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We used to ride around at night and shoot jackrabbits. That was fun, probably drank a beer or two also! If you were like me,you probably drank a bunch of beers.....Lol We did, my company truck had a headache rack, so I built a seat to bolt on the rack. Your feet were on the toolbox. It was nothing to shoot 200 rabbits in a night. It took a lot of beer!
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We used to ride around at night and shoot jackrabbits. That was fun, probably drank a beer or two also! If you were like me,you probably drank a bunch of beers.....Lol We did, my company truck had a headache rack, so I built a seat to bolt on the rack. Your feet were on the toolbox. It was nothing to shoot 200 rabbits in a night. It took s lot of beer! That's about all we had to shoot at when I was a kid out in west Texas! Jackrabbits and coyotes. Coyotes were bringing $20 each back then. We thought we were rich. 
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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I lived and worked in Odessa for years, the "deer lease" was my first experience at Texas deer hunting, it consisted of ten or twelve corn feeders on timers, set to go off at half hour intervals, us "hunters" could chose to sit and watch one of these feeders, or ride around in the back of a truck with a bench seat bolted to a rack in the back, the trucks were the most comfortable because you had a cooler beside you and the view changed as you changed feeders, there was no special equipment needed.
I have hunted 10 other states for everything from doves and grouse to mule deer and elk from Tennessee to Wyoming and no where was anything like what I experienced in Texas. I don't understand why Texans get so redassed over how they kill stuff, it's just not done like that anywhere else in the country, and in most places it's illegal to shoot from a truck or over bait, it's just that simple. I'm sure everyone in Texas is losing sleep over what your condescending judgements of them are.  I have Sandbilly's number around here somewhere, if ya'll want to start a club or something....LOL. Most here know it’s not hunting, they just won’t post it because they don’t want to listen to you whine your no hunting ass off about it. Some just can’t get it done any other way. I’m a Texas resident, it’s pretty much the only thing embarrassing about the state for this TEXAN.
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I lived and worked in Odessa for years, the "deer lease" was my first experience at Texas deer hunting, it consisted of ten or twelve corn feeders on timers, set to go off at half hour intervals, us "hunters" could chose to sit and watch one of these feeders, or ride around in the back of a truck with a bench seat bolted to a rack in the back, the trucks were the most comfortable because you had a cooler beside you and the view changed as you changed feeders, there was no special equipment needed.
I have hunted 10 other states for everything from doves and grouse to mule deer and elk from Tennessee to Wyoming and no where was anything like what I experienced in Texas. I don't understand why Texans get so redassed over how they kill stuff, it's just not done like that anywhere else in the country, and in most places it's illegal to shoot from a truck or over bait, it's just that simple. I'm sure everyone in Texas is losing sleep over what your condescending judgements of them are. I have Sandbilly's number around here somewhere, if ya'll want to start a club or something....LOL. Most here know it’s not hunting, they just won’t post it because they don’t want to listen to you whine your no hunting ass off about it. Some just can’t get it done any other way. I’m a Texas resident, it’s pretty much the only thing embarrassing about the state for this TEXAN. It doesn’t embarrass me. I don’t have much time to hunt. Scattering our corn lets you see a little more game. When I hunted Coleman County, we hunted the winter wheat fields. I guess that’s bad too????
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Oh gawd, don't you just love the hunting "purists" who do everything so perfectly instead of giving due regard to hunting conditions that might favor baiting?
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Oh gawd, don't you just love the hunting "purists" who do everything so perfectly instead of giving due regard to hunting conditions that might favor baiting? Yup! To me hunting over corn is no different from utilizing telescopic sights and a repeating rifle. But to each his own. I don’t care one way or the other.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Oh gawd, don't you just love the hunting "purists" who do everything so perfectly instead of giving due regard to hunting conditions that might favor baiting? Yup! To me hunting over corn is no different from utilizing telescopic sights and a repeating rifle. But to each his own. I don’t care one way or the other. Or using laser range finders and scopes with all kinds of gizmos to take game at 800 yards.
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Most here know it’s not hunting, they just won’t post it because they don’t want to listen to you whine your no hunting ass off about it.
Some just can’t get it done any other way.
I’m a Texas resident, it’s pretty much the only thing embarrassing about the state for this TEXAN.
You got lots of folks to educate to your way of thinking. Best get to it! ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/YaQ1UgD.png)
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I lived and worked in Odessa for years, the "deer lease" was my first experience at Texas deer hunting, it consisted of ten or twelve corn feeders on timers, set to go off at half hour intervals, us "hunters" could chose to sit and watch one of these feeders, or ride around in the back of a truck with a bench seat bolted to a rack in the back, the trucks were the most comfortable because you had a cooler beside you and the view changed as you changed feeders, there was no special equipment needed.
