Newsletter - Dallas Woods and Waters Club

January 2010
Newsletter
Volume 6, Issue 1
Organized March 1961
Monthly Meeting
January 14, 2010
“Sight Fishing
Lake Fork”
with
Professional
Fishing Guide
Richie White
Richie White is a professional fishing guide on Lake Fork Texas. He has been fishing the lake since the 80's and started
guiding in 1990. Fishing 200+ days a year on quite possibly the best big bass lake in the country has given him the status of
an expert in the field of sight fishing for bedding bass. As a fishing guide, Richie gets booked for the spring over a year in
advance. He not only fishes for bedding bass almost every day from the end of February through the middle of May, but
often catches bedding fish on the power plant lakes in the months of November, December, January, and February. Richie
admittedly fishes for bedding bass even when fishing for pre-spawn or post-spawn bass is the most productive pattern. As a
guide who takes hundreds of fishermen out every year, Richie knows what most fishermen tend to do wrong. If you can
learn to avoid getting into those bad habits, you can become a much better bed fisherman.
Richie, the creator of Bassfishing.org, has the most popular big bass picture site on the Internet. Go to any search engine
and type "big bass pictures", and you will see Richie's photo album of his clients holding big fish. See his page at
www.bassfishing.org/pictures/recent.htm <http://www.bassfishing.org/pictures/recent.htm>
Richie has also fished for bedding bass on multiple episodes on the In-Fisherman television show. You may be able to see
him in HDTV on the Sportsman Channel, the Outdoor Channel, Fox Sports Network, the Men's Channel, Wild TV, Pursuit
Channel, or World Fishing Network. You can also find Richie on the In-Fisherman season DVD (both 2009 and 2007 seasons). Both years, he fished a sight fishing segment with Doug Stange. Additionally, he fished for big bass at night with
Steve Quinn and Matt Straw from the In-Fisherman.
Richie also is the creator/maintainer of the Fisherman's Log on Bassmaster's web site. The Fisherman's Log is a web-based
program that collects information from registered users about their catch. It tracks such information as lake, water conditions, weather conditions, lure details, time period, structure, and cover. The database is in a format that can be searched
and valuable statistics can be obtained. With Bassmaster/ESPN backing the program, this is unquestionably the most informative database in the bass fishing world. As its' creator, Richie has access to pull a multitude of possible statistics such as
the affect of moon phases during the spawn, best time periods, lures, structure, cover, etc. Richie definitely has the knowledge and experience to write the book on spawning bass. See his bio on ESPN's site at http://proxy.espn.go.com/outdoors/
bassmaster/members/insider/story?page=bi_basslog_white_blog <http://www.bassmaster.com
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Dallas Woods & Waters
2010 Officers
PRESIDENT
Henry Seeligson ............................ ….972-392-3332
PAST PRESIDENT
John Laverty ………………………...972-386-8659
VP MEMBERSHIP
Open
VP PROGRAMS
Don Grogan .................................. ….972-774-2059
VP ACTIVITIES
Curt Frisbie, Jr. ............................. ….214-363-5513
VP SPECIAL EVENTS
John Laverty……………………..…..972-386-8659
VP COMMUNICATIONS
Open
VP SHOWS
Julio Morales ................................. ….214-557-3839
SECRETARY
Charles Shelton ............................. ….214-827-4823
TREASURER
Dennis Connally ............................ ….972-732-8736
President’s Corner
With the start of the new year, the
Dallas Woods and Waters Club has a
new president. Since I have only been a
member of the club for a couple of years
(although I was a member for several
years in the sixties), you may wonder
how I got to be president. It happened
like this: I was standing around with
several members when President John
Laverty asked volunteers to step forward.
I didn’t move. Everyone else stepped
back. Now you know.
-
Directors
Beverly Bell …………………December 31, 2010
Michael Boyce……………….December 31, 2010
David Chaney ……………….December 31, 2010
Andy Clements …………… December 31, 2010
Jack Davis …………………...December 31, 2010
Bob Evans …………………...December 31, 2010
Alan Linson…………………..December 31, 2010
Julio Morales…………………December 31, 2010
Henry Seeligson………………December 31, 2010
Charles Shelton……………… December 31, 2010
Charles Vessel……………… December 31, 2010
Robert Silvestri………………December 31, 2010
Dennis Connally…………….. December 31, 2011
Curt Frisbie , Jr……………….December 31, 2011
John Laverty………………….December 31, 2011
Directors Emeritus
Charles Oliver ............................... 972-938-9612
Don Grogan .................................... 972-774-2059
*Edwin Davis, *Bob De Priest,
*Roger Godwin, and *Bill Hagen
*Winifred Wright
*Deceased
Office Staff
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Annette Stone (Office) ..................... 214-570-8700
(Cell) ....................... 214-538-3717
(Fax)…...………… 214-570-8702
OFFICE ASSISTANT
Peggy Epley (Cell)………………..214-538-3918
~~~~~~~
Woods & Waters Foundation
Officers & Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
John Laverty .................................. December 31, 2011
SECRETARY
Rod Zielke…………………………December 31,2010
TREASURER
Dennis Connally ............................ December 31, 2010
MEMBER
Henry Seeligson………………......December 31, 2010
Bob Evans…………………..…….December 31, 2010
Jeff Dargatz……………………….December 31, 2011
Jeff Parker………………………..December 31, 2011
The first thing I want to do is to thank John Laverty for serving about
one and a half years as the club president. He has done a great job. One huge
project was to get each of the committees to prepare a document outlining the
committee’s duties, goals, schedules, etc. The success of this project will assist
in the management of the club for years to come.
