THE Official Twin Buttes Reservoir Thread

[Jgriffith]

Originally Posted by 79F250

Sure has been quiet around here. Any one been out lately?

I hunted all last week. Made 11 hunts total, and saw 4 deer altogether. Came back out here Friday evening to hunt the weekend. Sitting in the stand as we speak, but so far I’ve saw 2 deer all weekend. Also have a buddy with me and same deal, 2 deer since Friday evening.

[JDVerfurth]

How’s everyone stuff holding up? Anything else been stolen lately? Any big kills anyone wants to share with the group?



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[79F250]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

How’s everyone stuff holding up? Anything else been stolen lately? Any big kills anyone wants to share with the group?



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Haven’t been out in 3 weeks so have no idea

[Bzak]

It’s been really slow for me...I’ve been a lot lately, seen two bucks in brush one time and rest have been only doe..think there still tired from rut or the pressure has just pushed them across fence lines idk


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[dannorocks]

Hunted area 9 the past two days for the first time. Real slow. Saw a deer running, likely kicked up from another hunter. I’ve never seent so many unbrushed blinds, tried staying away from them but I’d walk another direction and saw more. Also had a hunter come into my setup, seemed to be looking for a trail camera.

[Bzak]

Originally Posted by dannorocks

Hunted area 9 the past two days for the first time. Real slow. Saw a deer running, likely kicked up from another hunter. I’ve never seent so many unbrushed blinds, tried staying away from them but I’d walk another direction and saw more. Also had a hunter come into my setup, seemed to be looking for a trail camera.

Be careful if you have a camera out lots of theft this year have it locked and out of view. Had my whole set up stolen in 9


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[@PGA_BB]

Ok getting sick and tired of this BS. I don't care that you Hunt my spot even though you sent up a blind for 3 days and corned clearly where I was set up. But when you steal a camera, clearly try and steal another (which was locked), leave your **** bottle trash in my spot, and have zero respect for anyone else you're a scumbag!!!! If you're in this forum you need to seriously evaluate your morals and ethics when it comes to hunting and respect for others. #f@ckoff

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[Bzak]

Originally Posted by @PGA_BB

Ok getting sick and tired of this BS. I don't care that you Hunt my spot even though you sent up a blind for 3 days and corned clearly where I was set up. But when you steal a camera, clearly try and steal another (which was locked), leave your **** bottle trash in my spot, and have zero respect for anyone else you're a scumbag!!!! If you're in this forum you need to seriously evaluate your morals and ethics when it comes to hunting and respect for others. #f@ckoff

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That’s as low as it gets, hunting a spot all year putting in the money for the corn and the time and effort...I know it’s public land and no one is entitled to a spot but have the respect to move down a bit. I have people always hunt my trail 50 yards away but it’s not in my spot. Then if your gonna jack a spot cause you think the hunter is done at least clean it up and leave it better than you found it.


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[JDVerfurth]

Well there ya go... sure glad we pay to have this done to us... I miss the good ol’ days when this happened and we didn’t have to pay for it... that $48 bucks sure is great, isn’t it! Thanks TPWD! Keep up the good work!






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[79F250]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

Well there ya go... sure glad we pay to have this done to us... I miss the good ol’ days when this happened and we didn’t have to pay for it... that $48 bucks sure is great, isn’t it! Thanks TPWD! Keep up the good work!






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Why do you feel the need to blame TPWD?
Grow up and quit being butthurt because there’s rules out there now and you have to pay $50. You have a lease now with big arse deer on it anyways so idk why you even care

[Dukota01]

Originally Posted by 79F250

Why do you feel the need to blame TPWD?
Grow up and quit being butthurt because there’s rules out there now and you have to pay $50. You have a lease now with big arse deer on it anyways so idk why you even care

Is this all something new to the area? I just started hunting the area and following this site last year but there weren't ANY reports last year of stuff being stolen.