I have hunted 10 other states for everything from doves and grouse to mule deer and elk from Tennessee to Wyoming and no where was anything like what I experienced in Texas. I don't understand why Texans get so redassed over how they kill stuff, it's just not done like that anywhere else in the country, and in most places it's illegal to shoot from a truck or over bait, it's just that simple. I'm sure everyone in Texas is losing sleep over what your condescending judgements of them are. I have Sandbilly's number around here somewhere, if ya'll want to start a club or something....LOL. Most here know it’s not hunting, they just won’t post it because they don’t want to listen to you whine your no hunting ass off about it. Some just can’t get it done any other way. I’m a Texas resident, it’s pretty much the only thing embarrassing about the state for this TEXAN.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Well where did you hunt this year then?
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The most embarrassing thing is that he identifies as a Texan.
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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"twelve corn feeders on timers, set to go off at half hour intervals"
I suspected you were a liar but this statement proves it. NOBODY in Texas has ever set a feeder to go off every 30 minutes.
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Most here know it’s not hunting, they just won’t post it because they don’t want to listen to you whine your no hunting ass off about it.
Some just can’t get it done any other way.
I’m a Texas resident, it’s pretty much the only thing embarrassing about the state for this TEXAN.
You got lots of folks to educate to your way of thinking. Best get to it! I find those numbers very interesting as I am told by DNR personell that Wisconsin bases regulations very much with non-resident hunters in mind for such little return in license fee's. A playoff game for the Packer's brings in over 15 million for the weekend for the Green Bay area.
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I find those numbers very interesting as I am told by DNR personell that Wisconsin bases regulations very much with non-resident hunters in mind for such little return in license fee's. A playoff game for the Packer's brings in over 15 million for the weekend for the Green Bay area.
I think Texas does it's own thing as far as out of states licenses sold. But, as an industry, hunting and fishing brings in more than $15 Billion annually in Texas.
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Texas has a lot of hunting opportunities, very little for free. You wanna play, you gotta pay!
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never knew Ga had the most nonresident hunting licenses sold. Interesting, I'm sure a lot of that is the Florida crowd leasing up any scrub deer lease they can find...and we do get our share of out of state hog hunters.
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"twelve corn feeders on timers, set to go off at half hour intervals"
I suspected you were a liar but this statement proves it. NOBODY in Texas has ever set a feeder to go off every 30 minutes. Hey dickweed, the next feeder went off in a half hour, 12 feeders, 6 hours, then start at the beginning again, oldtimers getting to you?
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I agree with Rio7 about bringing in outside hog hunters. It's a whole different dynamic and a PITA unless you're set up for it. And, getting set up takes time and costs money. Time IS money. So, why should a rancher become a free host of a hoard of outsiders running rampant over his land. If you let them on the place, you gotta manage them, lest they leave gates open, create havoc, etc. Nothing good to come out of it.
Now, if one so chooses to set up for hog hunting guests, those guests need to pay their way. Killing hogs is a good thing, but a secondary concern to having the place over run with "guests". Don't ya reckon that's one reason Texas is so against trespassing on private property. And, yep, they're pretty serious about it.
You gotta see it from their point of view. As a land owner, I do.
DF. Best explanation I have read, fact.
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I lived and worked in Odessa for years, the "deer lease" was my first experience at Texas deer hunting, it consisted of ten or twelve corn feeders on timers, set to go off at half hour intervals, us "hunters" could chose to sit and watch one of these feeders, or ride around in the back of a truck with a bench seat bolted to a rack in the back, the trucks were the most comfortable because you had a cooler beside you and the view changed as you changed feeders, there was no special equipment needed.
I have hunted 10 other states for everything from doves and grouse to mule deer and elk from Tennessee to Wyoming and no where was anything like what I experienced in Texas. I don't understand why Texans get so redassed over how they kill stuff, it's just not done like that anywhere else in the country, and in most places it's illegal to shoot from a truck or over bait, it's just that simple. I'm sure everyone in Texas is losing sleep over what your condescending judgements of them are. I have Sandbilly's number around here somewhere, if ya'll want to start a club or something....LOL. Most here know it’s not hunting, they just won’t post it because they don’t want to listen to you whine your no hunting ass off about it. Some just can’t get it done any other way. I’m a Texas resident, it’s pretty much the only thing embarrassing about the state for this TEXAN. How'd your deer hunting go this year?
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