Tough First Week in East TX

[bountyhunter]

With the lack of rain our creek has dried up and there is no water within a mile or so of your place. Made for some tough hunting as the deer were few and far between only moving through our place at night, but I was getting very few pictures. On Friday I bit the bullet and put out water troughs at two feeders with hope it would help. Since all our water comes from captured rain I really didn't want to use any for this purpose even though our tanks are pretty full, not sure when we will get rain to refill them. The rain on Sunday missed our place so it is still as dry as it was. Either way the water troughs helped as I had more pictures Saturday night/Sunday morning than the whole rest of the week. If I had not decided to sleep in on Sunday morning and cook my wife breakfast I'd like gotten a shot at a ugly 3 pointer that needs to be taken out. Oh well that is Murphy's law in play again. Here is a picture of that 3 pointer and one of a bigger buck I want to get a better look at. Also I have Little "D" watching over one of the feeders while I'm gone and I included a couple pictures of him, let me know what you think of this idea.





Here is Little "D"

[Milkjug]

Cool Derek. That dummy will scare the crap out of any trespassers who come through for sure! Is it to desensitize the deer to something being there?

Tough stuff with the lack of water up there. I'll bet those troughs will have them all over the area soon, especially with few acerns (haha) around.

Sounds like a nice week in the woods. Lets shoot sometime. I dropped by SantaFe Archery and they have a pretty cool shop.

[bountyhunter]

Yan it is to get the deer use to someone sitting in the stand. I haven't hunted it yet and just started getting some pictures of doe there Sat. and Sun.

I'm up for shooting anytime this week. Going to head back up on Friday for another go at them if you want to come.

[Bobcat_Fisherman]

What part of East Texas is your place in? I was up at mine near Crockett this weekend and saw a few scrapes on trees around a dried up creek but that all.

[Keller]

Im heading up to my place (Colmesneil) Friday, I know not much time for visiting but if you or I get in a delema and need assistance. Mark 832-316-9565

[bountyhunter]

Bobcat I'm just north of Zavalla.

Thanks Mark, I was gone before I saw this. I'll keep it for the future and maybe we can get a cold one together one day.

[lurefisher]

Good luck Bounty ,Greg said come back for yur pigs!

[dbarham]

Get em Derek!

[bountyhunter]

Thanks guys!!!!

Deano I'll see about getting things setup next weekend.