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[JDVerfurth]

Originally Posted by 79F250

Why do you feel the need to blame TPWD?
Grow up and quit being butthurt because there’s rules out there now and you have to pay $50. You have a lease now with big arse deer on it anyways so idk why you even care

Calm down there feller... for YEARS this place was free to hunt without having pay a drop... and then whenever TPWD was taking it over all y’all were so excited and jumping for joy for them to take it over so that all the theft and “bad stuff” would stop, correct? Am I lying? BUT obviously it hasn’t stopped even with the beloved TPWD handling the property now. So what did we gain from TPWD taking it over? It still got the same problems as before they took over, just now we have to pay $48 to have yalls shït jacked. You’re correct I’ve got leases and I’ve got several really nice places to hunt on. But, I still pay my $48 and hunt on public cause I didn’t forget where my love for hunting came from. It was from years and years of doing shït the hard way out on TBR. I care cause I love twin buttes and hunting twin buttes. And there’s nothing TPWD has done to improve the situation out there; except create pointless restrictions that are obviously still going on with people leaving stands up all season and having feeders out. So all I get from you is I shouldn’t care that we pay money to a government entity that is suppose to enforce and control the restrictions they bestowed upon us, yet obviously fall short? What I get from you also is that I/We should just go with the flow and “it’ll all work out?” Awful backwards thinking in my uneducated opinion, but then again, different strokes for different folks.

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[79F250]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

Calm down there feller... for YEARS this place was free to hunt without having pay a drop... and then whenever TPWD was taking it over all y’all were so excited and jumping for joy for them to take it over so that all the theft and “bad stuff” would stop, correct? Am I lying? BUT obviously it hasn’t stopped even with the beloved TPWD handling the property now. So what did we gain from TPWD taking it over? It still got the same problems as before they took over, just now we have to pay $48 to have yalls shït jacked. You’re correct I’ve got leases and I’ve got several really nice places to hunt on. But, I still pay my $48 and hunt on public cause I didn’t forget where my love for hunting came from. It was from years and years of doing shït the hard way out on TBR. I care cause I love twin buttes and hunting twin buttes. And there’s nothing TPWD has done to improve the situation out there; except create pointless restrictions that are obviously still going on with people leaving stands up all season and having feeders out. So all I get from you is I shouldn’t care that we pay money to a government entity that is suppose to enforce and control the restrictions they bestowed upon us, yet obviously fall short? What I get from you also is that I/We should just go with the flow and “it’ll all work out?” Awful backwards thinking in my uneducated opinion, but then again, different strokes for different folks.

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So do you want the couple of game wardens we have to just ignore all their other duties and camp out at twin buttes 24/7 to stop thieves? HeLL even if they did that there’s more land at twin buttes than they can cover. Before TPWD took over I never saw a game warden out there and lake division police wouldn’t even bother getting out of the truck the few times I saw them. Once TPWD took over I was checked multiple times a season by the game wardens. This year alone I’ve been stopped 8 times. My point is every little thing that happens out there you make it a point to blame TPWD. Do you even know how much work Jason (TGW) has put into TB to make it a better place for everyone? He’s opened up new areas and is working on opening up even more. He’s done brush control in area 8 and has planted a dove field (which is now under water lol). They’ve used the money we pay for the permit to make those things happen. Is it perfect out there? No, but I don’t see you doing anything to help improve it. If you love twin buttes as much as you say you do, you would be out there every organized clean up picking up trash or trying to do something to improve the area but all I see you do is complain about TPWD.

[txwhitetail]

Definitely a lot more law enforcement presence out there now which is a plus. Much better keeping some of the trash out than before they took over. Some of the complaints I see are typical of any public hunting place. People leave equipment out there and wonder why people jack with it. There are low life’s and thieves all over. It’s like leaving your yeti out in plain sight then complaining it was stolen. Lock it down or don’t leave it. Sadly that’s the case with anything now days.


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[bowfishtank401]

Anybody know anything about the "diamond toxik bc" is it worth it?

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[JDVerfurth]

So now that the seasons over... anyone wanna show off their deer? Anyone get a monster? Anyone get anything? Awful quiet in here....


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[Jgriffith]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

So now that the seasons over... anyone wanna show off their deer? Anyone get a monster? Anyone get anything? Awful quiet in here....


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I saw a lot of deer, but mostly small bucks and doe. Saw a REALLY good buck 2nd week of season, but no shot. Saw some young deer with great potential, as long as they survived.

[Dukota01]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

So now that the seasons over... anyone wanna show off their deer? Anyone get a monster? Anyone get anything? Awful quiet in here....


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I was skunked this year. Saw a lot of deer in October but never took a shot. Got to full draw on one and it turned and walked away before I pulled the trigger. When I went back in November their patterns had changed and they were only coming in at night. Got one shot off but my sights had shifted and I missed. I did get a turkey in October though.


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[Jgriffith]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

So now that the seasons over... anyone wanna show off their deer? Anyone get a monster? Anyone get anything? Awful quiet in here....


