Does anyone know how the hunting in Pecos County is? My wife's family ownes a pretty fair chunk of land there and her father said there is not anything to hunt there. I told him there must be. He said there is just nothing for them to eat so he has never even tried to hunt it.
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Pretty tough country but some areas have muledeer and javilina if there are deep canyons with heavy cover set up a feeder near the edge of the canyon and you'll know soon enough if you have anything living there. I hunted that area a few years ago and couldn't find a track on the ground but when the feeder went off several does came out of nowhwere and the javilina came running in. The bucks stayed back but that is normal.
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Alot of land in Pecos county is old Military bombing grounds as well.Comment
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Jaspro,
I'll have to check. I don't want to call him right now since he's an elder in his church and he's right in the middle of it now, although it would be funny if his phone went off. He may think it was his calling.
I'll let you know this afternoon.Comment
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Thats about as close to HELL as you can get.Comment
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I hunted just east of Ft Stockton for several years and the hunting was excellent. Mule deer, whitetail, and javelina.
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Big Bill has a good account of Pecos County hunting. If you are after jackrabbits, this is the place for you. Lots of coyotes, some mountain lions south of Ft. Stockton in the mountains. Those mountains are prime mule deer hunting and there are even a few elk in there. We have relatives that run a ranch out there in the mountains and it's high dollar hunting. The flatlands like towards Pecos or El Paso are loaded with rattlesnakes and every other nasty creature you can imagine. Pretty tough area. We go that way a lot heading for New Mexico.....eastern NM not much better but some areas have game. A couple of years ago a really nice mule deer buck ran right across the WalMart parking lot in Carlsbad.....you never know about that country....Pretty tough country but some areas have muledeer and javilina if there are deep canyons with heavy cover set up a feeder near the edge of the canyon and you'll know soon enough if you have anything living there. I hunted that area a few years ago and couldn't find a track on the ground but when the feeder went off several does came out of nowhwere and the javilina came running in. The bucks stayed back but that is normal.Comment
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Originally posted by keep View Post
Keep, I hunt and guide in Pecos County. I am 45 miles SE of Ft. Stockton. Excellent Mulies and Whitetails. Alot of javis, turkey ect. As far as eating is concerned this year will be one of, if not the best year for game, in Pecos County. Lots of rain as elsewhere in Texas. Pecos County is an arrid dry region, as it is. Feeding year round and a ample water supply, are necessities in this area when there is little to no rain. These deer and Javi are from this past season. Not to bad of deer, IMO. Any questions feel free to ask me.
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Oh yeah, Mountain lions
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This would be more in Reeves County, In Pecos Tx. the town, not the County.Originally posted by Jaspro View PostComment
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keep, i used to hunt pecos just outside of iraann tough country but lots of game. we had mule deer and whitetail, lots of turkey and javisComment
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I found out the land is 15-20 miles east of Imperial. Does anyone know anything of this area. I also found out it is a section of land.Comment
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I know the area. It is near "Horsehead Crossing" on the Pecos River. You should go look at it before putting any money into it. I worked at WTUs Rio Pecos Station at Girvin in the '70s and got to know that country well. It is the sorriest land I have ever seen. It was bad before the oilfields opened up.....now the Pecos River is so polluted with oilfield brine you can't eat the ducks you shoot on it. The soil is naturally alkaline and doesn't support anything but sagebrush.....and it is poor. I was told if you wanted to run cows out there, figure one cow per section. Jackrabbits flourish out there.....I have no idea what they are eating. Rattlesnakes are very bad.....we had big ones come into the power plant.
I'm not trying to paint a bad picture....it's true. If you go SE of Girvin towards Bakersfield, you will get into some good deer hunting....but not from Girvin to Imperial. If you need more info, PM me....glad to help.Comment
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rtread is correct, about this piece of Pecos County. There use to be deer between Ft. Stockton and Imperial, back when Texas Gulf was there. Then again the sulphur made them neon signs at nightOriginally posted by keep View Post Girvin to Imperial is nothing but ruins. Lots of oil production, and you can definately smell the sucess of the oil industry, like rotten eggs. May be some deer, but few between. Lots of varmits, for sure. Pecos river doesn't hold much water either, and it is pretty nasty. Just to the imediate south of where you will be at, there is a good population of Mule deer and whitetails. Getting them to where your at, may take some doing. Just directly to your north, is sandhills(Crane County) and mule deer(VERY big mule deer). The feral hogs are coming in strong in this area, and there are numerous Javelinas. I guess the best way to round this off is, there are species of game around. The one area your inquiring about is going to take some work, IMO. I think it's worth a shot, then again I think alot of things are. Best of luck to you and still hope it works out.
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I gives us a place to hunt free but if it's not even worth the money driving there I won't even try it. I was just hoping someone has been there recently.Comment
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