On December 11th we had our annual Christmas party/business meeting
at Orvis Sporting Goods Store. We had a nice-sized crowd to enjoy the good
food and drink and great fellowship. I would like to especially thank Annette
and Tom Stone and Peggy Epley for their efforts in making this party such a big
success.
Thanks also to the Vice Presidents of the club who acted as committee
chairmen over the last year, and in several cases over many years. Active
committees are vital to the success of the club’s
many activities.
Saturday, March 13, 2010, is the date of our annual banquet at the Plano
Center on East Spring Creek. This project takes many hours of work by many
of the club members. Every member is requested to contribute his/her time to
make this the best possible banquet.
I look forward to lots of fun activities in the coming year. I hope to
have the pleasure of meeting the members I do not know.
Happy New Year,
Henry Seeligson, President
1221 W. Campbell Road, Suite 215
Richardson, Texas 75080
E-Mail: info @dwwcc.org
Website: www.dwwcc.org
Dallas Woods and Waters Club is a non– profit outdoor sporting organization dedicated to preserving and restoring
wildlife, its habitats and educating youth
in the outdoor disciplines and the wise use of natural resources.
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Name
February 11, 2010
Dr. Bob Speegle
“Mountain Game of the Mountains
of the World”
Sponsored By:
William M. Hayes
David Ross
Website
Curt Frisbie III
March 13, 2010
Annual Banquet & Fundraiser
Plano Centre
DWWC
Banquet and
Fundraiser!
March 13, 2010
Plano Centre
April 8, 2010
Vernon Bevill, Retired Texas Parks &
Wildlife Small Game Program Director
“Spring Turkey Hunting”
May 13, 2010
Josef Reikers
Hunting Exotic Game
Deadlines for Articles in Newsletters
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February
March
April
May
Deadline for Information
January 15
February 12
March 5
April 9
Proofing Date
January 25
February 19
March 24
April 26
Printing Date
January 30
February 24
March 29
April 30
Mailing Date
February 1
February 26
March 30
May 3
HELP NEEDED:
We need volunteers for this year’s Safari
Club show on January 7-10, 2010.
Contact the office 214 570-8700 or call
Annette at 214 538-3717.
This picture was from last year’s show. It is
lots of fun and you get in the show free for
working the booth.
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Albany Deer Hunt
had feeders. It was still too dark to
see anything for several minutes.
together for many years. Scott al- After about twenty minutes it
ways ended up with the big deer started to get a little better. I beon most of our hunts. I would not gan to see movement under the
pass up an eight point buck; but he feeder but still could not tell if they
would and it paid off for him many were bucks or does. I had to wait
until I had more
light. Soon as it
got light enough
By Bill Thompson
to see, I was
looking at two
eight
point
bucks and one
ten point. Every
time a Doe
would show up,
the ten point
would take off
after her. He did
return in a few
minutes.
I
watched them
under the feeder
for a short time
and saw the
twelve
point
buck come in.
times. I told Scott that I was not This was what I had been looking
going to shoot a deer this trip if it for. I made my shot and the buck
w a s n o t a g o o d o n e . jumped up and ran to the right.
After awhile I got out of the blind
Friday the day before the season to look for the deer I knew I had
opened we left for the Ranch near hit. I found the deer about forty
Albany to be ready to hunt open- yards under a bush and a tree. This
ing morning. We always stopped time I knew Scott would have a
on the way for a big breakfast. We hard time trying to get a better
took this time to talk about the buck!
great hunts we had made together.
After breakfast we continued to the
ranch and visited with the other
guys we have been hunting with
f o r
m a n y
y e a r s .
My Son and I have been hunting
“After a
while
I got
out of
the blind
to
look for
the
deer
I knew
I
had hit.”
On Saturday morning we got up
early to go to the blinds that all
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Continued from Page 4
“This time I knew Scott would have a hard time
trying to get a better buck!”
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The Hunt of the Beast
Screams rang out across the countryside. A great vicious beast had escaped
its confines and was a threat to all living
beings and things. No one was safe as
long as the horrific fiend was allowed to
roam free and terrorize.
And so the hunt began. Money
was collected by the terrorized people of
the countryside to hire nothing less than
the best of the best hired guns. So they
called Joe and I (times where tough and
they could only afford us.) We followed
the path of destruction from one devastated area to the next. The sites were appalling. The things we saw just can’t be
repeated, though burned into the minds of
everyone involved. Following the anguished screams we came upon the ferocious brute. He was preparing to devour
two horses and four hogs. We knew we
had arrived just in time to keep it from
turning on the innocent landowners.
