Hagerman Segment B Thread of Awesomeness

[ChrisB]

Congrats on the buck and doe!

[Tspurgin26]

Congrats brother!! Very happy for you. Going to Hag and getting 2 deer ain’t always easy.

For my first deer hunt at the hag I'm happy. Also happy I didn't hunt my first option as I decided 5 guys In the same draw wasn't a good choice.

[bullets13]

Congrats on the harvests!

[Tspurgin26]

Thanks to Kirby 86 for letting me borrow a pair of pliers Saturday morning to tighten up my squeaking seat on my stand. Andrew v for helping me haul out both deer! And bow pro 12 for helping me load the buck back in my tall ***** truck after I gutted it. Great group of guys and good to meet all of you!

[DavidH44]

Congrats on the doe and buck

[Fishndude]

Good looking buck sir!!



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Niiice. I saw a very similar buck in Goode.

[HotRod Hunter]

Congrats to all of y’all that connected and Thanks for sharing your hunts with us.

[SwampyMarsh]

Now someone post the pic of the 190" from Friday

[JTeLarkin08]

Hagerman Segment B Thread of Awesomeness

My thoughts on this hunt.


This was my 4th time hunting H and this was by far the worst hunt I have ever had there. Scouting I found decent deer sign but in very few areas and It was very concentrated. Although I have never killed a buck at Hagerman, each of my other 3 hunts there I have seen and been within bow range of 150+” deer. Each time It has been the lack of shooting lane or one trail off that has kept me from killing a really nice buck. I have also killed a pig on 3 of my 4 hunts.

I hiked 13 miles on my scouting trip this year and It was hard to find a single deer track in some areas but other areas you would find 10-15 rubs in a 75 yard square. The hog and coyote sign however is everywhere. No matter where you go in every unit you can tell the hogs are there, and why they will not let you shoot coyotes is beyond me. In the first two hunts I believe there have been 5-6 bucks killed out of 100 hunters in the woods. If you take that 5-6% success rate and put that on any hunt in the world, most people are not signing up. I realize weather has been ****ty and the hunts haven’t been ideal, but with 50 stands in the woods in areas deer should be traveling the weather shouldn’t matter THAT much. I mean public land elk success rates are more than that. Most of the guys i talked to this year saw less than 5 deer for the entire weekend.

That said!!! It is still Hagerman. I have been applying since I was 14 years old and It still has that special feeling about It. It is the only place in Texas I will sit all day on the stand. The genetics are there and the age class is there. Does It still deserve the hype that It gets???! I’m not sure. It is by far one of the best public hunting opportunities in Texas but It definitely isn’t what It was when I first hunted It.




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[bowpro12]

Nice meeting you Tspurgin26 Congrats on a fine buck. Those pictures don’t do him justice, he was huge!
What did he dress out at?

Thanks to Kirby 86 for letting me borrow a pair of pliers Saturday morning to tighten up my squeaking seat on my stand. Andrew v for helping me haul out both deer! And bow pro 12 for helping me load the buck back in my tall ***** truck after I gutted it. Great group of guys and good to meet all of you!

[slicktricker]

Congrats on the buck

[BitBackShot]

Great buck, tspurgin. Looks like a giant.

[SwampyMarsh]

So.....how about that 190"? Apparently i am only curious one.

[fishfinder2005]

Looks like this year has been rough. Deer numbers must be way down.

[ultralite09]

Looks like this year has been rough. Deer numbers must be way down.

Definitely, thats why they said this year is the last year for a while. They are going to let Hagerman rest for 5 years and do a survey to see if they will start the program up again.