Martin Dies Jr youth bow antlerless

[jnd1959]

Daughter drew this state park for January. Anyone have any insight. I understand they will take us to her blind. Mosquitoes in January? Hogs?

[BarW]

Never seen any hogs in the park but tons in the area. If you have an option I see more deer on the north side of 190 than the south.

[TxTyler]

My family property is less than a mile away from the park and we are covered up in hogs, but we only see them at night...

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[jnd1959]

Thanks for the info. There are only 5 youth hunters in the park. We are camping at the Hen House unit which I think is south of 190. Hard to tell from the park map. If the north end doesn't have campgrounds I expect that is where we will hunt.

[BarW]

The park is on both sides of hwy 190 with camps on both sides henhouse is south side and walnut ridge is north. My son went on a youth squirrel hunt there one year and all hunters hunted the north side.

[m10]

How’d the hunt go?

[jnd1959]

We saw a lot of deer. They were very skittish but we did have one doe at 27 yards. She busted us when my daughter moved to draw. I have video of two bucks at 20 yards for about 4 minutes. The hunt was well organized and the tpwd staff were very helpful. We had a good time despite the rain and cold. All the youth were troopers and spent a lot of blind time hunting. I would apply next year but she will be too old. It was good to meet the staff and other hunters and hope they chime in on their experience.

[m10]

Sounds like an awesome time. My son was drawn as well. Couldn’t make it. Had to pick up his steer for FFA. He was bummed.