We had a couple of good posts going on a hunt this year on the Teniente NWR for deer and other exotics.
Would you post up about your experiences on these two refuges or any of the National Refuges in Lower South Texas for deer or other Exotic Mammals?
Most people that draw do not have a clue on how to hunt or what to do on these areas. We hunted Nilgia and they are as hard to hunt as any animal that I have ever hunted. They may be easy on the utubes and hunting shows where you get a cold beer and ride around in the truck then get out and stalk your bull and shoot on a private ranch.
I hunted 3.5 days and saw 7 Nilgai and your best bet is hunting piles of poop since unless pushed poop in the same place most of the time. Most walking and stalking does not work other than to spook the animals which a lot of hunters spent the whole time walking all the fire roads. It did not help hunting.
You figure that these refuges are hunted non stop October bow hunting and gun hunting till the January and February serious gun hunts with bird watching and turkey and quail hunting.
WE would walk an area looking find some out of the way poop and with the 4 days of rain and north wind very little intrusion into an area pushed the animals out similar to Axis in the hill country where they do not like cold weather Nilgai do not like cold either and were bedded up to boot.
We will probably never draw out again so please share your experiences.
As far as I know there were 4 cows killed from 4 people on our hunt of 15 guys. I was lucky and got one shot hunkered in the brush. They are like cleaning a medium elk if you have killed one before.
Rule of thumb is a cow Nilgai will fill a 120 qt cooler at ~300+ POUNDS AND A BULL TWO 120 coolers. You will also need a cart to get your animal out most of the time.
Post up. JimD
Would you post up about your experiences on these two refuges or any of the National Refuges in Lower South Texas for deer or other Exotic Mammals?
Most people that draw do not have a clue on how to hunt or what to do on these areas. We hunted Nilgia and they are as hard to hunt as any animal that I have ever hunted. They may be easy on the utubes and hunting shows where you get a cold beer and ride around in the truck then get out and stalk your bull and shoot on a private ranch.
I hunted 3.5 days and saw 7 Nilgai and your best bet is hunting piles of poop since unless pushed poop in the same place most of the time. Most walking and stalking does not work other than to spook the animals which a lot of hunters spent the whole time walking all the fire roads. It did not help hunting.
You figure that these refuges are hunted non stop October bow hunting and gun hunting till the January and February serious gun hunts with bird watching and turkey and quail hunting.
WE would walk an area looking find some out of the way poop and with the 4 days of rain and north wind very little intrusion into an area pushed the animals out similar to Axis in the hill country where they do not like cold weather Nilgai do not like cold either and were bedded up to boot.
We will probably never draw out again so please share your experiences.
As far as I know there were 4 cows killed from 4 people on our hunt of 15 guys. I was lucky and got one shot hunkered in the brush. They are like cleaning a medium elk if you have killed one before.
Rule of thumb is a cow Nilgai will fill a 120 qt cooler at ~300+ POUNDS AND A BULL TWO 120 coolers. You will also need a cart to get your animal out most of the time.
Post up. JimD
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