Upon seeing the steely determination of
its two pursuers, the beast tried to flee
through the trees, around the pond, into
the thickets. We persevered in our pur-
suit, narrowly escaping death from the
lethal horns and tremendous teeth. Cat
and mouse, back and forth, first we purBy Ricky Krodle
sued and then we would be the pursued.
Finally, in a narrow corridor of brush and
trees I came face to face with it,. No-
where to run, nowhere to hide. And Joe
is shouting ―Shoot before we all shall
perish.‖ With shaking hands and gripped
in fear, I hefted the Winchester to my
shoulder. It felt heavy in my trembling
hands. Beads of sweat dripped from my
brow as I tried to settle my breathing. I
knew I had one chance and one chance
only to place the 200 grain bullet and stop
the beast; failure was not an option. Joe,
with disregard for his own safety, distracted it long enough for it turn its hard
glare from me to him. It was now or
never. The seconds seemed like hours,
everything moved in slow motion. Peering through the Williams peep, I settled
the front sight on the chest of the great
beast and squeezed the trigger. The Winchester jumped in my hands and sent
the .348 caliber bullet spiraling forth.
Did I hold steady enough? Did I use
enough gun?
Was my hand loaded
ammo up to the task? Would the Hornady bullet maintain its integrity to penetrate to the vitals and stop the ravages the
monster had brought forth…………….
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Members Bulletin
Board
NOTICE
This is service to DWWC members.
Personal ONLY.
No commercial advertising.
You may submit your ad by email to
[email protected].
Please send in Word format as an attachment.
We can post for three months; however, if your
item sells prior to that time, please email or
call the office and we will remove the ad.
MISCELLANEOUS
Woodcock Hunting in Louisiana
The guy I was going to Louisiana with to
shoot woodcock has discovered he has a
malignant tumor and cannot go on the trip.
Need one person to join me. January 13 is
travel day, hunt on 14-16, travel day home
on 17th. Need $400 deposit and $1200 due
upon arrival.
Call Curt Frisbie, Jr. 214-999-4757
SEALING PONDS AND LAKES WITH BENTONITE
Some Texas subsoils allow rapid loss of water by seepage from ponds, lakes or reservoirs. Ponds and
lakes on such soils often may be improved by use of Bentonite to reduce seepage losses. Bentonite is a
natural clay which has the characteristic of swelling 10 to 12 times its dry size when it becomes wet. When
Bentonite is applied in a layer over porous soil, or mixed with porous soil and then moistened with water,
it forms an impermeable layer. Bentonite does not affect the water. In addition, it is easy to apply with
ordinary farm equipment or with hand tools.
Application Methods
You can apply Bentonite directly to the soil in the bottom of the pond or sprinkle it on the water surface
and then allow it to settle to the bottom. Treatment is usually more effective if the Bentonite is applied
directly to the soil by the “blanket method” or the “mixed blanket method”. The “sprinkle method” is recommended only when it is impractical to drain the water from the area to be treated.
For more information, contact MMR Enterprises, Inc.
Phone: 800-456-6671
E-mail: [email protected]
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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
3. Non-members who are not guests of a DWWC member will be charged an additional $75, which will
include a 1-year DWWC membership
4 All persons participating in any activities MUST sign a Club Release Form and agree to the terms
before going on trip.
~ JANUARY ~
Jan 15 — Deadline for $50 Deposit for March 26 Bass Fishing Caddo Lake
January 16, 2010
Quail Hunt for up to 20 Hunters.
Spring Creek Ranch, south of Stephenville.
ATTENTION ALL HUNTERS: Spring Creek Ranch is an intensely managed ranch consisting of
1,100 acres of prime habitat for hunting quail and pheasant. They use some of the best pointers and
setters in the business as well as seasoned guides that are all field trial competitors. In addition to a
half-day guided Quail hunt, you will have access to a trap/skeet range (1round of trap per hunter
included), unlimited bird cleaning/packaging and a newly constructed lodge to relax in at the end of
the hunt. Spring Creek Ranch is located 1.5 hours west of the DFW area just south of Stephenville.
Polaris rangers will be used for transportation across the ranch. An English-driven hunt is available
by request. There is a hunting lodge available that sleeps up to 8, first come first serve. Lunch will
be provided.
Cost is $350 pp for a half-day quail hunt. Most hunters leave with 15-20 Quail.
Deposit of $100 pp due at DWWC office by January 8, 2010.
Trip Chair: Aaron Wallick 972.814.5307
January 30, 2010
Catfish Fishing Trip/Cedar Creek Lake
Gun Barrel City, Texas
Enjoy a great day of fishing for Trophy catfish on a full day trip with Jackie Kennedy. Visit the website for photos, additional details and FAQ’s at www.JackieKennedyFishingGuide.com.
