Scouting for deer is what makes your deer season happen. The more you scout the better your season is.
Watch Your Step!!
(Scouting, August
1, 2000) My buddy Greg Weber and I were scouting for deer and deer
sign on his ranch. I walked though a dry creekbed and started along a trail.
Greg said, "You just walked right by a rattlesnake!" He was right.
The reason I walked by the rattler without seeing it -- and the reason Greg did -- is that he is a veteran rattlesnake catcher. He has a lot more practice spotting them than I do. (Although had my share of encounters when I was growing up in Florida as well as several in Texas.) Anyway, here's a pic of our bad boy. This is 3 footer, which is the most common size you see. That's it's rattles on the right and the head end has crawled under some stuff on the ground.
Greg got his snake catching rig from his truck and we went after the snake. When we approached it the rattler coiled up and rattled, and lifted it's head out of the grass so it could strike.
Right here you can see it rising from it's hiding place in the weeds and grass. And here it is in: (640x480) or (800x600)
Greg snattched up the snake with his snake catcher. Nothin' to it for a big dog like my bud Greg.
Here's a closeup of the rattler and the pincher end of Greg's rattlesnake catcher. (640x480) or (800x600)
Every Spring Greg catches
dozens of rattlesnakes (live) and sells them to the snake buyers that come
to our area. A few years ago he invited me to go with him. I said
no, but wound up going anyway. I figured I'd just go sit in the truck if
I didn't like it. We got 3 rattlesnakes that day and I got a big surprise.
When the snakes showed up it was as exciting and all get out. Next Spring
maybe Greg will let us go along with him.
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Ever get the feeling you're being watched?
While
I was looking around for deer and sign over the weekend I got that
feeling, big time. I slowly checked around me and saw a familiar figure
about 15 yards away, watching my every move. I promptly snapped this picture.
And the neatest little adventure unfolded...
Three Different Fawn Wallpaper
Here are three very cool wallpaper pics from the Fawn Adventure (see below). One is the first pic where I the fawn is watched me from its hiding. The other two are in your face close-ups.
How
Do You Identify An Active Rutting Area? You and I are checking a realCore
Rutting Area that is being used right now, this November of 1999. Here
are digital pics to show you what the hottest kind of Rutting area looks
like.
Part
1: The Area
Part
2: The Sure Fire Rut Sign
Part
3: The Rut Heats Up
Part
4: Setting Up to Hunt
I went on a Deer Spotlight Survey with our area's Texas Parks & Wildlife Biologist and, believe me, the deer population is not just a wild guess. Deer Spotlight Survey.
Making sense of the Rolled Wire area with a Terraserver map. It's a deer hotspot, but why? The satellite map (it is free) tells all. Scouting With Your Map. Here are the other recent updates:
- Scouting the Rolled Wire
- Setting Up To Bowhunt at the Rolled Wire & the 3rd Fence
- Get A Map of your hunting place
Scouting With Your Map (we scout the Rolled Wire)
The '99 BOW-DEER SEASON IN PROGRESS:
The
Rut Heats Up, What's That Look Like? Let's go into a Core Rutting Area.
Plus, digital pics that show what this happening Rutting area looks like.
1999 Bowhunts
- Deerhunting (in progress)
- Wild Hog Hunting
Here are the logs for: Wells Creek Bowhunt
1998 Bowhunts
1998 Spring Bear Hunt
1998Deerhunt
Index
1998
October Logs
1998
November Logs
1998
December Logs