Laredo, Texas
Finally!!! I put a little meat in the freezer. It has been a long time coming this year, but I managed to harvest a couple of does at Camp Had It near Laredo this weekend. I made it to the ranch just before dark on Friday evening and sat for about thirty minutes. Only a few deer moving, but I did see a couple coveys of quail.
Saturday morning I sat in a blind that seemed like the nursery area for the ranch. I saw several very young bucks along with a couple does with yearlings. The view from this blind was pretty awesome, and my pictures don't do it justice. I could see half of Webb County.
After a quick breakfast, we went riding around on the highrack looking for does to cull. Somebody opened their mouth and told me I couldn't hit a doe eating corn at 450 yards. Here she is loaded up on the way to the skinning rack.
I always enjoy just riding around big properties. You never know what you are going to come across, like an indigo in the middle of December. Or hundreds of ducks on a tank.
Saturday evening found me back in the blind looking for another doe to harvest. Again mostly young deer were on the move in the sweltering heat. Just at dark I decided to take a doe I had been watching for a while. She will eat good.
Here is video of shooting this doe. Just a warning, this video and the other two I have below show does being shot. If you don't want to see that, don't watch them. Consider yourself warned.
Now that I had my two does, I decided to sit with my father-in-law Sunday morning. There seemed to be more deer moving this morning, but we made a short hunt of it with him taking two does by eight o'clock.
And his kill shots:
And back at the house:
It was great to finally have a little success after all the hours I have spent in the blind this year. Now that it looks like we are going to get a little cooler weather, it may be time to find out if my dogs still know what a quail is. Until next time...
Happy Hunting,
