Daughter got drawn for Either sex at Big Bend , Devils River, and the Chap. **** lucky!!! Now I have to decide which one.
Wow hit the jackpot! You can go on all 3 if the dates are different. I havent hunted Bend but I would def not miss out on Devils and the Chap! Good luck
Every year I put in for at least one in every category but in most I put in for multiple. That gets me about three to four hunts per year. This year I have already drawn what I consider a Texas hunting bucket list item Alligator at JD Murphree. Additionally and not related to the draw I was invited to a Nilgai hunt on the King Ranch next weekend so standby for those photos.
Mostly true. They do have shooting lanes, maybe 90-100 degree field of view, for safety reasons. They also thin the herd with contractors. But, it's only because the public hunters (me included) weren't killing enough to reduce the herd. In the long run, more important to reduce the numbers, than keeping so many that hunters are happy (it is an exotic after all). Plus the contractors only come in after the hunts are over for the year. Like I say, it wasn't necessarily a bad hunt, just substantially different that the freedom you normally get on a compartment hunt.
Deerguy,think it was 2 yrs ago write ups in dallas paper about the contractors killing axis sure it was before a hunt why not have more opportunity no season on em, my2Cents
Well fellas, my son was drawn for 5 hunts this year! Most excited about the JD Murphree gator hunt 9/16 & 9/17. I have never hunted gators and neither has he. I have plenty of friends with mud boats that I have access too, but will they let them go with you to help out?
Here is the list of hunts if you have any info that would be awesome! Also, why do they give us two permits for each hunt if it is listed as youth only? Just for access to the hunt or each of us gets to hunt?
Nannie Stringfellow gun deer either sex 10/7&8
Richland Creek WMA gun deer either sex 10/28&29
Old Sabine Bottom WMA gun deer either sex 12/16&17
Abilene State Park gun deer either sex 12/9&10
JD Murphree WMA Gator 9/16&17
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