*
Bring your food, drink, TX fishing license, cooler with ice for fish
and appropriate clothing for the weather, that’s all you need. Your
Guide will provide everything else. All equipment and bait provided.
*
Fish will be cleaned/packaged for you.
*
Max of 4 people per boat plus guide.
*
Pricing DWWC Members: $350 per two people and $75 each additional person.
Deposit $100 pp due by January 10, 2010.
Contact Terry Beaver to make reservations and for additional information 972-377-7592
~ FEBRUARY ~
Feb 28 — Deadline for $475 Deposit for April 16-18 Spring Turkey Hunt
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Couples Bus Trip to Winstar Casino — More Details to Follow
Save the Date – Trip is sure to include a designated driver, top notch dining, possibly live entertainment, and a great time to be had by all. More details are to be announced. Please email [email protected] if you hear of any fun suggestions that are less than 2 hours away.
Trip Chair: Bedford Wynne 214-500-2298
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~ MARCH ~
Mar 19 — Deadline for $150 Deposit for May 22nd Alligator Gar Bowfishing
Saturday, March 13, 2010
DWWC Banquet/Fundraiser
The Plano Centre, 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway
Plano, TX 75088
Doors Open at 4:30 p.m. Dinner at 7:00 p.m. Live Auction 8:15 p.m.
RXVP by March 1, 2010
See Website for auction items.
Buy your tickets early!
Individual tickets are $70 each
prior to January 31, 2010 — $80 after.
Table for 8 is $500 prior to
January 31 — $600 after.
Tickets include two drinks.
March 26 & 27, 2010
Bass Fishing
Caddo Lake, TX
Enjoy the beautiful East Texas landscape in the spring. Great trip for the family. Yellow
bass fishing from pontoon boats on Saturday. Lodging for Friday & Saturday nights and all
day fishing on Saturday is $ 200 per person. Price includes guide, tackle, bait and fish
cleaning. Guided Black bass fishing all day in bass boat is $ 300 for two people. Members
may want to plan side trips to historic Jefferson (30 minutes) away or Bossier City casinos
(1 hr away). Caddo Lake is a 3 1/2 hour drive from Dallas.
Deposit of $ 50 due in DWWC by January 15, 2010
Trip Chair: Andy French 214-734-7717
~ APRIL ~
April 16-18, 2010
Spring Turkey Hunt
M-Bar-H Lodge
Santa Anna, Texas
Come hunt with fellow members of the Dallas Woods & Waters Club at the M-Bar-H Lodge in
Santa Anna, TX and experience Coleman county turkey hunting at its best!
Your $950 per person fee includes a two day, professionally guided turkey hunt, 2 comfortable
nights in a well-equipped lodge on-site, and 5 full meals starting with dinner on Friday and ending with breakfast on Sunday morning. The main lodge has two separate bunk areas, a large den,
a bar, dining room, and is equipped with satellite TV and high speed internet.
DWWC’s very own Danny Souder will be one of the experienced guides on this hunt. With
many years of hunting experience and professional due diligence, Danny has assured me that the
turkeys are plentiful at M-Bar-H. Last year 11 hunters harvested 9 big gobblers so you can rest
assured that you will have plenty of shooting opportunities. Make plans to attend the DWWC
monthly meeting in January and hear more details about this thrilling hunt.
The M-Bar-H can accommodate up to twelve hunters this weekend so get your RSVP’s in early.
The drive to Santa Anna, TX is about three and a half hours southwest of Dallas, and you can
check this ranch out on the web at www.mbarh.com.
Make your reservation by sending a $475 deposit to the DWWC office by Feb 28, 2010.
Aaron Wallick, Trip Chairman (972) 814-5307 [email protected]
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~ MAY ~
May 7-9, 2010
Camping and Canoeing Trip
Buffalo River, Ponca, Arkansas
Want to get away? If so, you should plan on traveling up to Ponca, Arkansas during the
first weekend of May 2010 to experience a weekend you won’t soon forget. The Buffalo Outdoor Center (―BOC‖) offers a 26-mile, multi-day canoe trip on the Buffalo
from Ponca to Pruitt. This trip, the BOC’s most popular multi-day trip, promises to
provide the best scenery of the Buffalo National River, including Big Bluff, HemmedIn Hollow, Kyle’s Landing, and Erbie.
Although this multi-day trip is described as a 2-day trip, it can be stretched out to a 3-day trip. Camping is available
all along the river at various campgrounds and on the gravel bars of the river. And best of all, this trip’s cost is minimal. If we only rent the canoes for 2 days, the cost per canoe, per day is $53. If we have the canoes for 3 days, the
cost per canoe, per day drops to $48. Add a $35 flat fee for the BOC to shuttle your vehicle to the pick-up location
and $10 for camping, you can see that the total cost will be nominal since it will be split amongst the other campers/
canoers.