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[JDVerfurth]

Originally Posted by Dukota01

I was skunked this year. Saw a lot of deer in October but never took a shot. Got to full draw on one and it turned and walked away before I pulled the trigger. When I went back in November their patterns had changed and they were only coming in at night. Got one shot off but my sights had shifted and I missed. I did get a turkey in October though.


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Nice!! Big Tom?


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[JDVerfurth]

Originally Posted by Jgriffith

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Good looking 8... will be bigger next season.


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[Dukota01]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

Nice!! Big Tom?


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No, not a Tom but it was tasty!


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[Jgriffith]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

Good looking 8... will be bigger next season.


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For sure, that’s why he got a free pass.

[Jgriffith]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

Good looking 8... will be bigger next season.


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[Dukota01]

Originally Posted by Jgriffith

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Holee cow that's nice!


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[Jgriffith]

Originally Posted by Dukota01

Holee cow that's nice!


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Can’t post videos on here, but the 2 in the corn ended up sparring. Pretty cool experience!

[JDVerfurth]

Originally Posted by Jgriffith

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Not too many people have figured out how to get that opportunity on public land; cherish that day.


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[Dukota01]

Originally Posted by Jgriffith

Can’t post videos on here, but the 2 in the corn ended up sparring. Pretty cool experience!

I got a couple of spikes on camera sparring in Nov but it was at night. Only had one doe followed by a buck come in during the day in Nov but she came around a tree, looked right at me in the back corner of my blind and they both took off.


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[Jgriffith]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

Not too many people have figured out how to get that opportunity on public land; cherish that day.


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I definitely did cherish it. I put in a lot of work last summer trying to give myself the best chance at success. Did a ton of scouting and walking. I didn’t punch a tag this year, but it was by choice. I had a good season, despite having to deal with thieves.

[Dukota01]

Originally Posted by Jgriffith

I definitely did cherish it. I put in a lot of work last summer trying to give myself the best chance at success. Did a ton of scouting and walking. I didn’t punch a tag this year, but it was by choice. I had a good season, despite having to deal with thieves.

I hear ya on the walking and the thieves and we can add the water and mud to that as well.


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[birddogem301]

How do you put Tapatalk on silent mode?? Dang it I’m trying to sleep and I can’t with all that racket going on!!!! I like it when it got quiet!!


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[JDVerfurth]

Originally Posted by Jgriffith

I definitely did cherish it. I put in a lot of work last summer trying to give myself the best chance at success. Did a ton of scouting and walking. I didn’t punch a tag this year, but it was by choice. I had a good season, despite having to deal with thieves.

That’s what it takes, lots of prep work in the off season; we’ll atleast you did it on your terms and didn’t just shoot something to shoot something. Don’t get me started on the thief this year some people around here get defensive AF over my opinion.


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[JDVerfurth]

Originally Posted by birddogem301

How do you put Tapatalk on silent mode?? Dang it I’m trying to sleep and I can’t with all that racket going on!!!! I like it when it got quiet!!


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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tap...3ft=3185&amp=1

*.... 2pm... why you sleeping?



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[JDVerfurth]

Originally Posted by Dukota01

I got a couple of spikes on camera sparring in Nov but it was at night. Only had one doe followed by a buck come in during the day in Nov but she came around a tree, looked right at me in the back corner of my blind and they both took off.


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Yes the video thing kills me... I’ve got some awesome video... and no way to show it.


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[Jgriffith]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

That’s what it takes, lots of prep work in the off season; we’ll atleast you did it on your terms and didn’t just shoot something to shoot something. Don’t get me started on the thief this year some people around here get defensive AF over my opinion.


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I understand completely man. I had several hundreds dollars worth of stuff stole this year, but I guess that’s part of it. A sad reality, but part of it nonetheless. Did you hunt buttes much?

[birddogem301]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tap...3ft=3185&amp=1

*.... 2pm... why you sleeping?



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12:00 am start to my shift and still recovering from my trip


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[Dukota01]

Originally Posted by birddogem301

How do you put Tapatalk on silent mode?? Dang it I’m trying to sleep and I can’t with all that racket going on!!!! I like it when it got quiet!!


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Oh quit your whining!


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[JDVerfurth]

Originally Posted by Jgriffith

I understand completely man. I had several hundreds dollars worth of stuff stole this year, but I guess that’s part of it. A sad reality, but part of it nonetheless. Did you hunt buttes much?

Did quite a few weekday rattling sessions tried not to pîss off any of the weekend guys, with lots of little bucks interested but No real monsters wanted to play, rut was really kind of weird this season everywhere I hunted.


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[birddogem301]

Not whining!!


