Check out this boss buck from Camp Bullis. This Camp is located in San Antonio and there is a pretty good story about how the buck was killed. This thread contains the details and also some good info on this public hunting spot

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/discus/messages/80205/190590.html?1100629654

I think the deer scores 266 but I would need to reread the thread.

Here's a few more pictures of this brute along with the email message I got that was attached.

This was shot yesterday or today (11/7/2004 by the photo date) at Camp Bullis which is one of the training areas connected to Fort Sam Houston.


Jim is being told by Texas Parks and Wildlife that this appears to be the second largest deer (point wise) in the state of Texas. It is the largest in the last 100 years. Everybody and there dog is out at Bullis looking at this buck. Three taxidermy have asked to mount this for free. This should be in the papers soon.
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Here is a buck of a life time. The buck was seen by helicopter in the area of gun stand #77. The pilot radioed to operations and reported that a severely wounded buck (was dragging his hind section) was observed and gave the coordinates. Operations notified Andy and he responded with a small search team. They found the buck and verified it was severely injured (appeared to have a broken back). The search team destroyed the animal. It weighed 118 lbs; had a 21 3/4 inside spread; and, had 40 measurable points.

Wonder if that qualifies for TPV's 10 points or better rule on his lease? :p

I'm sure it would qualify. Folks say Texas doesn't have public hunting...

I'm sure it would qualify. Folks say Texas doesn't have public hunting...
Unfortunately since it was not taken by legal means, it cannot be considered in official record books, although it is at least the third largest non-typical ever taken. The US army is now fighting with Parks and Wildlife over possession of the rack; should be interesting.

Wonder if that qualifies for TPV's 10 points or better rule on his lease? :p

OKay,Okay, here's my report.

So far on 8500 acres, 22 hunters have killed 13 doe and no, bucks. Only about 25 hogs have been seen so far. The hunters are seeing 5-10 bucks a day, some 10's but mostly 120 class or less.

I haven't been able to hunt much but I did go this week-end. On Sunday when the front blew through and the temperature dropped, my son and I both put the crosshairs on a nice buck that was all over a doe. This one was nice, probably high 130's. But after looking him over, we waved and kept driving. In 2 hours, we saw over 15 bucks, and didn't pull the trigger on another one that was a brute. Full moon, middle of the day, cold north wind, and the acorns finally rotting away. Ah, that's deer hunting at its best.
After November, most of our "younger hunters" have stopped hunting so much. I think they get burnt out.

Now the serious deer and the serious hunter go at it. "mano a mano"

The best range conditions in years means that the deer and hogs do not come to feeders where we hunt. The acorn crop has been phenominal.

This is when our best deer are seen, so if me or junior are lucky enough to cross paths with El Guapo" you'll get all the details.
If not, we'll enjoy the season anyway.
I have an 11 inch spike I've been seeing that is going down the last week of season if I don't see the big one. He's an old deer. I don't think he's breeding doe anymore.

Mike, that was a nice deer you got. and that Camp Bullis buck, I think I would have taken, HA!

Once I kill something during season, I lose my desire, plus, I hate to clean them, so we hunt until the bitter end, and by late December, I am seeing bucks that I have never seen before.
Anyway I'm rambling-
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Good luck, Tom -

Hope you guys get a big one.

Sure that big spike isn't one of your neighbor's goats? :D

Good luck, Tom -

Hope you guys get a big one.

Sure that big spike isn't one of your neighbor's goats? :D
No goats so far but I got tickled, one of the hunters shot an Emu. I was hoping that they would strap it to the hood and drive into town.
He said before first light at his feeder, he kept hearing some banging noise coming from his feeder. Once it got light enough to see, he saw the bird standing there emptying his feeder.
Also another hunter who was hunting a field had a whole flock of geese land in the field at first light. Ran all of the deer off.
You never know what your going to see.

No goats so far but I got tickled, one of the hunters shot an Emu. I was hoping that they would strap it to the hood and drive into town.
He said before first light at his feeder, he kept hearing some banging noise coming from his feeder. Once it got light enough to see, he saw the bird standing there emptying his feeder.
Also another hunter who was hunting a field had a whole flock of geese land in the field at first light. Ran all of the deer off.
You never know what your going to see.

LOL. Anybody ever get 20 or 30 gallons of peanut oil and try to fry an emu?

LOL. Anybody ever get 20 or 30 gallons of peanut oil and try to fry an emu?
YOU'D NEED A VAT ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE ONES IN THE OLD HOPE/CROSBY ROAD PICTURES. WHERE THEY BOTH SITTING THERE BEING COOKED BY THE AFRICAN TRIBESMEN.

SATURDAY NIGHT ONE GUY SHOT A 149 7/8.(NOT EMU)

I got a turkey, about 20 lbs or so, last weekend. That's enough bird for me - the thought of plucking an emu causes nightmares!

