May 2014 Newsletter - Dallas Woods and Waters Club

D ALLAS WOODS AND WAT ERS CLUB
DWWC Newsletter
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M AY 2014
I N S I D E T HI S IS S UE :
The Chocolate Exotic Adventure
by Jeff Waguespack
Events conspired
eland, yak, wildeagainst me in 2013
beest, American biand I was not able to
son, water buffalo,
take the winter mule
elk, axis deer, and
deer hunt that I had
fallow deer. The falplanned. One result
low deer were interof this was that I diliesting/tempting. Joe
gently searched the
Dallas Safari Club
Show for late winter/early
spring
hunting opportunities. Not much of
practical interest
was discovered, although
several
temptations
and
fantasies were revealed. Things were
not looking good
until I talked to Joe
Riekers. Joe is one Author with his chocolate fallow deer.
of the partners of
Action Outdoor Adventures of Hondo
indicated that the
Texas and TARSones on the AOA
PORTING. Our diswere of a strain that
cussions revealed
was generally larger
that several tempting
and that held their
species of exotic are
antlers later into the
available at the AOA
spring than the averranch and other
age fallow. (At the
ranches in the Hondo
DSC, most outfitters
area. I could choose
told me that fallow
animals such as
bucks dropped their
racks
by
midFebruary.) Joe encouraged me to go
down to the AOA
and look things over
before choosing what
to harvest. Deciding
to book a hunt at the
AOA was easy as I
had previously taken
a very good Aoudad
ram while hunting
there.
In mid-February I
drove down to San
Antonio, spent the
Continued on p. 3
The Chocolate Exotic
Adventure
1
President’s Corner
2
Members Bulletin
Board
6
Upcoming Activities
7
May Club Meeting
8
Advertisers
9
Membership
11
The Dal l as Woods
and Wat ers Cl ub i s
a non - prof i t out door sport i ng organi zat i on dedi cat ed t o preservi ng
and rest ori ng wi l dl i f e, i ts habi t at s,
and educat i ng
yout h i n t he out door di sci pl i nes
and t he wi se use of
nat ural resources.
Dallas Woods & Waters Club
2014-2015 Officers
PRESIDENT
Joe Chenoweth ................. 972-467-4610
PRESIDENT ELECT
Pat Johnson……………….214-532-4434
PAST PRESIDENT
Andy Clements…………214-802-3987
VP MEMBERSHIP
Warren Petersen………..214-384-6237
VP PROGRAMS
Danny Souder ................. 214-394-5250
VP ACTIVITIES
Phil Cutts ......................... 214-912-9823
VP SPECIAL EVENTS
John Laverty……………..972-740-6725
VP COMMUNICATIONS
Todd Fecht….…………...972-429-2195
SECRETARY
Charles Shelton ............... .214-536-7248
TREASURER
Jim Shepherd .................. 972-658-1360
Directors
Joe Chenoweth
Julio Morales
Susan Christy
Buddy Pace
Andy Clements
Warren Petersen
Phil Cutts
Henry Seeligson
Todd Fecht
Jim Shepherd
Pat Johnson
Charles Shelton
John Laverty
Danny Souder
Directors Emeritus
Charles Oliver………...972-938-9612
Don Grogan ......... …. ..972-774-2059
Jack Davis…………….214-412-0300
David Chaney………...214-546-4469
Bob Evans…………….972-758-0953
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
This year marks the 53rd birthday of the Dallas Woods & Waters Club and I am
excited and honored to be serving as your President for the next twelve months.
I am excited for several reasons. First, because of all the new ideas your new
Board of Directors has for making our club a more dynamic and prosperous organization. Secondly, because of just some of the ideas I’ve already heard from them –
which have to do with broadening our footprint in the community as a whole and more
specifically among the outdoor community; creating sources of recurring revenue; getting more people to participate in the great activities we do each month just for our
members; partnering on events with other like minded organizations; and finding new
sources for more and younger members. Thirdly, because, to a person, your newly
elected Board of Directors is filled with “doers” not “watchers.” Each of them is not
only willing, but able to take your club to the next level – however we wind up measuring that. Now don’t get me wrong – change just for the sake of change is not going to
happen on my watch. However, everyone knows that the definition of frustration is
doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results. If our club
is to grow and prosper we do need different results from our efforts than what we have
been getting. And the prospects of helping with that are exciting to me!
I am honored that you have asked me to help carry on the 53 year old tradition
of providing a forum for those interested in hunting, fishing, conservation and outdoor
education – the original stated purposes of the club. As a young boy I was very active
in Boy Scouts and the YMCA here in Dallas, which had a lot to do with shaping who I
am today, so to me it is an honor to continue to serve those organizations through the
Dallas Woods & Waters Club. And it is indeed an honor to follow in the footsteps of
the original founders and all those who have led this great organization since its inception.