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[Jgriffith]

Originally Posted by JDVerfurth

Did quite a few weekday rattling sessions tried not to pîss off any of the weekend guys, with lots of little bucks interested but No real monsters wanted to play, rut was really kind of weird this season everywhere I hunted.


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I kinda experienced the same thing. I had a regular group of doe that came in just about every day I was there, but never had the good bucks with them. Had several small 8’s and 4-5 pts nudging them around, but never the shooters I were after. Saw a REALLY good buck early October, had him at 14 yards but mesquite was too thick to shoot. But nothing when the rut was kicking.

[donpablo]

Not trying to bash TPWD but is it still closed to hunting hogs and predators in the off season? I understand non-hunters use it for hiking and stuff but if it’s not closed to non-hunters during season then it’s not a big enough danger that they should close it off to hunting in the off-season. Also is the duck hunting still only in the a.m.? Those were the changes that rubbed me the wrong way. Not so much the permit requirement.

[TGW]

donpablo,

TBR is open to hunting hogs (very rare sight on TBR at this time) and predators through February 24th, 2019 with the caveat that it's daylight hours only. We receive a number of calls each year with the question "is hunting season over at Twin Buttes" from the non-hunting public. I assume many of them are uncomfortable, for their personal reasons, accessing the property while a firearms season is in session, thus we are striking a balance between user groups. Currently, non-hunting permits (LPUs) outnumber APH permit holders by about 3 to 1; so we have quite a few non-hunters that are accessing the land. It's a relatively small piece of land and public access increases exponentially as temperatures rise outside of hunting season.

Waterfowl hunting is still only in the AM and if I recall I addressed the reasons for this rule in a much earlier post. This was a recommendation from our biologists with the intent that it enhances the quality of hunting. According to our biologist, eliminating evening hunts allows the birds to safely roost on the reservoir, and over the course of several years (4-5) this safe roosting spot is taught to offspring. We will continue to go with the biologist's recommendations for at least a few more years before we revisit the topic as we are just now wrapping up year three with the rule in place.

[TGW]

All,

We are about 5 weeks out from holding another Twin Buttes Clean-up, which is scheduled for Saturday, March 2nd, 2019.

Our goal is to reach about a 150 volunteers and I will be meeting with several groups for coordination. We have a meeting scheduled for the 31st of January with some of our Off-road groups, which always have a strong showing, the Concho Bass Club, and a representative, Brandon Pilcik, from Backcountry Hunters & Anglers.

Brandon has a strong passion for public land and has taken a lead to help organize the clean-up. He's personally taken on the burden of representing the hunting community like many others have done with our off-road and bass club groups.

I'm once again reaching out to you to see if you will join Brandon and me to make a stronger showing from our hunting community. Please keep us in mind if you can spare a few hours of your Saturday to help restore Twin Buttes.

More details will follow after our meeting with specific times and places to meet on the March 2nd clean-up day.

Stay tuned,

Major Jason Huebner

[howhandi]

I was hoping someone could help me with where the other entrances to area 9 are. I understood there were at least two gates besides the parking lot off spillway. Thanks for any help.

[TGW]

[howhandi]

Thank you. I was not aware that the area towards the upper right was not part of area 9. I am wanting to do some scouting for a change of venue so thank you.

[TGW]

March 2nd, 2019 TBR Clean-up Event

Update: We are a go for a March 2nd clean-up. We had a good meeting last night with several reps from Ducks Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Angelo State, along with a Kayak and Bike representative. The off-road crowd will take part as well and they will concentrate efforts on the north side of the north pool.

It looks like we'll kick off at 10 AM by meeting in two locations. One location will be the South Pool Parking area by the boat ramp and the other location will be at the North Pool Parking Area by the main boat ramp off of Twin Buttes Marina Road. Show up to either location as you wish.

We'll start the meeting at 10 AM with a quick safety briefing and issue out trash bags, water, and snacks. Please bring your own leather gloves and dress for the weather as appropriate. Game Wardens will be out there as well helping shuttle people and trash to the dumpsters as needed.

Thanks in advance and we'll keep you updated with more information as the March 2nd date approaches.

Major Jason Huebner

[CrookedArrow]

TGW, I think I met you a couple of yrs ago at a REAP harvest. We had a couple of GWs from San Angelo help us out. By chance was it you? This was in Odessa, Texas.

Cancel that, I just saw your a Major lol you wouldn't be out like that. Be safe.

[howhandi]

If anybody here uses a Xbox, what distances do you set you points at. I feel like 30 yards should be the start point but wanted some feedback from some with more experience