TEXAS 2003-2004 SEASON
November 01, 2003 through Jan 18, 2004

After hunting for a number of years in Mexico I have returned to the USA and these are pictures taken at my hunting lease in Dimmit County, Texas. This small ranch has been a pleasant surprise although we didn't kill a muy grande, we had a great time. We have a little over 1400 acres and had absolutely no knowledge of what to expect regarding game except that this general area had been heavily hunted for many years, but that this ranch had not been leased in a year or two. I saw and photographed quite a number of better than average bucks, many in the 3 1/2 year old category and a few older. The potential is here for an exceptional buck to "pop out" at anytime.

This was one of the wettest years in recent history in this region and the exceptionally fat deer owe much of their sleekness and general good health to the favorable weather in this traditionally dry country. Also the landowners have been excellent stewards for wildlife over the years and have established tough but fair rules applying to hunting here. I always feel fortunate to work with landowners whose word is their bond in the Texas tradition.

Take your time and enjoy the visit to the South Texas brush country.

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Big 8 point, bad picture	Same 8 pointer	Beautiful male Cardinal	Great Horned Owl
Ladderback Woodpecker	Male Bobwhite Quail	10 pt. over 20"	Two headed doe..!
Nice young 8 pt, good brow tines	Same young 8 pt.	11 point	This is a 4 1/2 yo cull buck
Son of the previous cull buck??	19'' 9 point	Where the boys are.	Do you shoot yearling spikes?
Mature 11 pointer	Well over 20" 10 point	Old 9 point	Raspberry.... pffffft..!!
Two 8 pointers	Good mass, short tines in the fog	Good spread	Mature buck w/ mediocre antlers
Doe scent is in the air	Another view	Same buck, check out the spread	Split left G1
Nice 9 point not hanging around..!	10 pt., early morning light	Young fat 8 point	Nice eight and nice lighting
Big pear, young buck	Good mass and brow tines	High mainbeam ten	Same 10, compare the buck with the fawn doe..!
22" spread	Same buck, nice lighting	2 nice bucks	Working on brush
Wide 10, note back of deer	Great body, narrow spread	Whispering secrets??	Narrow antlers but good mass
Check out the color differences	Solid 4 1/2 yo with sticker	Checking out the does	Wide but broken points
Another view	Big bodied 10 point	Stretched out chasing pose	Handsome 8 pointer
Same fine buck	The rut is on..!	Rutting daze, with color showing agression	3 1/2 yo 10 pointer, looking good
Even though young he was trailing	Check out those eyes	Sleek young buck	Young 8 point
This was in front of the camp..!	Big buttons	Tongue sticking out	Curious fawn
Youngsters fight	Hidden doe	Gross hogs ... .	More feral hogs.
Javalina, all sizes	Bored javelina yawning	Baby javelina	Venado with old hunting rig
Roadrunner	Beautiful foliage

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