Daily Deercam

Pretty exciting times!  No hogs but deer and SWAT folks.  One of the neighbors had a handyman working who turned out to be wanted by the police.  They came out and he ran into the bottom.  They brought dogs and people.  Unknown how it turned out but he ran on a bad weather day.  Bottom tough.

Does.  

Bigfoot!

Sheriffs deputy and dogs.

I adjusted both cameras down.  The other cam had a deer and some coons on it, but doesn't seem to be as sensitive as this one.  That's the way it goes with cams.

Little buck.  A year and a half old.  Grew his first horns.

Nicer deer but not a shooter for me.  Hope he makes it through the season.  Was in my tree this morning and heard the powerline guys shoot two different times.  Could be misses or pigs.  Or someone like this.

Cams and corn piles running.

Little stripey pigs on the cam behind the house and LOTS of pig sign.  Ought to be able to shoot one back there, if I so chose.  A dead one was laying in the trail over the indian village when I went in to sit for a little bit this morning.  Buzzards starting to swoop over.   Deer had been all over the corn on the other cam.  Pretty sporty trails still.  Need some marking tape.  All well in the tree seat.

We certainly have the pigs.  Didn't take long.

Two does and a little nubbin buck.

Behind the house.  There was a shot of a nursing yearling and doe....

.....and lots of pigs.  Eight of the little ones in one shot.  I need to lower the angle on both cams.

Nice little eight point.  Not shootable for me but glad to see him.

Everything reset and re-corned.  I put the old bottle back next to the base of the tree.  We'll see what happens next!

The Does of March.

  I haven't pulled a card or checked a camera in over seven months.  I like a trail that isn't obvious to the inexperienced but can be walked down without ducking.  My old trails are blocked and grown up.  Beaver have put in dams every 200 yards on the creek  Pigs are taking over.

I don't know why I think this kind of thing is funny, but I do.

Three does, all marked up.

Maybe this is why.

Resident coyote.  My bottle is missing.

This deer seems to be foaming at the mouth with a wet neck.  Never seen this before.  March.

Lotta aiming black on a hog this size.

Bigfoot!

The Three Graces again.

Resident Coyote.

Daylight deer.  They have to be somewhere.

Bigfoot!

Little buck that has just dropped his antlers.

Have to be a pretty big deer to get me to shoot at it these days.  Nothing on cam to indicate one around but now they are up and running again.  We'll see.

  Guys behind us stole a brand-new cam early in the season last year.  These cams were up all summer with dead batteries.  Seem to be have come back to life.  If I can work out new crossing places for the beaver-flooded creek I will keep these going while the weather is cold.  One close to the house and one way out.  Going to toss all the ones that are blinky.  No sign that anyone else is around in the bottom other than the feeder that runs near the lake.  It was solid with tiny just-born pig prints.

Texas State Rifle Association CMP Games weekend at Terrell Rifle and Pistol Club.

Nicely run match by the Terrell Club.  The CMP Games weekend is the TSRA Garand, 1903 Springfield, M1 Carbine and Vintage Military Rifle Championship, plus a Pistol LEG match.  Its a great time to get to shoot all your old rifles against a big bunch of people, then drive yourself a little nutty firing a .45acp Service Pistol.

Early Garand relay on Saturday.

Mitch Hogg firing his 1903 Springfield.

K31 Swiss action.

The firing line during an offhand string at 200 yards.

Young man firing a rifle four times as old as he is.

Dan Pate visualizing the X-ring during offhand.

Rifles stacked and waiting.

Mitch Hogg.

Clay Heffner.

Ron Lerras helped run the match.

David Keys called the lines.

Early Carbine relay.

Weaponized Teenager.

Kelli Durst and her Swiss K31.

Daniel Miller checks his target.

Daniel firing at 200 yards.

One of the four Sunday Garand/Vintage/Springfield relays.

Kelli Durst and some Swiss Citizen's rifle.

Offhand concentration.

Firing at 200.

Dan Pate and his Garand.

The Champs, Hefner with Garand, me with Vintage and M1 Carbine and Dan Pate with 1903 Springfield.  Gary Shannon won the Pistol LEG and completed his Pistol Distinguished Badge.  He's Double-Distinguished!

  The matches ran Saturday and Sunday.  The weather was pretty good and not a discouraging word was heard.  There were at least 11 relays run plus two relays of Service Pistol.  Thanks to the Terrell club and Alan Wilson, Ron Lerras, Roy Plumlee, Dave Wilson and David Keys for running an efficient match.  If you were a competitior all you had to do was show up, sign in, get some scorecards and shoot.  Lots of work behind the scenes.  Again:  Great job, folks!