New Balcones Canyonlands Units?

[BOBCAT4119]

So my son “10 years old” and I were drawn for the E Postcard Archery hunt! I’ve never seen the place but have been doing lots of looking online. Seems like it will be a hard hunt, especially while lugging my son along and bow hunting… From what I’ve gathered, they have opened up these 2 new tracts of land this year?

Two hunt compartments on Balcones Canyonlands NWR totaling 640 acres. Compartment 2-1 (Mouton tract) is 200 acres and Compartment 2-2 (Shaw tract) is 440 acres.

Am I correct? Has anyone seen or know anything about them?
We are both excited regardless and I’m finally getting to take my son for a true south Texas hunt!!
Any general info would be appreciated as we will only get to hunt 2 weekends next month.

[RobinBradbery]

I noticed that but have no idea if they are new or not. Steve and I were also drawn for the hunt. I'm thinking at least six of us GreenScreeners will be there.

[Txfire409]

It's not really a south Texas hunt, more of a hill country hunt as it's northwest of Austin. Dont know about the new compartments but it is a challenging hunt. Spot and stalk will be difficult, especially with a kid. I would set up a stand or pop up blind near a well used trail or creek. I use to hunt there every year until tpwd took over the draws, now I've only been drawn once since.

[BOBCAT4119]

I noticed that but have no idea if they are new or not. Steve and I were also drawn for the hunt. I'm thinking at least six of us GreenScreeners will be there.

Cool! Looking forward to meeting ya greenscreeners lol

[Solo7]

Good luck!

[Dmillerdesign]

I will be there as well for the first 2 weekends, the rest of October is eaten up by other hunts. Looking forward to a tough hunt. See y'all out there.

[RobinBradbery]

This hunt is only on 640 acres and there are 20 hunters. 32 acres per hunter?

This is going to make an already tough hunt even harder.

[jnd1959]

Usually that hunt is on way more acreage than that. I think that's just the extra units.

[RobinBradbery]

Usually that hunt is on way more acreage than that. I think that's just the extra units.

I certainly hope so but from all the info they sent it sounds like it's just the two new units.

[jnd1959]

That would be very problematic then. When we hunted there were two of us on a 700 acre tract. We spent the time setting on a hill glassing as that was the only why I knew to hunt that property. Had opportunities but the distance was more than I wanted my son, or I, to shoot.

[RobinBradbery]

I just called the area. Yes, the hunt is only on the two new tracts equaling 640 acres total.

[jnd1959]

Wow. 30 gun hunters on a square mile. Might as well just line up and do a deer drive.

[ATXRaider83]

Good luck. I live right in the middle of it. There isn't alot of deer but there are some monsters out here.

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[deerslay3r]

I live in the Whitewater Springs neighborhood along Cow Creek and have hunted Balcones quite a bit in years past. It's a hard hunt with a rifle, much more with a bow. Like said above, find a solid trail or water source and sit allllll day.

[jnd1959]

I went back and read the first post. I've only been aware of the gun hunts so that's what I was thinking about. Archery makes it a little better but still...