We had a fun opening weekend in the panhandle this weekend. We started off with some red stag for a customer and his boys. Kicked it off Friday night with a nice management bull.
Got him cleaned up and spent the rest of the evening hanging out and driving around looking at some other stags. The next morning was foggy early but we caught up with another nice bull with a group of hinds on a food plot and he hit the dirt.
Saturday morning as we were headed out to look for stag, my wife left the ranch to drive up and meet some of my buddies farther up in the panhandle to chase a few pronghorn. They all three got antelope by Saturday afternoon and she was back in time to catch up with us for an evening hunt as we got back after the stag. I hated that I missed her hunt, but was glad she got her first goat and that he was a nice buck. Haven’t scored him all the way out, but he was just under 15” and had good mass and prongs. Not bad for that area.
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Back in Clarendon, we were fresh up from an afternoon nap and were starting to hear the bulls roaring again. We got back after them and caught another nice bull with a few hinds on another big wheat field. He was out there about 260 yards and the hunter made a great shot on him.
We got finished with him and headed back to the other side of the ranch to look for a certain management bull for our young hunter. After a missed chance the night before, we got back in his area and set up watching a food plot and small opening with a feeder. After a bit, we could hear him tearing up a tree and roaring so we eased down the hill and found him with his head in a bush and perfect broadside. We set up and he made a great shot and put him right down.
All weekend long we had been seeing a lone zebra stallion that was mixing in with the wildebeest. He had become a problem at the feeders and was on the hit list. Sunday morning one of the boys stepped up and took care of that problem. Made a great shot on him and he was down quick. These animals always amaze me with their markings. Another beautiful trophy for their wall.
After a ton of skinning and some creative loading, the hunters were on their way home happy and we had just enough time to grab the bows and head to a blind. I was covered up in deer, but not any that were on my list, but it was still nice to relax and be in a blind for whitetail. Brett on the other end of the ranch, capped the weekend off perfectly with a nice doe and this beautiful 173” stud. Great way to get fall kicked off.
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Got him cleaned up and spent the rest of the evening hanging out and driving around looking at some other stags. The next morning was foggy early but we caught up with another nice bull with a group of hinds on a food plot and he hit the dirt.
Saturday morning as we were headed out to look for stag, my wife left the ranch to drive up and meet some of my buddies farther up in the panhandle to chase a few pronghorn. They all three got antelope by Saturday afternoon and she was back in time to catch up with us for an evening hunt as we got back after the stag. I hated that I missed her hunt, but was glad she got her first goat and that he was a nice buck. Haven’t scored him all the way out, but he was just under 15” and had good mass and prongs. Not bad for that area.
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Back in Clarendon, we were fresh up from an afternoon nap and were starting to hear the bulls roaring again. We got back after them and caught another nice bull with a few hinds on another big wheat field. He was out there about 260 yards and the hunter made a great shot on him.
We got finished with him and headed back to the other side of the ranch to look for a certain management bull for our young hunter. After a missed chance the night before, we got back in his area and set up watching a food plot and small opening with a feeder. After a bit, we could hear him tearing up a tree and roaring so we eased down the hill and found him with his head in a bush and perfect broadside. We set up and he made a great shot and put him right down.
All weekend long we had been seeing a lone zebra stallion that was mixing in with the wildebeest. He had become a problem at the feeders and was on the hit list. Sunday morning one of the boys stepped up and took care of that problem. Made a great shot on him and he was down quick. These animals always amaze me with their markings. Another beautiful trophy for their wall.
After a ton of skinning and some creative loading, the hunters were on their way home happy and we had just enough time to grab the bows and head to a blind. I was covered up in deer, but not any that were on my list, but it was still nice to relax and be in a blind for whitetail. Brett on the other end of the ranch, capped the weekend off perfectly with a nice doe and this beautiful 173” stud. Great way to get fall kicked off.
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