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<blockquote data-quote="Boss Hoss" data-source="post: 163936" data-attributes="member: 5060"><p>Kirby,</p><p></p><p>Hopefully I will be seeing our GW this weekend but I doubt it as it is the opening day of dove season but the 70% figure seems obscenely high given what I have seen but I will ask if there is any state compiled data. Drove to Trinidad CO back last weekend 3 weeks before that out to Pecos for a family funeral and only saw the same HF's that I have been seeing for the last 25 years. That being said down in the hill country driving down hwy 16 from I 20 you see quite a few high fences. </p><p></p><p>To answer your question about the Aoudad it is best addressed this way I believe-------in a free range environment it is always possible to jump the fence and go somewhere else and in a high fence environment it is not. Some people do not see that as an issue but I know that that it is one more variable that has to be accounted for in my planning and execution. The same thing goes for the indigenous species and I can remember many times watching a nice young deer with great potential moving towards the fence line and 15 minutes later or so hearing a shot. To me that is what makes it hunting – not knowing that "ole big" will be there the next time I go out looking for him and that plays a significant part in keeping my interest peaked.</p><p></p><p>We plant different food plots in the spring and fall for the birds and other animals (will be firing up the Deere this weekend glad it has AC!!) to contribute to the quality of the animals. We work extensively with both the State and DOW Biologists with what we plant and where we plant it and after 4 years of doing this are really starting to see some great animals. Maybe this year I will see a big and old deer that will end up on the ground. Saturday evening I will be sitting up on a large hill that happens to be one of the highest points in the county looking for the cursed feral hogs (338 Lapua AI built by Speedy makes short work of them)!! I have a 1K match to shoot in next weekend and will be doing some work on the chrono Sunday morning while breaking in the new barrel.</p><p></p><p>Everyone else will be dove hunting but since I don't like to eat them anymore I do other things like looking for where Mr. Big lives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boss Hoss, post: 163936, member: 5060"] Kirby, Hopefully I will be seeing our GW this weekend but I doubt it as it is the opening day of dove season but the 70% figure seems obscenely high given what I have seen but I will ask if there is any state compiled data. Drove to Trinidad CO back last weekend 3 weeks before that out to Pecos for a family funeral and only saw the same HF’s that I have been seeing for the last 25 years. That being said down in the hill country driving down hwy 16 from I 20 you see quite a few high fences. To answer your question about the Aoudad it is best addressed this way I believe-------in a free range environment it is always possible to jump the fence and go somewhere else and in a high fence environment it is not. Some people do not see that as an issue but I know that that it is one more variable that has to be accounted for in my planning and execution. The same thing goes for the indigenous species and I can remember many times watching a nice young deer with great potential moving towards the fence line and 15 minutes later or so hearing a shot. To me that is what makes it hunting – not knowing that “ole big” will be there the next time I go out looking for him and that plays a significant part in keeping my interest peaked. We plant different food plots in the spring and fall for the birds and other animals (will be firing up the Deere this weekend glad it has AC!!) to contribute to the quality of the animals. We work extensively with both the State and DOW Biologists with what we plant and where we plant it and after 4 years of doing this are really starting to see some great animals. Maybe this year I will see a big and old deer that will end up on the ground. Saturday evening I will be sitting up on a large hill that happens to be one of the highest points in the county looking for the cursed feral hogs (338 Lapua AI built by Speedy makes short work of them)!! I have a 1K match to shoot in next weekend and will be doing some work on the chrono Sunday morning while breaking in the new barrel. Everyone else will be dove hunting but since I don’t like to eat them anymore I do other things like looking for where Mr. Big lives. [/QUOTE]
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