Best advice I could give is, if it's a really windy day go into the brush, if it's super calm and cool they'll be on the move
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Pretty positive, it dwfinetly wasn't an ocelot and it was pretty solid colored...I've never seen a bobcat that was that solid and BIG! Not saying it couldn't have been but I was definetly interested and stalked it for as long as i could. Wish I had a phone skope and couldve had a good picture to share.
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Been a bit busy, so I haven't had a chance to follow up. The short story is, I came back home with some good memories but no nilgai.
I biked/walked 5 miles Thursday scouting around, and 10 miles each Friday and Saturday. There was one bull taken Friday and one, that I know of, taken Saturday. Both were on the northern part of the Refuge. I was hunting the south and west areas. Saw a lot of javelina and whitetails, but only saw one nilgai bull. I came up on his downwind side and didn't see him until he spooked probably about 30 yards away from me.
Not being able to use powered vehicles is a real disadvantage for hunting the refuge. We were back at the parking lot when the groups that killed were coming back from the field and they were exhausted. The near 90 degree heat didn't help matters much.
That being said, I had a good time and would do it all over again. The only thing I would do differently is to buy my liquor before I got to Raymondville. There is only one liquor store in town and the shelves were pretty much bare! :-)
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Originally posted by LoneStarCarnivo View PostMy 16 Year Old Daughter was selected for the youth hunt 12/21-12/23. We are experienced in back country hunting for Elk out West but this will be our first experience here.
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Bringing this back to the top. Just found out i was drawn for East Lake 2-15 to 2-17 and would love some insight on where you guys found the Nilgai to be moving when you were there. I've got a basic understanding of the property already.
I'll just admit it... I know zero about how a Nilgai behaves.
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