Home Sweet Texas Draw

[jjubran]

Pulled two very fun tags this year down here in TX. One is archery white-tail and Nilgai antelope in waaaaaaay south texas near the Mexico border. Been there twice before and had some great success. Second is a Texas hill country rifle tag on a NWR very low density but again, have had great success there. Lots of folks talk about TX in a negative light when it come to hunting, but don't forget there are still plenty of public opportunities and people getting after it, hard, on public land down here! Cheers! www.SmileOutside.com

 

[prhunter]

Congrats.... I'm waiting for my results to be posted next month (exotics and mule deer).

 

[jjubran]

Congrats.... I'm waiting for my results to be posted next month (exotics and mule deer).

Me too! I drew a rifle mule deer tag last year in Big Bend Ranch State Park, such a cool hunt. Check it out on YouTube Link Here

 

[arwhntr]

When is your Nilgai and whitetail hunt?. I drew both Teniente and Laguna Atascosa. Unfortunately they overlap but will be hunting Nov 19-24.

 

[jjubran]

When is your Nilgai and whitetail hunt?. I drew both Teniente and Laguna Atascosa. Unfortunately they overlap but will be hunting Nov 19-24.

I have the hunt prior to yours at Laguna Atascosa. Have you hunted there before? If not...if the weather is warm there are chiggers like no tomorrow.

 

[arwhntr]

I have the hunt prior to yours at Laguna Atascosa. Have you hunted there before? If not...if the weather is warm there are chiggers like no tomorrow.

Will be a first time for me down there. I hear permethrin spray is a good way to go to fight the chiggers and ticks.

I'll have to give you a hunt recap, snap a few pics of the board as the days progress. It's crazy just how long of a drive it is to get down there but excitement level is 12/10!

 

[jjubran]

Will be a first time for me down there. I hear permethrin spray is a good way to go to fight the chiggers and ticks.

I'll have to give you a hunt recap, snap a few pics of the board as the days progress. It's crazy just how long of a drive it is to get down there but excitement level is 12/10!

permethrin is a good one, looking forward to hearing how it goes, I'll be sure to let you know as well!

 

[EastCoast94]

Unsuccessful on all the deer hunts I applied for

 

[jjubran]

Unsuccessful on all the deer hunts I applied for

That's a bummer! There is still some great public land opportunities that you don't need to draw here...are you in TX or along the east coast?

 

[EastCoast94]

I’m in VA on the eastern shore. I applied for some hog hunts and javelina as well. Would really like to do a hog hunt

 

[wsking]

@jjubran I watched your Big Bend hunt and a few others just a few weeks ago. Looked like a great time in a beautiful location.
I'll be looking forward to seeing your future videos!

 

[sigpros]

Sweet. The boy struck out on 2 of the hunts. He still has one left he put in for

 

[huntertx]

@jjubran great rutting action. Cool area. I've hunted nearby for audad. Once you hunt that country you have to go back

 

[bwbrown348]

Congrats.... I'm waiting for my results to be posted next month (exotics and mule deer).

I too am waiting for my results next month. Good luck y’all!

 

[jjubran]

@jjubran great rutting action. Cool area. I've hunted nearby for audad. Once you hunt that country you have to go back

Oh man, you aren't kidding. It was pretty spectacular to experience that rut action and that country!!! I'll have to go back out there. Would love to find a way to do an Aoudad hunt one day.

 

[jjubran]

@jjubran I watched your Big Bend hunt and a few others just a few weeks ago. Looked like a great time in a beautiful location.
I'll be looking forward to seeing your future videos!

Thank you, it was a real great time!

 

[Prof7mm08]

Based on the way my applications have gone, I am glad to hear there are actually folks drawing these tags. It was starting to seem like just a good laugh for the folks at TPWD. Congrats and good luck.

 

[jjubran]

Based on the way my applications have gone, I am glad to hear there are actually folks drawing these tags. It was starting to seem like just a good laugh for the folks at TPWD. Congrats and good luck.

Don't get discouraged man, I've been in the Texas draw for 12 years now. I've drawn about half those years and mostly in recent years. Points build and your odds improve, hang in there. Also don't neglect the other public land that isn't on a draw. I have really good success out there as well. Happy to point you in the right direction if you want a push. I'm not sure if goHunt has info on TX draw but if it does, then you may want to look into that. I haven't used it but @Big Fin swears by it.

 

[Justabirdwatcher]

Me too! I drew a rifle mule deer tag last year in Big Bend Ranch State Park, such a cool hunt. Check it out on YouTube Link Here

This is the one I'm hoping for. I have 5 points now. Hope that's enough!

 

[Justabirdwatcher]

Don't get discouraged man, I've been in the Texas draw for 12 years now. I've drawn about half those years and mostly in recent years. Points build and your odds improve, hang in there. Also don't neglect the other public land that isn't on a draw. I have really good success out there as well. Happy to point you in the right direction if you want a push. I'm not sure if goHunt has info on TX draw but if it does, then you may want to look into that. I haven't used it but @Big Fin swears by it.

I've been in the TX draw for about 10 years now. I have a total of over 25 points in 5 categories, and have never been drawn until this year. Then, to top it off, they drew me for two hunts that are going on at the same time. Go figure. So I have to choose one and the other points get wiped out. LOL

The results (or lack thereof) on the TX draw is a clear indication of two things IMO - 1) just how many people we have in TX now, and 2) just how little public hunting land we have available. The latter will never catch up with the former, so the draws are only going to get harder. Well, until the hunter numbers start to significantly decline - which is a whole other problem.