Because the BOC’s registration office in Ponca is approximately 7 hours from Dallas and the BOC requires that we
arrive by noon on Friday, May 7, 2009, we have two options for departing from Dallas. First, we can leave after work
on Thursday, May 6 and stay at a hotel along the way. Second, we can leave between 4:00 and 5:00 a.m. on Friday,
May 8, 2009. Once we get our group together, we can make a decision on this issue. Beginning in February 2010,
we can reserve the canoes. The BOC requires full payment in advance, so the number of campers/canoers in our
group will determine the price that will be due in February.
Slates Veazey, Trip Chairman 214-999-4443
May 22, 2010
Alligator Gar Bowfishing with Mark Malfa
Mark Malfa will determine the exact location a few weeks prior to trip date, depending
upon location of big gar. In addition to shooting for Alligator Gar, you can also shoot for
carp and catfish. The price is only $550 for the first two shooters, and $150 for each add’l
shooter for 8 hours on the water, with up to 8 people/boat. All you need to bring is a fishing license, snacks, drinks, and a camera. Mark provides everything else including right
and left hand bows and rods, tackle, and boat. We will likely stay in local motel on the
night of May 21st, bowfish on May 22nd, and return home May 23rd. To see why this trip
is always a favorite, checkout the exciting videos www.bigfishbowfishingtexas.com.
Deposit: $150 pp due in DWWC Office by March 19.
Trip Chair: Curt Frisbie 214-999-4757
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Mark Your Calendars!
31st Annual Dallas Woods and Waters Club Banquet and Fundraiser
Saturday, March 13th
Order your tickets before
Plano Centre
January 31st for the
2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway
lowest prices!
Plano, TX 75074
Check out a small sample of some of our auction items:
Live Auction Items
4 Day/3 Night Quail Hunt for 4 Hunters—Donated by Rancho Caracol
Fishing Trip for 4 on Lake Texoma—Donated by Stripers, Inc.
1 Man 2 Day Pheasant Hunt — Donated by Golden Prairie Hunting Service
5 Day Hunt in Southern Alps for 2 Hunters—Donated by Kimihia Safaris
Hog Hunt for 1 Hunter and 1 Non-Hunter — Donated by Tarsporting
3 Night/2 Day Mourning Dove Hunt for 2 Hunters and 2 Non-Hunters—
Donated by Rancho Caracol
Trophy Elk Hunt for 2 Hunters—Donated by Silvertine Wildlife Company
2 Man Tower Shoot—Donated by Upland Bird Country
Trophy Lockhorn Whitetail Hunt for 2 Hunters—Donated by Silvertine
Wildlife Company
Cow Elk Hunt for 2 Hunters—Donated by Vermejo Park Ranch
Ram or Goat Hunt for 1 Hunter and 1 Non-Hunter — Donated by Tarsporting
1 Day Long Range Rifle Class—Donated by Texas Pistol & Rifle
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DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES AND PICTURES FOR THE
FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER
IS January 15th.
Please submit via EMAIL to [email protected]
Woods and Waters Foundation would like to donate to
Potential Eagle Scouts
We are offering a $100 donation for assistance on an Eagle Scouts Service Project. We have notified
Circle 10 Boy Scouts of America of this offer and they will notify all Circle 10 Troops. We require a written request describing the project and our board will select one Scout each month for the next 12
months to receive $100 for use on their project. We only ask that the Scout submit
an article and pictures of the completed project for our use in upcoming issues of the
DWWC monthly newsletter.
Request should be sent to:
Woods and Waters Foundation
1221 W. Campbell Rd, #215
Richardson, TX 75080
214-570-8700
Website: www.dwwcc.org
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“GOOD WILL HUNTING” By Anita Hendricks
Program Coordinator, Texas Hunters for the Hungry
The holiday season is a time that is usually synonymous with good will towards men.
However, there is never a bad time for good will, and certainly not a better time than
now. Hunters can demonstrate good will by donating through the Texas Hunters for the
Hungry program.
Despite being around for almost two decades, many people are not aware of the Texas Hunters for the Hungry program, administered by the Texas Association of Community Action Agencies (TACAA), Inc. The program was sparked in 1990 through a collaboration of hunger relief agencies, hunters, and state government
agencies. The Texas Hunters for the Hungry program became a reality in time for the 1991-1992 hunting season,
Hunters for the Hungry Donations
with more than 90 meat processors offering their services to
200,000
the program. As a testament to its continued success, Hunt180,000
160,000
ers for the Hungry has donated and distributed over 1.8 mil140,000
lion pounds, or 7.3 million servings of venison to people in
120,000
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need since its inception. Hunters and meat processors con80,000
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tinue to step up to the challenge year after year.
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Last season, 192,040 pounds of venison was donated
through the program. Food banks, pantries, soup kitchens,
Pounds of Donated Meat
shelters, and other food assistance providers report increased need as more and more families experience unemployment and other misfortunes as a result of the
economic downturn.
