Place : LEE RANCH. 15MIN OUTSIDE HONDO TEXAS.
Time : OCT 24-26TH 2014
Conditions: NO RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80'S,... MORNING TEMPS IN UPPER 70'S
Weapon: 65LB MATHEWS CREED. BEMAN ARROWS WITH MUZZY 3 125. GRAIN
Contact : RAY BOAZMAN : 210 827 0777 / WWW.LEERANCHBOWHUNTING.COM
Was invited thru a friend up to the Lee Ranch 15 min outside of Hondo , tx this past weekend.
Being a new bowhunter - I had no idea what to expect of day leases or of how they worked, what to do, what animals to be seen...etc.
Drove up with my friends from San Antonio, meeting up with the guide and a very nice couple from Corpus. ( Ponche & Tanya )
The guide showed us the camp, the barns, how everything around camp worked and what was where. The camp house itself was really nice with a cool inner living room/kitchen area with rooms to either side sleeping 4 hunters each, with own bathroom.
Around 5:30pm the guide took us out and placed us in our spots. Driving out that evening we saw some big looking aoudad, fallow, black buck and rams.
I was in a 12 foot I believe tripod stand. The truck was barely down the rd out of sight and hogs came rushing in ! I have never even seen a wild hog in my life ! Needless to say my heart was racing and if I did not tumble out of the stand due to my breathing,.. and sure my shaking bow arm would !
A group of 20 + made their way into the shooting lane
My shot went high and spice shot the hog. Went down like a ton of bricks. Had to shoot another and put it out for good.
MORE HOGS still coming in ! I tried to shoot another and shot way over it's back, by that time all the corn was pretty much vacumned up, so I just enjoyed the evening until the guide came and picked us up.
That evening,.. we had a blast bar b qing, drinking beer, shooting at the targets and telling stories. Everyone had shots on hogs and close call with ponche and a HUGE whitetail he saw. We tracked a hog that one of the hunters shot but no luck.
Next morning out in the hunting area by 6:50am guide corned us all. Again here comes the pigs - my girlfriend was with me in the blind and I know she was just as excited as me ! Ugh ! Nope --- shot high again,...miss.
However, we saw more fallow, whitetail, aoudad, and rams.
Make a long store longer , we all shot at and hit or missed our share of hogs and had a blast ! It was great meeting the other couple there in camp. The guide was a awesome guy to be around and took the time to educate me on hunting and dispense all kinds of good advice.
Overall for my first time - everything was amazing, clean, well organized, professional and loads of animals. I'm surely going to rebook soon !
Here are some pics from the weekend : --->
Time : OCT 24-26TH 2014
Conditions: NO RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80'S,... MORNING TEMPS IN UPPER 70'S
Weapon: 65LB MATHEWS CREED. BEMAN ARROWS WITH MUZZY 3 125. GRAIN
Contact : RAY BOAZMAN : 210 827 0777 / WWW.LEERANCHBOWHUNTING.COM
Was invited thru a friend up to the Lee Ranch 15 min outside of Hondo , tx this past weekend.
Being a new bowhunter - I had no idea what to expect of day leases or of how they worked, what to do, what animals to be seen...etc.
Drove up with my friends from San Antonio, meeting up with the guide and a very nice couple from Corpus. ( Ponche & Tanya )
The guide showed us the camp, the barns, how everything around camp worked and what was where. The camp house itself was really nice with a cool inner living room/kitchen area with rooms to either side sleeping 4 hunters each, with own bathroom.
Around 5:30pm the guide took us out and placed us in our spots. Driving out that evening we saw some big looking aoudad, fallow, black buck and rams.
I was in a 12 foot I believe tripod stand. The truck was barely down the rd out of sight and hogs came rushing in ! I have never even seen a wild hog in my life ! Needless to say my heart was racing and if I did not tumble out of the stand due to my breathing,.. and sure my shaking bow arm would !
A group of 20 + made their way into the shooting lane
My shot went high and spice shot the hog. Went down like a ton of bricks. Had to shoot another and put it out for good.
MORE HOGS still coming in ! I tried to shoot another and shot way over it's back, by that time all the corn was pretty much vacumned up, so I just enjoyed the evening until the guide came and picked us up.
That evening,.. we had a blast bar b qing, drinking beer, shooting at the targets and telling stories. Everyone had shots on hogs and close call with ponche and a HUGE whitetail he saw. We tracked a hog that one of the hunters shot but no luck.
Next morning out in the hunting area by 6:50am guide corned us all. Again here comes the pigs - my girlfriend was with me in the blind and I know she was just as excited as me ! Ugh ! Nope --- shot high again,...miss.
However, we saw more fallow, whitetail, aoudad, and rams.
Make a long store longer , we all shot at and hit or missed our share of hogs and had a blast ! It was great meeting the other couple there in camp. The guide was a awesome guy to be around and took the time to educate me on hunting and dispense all kinds of good advice.
Overall for my first time - everything was amazing, clean, well organized, professional and loads of animals. I'm surely going to rebook soon !
Here are some pics from the weekend : --->
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