Hunting Season Winding Down

This past weekend forecast was calling for rain, sleet, nasty cold weather. This meant that there was only one thing to do, go hunting. My buddy Moon’s girlfriend was taking a trip with her friends to New Mexico, so we loaded up Kaiya and lots of guns and headed to his deer lease in Benjamin, TX.

Deer season has closed, so we were on the prowl for wild hogs, coyotes, and bobcats. The weather was exactly as predicted, cold and nasty which is typically great for these types of hunts. The first afternoon, we saw several deer but nothing we could shoot so we picked up the memory cards from the trail cameras and took them back to the lodge to see what kind of game has been in the area.

Upon reviewing the pictures, we quickly noticed that there were tons of hogs in the area, as well as a bobcat. This was very exciting because while hogs are very common, bobcats are usually very hard to come by. The next day we took off back to the blinds and on the way we spotted a bobcat just off the road on the lease. We knew that there was almost zero chance of stalking this thing on foot or in the truck but we decided to try anyway. We went about 150 yards into the lease and spotted him on my side sitting off in the brush. I quickly racked a shell in Moon’s AR15 and took aim. I could barely see him through the brush and could only see his head. These animals are very cautious, and he was not going to stick around for long, so I immediately took the shot. The bullet went right through his noggin and he was done for. This was the first Bobcat I had ever taking, so I was extremely excited.

We saw no other game for the rest of the hunt, but considered it a great success. Winter hunting season is about over, and it was a good one. While I do love to hunt more than almost anything I can not wait for warmer weather and to do activities that do not require 3 layers of clothing. Spring is right around the corner, and I can hear the fishing lakes and the golf courses calling.

Here are some pics from the Winter hunting season: