re: Awesome morning hunting this am so far.

Ended up having a nice 9 come in that’s probably the most mature buck I’ve seen so far.





Never know what you will see down here.

I make this trip with Rize a few times a year, and it's truly God's country. I saw 4 different 10 points today. He's done a great job managing this place.

I couldn't act fast enough after taking that fallow picture to get a shot. Kinda ruined my night

My brother that lives in NW Arkansas had 8 deer at his feeder which sits about 15' from his patio. He was sitting outside on it when they came up. He does not hunt anymore, but enjoys seeing them.

Rise, y'all doing a fine job. Would love to make a trip there just to sit in a stand and watch.

Did you ever try eating a javelina?Woman I used to work with Dad was on a lease southTexas,she raved about how good they were.She mentioned they were somewhat difficult to skin without “tainting” the meat.

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Did you ever try eating a javelina?

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I consider myself an above average cook and know my way around the kitchen. Several years ago I shot a young female javelina on Ozona, Texas. Kept the hind qtr roast and let it sit on ice for 5 days draining the blood. Stuffed it with garlic and seasoning, let it marinate overnight. Browned it, cooked it slow and low in a brown gravy with onions for hours.

The meat had a very wild gamey flavor with a distinct after taste. House smelled funky from cooking. I ate 1/2 a plate, threw the rest in the garbage, and that’s the last javelina I ever kept. Others may have better luck as I’ll stick with wild pigs.

Another question-have you kept a rutting diary to see if rut is correlated with full moon.
I started keeping hunting diary some years ago and I have seen fairly good correlation.
I read Dr.James Kroll’s book and went back and checked previous years kill dates and it was fairly accurate.Since then has been fairly close.Lot’s of people say it’s b.s.