You might be a South Texas hunter...

[TehK1w1]

I was filling feeders this morning and came up with this.

You might be a South Texas hunter if...

-you have 3 or more pairs of snake boots

-your hunting vehicle has bump-gate scars

-you consider a 140 B&C buck "okay" but a 175 pound buck a "Monster"

-you have ever used the terms "130-class" and "Cull Buck" in the same sentence

-you have the Border Patrol on your speed-dial

-you have ever almost shot a cow thinking it was a Nilgai

-you know what a Nilgai is!!!

-if you have ever filled a sandbag gun rest while sitting in a ground blind

-you have ever have trim/antennas broken off of your hunting vehicle by sunflowers

-you have ever lost a wounded deer because there were too many tracks

-you have ever gone hunting and seen "Just a ten-point"

-you can distinguish between a small feral hog and a javelina at 150 yards-Without binoculars

-the only landmarks on your lease map are windmills

-you have ever attached a tree stand to a windmill

-you carry a slingshot to chase javis(Javilina) away from your feeder while hunting

 

[El General]

your .45 has only ever been loaded with snake shot

you deer hunt in chaps and shorts

You know that a .243 FMJ will go through three hogs but not four

 

[auschip]

You leave to go hunting for a week and bring a Tshirt and shorts (camo of course) and a parka with thermals. Just in case that front does blow through.

 

[CoRoMo]

Priceless!!!!!!!!!

Don't be surprised if you receive this in your email as one of those Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: types that float around forever. Your's truly just sent it out to all of my family and friends.

Thanks for a hard laugh!!

 

[stevereno1]

ya'll have a great day! South texas deer hunting is none of my business.

 

[auschip]

You pay good money to hunt tame, farm raised deer!

Where did that come from? I've never heard of anyone hunting "farm raised deer" in South Texas.

 

[stevereno1]

sorry ya'll, that was a jerk thing of me to post.I'll remove it.

 

[TehK1w1]

LOL, I work on a low-fenced lease. I only wish the deer were a little tamer.

 

[MCgunner]

Even on high fence exotic ranches, the deer aren't tame. They might all have 140 plus racks on 'em, unlike on my place (is the coastal bend north of Corpus area south Texas?) I don't think there's a buck out there that scores in positive numbers. ROFLMAO! It has been my experience that unless the herd is managed, you ain't gonna see those legendary muy grandes even in south Texas. Maybe I'm wrong, though. I never could afford a south Texas lease. 5K a year buys a lot of beef. We've got trophy speckled trout, though.

 

[TehK1w1]

It is managed, but only by selective shooting We have set yearly limits on Does, culls, and "Quota"(trophy bucks, young bucks) deer. I only work here, no way I could afford to buy into this place. (It's on the King Ranch )

 

[skinewmexico]

Reminds me of when we got stuck in about 18" of snow, about 20 miles NW of Purgatory Ski Area while elk hunting last year. Some guys helped us out, and my buddy says "so what part of South Texas are you guys from?". One of the guys says "how did you know we're from South Texas?". My buddy says "we're in Colorado, at 11,500', standing in 18" of snow...........and you're wearing snake boots." Priceless.

 

[QuakKillz]

"we're in Colorado, at 11,500', standing in 18" of snow...........and you're wearing snake boots."

we were'm out here in Central West Texas too! LoL!!!

I even wear mine to my duck blind.....

 

[MCgunner]

at 11,500', standing in 18" of snow...........and you're wearing snake boots." Priceless.

ROFL!

Well, I've been by the King ranch...in a boat on the intracoastal on the way to the land cut to kill ducks. Ain't too far from me, but I'm about 80 miles up from Corpus and we call ourselves "south" Texas. My land is between Port O'Connor and Seadrift near Espiritu Santos bay. I'm 45 minutes south of the South Texas Nuclear Project, anyway, LOL. Pretty much anything south of I10 is "south Texas", but there's a LOT of variables in biomes in that region. The comment about filling the sand bags is very familiar to me, LOL. That's more an immediate coastal south Texas thang. The good thing about it, though, is when I get home, let it dry, and I can use an air hose to clean the dirt bike. Now, up around Brazoria where I was raised, you ain't getting that gumbo clay off a bike after it dries without enough hydroblaster to take off the paint.

 

[skinewmexico]

Everything south of I20 is south Texas to me.

 

[Triple S]

I think this post is great and you nailed it with the "You might be a...."! I am not a Texan, but I love hunting there. Texas really offers a wide variety of wildlife and there is always something interesting to watch from the stand. Many may not realize it, but South Texas is one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet (plants, animals, etc).... I am heading out Friday for the annual deer hunting trip to South Texas. I am taking both a rifle and a bow, but I am really going to concentrate on bagging a buck with my bow!

 

[MCgunner]

Good luck, Triple, and don't forget your camera.

Everything south of I20 is south Texas to me

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I20 runs through Dallas. That's practically yankeeland.

 

[skinewmexico]

I20 runs through Dallas. That's practically yankeeland.

Practically?

 

[biggameballs]

A big bodied deer to you is 160lbs!

 

[unlearned69]

My wife's from Dallas. She's a yankee for sure, but I'm working on it. She shot her first deer the day after Thanksgiving.

 

[berettabomber]

To me, draw a line dead across San Antonio east to west, north is north texas, south is south texas. I'm from Corpus Christi but had a ranch in Laredo for 11 years and I've hunted in Junction, Ingram and Bracketville as well so I've seen almost everything there is to see as far as hunting goes in South Texas.