Aussie hunter moving to Texas
04-23-2017, 10:16 PM
#21
Spike
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Northern Territory Australia soon to be Texas
Posts: 11
Elk in TX are classified as livestock. Most of them only exist on game ranches. There are a few in west TX that are "free ranging" but they are all on private property and will cost you big $$$ to go after. Better to go to either NM or CO for elk.
Deer hunting in TX is really good but most of the state is privately owned. Big deer equate to big $$$ but you can hunt does for very little or even no cost. I take a couple of does a year. The whole state has a lot of hogs though.
Deer hunting in TX is really good but most of the state is privately owned. Big deer equate to big $$$ but you can hunt does for very little or even no cost. I take a couple of does a year. The whole state has a lot of hogs though.
04-23-2017, 10:30 PM
#22
Spike
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Northern Territory Australia soon to be Texas
Posts: 11
Texas? For God's sake why? lol
Flag's is right. Everything you might want to hunt in Texas has a price tag on it. Many choose to buy into a hunting lease. People who can't afford that tend to hunt from the road.
If it has to be Texas. There is some really good fishing and traveling again like Flag's said, to Colorado or New Mexico is not a bad idea.
Did you hunt hogs with dogs in the North territories? The dogs here as you may know are a little different. Some of the hog hunters here have connections in Oz, and maybe you could hook up with a hunting crew to get you going once you move here.
Good luck!
Flag's is right. Everything you might want to hunt in Texas has a price tag on it. Many choose to buy into a hunting lease. People who can't afford that tend to hunt from the road.
If it has to be Texas. There is some really good fishing and traveling again like Flag's said, to Colorado or New Mexico is not a bad idea.
Did you hunt hogs with dogs in the North territories? The dogs here as you may know are a little different. Some of the hog hunters here have connections in Oz, and maybe you could hook up with a hunting crew to get you going once you move here.
Good luck!
It would be great to meet the hog hunting guys on here if you could point me in their direction! I would also never say no to a fishing trip
. Pulled some pretty solid barramundi in my time.In regards to hunting with dogs my family made the decision to go without. There are obvious advantages of taking out the doggies but there are a few reasons why we don't. For one, there is a heap of deadly snakes where I live which can put down a large dog easily. Secondly, the hunting that I enjoy is the feeling of doing it on my own.. using my own instincts you know? And thirdly, I would rather not put the hog through the mental anguish before killing it that dogs subject them to. It can get pretty messy.
Cheers.
04-24-2017, 09:19 AM
#25
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
Hey mate, thanks for all the information. The reason for Texas is family ties.
It would be great to meet the hog hunting guys on here if you could point me in their direction! I would also never say no to a fishing trip. Pulled some pretty solid barramundi in my time.
In regards to hunting with dogs my family made the decision to go without. There are obvious advantages of taking out the doggies but there are a few reasons why we don't. For one, there is a heap of deadly snakes where I live which can put down a large dog easily. Secondly, the hunting that I enjoy is the feeling of doing it on my own.. using my own instincts you know? And thirdly, I would rather not put the hog through the mental anguish before killing it that dogs subject them to. It can get pretty messy.
Cheers.
It would be great to meet the hog hunting guys on here if you could point me in their direction! I would also never say no to a fishing trip
. Pulled some pretty solid barramundi in my time.In regards to hunting with dogs my family made the decision to go without. There are obvious advantages of taking out the doggies but there are a few reasons why we don't. For one, there is a heap of deadly snakes where I live which can put down a large dog easily. Secondly, the hunting that I enjoy is the feeling of doing it on my own.. using my own instincts you know? And thirdly, I would rather not put the hog through the mental anguish before killing it that dogs subject them to. It can get pretty messy.
Cheers.
04-24-2017, 12:51 PM
#27
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 9,230
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girandoni_air_rifle
04-25-2017, 03:55 AM
#30
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 9,230
Actually air rifle technology has advanced way before your 1960's Daisy. Take a look at the article I linked. In the 1700s they had air rifles capable of killing men and big game. The problem they faced was making consistently airtight reservoirs for the air. Remember they didn't have high strength plastics and epoxies back then. The fact they could make them at all is pretty impressive, at least to me.