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Deer Hunting Season Shaping Up Well
The upcoming white-tailed deer hunting season is looking good for Texas hunters. Despite the horrendous drought of 2011, habitat conditions quickly rebounded last fall after some much-needed rain. It...
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Texas Deer Hunting Forecast
White-tailed deer hunting is already underway for Texas bowhunters and those ranches participating in the Managed Lands Deer Permit (MLDP) Program, but the General Season–we call it gun season–is just...
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Deer Hunting Heats Up as Temps Drop
The month of November has nearly come and gone and, for the most part, it looks like the whitetail deer hunting in Texas has been good to date. A good number of hunters have reported harvesting their...
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Deer Hunting Season Ends, Starts All Over
The last of the 2012-13 Texas deer hunting seasons officially ended as the month of February came to an end. Many hunters put deer season behind them months ago when the General Season ended, but...
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Texas Deer Hunting: Holding Steady?
It’s never too early to start talking about the upcoming white-tailed deer hunting season in Texas, especially now that we are halfway through the annual antler growth cycle. All of that velvety...
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Deer Hunting in Texas: Public Lands
The overwhelming majority of deer hunting and management that happens in Texas takes place on private lands. Although ranches and farms across the state produce the bulk of deer year-in and year-out,...
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Deer Hunting Small Properties for Success
It was a perfect morning for deer hunting. It was late October, 53 degrees and a 5-7 mile per hour wind was blowing out of the northeast. Directly in front of me, standing at 10 yards, was a 10 point...
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Whitetail Hunting Season in Good Shape
Many bow-carrying deer hunters have already headed to the field, but it’s darn tough out there right now for those than plan on whitetail hunting around a feeder. Much like the rain, food plots seem...
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Cold Weather Means Deer are Moving!
The life of a white-tailed deer is highly impacted by the weather. Hunters know that high rainfall years are better than dry ones when it comes to antler growth and the number of fawns produced. Mild...
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Deer Hunting: Big Buck Down in Bowie County
There are many aspects to white-tailed deer hunting and management. The most exciting part is, of course, the hunting season itself. Every hunter dreams of a big whitetail buck stepping out in front...
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The Key to Late Season Hunting Success
If you’ve noticed the deer hunting season is nearly over and there are license tags left in your pocket, don’t panic just yet. There is still time to fill those tags, as well as the freezer. Many...
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Deer Hunting with Drones
Just because most hunters would never consider hunting white-tailed deer using unmanned drones does not mean unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are completely off the radar of the hunting community. I do...
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Public Hunting in Texas: Draw Hunts Going Online
Texas is well-known for white-tailed deer hunting, but it’s also known as a state that is overwhelmingly privately owned. That means finding low cost and/or quality public hunting opportunities can be...
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Deer Hunting and Management is Conservation for All
The benefits of managing habitat for white-tailed deer have been well documented through research publications, in print and online—this site included. In fact, I believe the best way to grow bigger...
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Best Time to Deer Hunt: Early in the Season
After each season, we as hunters must wait the better part of a year before we can head back out deer hunting. This built up anticipation, fueled by a treasure trove of game camera photos, leads droves...
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Deer Hunting: The Way It Should Be?
We are all born cold, wet and hungry. That’s why it’s human nature to be a hunter. For those lucky enough to be exposed to white-tailed deer hunting at an early age those first few outdoor experiences...
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Principles of Doe Management: Hunting and Harvest
Question: “I have hunted on a lot of different farms and a lot of public hunting properties and the farm I am hunting on now has me puzzled. The property is around 800 acres and there are deer on it...
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Deer Hunting Gains Support in US
Reading the headline, “Hunting has Big Support Nationwide,” brought a smile to my face this morning. I cut my teeth hunting small game, honed my skills pass shooting doves and finally got the go-ahead...
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Texas’ Whitetail Population Up: Deer Hunting Good
It’s been a good fall for deer hunting in Texas yet the month of November is not yet over. There have been numerous reports of really nice whitetail bucks being harvested across the state as well as...
View ArticleHow to Hunt Deer from the Ground: 8 Tips for Success
When it comes to whitetail deer hunting the number one way to go is, well, up. Most hunters hunt from elevated positions, whether it be some type of ladder stand or climbing stand. This is one of the...
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