How to hunt and what to expect

[txtimetravler]

I beat you could take some out there from central texas. I am sure the land owner wont mind them in the oat patch

[Buff]

WOW that looks like a great lease

[Kdog]

No pigs on the place. It would be nice if there were some though.

The manager said whittails out the wazoo and few exotics some turkey's and no pigs.

I thought this was texas and pigs were everywhere? It would be nice to run across one though.

Be glad there are no pigs.

[Shane]

Don't let the views of the horizon freak you out. All that stuff is there in East Texas too, but the pine trees just block the view. Pretend the mesquite and cactus are pine trees, and just look for sign the same way you would back East.

[Green Arrow]

I wouldn't say that its hard to bowhunt in that kind of brush but its harder then in tall oaks and ceders.I wouldn't hunt out of a pop up blind do to the cows and high winds.IMO a brush ground blind would work good or what i use is a 5 foot tall tri pod in the tallest brush you can find remember mesquite loose ther leaves come winter.

[supertrooperl14]

Agree with the above, there are alot of deer in that country.

[crittergitter]

I'm used to a lot of tall acorns, and cedars.

So all this low mesquite is kind of scaring me specially when in one of the tower blinds you can see like 6 blinds.

the lack of cedars are great. if i had to area with oaks and mesquite you would find me in the mesquite. not as pretty as the oaks but your better deer in the mesquite.

by where you described the location it sounds like your on the north side of i10 just out side of town? you did kind of confuse me on the location though.

here is a tip about junction if you speed.

SLOW DOWN at least 15 miles before town and after. kimble county run low profile vehicles and will write you a ticket

[KactusKiller]

I hunt around alot of green fields and the best spot for a big deer is to look for crawl spots under the fence and set up 40-60 in the brush from it to ambush them when they are stagging up before dusk. Same setup for morning but setup 70-90 yards from field so you dont spook game coming in to your blind. In Sept. or early Oct. Set on the hill you took the pics from and watch deer enter and leave the fields to see if there is a patten to there travel. If not create one for them(if its ok with the land owner). Lower the top two wires of the fence to waste high or raise the bottom wire to knee high. Corn the crossings as much as possible to get deer to use them. Deer are lazy they always take the route of least resistance. I would use a popup completely brushed over, this will hide you well and it helps keep the cows off your blind. A tripod is great as long as there is sufficient trees tall enough to completely hide you silohuete. Good luck!

[bobo]

Thanks guy's I'm pretty much stuck to the mesquite. Because we are leaving the oat fields for the wifes, kids and guest's, or last minute hunters. Reason being there are 30-40 deer in that field at times.

My question would be if I hunted the mesquite would it be better to hunt in the lower fields in the bottoms or the higher fields on top? None of the land is complicated enough that a deer cannot roam. I know in east texas I hunted creek ridges, and in Leakey I hunted on top of ridges looking down in the bottoms but I had 10 years of experience there and knew their travel routes.

This property is gently rolling with a lot of mesquite. There are 10 existing feeders that I can end up in or setup my own honey hole. I have some ideas where to setup like a corner of the property boarding to other pieces of property that have thick cover with existing cedars and acrons that would hold some good deer but I might be competing with my buds on that piece of land.

If I don't get one of those two stands I may need to setup my own but I haven't really scouted the property to see what I like best. I think if someone else gets thos pieces of property that I might setup in the mesquite near the oat fields but not on the oat fields.

But about half the land id open for rifles and bowhunting this is going to be a challenge. I got some planning to do like hiding the ATV, my travel path to the stands, so much that needs to be worked out.

[trophy8]

yoy asked about the high and low stuff? the deer will most likely be down low throughout the night and early morning and evenings. they will go back up high after they eat in the morning and then come back down when its time to eat and do what deer do. they probably wont go all the way up the hill or mountains. some will but most will just spread out along the edge of the hill and then funnel back down. thats the easiest way to hunt them. and thats exactly what they do on uor place in mason. your place isnt that far away really. probably 20-40 miles.