Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Wildlife Management Deer Season '24/'25 Thread

Quite a view looking out the front door. I wanted to plant a cover crop this year but got hospitalized with a busted colon that Doc said hadn’t healed enough for me to do tractor stuff in the Fall. I’ve only been able to hunt a couple of times this year but saw nothing worth shooting. OTOH, a young couple spend a lot of time on my land getting away from apartment living in Fort Worth. They both took dang good bucks during bow season.

The past couple or three deer seasons I've let Mrs. Augie take care of the deer blasting.

She had better things to do this time so I bought a couple tags.

Took a middling sized doe opening weekend of the regular firearms season and a 9pt buck the 2nd weekend.

Now I have 88lbs of jalapeno/cheese slim jims and a bunch of back loin in the freezer.

No big bucks from me this year but had fun with my kids. The first picture is probably my favorite.

Hmmm, I wonder who picked the color pink as the paint scheme for the deer blind?

What's your stand and steps made out of? I'm guessing you have some welding experience?
Those kids are getting the best time imaginable!

The stand was from my father in law that got off a lease. We painted it and put on a better roof. The base is a stainless steel platform from an old Colgate plant that shut down. I’m dad bought some stuff out there at auction and got it for really cheap. Made a perfect deer stand base. Probably the only deer stand in the country with a stainless steel base.

Way to go, Young Man. On all things.