With hunting season well underway, there is still time for good will to make a stop at one of our participating
meat processors across the state. Interested hunters can take legally harvested deer to a participating meat
processor, who will process and package the meat for a nominal fee to help cover basic costs. Near the Dallas area, participating meat processors include David’s Meat Market in Garland, Golden Triangle Meat Plant
in Pilot Point, Syracuse’s Custom Meats in Roanoke, Goober’s Deer Processing in Springtown, Teel’s Custom Meats in Weatherford, C & J Butcher Shop in Granbury, Lee Deer Processing in Burleson, and C & D
Game Processing in Kemp. Meat processors make arrangements with local food assistance agencies to distribute the meat to people in the community who need food. For a complete list of participating meat processors, visit us on the web at www.tacaa.org/hunters.htm or call 1-800-992-8767, extension 506.
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Silent Auction Items
Mesquite Rodeo Reserved Seats
Gift Certificates for General Admission to Concert at Billy Bobs Texas
8 X 10 and 10 X 14 Family Portrait—Donated by Robin Jackson Photography
Stepping Stones in Many Different Shapes and Designs
Bags and Totes from Isabella’s Journey
Pillows, Tapestry Throws, Wall Signs, and more!
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HUNT FOR MULE DEAR
Ray Sasser
Dallas
Morning
News
Outdoors
Column December
19th
Cutline should say
―Emilie Sasser caught
up with this west
Texas mule deer in the last minutes of
her hunt and made a 300-yard shot.‖
“The mature
buck was on
a ridge top,
silhouetted
against the
subtle pink of
a west Texas
sunset. The
distance was
twice as far as
my wife had
ever shot at any
deer but she
took a solid rest
and delivered
an accurate
shot.”
SANDERSON, Tx.—
Looking for a big mule deer buck in
this rugged, mountainous terrain near
the Mexican border was like finding a
200-pound needle in a 47-square mile
haystack. And the needle was good
at hiding.
My eyes were so strained,
they felt like they’d been sand
blasted, my binoculars were covered
with a fine layer of dust and my wife
was having the time of her life. She
was the designated hunter, riding
shotgun in hunting outfitter Roy
Wilson’s ranch truck through the
valleys and up the torturous ridgelines
of the Longfellow Ranch.
The Longfellow sprawls
across 350,000 acres, however they
middle but a freak snow event and
bitter cold had the deer laid low.
Anytime one of us saw what we
thought might be a deer, we stopped
the truck and used binoculars to
determine that the imagined monster
buck was really a rock or, most of the
time, a sotol, the ubiquitous plants
that dot the mountainsides. When the
shadows are just right, a sotol can
look a lot like a deer. Some plants
even have the illusion of antlers.
White-tailed deer get all the
attention in this state but mule deer
are tremendous game animals. Until
Texas Parks and Wildlife started the
Texas Big Game Awards in 1991,
local big buck contests were the only
documentation of Lone Star mule
Emilie Sasser and her Mule Dear
measure acreage in this part of the
world. If they hammered the mountains flat, the ranch might cover a
million acres.
Wilson’s leased
pasture was just a sliver of the big
picture, about 30,000 acres.
This ranch is so big that
wildlife manager Spencer Wyatt said
the mule deer population varies from
one area to the next. Where densities
are lowest, there’s one deer per 200
acres. Where densities are highest,
there are 10 times as many deer. The
area Wilson was hunting falls in the
deer. Since Texas mule deer live in
the harshest portions of the state,
they’re constantly on the ragged edge
of nutrition. The average annual
rainfall in Terrell County, for instance, is 14 inches. Consequently,
Texas mule deer do not grow antlers
that compete well with their Rocky
Mountain cousins.
The first Texas buck to
qualify for Boone and Crockett
Club’s all-time records was taken in
Potter County in 1996 by Mickey
Van Huss. The 11 pointer scored 196
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5/8 and remains the state record, though
reports of a huge Gaines County buck
from this season could change all that.
Three other B&C-quality mule deer
have been entered in TBGA.
Gaines County, on the New
Mexico border southwest of Lubbock, is
creating the latest buzz. This is the
second year for the agriculture county to
have a mule deer season and local game
warden Shaun Bayless said the deer are
as old and as big as they can get.
Bayl ess chec ked se ver al
tremendous Gaines County bucks during
the short, nine-day season. With a gross
score of 220, one is a contender to be
the new state record typical. Bayless
said the oldest Gaines County bucks are
10 years old and the heaviest weigh over
300 pounds.
―This is just the second year
we’ve had a season in Gaines County
and the landowners are getting a lot of
money for these big bucks,‖ said
Bayless. ―I’m concerned they could be
overhunted pretty easily.‖
That’s not the case on the
Longfellow Ranch, where difficult
terrain and careful management protects
the wildlife. From daylight until dark,
we drove the ranch roads in trucks and
an all-terrain vehicle and glassed the
mountainsides. We spotted a number of
deer, most of them half a mile or more
away. None appeared to be the trophy
mule deer we were looking for.
Wilson, whose headquarters
ranch is on the Clear Fork of the Brazos
River north of Albany, is as tough as the
desert mountains, however. He refused
to give up and so did my wife. As with
any big game hunt, it only took about 30
seconds for it go from real bad to real
good.
