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Back from Chaparral WMA! #4746209 12/26/10
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,528 central texas T tx270 OP Campfire Regular
OP tx270 Campfire Regular T Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,528 central texas	Got back Tuesday from our hunt at Chapparel WMA in South Texas. Just now getting a chance to post pics and story. The "Chap" is a really neat place, 15,200 acres owned and managed by TPWD. We had putting in for the draw on this hunt for 18 yrs and finally got drawn. After checking in Friday (17th) and picking our pasture, we set out hunting. One buddy missed a 150 class ten point Friday afternoon. My other buddy and I saw some decent deer, but hunting was kind of tough with the full moon and crazy temp swings. Still saw lots of bucks however, I passed a 130 class ten point on Sunday. I figured he was 3.5 yrs old and they prefer only bucks 5.5 on up be taken. On the last full day of hunting (Monday), I decided to check out a fencline sendero not far from the sendero I had been hunting as the deer always seemed to be coming from/going that direction. The fencline sendero had lots of sign in it. We found a water seep about half way down the sendero with lots of traffic going to it. So at noon we moved my tipod within 225 yds of the seep, butted up in a mesquite where I could see 350 yds or so in each direction. Got in my tripod about three o'clock. Watched a nice, young ten pt. work a couple does by the seep. Had a pair of yotes' trot by. Later some does showed up in the other direction and fed in the sendero. At a few minutes till six o'clock I looked back toward the seep and this was feeding in the middle of the road...... One shot from my 300 WM Model 70 through the shoulders, he side-stumbled about 10 ft. and fell on the side of the two track, 225 yds. My best whitetail ever, scored 146 B&C as a straight 9-pt., 155 lbs. field dressed, 5.5 yrs old. The 18 yrs was worth the wait! Bill Last edited by tx270; 12/26/10.

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Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! tx270 #4746291 12/26/10
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,599 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana
kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,599 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	That is one nice animal!!!!! Congrats! Kaywoodie 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." WS

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! tx270 #4746297 12/26/10
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 18,461 Colorado antlers Campfire Ranger
antlers Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 18,461 Colorado	Great South Texas buck! Congratulations. 18 years worth of putting in for it finally paid off! Every day on this side of the ground is a win.

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! antlers #4746418 12/26/10
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,839 Austin, TX Whiptail Campfire Tracker
Whiptail Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,839 Austin, TX	Congratulations on a great hunt and a awesome buck! That's definitely one of the nicer ones to come off the Chapparral. On my hunt I was really surprised how many of the shots were over 200 yards which seemed impossible with all the thick brush. Did they allow you to use bait? Quando omni flunkus moritati

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! tx270 #4746748 12/26/10
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,611 Nebraska Ghostwalker Campfire Regular
Ghostwalker Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,611 Nebraska	Nice deer and good shooting. 18 yrs is a long time but looks like you made the most of it.

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Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! Ghostwalker #4747044 12/26/10
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,031 show me mo R rockchucker Campfire Outfitter
rockchucker Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,031 show me mo	nice buck bill FJB

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! rockchucker #4747365 12/26/10
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 25,838 Western N.Y. D dvdegeorge Campfire Ranger
dvdegeorge Campfire Ranger D Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 25,838 Western N.Y.	Outstand Bill, Congrats! My dog is a member of the "Turd Like Clan" Covert Trail Cameras are JUNK 3 Time Dinkathon Champion #DinkGOAT

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! dvdegeorge #4747370 12/26/10
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC hillbillybear Campfire Ranger
hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC	Very nice buck Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! hillbillybear #4747416 12/26/10
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Bluedreaux Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2007 Posts: 14,653 Texas	Very cool buck. Originally Posted by SBTCO your flippant remarks which you so adeptly sling

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! Bluedreaux #4747494 12/26/10
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900 B BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana
BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900	That's a beauty! The 280 Remington is overbore. The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.

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Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! tx270 #4747536 12/26/10
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas 1911a1 Campfire Tracker
1911a1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas	Congrats! Fanatastic buck! Maybe I will get drawn next year. I have 21 preference points now. Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! 1911a1 #4747678 12/26/10
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,646 Coues Country G GregW Campfire Ranger
GregW Campfire Ranger G Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,646 Coues Country	Nice Bill! Looks better on the big screen... - Greg Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! tx270 #4747690 12/26/10
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 37,848 San Antonio TX Birdwatcher Campfire 'Bwana
Birdwatcher Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 37,848 San Antonio TX	I'll bet they'll have a photo with you and your deer on display for quite a while at Chaparral, and they should. Congrats

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! Birdwatcher #4747755 12/26/10
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna
rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska	Good job!!! We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! tx270 #4747867 12/26/10
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,106 Registerd 2003 Tx BrotherBart Campfire Ranger
BrotherBart Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 22,106 Registerd 2003 Tx	I'm glad you scored Bill... Nice buck... ---------------------------------------- I'm a big fan of the courtesy flush.

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! BrotherBart #4747886 12/26/10
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,399 Corpus Christi,Texas baldhunter Campfire Tracker
baldhunter Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,399 Corpus Christi,Texas	Congrats on your great buck. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ As Bob Hagel would say"You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong."Good words of wisdom...............

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! tx270 #4748803 12/27/10
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,624 Midwest SKane Campfire Ranger
SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,624 Midwest	Good deer. Looks like he's been raising hell with the trees/bushes in that country. WWP53D

Re: Back from Chaparral WMA! SKane #4748970 12/27/10
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,229 W. Texas J JGRaider Campfire Ranger
JGRaider Campfire Ranger J Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,229 W. Texas	Great buck...well worth the wait, huh? Congrats on a good 'un. It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.

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