Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: gstoneberg on July 13, 2011, 09:46:50 pm
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Here's some Texas trail cam pictures. Some are at corn feeders and some at protein feeders. First a couple hog pictures (with a bonus porcupine).
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And some bucks.
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That last 11pt we've watched for 2 seasons already. He's gonna be a beauty this season, still has a month to get bigger. Hope he slips up and goes out in daylight for a change this fall. >:D
George
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Mighty nice deer George but the hogs are what do it for me ;D.
Lane
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Oh yeah nice deer, and plenty O HOGS!!!!! LOL
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Here's a couple more boar for you hog lovers. That black one has some teeth!
George
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Those pics make me wanna go back!! Wow.. Nice deer.. I just might have to leave mini me behind next time...
Cipriano
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Notice that every hog picture is at the blue stand feeder? They have taken over there. The last rain filled the hog wallow there, while the stock tank is very nearly dried up. Very few hog pictures anywhere else. The trail cam died at the gray stand so I'm sure I missed some there.
I'm going back out there in a couple weeks, but I'm getting the other new lease guy set up, guiding him around and doing some badly needed work on the blue and gray blinds. We're also raising that blue stand feeder, hopefully before those big boar figure out that they can bump the varmint guard and make it self serve. :D I won't be able to do a get-together that time. Not sure I'll be able to do another get-together as we approach hunting season. We'll see.
George
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Here piggy piggy piggy twang squeeeeaaall maniacal laughter I got me a pig.MMMM MMMM
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Nice pics George, Got some very nice pork loins in there and some dandy backstraps as well, Got to do a hog hunt someday. They are starting to establish in a few areas around here. And knowing how they breed I'm sure they will not waist any time taking over.
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Keenan,
I'm sure if you get to Dallas sometime that's not during deer season we can make an attempt to entertain the piggies down here. Once deer season starts, I scale my hog hunting way back. Looked at your pics again. Those are some huge muleys! Wow.
George
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George, My brother, sister and parents all live near or around Quitman above Tyler. So I my give ya a shout next time I'm down that way. Would love to meet up with ya and entertain the piggies. >:D
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Sounds great! PeteC and a couple other PA folk aren't far from Tyler as well. Definitely let me know when you come down.
George
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I tried for the hogs again this weekend at the lease, but never saw a hog...or a deer. But, the trail cams say they're there. The 11pt is still growing horn:
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A couple of his offspring are gonna be nice this year as well, one's an 8pt (hard to see from the back) and the other a 6. Both are about the same width.
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Feeding the protein is really paying off, when our 6pt bucks are looking like they might be shooters. Our first spotted fawn showed up on cam.
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Also spotted a clutch of turkeys, these I did get to see in person.
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The hogs were on cam, just didn't show when we were in the stands, same cast as last time. I will post 1 new pic (from the morning before I arrived):
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Deer season is looking promising.
George
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Man those are some nice bucks and a lot of good eating hogs......
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Gstoneberg, the blue feeder is a interesting. It looks like the bottom has been bent in to allow the deer to feed off the side of the barrel. I like that idea as a gravity feeder. It gets it off the ground. Gives me some ideas!
Lots of game and some nice trophies to hunt..that would get you excited for the up coming season.
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mmmmm... not quite "meals on wheels"...
Snacks with tracks..? :laugh:
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Gstoneberg, the blue feeder is a interesting. It looks like the bottom has been bent in to allow the deer to feed off the side of the barrel. I like that idea as a gravity feeder. It gets it off the ground. Gives me some ideas!
Those protein feeders work pretty well, the property owner built them. I thought the sharp edges where the sides are dented in would bother the deer but they don't. But, there are 2 areas in this design I would change if I needed more. First, there's too much angle on the legs so we have to run guy wires between them to keep the barrel from collapsing. Have to be careful as that's a lot of weight which is why he made them wide. And second, the rain protectors need to go all the way around the barrel. In fact, the other one we have has a 4' square galvanized sheet on top of it reinforced with square steel tubing. It works much better and doesn't get in the way of the bucks' antlers. We'll only feed protein another month until the bucks shed their velvet.
I am excited, but that 11pt is a ghost. Only once in the 3 years I've seen him on trail cam has he ever appeared in daylight. That was last year right before bow season, and I was waiting at that feeder opening day. We never got him on trail cam again, I wondered if he was still alive but he is and showed up at every single feeder in the last 2 weeks (in the middle of the night).
mmmmm... not quite "meals on wheels"...
Snacks with tracks..? :laugh:
LOL, yup those are my favorite size, but I prefer them in this state... ;D
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George