Emilie got her chance in the
waning minutes of her final afternoon of
hunting. The mature buck was on a
ridge top, silhouetted against the subtle
pink of a west Texas sunset. The
distance was twice as far as my wife had
ever shot at any deer but she took a solid
rest and delivered an accurate shot.
It was the shot of a lifetime on
what could easily be the buck of a
lifetime. The heavy beamed, 13 pointer
grosses 163 7/8 B&C points. Back at
the camp, Don Rhodes of Mobile,
Alabama, had another big buck hanging
in the barn, this one a classic 24-inch
wide 10 pointer that grossed 170 B&C.
Trans-Pecos mule deer deserve
all the respect they can get. Chasing
them through the mountains is a pure
hunting experience in the wild, wild
west. For details on mule deer hunting,
call Roy Wilson, 325-773-2457.
MULE DEER PROFILE
What: West Texas deer species named
for oversized ears, like a mule.
Size: Mature Texas bucks weigh 150 to
350 pounds, the heavier weights
generally occurring where deer have
access to agricultural crops and seldom
go hungry.
Life expectancy: 10 years.
Range: Widely distributed through the
Trans-Pecos Region of west Texas and
TOP MULE DEER ENTERED IN TEXAS BIG GAME AWARDS
TYPICAL
Hunter,
County,
Net TBGA Score,
Mickey Van Huss,
Potter,
196 5/8,
Dudley Coleman,
Oldham,
191 6/8,
Joe Dakan,
Winkler,
191,
Alberto Bailleres,
Jeff Davis,
189 1/8,
Caroline Nunley,
Brewster,
188 3/8,
Season.
96-97.
99-00
99-00
07-08
07-08
NON-TYPICAL
Damon Compton,
Pat Beaird,
John Z. Means,
Danny Young,
Jerry Curtis,
Reeves,
Yoakum,
Jeff Davis,
Gaines,
Randall,
283,
221 2/8,
220 7/8,
219 3/8,
218 2/8,
also the Panhandle Region of north
Texas.
Highest mule deer density: Eastern
Trans-Pecos. The estimated mule deer
population of the Trans-Pecos Region is
130,000 animals. Ranches with abundant water for livestock and a predator
control program tend to have the most
deer.
Distinguishing characteristics: Mule
deer normally grow bifurcated (forked)
antlers with much shorter brow tines
than white-tailed deer. A typical buck
should have 10 points but Texas mule
deer live in such an arid environment
that bucks are frequently missing one or
more of their antler forks, simply due to
lack of nutrition. When spooked, mule
deer bound away in an odd, bouncing
gait called a ―stot‖ with all four feet
hitting the ground at the same time.
When truly frightened, mule deer run at
an all-out speed that rivals their whitetailed deer cousins.
Defense: Excellent sense of smell and
hearing, along with good eyesight and
an uncanny ability to blend with the
landscape make mule deer difficult to
hunt. Where deer are routinely hunted,
mature bucks become nocturnal and
very difficult to see during daylight
hours except during the rut.
Weakness: Where hunting pressure is
light, mule deer often stand and look for
too long at approaching danger.
They’re also famous for stopping for
one last look before they disappear over
the ridgeline.
03-04
97-98
02-03
08-09
99-00
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One Month Odyssey
Joe Riekers Excellent Adventures — Part 4
There are a lot of hogs in Texas. The
problem is that most of them are nocturnal. When they are shot, it is most
likely to be over a feeder or ancillary
to some other hunting. I searched for a
place where our clients can enjoy
some of the finest hog hunting with
100% success and a variety of options. I found hog hunting heaven!
This private land is ate up with hogs
and if you have trouble finding one
here there are about 10,000 acres
nearby that host a ton
of hogs. The base of
the operations is 2
1/2 hours from Miami, 1 1/2 hours from
Orlando in south central Florida. My
friend Lee will handle most of this for
me at the site. I took
a client here to check
it out. The first thing
different about this
hunt is that we use
dogs. The Redbones
bay the hog and you
can then shoot it with
a firearm or archery
equipment. A huge
advantage to this
type of hunting is that you WILL get a
hog bayed in the daylight and you can
then be selective about the one you
take. Maybe you want a huge trophy
tusker - or maybe you'd prefer a meat
sow. With this method you can call
off the dogs if you don't want to kill
the hog they bayed. There will be another hog around the next corner.
We set out on a swamp buggy that
puts you about 10 feet off the ground.
The Redbones ride in a box hanging
under the buggy. When they smell a
hog they bellow, the buggy is stopped
and they are let loose. We drove
around in the Palmetto swamp for
about 20 minutes when the first series
of wails came. The dogs were released and they began to trail and
howl. After another 5 minutes a 60
pounder or so sow ran out of some
brush and the dogs were in hot pursuit. They bayed the hog after another
100 yards and we got down to investigate. The hog was not what we
wanted to kill, in fact we didn't care if
we killed any since we were just here
to check out the place. Besides, the
borrowed rifle was not as personal as
using our own equipment. We set out
on the buggy again. Suddenly, Cindy
the older of the two dogs let out a
howl. We released the pair and they
took off at a brisk trot. After a short
trail they bayed a big old boar. The
boar ran into an opening where a
power line sendero was. The Redbones were keeping the boar bayed by
circling a power pole and making the
boar run around the pole. Suddenly,
the boar charged the younger dog and
tried to gouge her. She was smart
enough to retreat and did not get
nailed but next the boar came for us.
