March is when you have to be especially careful and watch for rattlesnakes.

I came across this snake while riding the perimeter of the high fence this morning.

Spring Turkey season is on

It's time to harvest a long beard

Snare caught coyote

Coyotes kill lots of fawns when they are babies in June, July, and August. In the spring we set snares in the holes they dig under the net wire fence to cut down some of their numbers so we can have a better survival rate.

Have you ever seen a wild hog cooked like barbequed chicken?

This hog was cooked with the hide on, washed and scraped of cource, ribs cut to flatten it out and cooked like only Pete Ray can. He has constructed his own real barbeque "pit". He builds a fire in the bottom and has a circular grate of expanded metal which he can lower to whatever height above the mesquite coals he likes. He kept a watchful eye as the meat cooked occasionally wetting it down with a mixture of olive oil and Coca Cola. The hide down cooking method really made for some delicious eating. Yep, the hide wasn't bad either.

Droughts in Texas.... not pretty.

A stock tank full of water is in many ways the center piece of a Texas ranch. When a drought occurs it is not pretty and the "tank" becomes a place livestock and wildlife can bog up to their bellies and die. Above are some pictures of both.

Oats growing in the senderos away from the deer blinds.

The fall planted oats still looks good despite not having normal rainfall.

Yucca flowering, another sign of spring

I'm surprised the deer haven't began to eat the flowers off of this Yucca as they really like the blooms.

The Ranch is in bloom...

Spring is right around the corner. The first sign is the blooms on the brush.

Barney makes a long shot and gets a nice one.

Barney, a Louisanna native, is shown with his nice deer and guide / Outfitter Pete Ray with the results of a fun day and hunt.

Darryl and his deer.... what a shot!

It is that time of the year...

Lots of good ones still available

When a plan comes together

Put together a hunter that can hit what he shoots at, the right outfitter, the right hunting conditions, being in the right place at the right time, lots of luck..................and good things can happen.

Watching for deer

"Ella", my deer trailing dog is learning to help in the blind watching for deer.  The only problem is she gets so excited when she sees one she barks loudly.  She has learned to walk up and down the steps up into the ten foot blinds.

Comming to the corn feeders...

 Thanksgiving anyone?

The time on this camera needs adjusting, think?

East Texas Hunter gets a good one...

This lucky hunter along with his two sons hunted one evening and the next morning.  They went home with this trophy, two management bucks, and three does.  The deer are in prime shape, this one weighed 215 lbs.

Random deer pictures

A deer I call "Macho"

Grandpa Swierc said, " All you gotta to do is let them grow up".

When a plan comes together...

It is fun when you guess right and you are able to get some good pictures of  a nice deer.

MLD Permits... now is the time to get the big deer.

Help in the deer blind

I'd like to say that "Ella" is helping watch for deer but actually she is watching the man planting oats.

Javelinas...

MLD Gun season is on.... this would have been a nice shot .

One of six bucks I watched 10/02/2012.