From a tree blind

[dilloduck]

 

[Sunni Man]

Did you take the shot?

 

[dilloduck]

Did you take the shot?

Yup---yesterday---and it wasn't easy with those 3 buggers peeking up at me every 2 seconds to see if I moved. ( While freezing my ass off )

 

[Sunni Man]

How far from Austin?

 

[random3434]

Yup---yesterday---and it wasn't easy with those 3 buggers peeking up at me every 2 seconds to see if I moved. ( While freezing my ass off )

I HOPE the only thing you shot them with was your camera!


Beautiful pic, beautiful animals!

 

[glockmail]

Bambi killer!

 

[dilloduck]

Bambi killer!

Hey--I only shoot adult deer. Not enough meat on the little ones to waste a perfectly good deer tag on.

 

[glockmail]

Hey--I only shoot adult deer. Not enough meat on the little ones to waste a perfectly good deer tag on.

Bambi's mother killer!

 

[dilloduck]

Bambi's mother killer!

ya--can you believe that in Travis County (which is primarily urban of course) you are allowed to shoot 5 deer ? ( only 2 bucks ) They are taking over the damn place.

 

[glockmail]

ya--can you believe that in Travis County (which is primarily urban of course) you are allowed to shoot 5 deer ? ( only 2 bucks ) They are taking over the damn place.

Bring back the wolves! Save the whales! Free the bound periodicals!

 

[dilloduck]

Bring back the wolves! Save the whales! Free the bound periodicals!

We don't have any of those here but you can shoot all the feral hogs you want 24/7 and 365.

 

[glockmail]

We don't have any of those here but you can shoot all the feral hogs you want 24/7 and 365.

Really? That would keep me in high cotton.

 

[dilloduck]

Really? That would keep me in high cotton.

Sneaky bastards tho---harder to hunt than deer. You can use lights at night tho. 4 years ago Austin proper had none--now they are tearing up peoples yards and gardens.You outta see what a job they can do on the small fields just outside of town.

 

[glockmail]

Sneaky bastards tho---harder to hunt than deer. You can use lights at night tho. 4 years ago Austin proper had none--now they are tearing up peoples yards and gardens.You outta see what a job they can do on the small fields just outside of town.

Pigs are smart animals. I'd just bait 'em with some left over veggies near the edge of the back yard and sit up with a varmit rifle.

 

[dilloduck]

Pigs are smart animals. I'd just bait 'em with some left over veggies near the edge of the back yard and sit up with a varmit rifle.

most ranches try to trap em in cages with all kinds of special concoctinos for bait. Better use something bigger than a varmint rifle too.

 

[glockmail]

most ranches try to trap em in cages with all kinds of special concoctinos for bait. Better use something bigger than a varmint rifle too.

I can't stand traps. .22LR won't put 'em down? How big are these things? I'm thinking 30 pounds, with big heads.

 

[dilloduck]

I can't stand traps. .22LR won't put 'em down? How big are these things? I'm thinking 30 pounds, with big heads.

Record is around a thousand pounds but they will average around 150 to 200 around here. A miracle shot with a .22mag might do it but I would bet a dime on it. They use deer rifles for em here.

 

[Care4all]

I saw a 700 lb wild hog on tv.... they are mean, mean, mean....be careful.

The deer seem skinny, they must not have wild apple trees to stuff their faces with, as the bambi do up here!

awesome pics Dillo!

Care

 

[Care4all]

so is that just a "vernal pool" that they are drinking from or a real pond that is there year round?

 

[dilloduck]

I saw a 700 lb wild hog on tv.... they are mean, mean, mean....be careful.

The deer seem skinny, they must not have wild apple trees to stuff their faces with, as the bambi do up here!

awesome pics Dillo!

Care

young deer-- maybe only a year old and they don't need to bulk up near as much to survive our winters. They need the speed and there are so many here that the competition for food is high. Acorns and grasses mostly.