Casey ran out in front of me to help
me out. He suffered a gash on the calf
as the boar knocked him over and
came for me. I ran, but not fast
enough to avoid being pierced by the
boar's cutters. The Redbones got the
boar bayed up by the pole again and
we called for my other client Peter to
shoot. Low and behold he yells back
that there are no cartridges in the rifle!
Casey runs to the buggy with me
while the boar is charging the Redbones again. We quickly released
Chocolate, aka "Killer" and grabbed
two spears. Killer is a Pit Bull who's
job is to intervene when a hog acts up.
Killer quickly charged in and grabbed
the boar hog by the head. Killer held
on tight while the boar thrashed his
head and hooked the dog with his cutters. I threw a
spear to Peter and
he and I ran in and
stuck the hog. After one thrust I
backed off and
grabbed the camera, while Casey
took my spear and
assisted
Peter.
Three thrusts of
the spear, one
from me and two
from Peter and the
hog lay dead. Killer suffered some
serious cuts and
required dozens of
stitches in his
neck, chest and
ribs. Casey needed stitches in his calf.
I don't know if I needed any because I
had other work to do and refused to
go to the Medical Center with Casey.
That dog saved us from serious injury
and saved the Redbones from death.
The boar hog weighed 288 pounds
and had 3 1/4 inch cutters! You can
experience this exciting hog hunt with
guns, archery or spears for only $150
total for hogs up to 200 pounds and
$350 for boars well over 200 pounds
that are considered "trophy boars".
There is good accommodations
nearby at the Holiday Inn Express for
$149 per night. Skinning and quartering is only $20 per hog. You can have
a group of up to 8 at one time. It is a
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good family hunt because your wife
and kids can ride high and safe in the
buggy and you can shoot from up
there or get down to shoot when a
hog is bayed. There is a perfect view
of all the action from the buggy and
the guys will drive right in on the
bayed hog to make sure you can see
and take photos or video. With this
part of the trip accomplished it was
time to break out the passport.....
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We let this one go:
“That dog
saved us from
serious injury
and saved the
Redbones
from death.”
“I ran,
but not fast
enough to avoid
being pierced
by the
boar’s cutters.”
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DWWC CHRISTMAS PARTY 2009
The date was December 11, 2009 and members and guests of the Dallas Woods and
Waters Club gathered at the Orvis Store on Preston to celebrate the Christmas 2009
holiday and a successful year for the Club.
Under the leadership of our President John Laverty, a dedicated group of officers and
Directors and our Executive Secretary Annette Stone and her assistant Peggy Epley,
the Club combined the election of next years officers and Directors with a festive occasion of excellent hors d’oeuvres and libations in the comfortable and elegant setting
on the 2nd floor of this premier sports and clothing store.
This was the second year Orvis has allowed us the privilege of gathering at their classic store in the annually season decorated shopping area at Preston and Northwest
Highway. Not only were we allowed to use their upstairs area to gather, we also were
allowed a discount on any items purchased during and after our party. This proved to
be a great opportunity to do some Christmas shopping and to purchase some holiday
wear for our loved ones and ourselves. Catering was provided by Perfect Touch. And
a special thanks to John Davis and Kim Saxon for providing the bartending.
We also were honored with some special friends who we have not seen for awhile as:
Joe Devito (longtime member and director – best known for chairing the Vermejo trip
for youth for years) and his wife, Vickie and daughter Kathie Byler and her husband,
Chris. The Devitos now live in upstate New York where Joe owns an RV campground. We were blessed with the presence of David Chaney’s wife, Liz, who has
been ill most of 2009 and his father, Don, who is a past president and we love to have
him make the party. It was such a pleasure to get to visit with these wonderful people
as well as many other special people in our club and our lives.
This indeed was another very special Club event and a great way to be with each other
in this, our yearly Christmas celebration.
By: Tom Stone
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Jack Daniels Fishing
Story
I finally got around to going fishing this morning but after a while I
ran out of worms.
Then I saw a cottonmouth with a
frog in his mouth, and frogs are
good bass bait.
Knowing the snake couldn’t bite
me with the frog in his mouth, I
grabbed him right behind the head,
took the frog and put it in my bait
bucket.
Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without getting bit.
I grabbed my bottle of Jack
Daniels and poured a little
whiskey in its mouth.
His eyes rolled back, he went limp,
I released him into the lake without
incident, and carried on my fishing
with the frog.
A little later, I felt a nudge on my
foot.
There was that same snake, with
two frogs in his mouth.
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