Doc Shakalu

I was just stating the fact that the state of Mississippi is a success story for repopulation and maintaining a healthy deer population that gives hunters an ample amount of meat supply for their families throughout the year. There are some very nice bucks in MS if you hunt the right places. If I knew how to post pictures I’d show you some that I have gotten over the years. I grew up in Ocean Springs but was born and raised to the age of 10 in LA. I live in Texas now and my family owns a 400 acre farm in NW Arkansas. I’ll be bow hunting two properties I have access to in MS week of Oct 19th looking for a couple giants. I have access to property in many states and I’m choosing to bow hunt two properties MS this year with my limited time. It’s all about location in MS.

Edit: I had 4 points this year for Kansas and did not get a tag, but admittedly if I had got one I would be bow hunting there.

Used to play $0.10 antes with Mammaw and Pappaw. They have both been with the Lord for several years now, but I still have little IOU’s from them in my Crown Royal Bourre bag. This good thread I haven’t thought about it in years.

I am very fortunate that one of the oil fields I’m the engineer for is down there and I made friends with the biggest landowner other than what we own. He lets me hunt it after he cuts all those brown top millet fields. I have never duck hunted there but I’m looking forward to this season. I’m from MS and our last few years have been pretty horrible.

Not 100% sure on engine model. The Kubota either comes with the carbureted 24 HP FS series Kawasaki or the fuel injected model is a 26 HP FT series Kawasaki…nothing else on the exact model numbers of the engines. If I had to guess it’s the 726cc FS730. I’m headed back up there tomorrow morning. About a $900 difference in the purchase price of the carburetor vs. EFI versions. The 5 year warranty is the main selling point for me just unsure on the EFI. I’m used to carbureted small engines.

Saw my first one yesterday in Montgomery County Texas. He flew by the porch and checked for feeders, hit the honey suckles and then bounced. I need to get the feeders out as well. They are pretty cool little critters to watch.

Well damn I went and looked at some Gravleys today and thought they seemed decently built and much more reasonably priced. I’m going to Kubota tomorrow…I really appreciate everyone’s’ input. Seems like I was about to make a major mistake and needed to do some more research.

I do appreciate your honesty and I haven’t even got to all my questions about the Kubotas…

And what is the major difference between the Rebel X and the something like the Maverick or ZT Elite? I see the differences in the transmissions in the brochure but that mine as well be Greek I’m not sure what all that means ( 5400 series vs 3200 series

Mostly lurk around this place picking up good knowledge and have followed previous threads on this but wanted y’all’s opinion before making such a big purchase. Long story short parked a mower at my place in MS in my garage that was cutting grass and had no issues when I parked it. Transferred to Plano, TX where I didn’t have a yard to cut and now live in Porter, TX with 5 acres. Brought my mower from MS to the local shop here in Porter to be serviced and after $1400 he told me I should just sell it and make it someone else’s problem. Been looking at Bad Boys based in y’all’s previous threads but am having trouble distinguishing the difference between the Maverick and ZT Elite as well as how much of a jump is it to the pro series mowers or should I be looking at other brands? I don’t mind spending 10k if it’s something that is going to last a really long time and be light on the maintenance side. Just wanted y’all’s opinion if possible. Thanks guys!!

That’s good to know…thanks for the info!!

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