Laguna Atascosa 2021

[Whalerboy67]

Final board less 2 bucks and Flyguy’s Nilgai. She did erase the duplicate after this photo.


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That board is just incredible!! 😦 Congratulations to everyone on it and to those who are not. Just going thru the experience at Laguna is amazing. I know it always leaves me wanting more.

[RGV Hunter]

I wish they would change the rules and at least allow a non hunter to join you during the hunt. I think it would encourage a lot more hunters to take the late evening shot. I know many hunters that passed up on animals because it would be too late on the pack out.

Good job Flyguy. Brag about that story, you deserve it!

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[PBUCKSHOT]

I wish they would change the rules and at least allow a non hunter to join you during the hunt. I think it would encourage a lot more hunters to take the late evening shot. I know many hunters that passed up on animals because it would be too late on the pack out.

Good job Flyguy. Brag about that story, you deserve it!

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I’d vote No on that one bud. Too many negative scenarios if ya ask me. It’s about knowing your limits in both strength and time I think. All of this makes it that much more challenging. Looks like everyone did well this past week. Congrats everyone!

[FlyGuyy]

Here it is, the final-final board. What a week.




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[Bowhunter1994]

Token pack out photo!


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What Kifaru pack is that sir?


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[Muddy Bud]

Looks like the later season was the ticket. Congrats on all the kills fellows. That’s a challenging hunt.

[Trumpkin]

Congrats FlyGuyy! Glad you got help from some of the TBH crew!

[Low Fence]

Congratulations. Looks like an awesome success rate! And I know there were several non recovered as well

I’d be against the non hunting partner too. Anyone that passes a shot cause of the work involved either 1. Made a good call, cause it wasn’t what they wanted… or 2. Is in the wrong sport mode.

Good hunting fellas! (And ladies if I missed one)

[RGV Hunter]

I’d vote No on that one bud. Too many negative scenarios if ya ask me. It’s about knowing your limits in both strength and time I think. All of this makes it that much more challenging. Looks like everyone did well this past week. Congrats everyone!

That is fine with me. It was just a wish I had. I will still do it even if I have to hunt by myself. After about 24 years of hunting this place I just need to be a bit more careful. I am not in my 30s or 40s anymore.

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[RGV Hunter]

One of the reasons I said this was because in years past when we had the in-person orientation they would tell us that we needed to get the game out within one hour after shooting time. They even said "if you are deep in unit 8 and you cannot get it out within one hour, don't shoot it. It looks like that rule is no longer in effect so that is that.

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[Huntindad]

One of the reasons I said this was because in years past when we had the in-person orientation they would tell us that we needed to get the game out within one hour after shooting time. They even said "if you are deep in unit 8 and you cannot get it out within one hour, don't shoot it. It looks like that rule is no longer in effect so that is that.

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I think they have kinda adopted "you're on your own" philosophy and let the game wardens deal with the folks still in the brush after hours.

[RGV Hunter]

I think they have kinda adopted "you're on your own" philosophy and let the game wardens deal with the folks still in the brush after hours.

I am good with that. Anyway, congratulations to all the hunters. It was a good week.

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[Txfire409]

Major congrats to all the successful hunters. Lanwr continues to be my nemesis and I dont know if I will be back, at least for an archery hunt. I planned to stick it out all 5 days no matter what but what happened late on the fourth day ended it for me. The big 8 I mentioned before came back out and gave me a perfect broadside opportunity at 40 yards but I choked and made a bad shot. I mean a really bad shot! The kind of shot an inexperienced rookie would make, and that's exactly how I felt. I cant stand to make a deer suffer and I was (still am) so upset about it that I didnt hunt the last day. To make it worse this makes two years in a row that I hit a good buck but couldnt make a recovery. Last year I made a good shot on a big 8 at 20 yards in the exact same location and couldnt recover him even with another tbh'r helping me track for about 3 hours. Had a friend helping me on this one too and we tracked blood for over an hour till we lost it then continued looking for blood for another hour before giving up. On a good note this was my friends first ever drawn hunt and he almost got a cow that he stalked to within 38 yards before being busted.

[Tiburon1]

Major congrats to all the successful hunters. Lanwr continues to be my nemesis and I dont know if I will be back, at least for an archery hunt. I planned to stick it out all 5 days no matter what but what happened late on the fourth day ended it for me. The big 8 I mentioned before came back out and gave me a perfect broadside opportunity at 40 yards but I choked and made a bad shot. I mean a really bad shot! The kind of shot an inexperienced rookie would make, and that's exactly how I felt. I cant stand to make a deer suffer and I was (still am) so upset about it that I didnt hunt the last day. To make it worse this makes two years in a row that I hit a good buck but couldnt make a recovery. Last year I made a good shot on a big 8 at 20 yards in the exact same location and couldnt recover him even with another tbh'r helping me track for about 3 hours. Had a friend helping me on this one too and we tracked blood for over an hour till we lost it then continued looking for blood for another hour before giving up. On a good note this was my friends first ever drawn hunt and he almost got a cow that he stalked to within 38 yards before being busted.

Don't give up. Anyone who has hunted enough has been in your shoes or soon will be. God knows I have been there. The fact that you have a conscious about it shows that you are an ethical hunter. All we can do is learn and keep going.

[RGV Hunter]

Major congrats to all the successful hunters. Lanwr continues to be my nemesis and I dont know if I will be back, at least for an archery hunt. I planned to stick it out all 5 days no matter what but what happened late on the fourth day ended it for me. The big 8 I mentioned before came back out and gave me a perfect broadside opportunity at 40 yards but I choked and made a bad shot. I mean a really bad shot! The kind of shot an inexperienced rookie would make, and that's exactly how I felt. I cant stand to make a deer suffer and I was (still am) so upset about it that I didnt hunt the last day. To make it worse this makes two years in a row that I hit a good buck but couldnt make a recovery. Last year I made a good shot on a big 8 at 20 yards in the exact same location and couldnt recover him even with another tbh'r helping me track for about 3 hours. Had a friend helping me on this one too and we tracked blood for over an hour till we lost it then continued looking for blood for another hour before giving up. On a good note this was my friends first ever drawn hunt and he almost got a cow that he stalked to within 38 yards before being busted.

Txfire409 don't feel alone in this. I made a bad shot on the last day too. I could not recover the animal either. I was expecting to see you there on ghe last day. It was a busy morning. I got busted three times.

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