While there are several outdoor oriented clubs with similar purposes in our
area, our club is distinctly unique. To my knowledge, we are the only such organization that has hunting, fishing and/or shooting events every month just for our members!
Hopefully, each of you will take advantage of our unique opportunities to enjoy the
great outdoors by participating in some of those activities. Oh, and bring a friend who
isn’t a member – you’ll have a better time and will be helping your club increase its
membership at the same time. Or bring a child – yours or someone else’s – and make a
difference in a young life – so that there are more young people to become the outdoors
men and women of tomorrow.
Several people have asked me what my goals are as President. But I think future goals for the club should come from a well organized board – not me. So I do plan
on making sure your board is well organized and following a strategic plan that they
design for you the members. Other than that, my goal is to serve – not be served. And
I am looking forward to that!
*Edwin Davis, *Bob De Priest,
*Roger Godwin, and *Bill Hagen
*Winifred Wright *Mike O’Neal
*Deceased
Executive Director
LeAnn AuBuchon .... 214-570-8700 or
[email protected]
Joe Chenoweth
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The Chocolate Exotic Adventure (cont. from p. 1)
evening visiting my mother
and drove to Hondo the next
morning. I arrived at the AOA
Ranch just after lunch, moved
my stuff into a room, took
care of some paperwork, and
was ready to start hunting.
Richard Muennink, the other
principal of Action Outdoor
Adventures and host, suggested that we get started
looking at the animals available at the AOA ASAP. He
also noted that if I decided to
take a fallow we might need
extra time as the deer tended
to take off as soon as they
saw a truck. All hunting on
the AOA is done safari style –
drive around until the selected
game is located and then try
to stalk into position for a
shot. The AOA has a typical
south Texas brush cover; even
with the current drought critters have plenty of places to
hide.
As we drove around the ranch
I saw several exotic species;
water buffalo, a yak (looked
like a fuzzy cow), elk cows,
watusi, American bison, axis
deer, black buck, and longhorns. Finally a group of 5 or
6 fallow bucks was spotted
running off. I noticed one big
chocolate buck that appeared
to have a particularly high
and wide rack and knew immediately that he would look
very good on my game room
wall. (A fallow eats good
also.) Richard’s warning that
the fallows tended to run from
a truck proved only too true.
While most of the other exotics tended to walk away or
stand around when they saw a
truck the fallows would immediately run. The afternoon
passed quickly as Toby, my
guide, maneuvered the truck
around the ranch “roads” and
both of us tried to spot the
fallows before they saw us
and took off. (During this exercise I spotted a really big
Aoudad ram hiding in some
brush – very tempting but I
needed something for the
freezer as well as a trophy.) It
was just before sundown that
Toby spotted a group of
darker fallows standing in a
“I knew immediately that he
would look very good on my
game room wall.”
clump of trees. This time the
group did not immediately
run, possibly because a couple of white bucks that had
previously seemed to be the
first to jump were no longer
with them. A close inspection
with binoculars revealed that
the high wide buck was in the
group. I quietly slipped out of
the truck and began my stalk.
It immediately became obvious that, although the deer
were well within range of my
Remington 7mm magnum,
finding a shooting lane without spooking the buck was
going to be a challenge. After
a bit of bobbing and weaving,
that seemed to take forever, I
was able to locate a mostly
open path to the big boy. I
knelt, wiggled around a bit (to
get over one bush and under
another branch) and managed
to get the cross hairs just behind his elbow. Bucky disappeared in the big seven’s recoil. I chambered another
round in my Remington 700
as Toby and I walked toward
where the buck had been
standing. My shot was true;
basically he was DRT. At between 75 and 100 yards the
150 grain Nosler Hunting
Ballistic Tip’s impact was
impressive. It had really
smashed him, entering low
behind the shoulder hitting a
rib on the way in and another
on the way out. The only
down side was that it tore up
a bit more meat than I would
have wished. Up close the
buck maintained his impressive aspect. He had obviously
been fighting and unfortunately had broken a couple of
points. He is however a great
trophy.
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(I have wanted an Ibex for
some time.) Anticipation
made the evening in the comfortable AOA lodge pass
quickly.
Wednesday morning dawned
cool and very foggy. A good
day to collect a goat. The
goats and sheep on the AOA
are not particularly skittish.
They do not want humans
around but walk away rather
than run. It did not take Toby
and I long to locate the big
ibex cross that Richard had
shown me on Tuesday. The
ram began to slowly walk
away when we stopped the
truck and after a short stalk I
was able to get a good line on
him as he slowly quartered
across an opening in the
brush. Once again the 150
grain Nosler BT performed
well; my trophy took only a
couple of steps before he
dropped. We got him cleaned
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up and hung in the cooler in
time to go in to Hondo for an
early lunch.