Wow, that's a great deer, Tom. Post a picture if you can.

How does one score an emu, anyway....?????

Probably by length of legs! :p

I got a turkey, about 20 lbs or so, last weekend. That's enough bird for me - the thought of plucking an emu causes nightmares!

Wow, that's a great deer, Tom. Post a picture if you can.

How does one score an emu, anyway....?????
The guy that shot the 149 promised pictures.
This week-end is definitle a "honey do" but the next two week-ends are the best of the season and I will be there to see if that old buck will make a mistake.

I've had reports of some hunters seeing badgers. These started showing up a few years ago. I imagine that they are hard on the young quail and turkeys. But they are almost totally nocturnal. I don't know much about them other than they are a mean little cuss.

Also, interesting, one hunter was following a creek bottom at 26 degrees in the morning at first light, when he came upon a mass of hogs in the bottom of the creek. They were all laying on top of each other to keep warm I guess. He said there were about 30 of them.
How many shells can a Model 70 hold? He killed three of them before they got away.

The guy that shot the 149 promised pictures.
This week-end is definitle a "honey do" but the next two week-ends are the best of the season and I will be there to see if that old buck will make a mistake.




I've had reports of some hunters seeing badgers. These started showing up a few years ago. I imagine that they are hard on the young quail and turkeys. But they are almost totally nocturnal. I don't know much about them other than they are a mean little cuss.
I've been seeing badgers the last ten years as far north as the Waco area here in Texas, and always around noon, meandering along the same trail every time. Since they are a member of the skunk family, I imagine they are turkey predators as far as eggs and chicks go, but we seemed to have a growing turkey population just about everywhere I have hunted in Texas, north and south. Skunks are like coyotes in that we can't shoot enough of them, but a recent TX Parks & Wildlife study showed through the stomach contents of coyotes that the majority of their diet, 33%, was rabbits. About 22% was carion, the rest was mice, insects, and a very, very small percentage was deer, all fawns which may or may not have been taken alive. Time of year, location, and a number of other factors would affect their diet, but I thought it was worth mentioning. I've also been seeing ring-tailed cats, porcupines, and a brief sighting of what I believe to be a mountain lion while out hunting these past several years, and given that the deer and turkey numbers seem to keep going up, I think that speaks volumes about a healthy environment as well as the positive role hunters play in the eco-system in general. Ask a tree hugger if they've every gotten out of the Volvo/SUV long enough to observe what's really out there past suburbia, and if not, maybe sharing a hunting story with them might get them to understand or see the "big picture".



Also, interesting, one hunter was following a creek bottom at 26 degrees in the morning at first light, when he came upon a mass of hogs in the bottom of the creek. They were all laying on top of each other to keep warm I guess. He said there were about 30 of them.
How many shells can a Model 70 hold? He killed three of them before they got away.

I was just watching OLN and I think it was World of Beretta or something like that airing at the time, but I flipped over just in time to see the featured rifle hunt take a #724 pound hog! Initially they though it might be 500-600 pounds when they saw it from their blind, and waited until they had a broad side shot at the shoulder. Whatever caliber it was, it worked with one shot, and upon closer inspection they knew it was heavier than they'd first thought. Video of the thing prior to the shot just about blew my mind! Compared to both hunters, the hog lying dead on the ground literally dwarfed them, it's ears would cover a man's face, the hooves as large as both of your fists, and then upon weighing it on a cattle scale verified the 724 pounds.

Now, that would be a lot of pork!

Probably not worth eating on one that big, but could you imagine the trophy head and tusks of the thing! :eek:

Tom,

Badgers are tough, nocturnal, and smell pretty rank. I don't know their exact distribution, but I've seen one in Webb county (just north of Laredo)and my father in law shot one in western Kansas once (tried to take it to the taxidermist but stunk so bad he gave up and threw it out of the pickup bed before reaching town).

The one I saw in Webb county, the guy I was hunting with identified it, and he's from Wisconsin. I believe the University of Wisconsin mascot is....the badger.

So I guess they are pretty much everywhere, although don't get seen much.

You could have used the tusks for scrimshaw projects, and the skull will rivil a hippo's on the wall of your trophy room.

Now, that would be a lot of pork!

Probably not worth eating on one that big, but could you imagine the trophy head and tusks of the thing! :eek:

Badgers aren't particularly nocturnal around here. I've probably seen more in the middle of the afternoon than any other time, but I'm not looking for them in the middle of the night. They've been reported as far north as the middle (Prince Albert National Park) of Saskatchewan, which is well into the forest zone.

I hung an antelope in a cold basement once, and a small female badger chewed through a 2" wood cellar door for a feed. Got her with a trap chained to the beam above so she couldn't get traction. She wasn't any bigger than a tomcat.

They're like weasels. They don't stink unless they're extremely upset. A 1911A1 doesn't give them time to get upset. :D

Bye
Jack