The majority of the people that I saw out there last year were not from East Texas and seemed very unfamiliar with how to hunt East Texas. Only 2-3 deer killed through all hunts combined last year. If it had been cooler weather success might have been little better. Find a good oak flat, hunt cover transition zones or active scrape lines and hope for the best. There are some big deer there.

[BrandonF]

I got two. Dead water and sand bluff. Which one?

Depends on dates and archery or gun.

[Bigbass1113]

Archery oct.21-27. I drew dead water and sand bluff. I only want to hunt one. Any help would be awesome.

[jrlucas819]

I got dead water archery October 28 to Nov.3.

[3sonsranchhuntr]

I have an Airbnb less than 30 minutes from dead water lake if anyone is interested

[mattkwebb]

I got dead water archery October 28 to Nov.3.

I drew the same unit and period. I also drew walnut but I already paid for the dead water. I think I’d rather hunt walnut but I guess it’s fine!


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