West tx mulies

[Tx.Fisher]

Hogman, how has the deer movement been where you're hunting? It's extremely slow where I'm hunting.

[hogman$]

Very slow saw a deer about a mile from me opening day and that's it and way to many coyotes witch part of Gaines you hunten if you don't mind me asking


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[hogman$]

Headed back out to the stand morning number 4 still haven't seen a deer on our place maybe today good luck everyone

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[Jmh05]

Awesome. Good luck.

[Tx.Fisher]

Last morning for me. Yesterday I finally saw a little forkhorn. He actually walked up within about 50 yards of me. Something is coming in every night and eating all the apples and carrots I'm throwing out. Apparently my camera has crapped out cause I'm not getting any pictures.

Hogman, our land is between Seagraves and Denver city. Where are you hunting?

This year has been a major disappointment. Last year I saw multiple deer literally every hunt. I even got some pictures of a small whitetail buck two mornings in a row about a week after mule deer season ended. This year has been the complete opposite. I'm not sure what happened. We have water, food, and plenty of cover. If deer are on the place they've turned into ninja deer.

[hogman$]

Last morning for me. Yesterday I finally saw a little forkhorn. He actually walked up within about 50 yards of me. Something is coming in every night and eating all the apples and carrots I'm throwing out. Apparently my camera has crapped out cause I'm not getting any pictures.

Hogman, our land is between Seagraves and Denver city. Where are you hunting?

This year has been a major disappointment. Last year I saw multiple deer literally every hunt. I even got some pictures of a small whitetail buck two mornings in a row about a week after mule deer season ended. This year has been the complete opposite. I'm not sure what happened. We have water, food, and plenty of cover. If deer are on the place they've turned into ninja deer.

Just north of plains sounds like your not far from where I'm hunting yea I know what you I had deer on camera almost every other day till a few days before opening day there gone or ninjas

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[glpoe1]

That country has some of the largest mule deer in TX. Traveling HW180 between Snyder and Seminole you can see some monsters (IMO) from the road. I believe they just opened it up for deer hunting a couple of years ago. Hope to see some pics.

[ShawnG]

Good luck to you guys.

[trophy8]

Seems the western part has been shot out real bad. It's been slow all over from what I've been told so far. Pretty typical for the standard season. TPWD was drunk when they set the season apparently lol

Good luck!!

[Tx.Fisher]

Seems the western part has been shot out real bad. It's been slow all over from what I've been told so far. Pretty typical for the standard season. TPWD was drunk when they set the season apparently lol

Good luck!!

I tend to agree with you. I've been told by several different people that didn't know each other that poaching has become really bad out there. The main culprit they all said was Mennonites. I personally have nothing against Mennonites, they are extremely hard workers and great farmers. They farm a majority of the land out there, and the season lasts all year for them. Not legally of course, but they can always claim crop deprivation. Not good when the you already have a fragile mule deer population. This year our property was farmed by Mennonites, and the deer sightings have gone down to nothing. Maybe it's all just a coincidence, but last season I saw multiple deer every hunt. This season I saw one deer in 9 hunts.

[trophy8]

I tend to agree with you. I've been told by several different people that didn't know each other that poaching has become really bad out there. The main culprit they all said was Mennonites. I personally have nothing against Mennonites. But they farm a majority of the land out there, and the season lasts all year for them. Not legally of course, but they can always claim crop deprivation. Not good when the you already have a fragile mule deer population. This year our property was farmed by Mennonites, and the deer sightings have gone down to nothing. Maybe it's all just a coincidence, but last season I saw multiple deer every hunt. This season I saw one deer in 9 hunts.

That's exactly right. They are bad.

My buddies big place gets hit hard too though. He has caught lots of folks shooting off the road. They take it VERY serious.

[hogman$]

I grew up Mennonite and know lots of Mennonites it's true alot of theme don't care about conservation they see they shoot and waste it's sickening they think it'll pan itself our seasons don't matter but I think they oil field is bad to I cough a oil field worker on oil field land that we hunt right next to that shot a deer and lied to me about it and where I hunt they made a road right on the fence line right aways I had a doe at the water station shot from the left the whole deer lying there I think we need more game Wordens out here

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[eradicator]

Been putting in for a mule deer tag for three years in Kansas, had a 170" mule deer bed 20 yrds. from my stand last week and all i could do was shoot him the finger! Good luck on whacking one!

I thought nonresidents couldn't draw mule deer tag in KS?

[Tx.Fisher]

I grew up Mennonite and know lots of Mennonites it's true alot of theme don't care about conservation they see they shoot and waste it's sickening they think it'll pan itself our seasons don't matter.

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Unfortunately this is what I've heard. We definitely need more Game Wardens out there. They are spread thin. In the 8 years I've been hunting out there I've never once seen one. Last season I counted 18 different deer, with 8 different bucks. This season was a complete turnaround. Something drastic happened on our property.