WildWill
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@Gellar inspired me with his live hunt to share my current turkey hunt. It'll have to be semi live as my service is patchy at best.
This started last November when I drew a Texas controlled turkey hunt at Muse wma. For those that aren't familiar Texas has a variety of draw or controlled hunts as they call them for everything from exotics, deer, javelina, pronghorn, and more. I've been pretty lucky over the years this being my first turkey hunt. Most of these hunts have a orientation the first day so in order to get there in time I left at 4am for the 6 hour drive. Pulled up to the gate a hour before orientation the other 2 hunters were already here. After some introductions the hunt manager asked if we'd like to get started early. After a unanimous vote we began the orientation signing in, showing license , going over rules and most interesting the history of the wma. Essentially the property was bought in the late 40s by a wealthy business man in Ft Worth because his wife who is from the area wanted a farm around here. He never stepped foot on the place and leased it to local cattlemen with zero oversight. When Mr Muse died in the 90s his wife came out here for the first time and found a "moonscape" as it was described. Wanting to right a wrong she donated the property in the late 90s to TPWD for wildlife habitat. They just hosted their 15th year of deer hunts and 8th year of turkey.
This started last November when I drew a Texas controlled turkey hunt at Muse wma. For those that aren't familiar Texas has a variety of draw or controlled hunts as they call them for everything from exotics, deer, javelina, pronghorn, and more. I've been pretty lucky over the years this being my first turkey hunt. Most of these hunts have a orientation the first day so in order to get there in time I left at 4am for the 6 hour drive. Pulled up to the gate a hour before orientation the other 2 hunters were already here. After some introductions the hunt manager asked if we'd like to get started early. After a unanimous vote we began the orientation signing in, showing license , going over rules and most interesting the history of the wma. Essentially the property was bought in the late 40s by a wealthy business man in Ft Worth because his wife who is from the area wanted a farm around here. He never stepped foot on the place and leased it to local cattlemen with zero oversight. When Mr Muse died in the 90s his wife came out here for the first time and found a "moonscape" as it was described. Wanting to right a wrong she donated the property in the late 90s to TPWD for wildlife habitat. They just hosted their 15th year of deer hunts and 8th year of turkey.
