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Click if you Like hunting
Looks like the man behind Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, only eats the meat he kills: Mark Zuckerberg has begun slaughtering animals with his bare hands. The Facebook co-founder and chief executive...
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Texas man attacked by feral hog
“He came to me, and he was literally flying, and I jumped up on the gate,” Fox said. “But I did not jump high enough or fast enough, and he hit me.” The hog’s tusk dug several inches into Fox’s calf....
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Aporkalypse Now!
Oh yes. I would so love to do this. For those quick to condem this, you’ve obviously never experienced the destructive power of feral hogs. Nor how tasty they are. Talk about your lean free-range...
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A little rifle work
Slipped away to the gun range this morning. Hunting season is upon us. Whitetail deer season starts in November (gun), but with the weather cooling down if I wanted to go on a quick hog run I could do...
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Her first
Daughter got her first deer. Setup I’m overbusy these days and I knew spending many mornings and evenings in a deer stand for whitetails was just not going to happen due to lack of time. Still, I...
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On 6.8 SPC and Barnes bullet performance
After yesterday’s successful hunt, I’ve a few random thoughts and pages to link to. First, about 6.8 performance. I admit, I was unsure of performance. It was a few things. First, all my past problems...
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New venison
Just picked up the fallow deer and sika deer meat from Daughter’s first. A little annoyed that I specified to keep the meats separate and label them “fallow” and “sika”, but they didn’t… well, they did...
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Venison consumed
Venison acquired. And venison was consumed. We pulled out a sika deer tenderloin and a fallow deer tenderloin. I sliced them up, no more than 1/2″ thick. Threw them in the pan with just a bit of canola...
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Sarrels Archery
The other day when I picked up my venison from the butcher, another gentleman was in there doing the same. We all got to talking. He’s a bow hunter. And not just any bow hunter, he uses long bows. I...
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I need to buy an IR game camera
I live in the city. I can’t shoot any of the deer that come up through the greenbelt behind my house. That’s ok tho… as far as I can tell, none are shooters anyways. But they’re fun to watch, and Sasha...
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Back from hunting
Just returned from a successful whitetail deer hunt with my father-in-law. Took Oldest and Daughter. We each got a deer. I’ll regale you with tales from the hunt later. Must catch up on numerous things...
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If you didn’t realize how bad feral hogs were…
… you need to read this forum thread. It’s an engaging account of one man’s fight against feral hogs on his East Texas ranch. It’s a thread on a forum called The High Road, and the thread has been...
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Making Memories
After Daughter snagged her first deer, my father-in-law (FIL) checked with the property owner of his deer lease to see if he could bring his grandkids out to do a youth hunt (spike and doe). Lease...
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Suppressors for hunting? Yes, please!
Texas Park and Wildlife Department is considering a rule change regarding hunting, specifically with suppressors. Here’s the text from the agenda: The proposed amendment to §65.11, concerning...
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Hunting with suppressors in Texas – update
Texas Park and Wildlife is considering changing the rule to allow hunting game animals with suppressors (silencers, in legal terms). Prior blogging about the proposal here. The meeting was had, but I...
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Have you commented?
Finally received press release emails from the NRA and the TSRA regarding Texas Park and Wildlife’s proposed change to permit hunting game animals with suppressor-equiped firearms. The NRA’s release....
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And then there were 11
Those ducklings that hatched a few days ago? We’re down by 3. Only 11 left. This morning as I left the house to walk to the gym, I saw why. There’s some sort of predator bird. I crossed the street, and...
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It passed!
It looks like Texas Park and Wildlife has changed the hunting rules. From the March 29, 2012 Commission Metting Agenda, Item 6, “2012-2013 Statewide Hunting Proclamation“ Here’s the text: §65.11....
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No 300 BLK from Savage Arms
I just saw this posted to Savage Arms’ Facebook page 300 AAC Blackout Chambering Cancelled: Some time ago, Savage announced it would be chambering the Model 10 Precision Carbine in 300 AAC Blackout....
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Public Lease Land Program
I had no idea Texas Park and Wildlife had a public lease land program. Maybe it’s not water-into-wine stuff, but each year thousands of adults and children benefit from a state program that turns $48...
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