After lunch the circus came to
town in the form of a group of
6 active kids
(10 – 14
years old)
and 15
adults from
the Tucson
Arizona Safari Club.
This is a
regular outing where
the TSC
takes a small
group of
young persons out and
provides
them the opportunity to shoot a big game
animal. (Richard and Joe keep
prices very low to assist this
young hunter education effort.) After moving into the
lodge the first two young
shooters started their hunting
experience. With an excited
peanut gallery looking on.
It was entertaining to ride
around and feel the energy as
the kids looked over potential
trophies. First up was an 11
year old boy who was going
to use a 243 Winchester to
take a goat. After looking
over several, we came upon
another couple of likely candidates. Of these, the larger,
was all white with good
“It was entertaining to ride
around and feel the energy as
the kids looked over potential
trophies.”
horns, the other was a slightly
smaller black and tan. The
adults assumed that the white
goat was the target and were
surprised when, at the shot,
the black and tan fell. Instantly we had one very
happy kid (who liked the
black and tan better) and one
very happy mentor/shooting
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coach. {Note to self: Whatever you are hunting – Use
enough gun. The 243, especially with lighter bullets is a
borderline expert’s cartridge
for a goat sized animal. A
well placed shot will bring
down game cleanly. However
the margin for error is small
and slight misplacement can
result in unsatisfactory results. Better to start young
hunters with a 7mm-08 or
308.} Toby cleaned the goat
and hung it in the cooler.
Then we started out again
with another designated
shooter. This time our quarry
was an elk calf. The elk were
a bit less co-operative than
the goats. But after a while
we located a small band going
to water. This time the shot
was to be a father-son effort.
Dad and lad got out of the
truck and placed a Model 70 –
270 Winchester on shooting
sticks. The small band
watched these goings on with
suspicion but did not run. The
selected load was Federal 130
grain Nosler Accubonds. Our
young shooter breathed
deeply a couple of times and
took his shot. His aim was
true and his shot was good.
The young elk fell immediately. When we walked up to
the elk we discovered that it
was a nubbin bull, a fine first
trophy for a 13 year old. The
youngster had made a good
shot; low in the chest just
above the heart. The 130
grain Accubond did not however exit. {Second note to
self: Use enough bullet. Even
at short range (i.e. broadside
at less than 100 yards) the
130g Accubond, which is intended for deer
sized animals,
could not punch
through an elk
calf. A more
stoutly constructed 150g
bullet would
have resulted in
a quicker kill.} Another very
happy youngster had completed his hunt. Also that afternoon a second goat was
taken by the other kid hunting
group. The three remaining
youngsters, all girls, were to
go for their trophies next day.
Unfortunately I had to leave
to return to Dallas and could
not witness these hunts
My exotic hunt was a good
experience that resulted in
two really nice trophies. Also
watching two Tucson kids
take their first big game animals was worth the whole
trip. Young people are always fun. If you have an exotic on your bucket list, give
Joe a call (469-338-0071) or
email
[email protected] , and
let him set you up with your
own exotic adventure.
Website:
www.actionoutdoors.com/
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Members Bulletin Board
This is a personal service to DWWC members ONLY, no commercial. You may submit your ad by
email to the following: [email protected]. Send in Word format as an attachment. We can post for
three months; if your item sells prior to that time, please email or call the office and we will remove
the advertisement.
WANTED

Quality hunting lease.
Will consider all offers. Call Todd Fecht at (972) 679-8980.

Quality MLD deer lease Will look at any location, price, etc. Call Dale O’Neal (817) 907-8774.
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Secure parking place for hunting truck during non-hunting season. Call or email Warren Petersen:
[email protected] or (214) 384-6237.
FOR SALE

Quality Hunting Lease Trophy Antler Chasers Hunting Club - a high quality, year round hunting
club with trophy whitetail and turkey. Several 160" + harvested in last few years. 140" minimum.
Deer, turkey, hogs, dove, varmint, small game. (3,600 acres of Oklahoma trophy managed property) - $2,000.00 per year. Call Paul (479) 586-7399.
SERVICES
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Custom Stockwork: Finishing, refinishing, inletting, glass and/or pillar bedding, and shaping of
turned blanks or existing stocks. Hand rubbed oil or poly finishes available. I also do light gunsmithing. Competitive prices. Call Jeff Waguespack (214)739-0534.
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Dog Training Facility: Bobwhite quail hunts anytime close to Dallas. Licensed private bird hunting area allows leg-banded live pen-raised quail, pheasants, chukkar, and mallards for training and
hunting anytime, without limits. Two training fields, each has two ponds, one puppy work area.
