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We have used ground blinds with tranq darts before. Very slow and harder to trap enough timely for transport . Shooting a dart from a helicopter would be nearly impossible. The helicopter with a net is fast , efficient with zero mortality ever thru the years .

I was laughing putting this video together thinking about all the rhetoric recently about technology ruining hunting. Kept imagining a drone trying to ' herd' deer around manipulating their travel.

Lol, Imagine a world where... We actually sell the does. With a reputation for having the highest quality native genetics in Mexico we have buyers every year wanting to buy our does to improve genetics on their ranch. These does will be bred to pen raised bucks the owner has then released to...

Something many of you may never have seen, Video showing deer trapping in the brush country along the Rio Grand River

Thanks, come visit the farm someday. I think using govt. regulation to manage for age structure and quality on a state wide basis is lightning in a bottle. Louisiana already has the best tool available with DMAP which allows private landowners great flexibility in managing whitetails on their...

All great questions. Yes, lack of top end bucks especially over 200" is a function of how many bucks are in the upper age classes of 6+-8 yrs old. Nutrition may play a role as I believe having cows on the farm for 3 years ' might ' have diminished the year round nutritional plane. But mostly...

For reasons beyond the scope of my technical competency the video didn't post?

Its 35' and raining. Housebound so thought I would put this video together from the farm this yr,

90 degrees with full moon here in ole Mexico. I’m on my approximately 40th hunt trying to film a 200” 10 pt. Have yet to see him. Saw a 30” wide 8 pt once at about 500 yards. Can’t find him again either. Plenty of other nice bucks to keep things interesting but the 10 is driving me crazy...

This thread makes my head spin! Not sure what to make of it except different circumstances create different perspectives. I stay with my own experience.On my farm in La...damn I love Louisiana!!! I have had 17+ hunters spend countless hunting hours. By season end we will have taken 16 adult...

Final tale of the tape. Gross score 212 0/8 MB's 28 3/8 -28 6/8 mass a bit over 41" I.S. 25" For the fisherman here net score 206 0/8

Here is an interesting perspective. The field photo is the rack on a 270 lb whitetail . The next pic is what the rack looks like in front of a 150 lb skinny guy. While I was fairly sure the buck would be over 200" I underscored him in there field once again. I'm usually pretty accurate...

Thanks. I appreciate you comments. Actually I think it fairly common for them to drop back a bit in middle age. They are in the breeding pool. Run themselves down really hard and sometimes haven’t recovered well before they grow their next set of antlers. Some of. Our very best bucks have been...

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We have a room full of replicas at the ranch that are exactly like the original. Have a loose rule that if someone gets a top end trophy they have to have a replica made for the ranch. Probably have 15+? They are made from a cast of the original and it's almost impossible to tell the difference...