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Post by Pat on Sept 26, 2012 13:08:28 GMT -5
Mel, good luck with this. He really needs you.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 26, 2012 17:46:54 GMT -5
Update: he old buck came in early this morning but we could not get together a crew because our manager and wrangler had to take cattle in to market. Buck left when it was still dark anyway so shooting with a dart pistol would have be problematic. Here's a few pics of the buck and his head full of electric horse fence. Not too clear because he was moving a bit and a flash was used. Nubby, our pet blackbuck, is in the second pic. he's safe from harvest because he broke off both his horns fighting. This is how dark it actually was when the buck came in.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2012 19:22:11 GMT -5
Tat is a unique trophy. Bow season starts this weekend, right? Let a ranch hand take him with a bow and have a truly unique trophy!
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 26, 2012 20:53:49 GMT -5
Tierra Linda is a game refuge and hunting wildlife is prohibited, which of course , is why we have so many deer. The blackbuck and mouflon we either dart or trap for sale along with our cattle. The deer get a pass unless we decide to spend a small fortune trapping them. Since Texas demands no meat be wasted, trapping deer costs the ranch almost $100 per deer for trapping and processing for charity. Hence we only harvest deer when we have enough extra money. We just dropped over a hundred K fighting an unneeded powerline ( Obama gang windpower BS) they tried to put across the ranch and about 40K on our paved roads, so no trapping for us this year *S*....Mel
PS: Shooting pet deer that let you walk pretty much right up to them, for trophies, ain't very sporting *L*.
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Post by gingerkid on Sept 27, 2012 12:50:29 GMT -5
Poor guy, sure hope y'all are successful next time y'all try to dart him. He's one tough fella!
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