Very private estate setting . Estate quail hunts $150 field fee plus birds at $7.00 each. Walter Patton (214)728-2755.
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Upcoming Activities Calendar
Want to go on one of these trips? Follow these easy steps:
1.
Call the trip chair to see if there is still space available and to get your trip questions answered.
2.
If space is available, send your deposit to DWWC, 1221 W. Campbell Road, Suite 215,
Richardson, TX 75080, unless trip description states otherwise.
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3.
Non-members who are not guests of a DWWC member will be charged an additional $75, which will include a 1year DWWC membership.
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All persons participating in any activities MUST sign a Club Release Form and agree to the terms before
going on trip.
May 10 DWWC First Annual Youth and Family Outdoor Safety Day
Sponsored by:
Coordinator: Danny Souder (214) 394-5250
Call the office at (214)570-8700 to register your child or to volunteer!

June 14 Lake Fork Catfishing Trip
Trip Chair: Phil Cutts (214) 912-9823
Half day of catfish fishing on Lake Fork with Stan Kuhn, the best catfish guide on Lake Fork! All tackle will be furnished
by your guide. You may bring your own spinning tackle with 10-12 test line if desired. Fish from about 7am until
11:30am. After a morning of fishing you will enjoy a fried catfish lunch while your catch is being cleaned for your trip
home. Bring sunglasses, sun screen, soft drinks or water, and small cooler to transport your fish home. Cost is $120 and
includes your guide fee and tip. Send payment to trip chair, Phil Cutts. Must provide own fishing license.
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June Los Gauchos Cast and Blast
Trip Chair: Matt Mankin (214) 293-3330
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June 13-15 Bayou Blast
Trip Chair: Jim Breaux (214) 908-4876
Once again it’s time for the “Bayou Blast” fishing Jean Lafitte old stomping grounds in South Louisiana for red fish and
speckled trout. We will fish 3 days spend 2 nights at Theophiles Cajun Chalet. Meals provided by on-site Cajun chef to the
first 16 people who sign up.
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July California Wine Country Trip
Trip Chair: Matt Mankin (214) 293-3330
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July Sporting Clay Shoot
Trip Chair: Matt Mankin (214) 293-3330 and Aaron Wallick (972) 814-5307
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September Pine Island Lodge Canadian Fishing Trip
Trip Chair: Jim Breaux (214) 908-4876
Debbie and I are going back to Pine Island Lodge, www.pineislandlodge.com, in Canada just for the fun of it. Ken and
Carolyn Raney went with us last time, and you are welcome to go with us this September. Pretty, nice place to stay, easy
fun couples trip with lots of Northern pike, walleye, and smallmouth bass. Look it up, and call Jim Breaux with questions
and to reserve your spot!
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September 1 2nd Annual DWWC Dove Hunt
Trip Chair: Matt Mankin (214) 293-3330 and Aaron Wallick (972) 814-5307
Opening day dove hunt is a Texas tradition! Mike Hopkins and Hopkins Outdoors is the outfitter and the hunt will be in the
Denton/Sanger area. Limited to 25 people. $150 per person; kids under 17 free! Deposit of $150 to Club office by July 18.
See website www.dwwcc.org for complete list of events.
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May Club Meeting
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Happy Hour 6:30 pm Dinner 7:00 pm
Sheraton Dallas North by the Galleria
4801 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75244
$25/adult reserved
$30/adult at the door
$12/youth 12 & under reserved
$15/youth 12 & under at the door
Walk-ins, guests, and youth ALWAYS welcome!
Guest Speaker:
Roy and Becky Wilson of Krooked River Ranch Outfitters/Texas Best Outfitters have outfitted
hunts for 29 years on the Hendricks Ranch (Krooked River Ranch). They also manage and run a
full-service lodge/hunting ranch on the T Diamond Ranch-Buffalo Country Lodge located near
Hamlin, TX.
They have outfitted hunts across Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico for a variety of animals including elk, mule deer, whitetail, quail, and turkey. For the past 10 years they have outfitted hunts
for the black-throated quail in the Yucatan with Galo Munoz. They now book hunts around the
world with the NRA Outdoors Hunting and Fishing Destinations.
Through the years the Wilsons have received
numerous awards from a wide variety of organizations, such as the Lone Star Land Steward Award for the Hendricks/Krooked River
Ranch. On the T Diamond Ranch they received the 2014 Conservation Award and
were nominated for the Lone Star Land
Award. They have worked tirelessly to not
only improve the land and quality of the herd,
but to ensure the all hunters get the hunt of a
lifetime. It has always been their mission to
provide the best outfitting service in the business while being stewards of the land.
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