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Hunting in Texas is a big as the state itself. The state of Texas
encompasses a huge geographic area that takes in extremely diverse
terrain and a multitude of both big and small game animals. The state
is predominately private land consisting of Texas hunting ranches and
Texas hunting leases. Texas Turkey
hunting rivals that of any other state in the Union and also that of
any Canadian province. South Texas deer hunting is known worldwide for
producing "Muy Grande" bucks with numerous entries in the Boone and
Crockett record book. The state is also well known for world class duck
and goose hunting on both inland lakes and coastal marhes and rice
farms along the vast Texas coast. Other hunting worthy of mention in
this great state are the Texas quail hunting and hog hunting. Texas
hunting land is available for all who are willing to do a little
research and you can rest assured the experience will be well worth the
sacrifice. Texas fishing can be extraordinary as well. With countless
reservoirs in the state and hundreds of miles of coastline, there is no
shortage of fishing opportunities for either the occasional angler or
hardcore fisherman. For more information regarding Texas hunting
regulations,please refer to the Texas page on the Hunter's Domain
website.
A small, trim animal, standing about 90 cm high at the shoulder, the pronghorn is the fastest North American mammal. It is capable of speeds estimated at 80-95 km/h in short bursts. Pronghorns travel in small herds, and signal each other by raising the white hair on their rumps which flashes in the sunlight for long distances on the prairie. They can see long distances and have very keen eyesight. Male and female have branched or pronged horns of approximately 3-7 cm horns. The outer sheath or horn is hair that is shed each fall. Thus making them not a "true" antelope. Aside from their identifying horns, they also have 2 white bars across the throat, white markings on rump and underparts and the bucks have black patches behind the jaw
Hunting the pronghorn antelope is now restricted to adjacent southern corners of Alberta and Saskatchewan consisting of some 40,000 square miles of pronghorn habitat. The Alberta prairie is the northern limit of pronghorn range. There were six antelope that were killed in the past couple of years that scored over 80 (Boone and Crockett). and some of these were taken by bow hunters! 82 is the Boone and Crockett minimum, and records show that more antelope are making the book now then in the past.
Antelope hunting has always been by spot and stalk. The trick to hunting antelope is remembering how good an antelope's eyes are! Hunting pronghorns with binoculars and then stalking them works well since you can spot them before they spot you. The best time of year to hunt them is during the breeding season because they will be too caught up in their mating displays to notice predators.
On an average day a hunter may see over 100 antelope. Most of those will be in herds from half a dozen to twenty or more and at least half a dozen bucks will score 70 Boone & Crockett or better! A person who takes his time looking over the bucks (and can shoot straight) should go home with an antelope on the good side of 15 inches.
