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Drawn for the Chaparral WMA
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:44 pm
by ElNumeroUno
My 20th year of applying for this hunt; notified today of being selected for the 1st Gun Hunt; 12/15-19. About perfect timing if the weather turns right. Not management, spike, or doe. It's for the biggest buck I can find. this is 15,000 acres in South Texas, between Cotulla and Carrizo Springs.
Now, which No.1 am I going to take?? Sure wish I could get my hands on one of the new 257 Weatherbys.
CLN
Re: Drawn for the Chaparral WMA
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:34 am
by OldRugerMan
Lee, I gave up a long time ago trying to draw a big buck hunt. Congrats to you for sticking it out for 20 years! I'm sure pics will be forthcoming. This was the last decent buck I got back in 1978. Gun is 1-S 7 Mag sn 130-00900. Randy
Re: Drawn for the Chaparral WMA
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:09 pm
by ElNumeroUno
One really nice buck and a really, really nice rifle-but who is that kid??
Re: Drawn for the Chaparral WMA
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:17 pm
by RocDoc
I've been putting in for the draw hunts every year since the mid '80s, Chaparral certainly has a reputation for good bucks. Went on many of these hunts in other places, some with great results, others not so much. Maybe someday I'll get drawn for a mule deer hunt if I keep entering every year.
Re: Drawn for the Chaparral WMA
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:11 pm
by ElNumeroUno
You can't get drawn if you don't put in! That's why I keep trying. Now if I could just score on the Desert Bighorn or the Grand Slam Hunt, it would be better than winning the Lottery.
Re: Drawn for the Chaparral WMA
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 7:12 pm
by Ruger1nut
Randy great picture. Love the hat.
Lee I am sure you will come up with one. Good luck and be sure to do a write up for the digest. The 20 year Buck!!!
Dave
Re: Drawn for the Chaparral WMA
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2015 3:19 pm
by ElNumeroUno
My "once in a Lifetime" hunt on the Chaparral ended up with no shots taken. A wonderful area and lots of big South Texas bucks, but just not where I was! There have been some Warthogs shot this year; apparently slipped under the fence from a neighboring ranch.
Re: Drawn for the Chaparral WMA
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2015 5:34 pm
by RocDoc
We've all been skunked before on the TPWD hunts, but you got that nice mulie as I saw this year. Have you been putting in for the exotic hunts on Mason Mountain WMA? I killed a nice buck there several years ago, it was WT only, but we saw lots of exotics that they have separate categories for. TPWD threatened us with just short of jail if we shot something other than a WT during the orientation, was fun, quality hunt for little $$.
