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Thanks! Protein has definitely helped a lot. We will continue to remove cedars every year to increase browse/forbs to help our deer herd. We still have a long way to go until we see the results we are looking for. We are just now starting to see the big improvements in our 1 and 2yr olds. I believe we will see a really big difference Once we hit that magic 7yr mark.
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Originally posted by bgleaton View PostThanks! Protein has definitely helped a lot. We will continue to remove cedars every year to increase browse/forbs to help our deer herd. We still have a long way to go until we see the results we are looking for. We are just now starting to see the big improvements in our 1 and 2yr olds. I believe we will see a really big difference Once we hit that magic 7yr mark.
I drive through Richland Springs to get to our lease.....cool little town. I want us to own a place around the size of your ranch one of these years. We lease 2600 acres for now and it as awesome place with a great management plan.
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We used to be on a 3,000 acre lease owned by the Gibbons family in Richland Springs, Tx. We were on that lease for almost 10 years. We shot some really good bucks out there. Some of our friends are still on that place and they shoot at least a couple 150"+ bucks a year out there. It wasn't always like that, but the biggest thing for us was to let those 140in 5 1/2yr olds go for one more year. It's very tough to do this, but that's how you get those 150-160" deer in the hill country.
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I will be meeting with our neighbors on September 18th with a wildlife biologist and we are going to talk with them and find out what their goals are and see if we can help educate them on the deer we can grow. Who knows, they may have the same goals as we do, we just need to sit down and talk. Should be interesting.
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Originally posted by bgleaton View PostI will be meeting with our neighbors on September 18th with a wildlife biologist and we are going to talk with them and find out what their goals are and see if we can help educate them on the deer we can grow. Who knows, they may have the same goals as we do, we just need to sit down and talk. Should be interesting.
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Labor Day Update
Well, I went out to our property and checked the cameras as well as set up two pop up blinds and finished our last gun blind. Just wanted to share some pictures of our work and how our deer are looking. We put out rice bran and alfalfa last week and the rice bran was basically gone and a lot of the alfalfa had been eaten as well.
Gun Blind:
Pop Up Blind:
Fork Horn Buck (7.5yrs):
8pt Cull (5.5yrs):
Old Cull (6.5yrs):
Nice 10pt (5.5yrs) - letting him go one more year:
Nice 8pt (4.5yrs):
8pt with Curled Main Beam - CULL (5.5yrs):
Young Bucks:
New Buck - He is a main frame 6 on one side and just a little spike on the other. He looks young, so we are going to let him walk and see what he does:
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Old Bucks & Cull Bucks
Here are a couple of older bucks that we are after this year:
Here are a couple of cull bucks that we are trying to get rid of:
We are trying to get rid of some of these older bucks with less potential to help improve the 5.5yrs and younger bucks. Also, some of these bucks above are real food hogs, so it will also help the younger bucks get to the protein easier.
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