You guys up north deal with the bitter cold all the time but down here in Texas we’re not accustomed to it nor are our critters. We have lost a ton of deer and birds, we had at least a hundred doves that roosted in our live oak trees in the back yard and we’ve found no less than half of them dead on the ground where they had fallen out of the trees and have yet to see a live dove since the freeze hit. We’re finding dead deer as well which is truly sad but the true numbers on the deer deaths will never be known.
It looks as though the 2021 deer season will suck for us and we may not even take any deer off our place this year letting the numbers rebound. We’ve found that the older bucks coming off a hard rutting season didn’t fair well when the cold temps hit, the older bucks and the young doe’s appear to be what got hit the worst. The Arctic air definitely took its toll on all of our wildlife down here.
A couple buddy’s own high fenced ranches with exotics and their Axis and Blackbuck herds were hammered, one friend lost over half his animals and the numbers are rising daily as the deer are still dying from the lingering effects of the cold. The economic toll on Texas hunting alone is going to be catastrophic, it’s going to take a long time for the animal populations to recover from this. If your planning a hunting trip to Texas this year you will want to make sure the place your going hasn't been decimated. Some places faired better than others but you will want to confirm before dropping your cash on a hunt.
It looks as though the 2021 deer season will suck for us and we may not even take any deer off our place this year letting the numbers rebound. We’ve found that the older bucks coming off a hard rutting season didn’t fair well when the cold temps hit, the older bucks and the young doe’s appear to be what got hit the worst. The Arctic air definitely took its toll on all of our wildlife down here.
A couple buddy’s own high fenced ranches with exotics and their Axis and Blackbuck herds were hammered, one friend lost over half his animals and the numbers are rising daily as the deer are still dying from the lingering effects of the cold. The economic toll on Texas hunting alone is going to be catastrophic, it’s going to take a long time for the animal populations to recover from this. If your planning a hunting trip to Texas this year you will want to make sure the place your going hasn't been decimated. Some places faired better than others but you will want to confirm before dropping your cash on a hunt.
