Mennoniteman
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That's a once in a lifetime trophy!
Farm and Ranch life
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Mennoniteman
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I've eaten at Katz's, Dallas BBQ. What's your favorite places?
Elkaddict
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Triple, Shoot me a note the next time you’re in Gotham. I work in mid-town.
catscratch
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Great video. To answer your question; I probably would have shot him too early. Cool deer and that drop-tine is simply amazing! Congrats.
Here is the very short version.
I am good friends with a family that owned a 250,000 acre ranch. In 1992 the patron died with the good large catholic family inheriting the land. Shortly after, the Mexican economy tanked with interest rates going to 90% and the peso going from $1 to 10 cents . Being land rich and cash poor they needed to sell land.
At the time it was illegal for an American to buy property in that area so I hired Vincent and Elkins and took nearly 2 years to develop a scheme to purchase parts of the ranch.{ Happy to share the details of the structure if interested } The risk was that the Mexican govt. could take the property away and give it to " the people" which had happened historically.I paid $65/acre for the first 6000 acres uncertain how long I could keep it.
Times changed and with the template created more Americans bought property in the area and the Mexican philosophy became slightly less socialist and more tolerant.New rules were created encouraging land acquisition and now many Americans own ranches in the neighborhood all primarily for hunting.
I subsequently continued buying property from the family and with the 'new' American competition prices have risen to around $300 acre. There are still risks and ownership in Mexico is different than the U.S. but it has allowed me to create a scale and opportunity that would be impossible for me to create anywhere else . A dream come true for me in that this is some of the finest wildlife country in North America with a lot of freedom as to how to manage.
Today there are countless hundreds of thousands of acres in northern Mexico all owned by folks focused on wildlife and especially whitetails. Its like south Texas from many years ago. Very large ranches, very few people, wildlife rich terrain and lots of very sharp ownership that are outstanding wildlife managers. In my neighborhood alone there is probably more than 200,000 acres owned by less than 10 people. Add a beautiful culture that I love very much and its a great story.
catscratch
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Interesting story! I always wondered what land down there costs and what the risks of ownership would be.
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Thanks, and yes indeed Merry Christmas to you and all! Aren't we a blessed lot to be able to have these discussions and celebrate the opportunities before us. Blessings and grace to all.
TheOldOak
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Incredible deer, could pass as a decent elk, haha. Had no idea someone could produce trophies like that down there! Sounds like you timed your purchase of that land pretty good, all about timing. Curious, how many hours you put into hunting that deer and how many acres was his home range would you guesstimate?
Thanks and best of the holidays to you and yours.
I hunted this particular buck about 10 days before I got him. He was one of the easier bucks I've hunted. It helped that I had followed him for 4 years and he was more of a homebody than most.
Buck home range is such an interesting thing. This particular buck had a smaller home range making it a bit easier to find him. He tended to live around a 40 acre oat field most frequently. If I took the two farthest points where I had seen him over the 4 years I'd say it was about 2 miles X1 mile. When I actually got him he was about 3/4 mile from where I took the video of him when he was in the oat field.
That said I see bucks every year that may travel over 5 miles sometimes much more. It is not unusual to have a bucks live in one area during the summer then move many miles to set up for the winter, then back to where they spent the summer. Seems to be a very personality driven characteristic.
catscratch
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Found the rt side of the 10 pt in this pic today. 82" making him ~182". Puts in perspective how big the non typical is. from pics he has 6 brow tines that probably score about 24" plus 6 kickers on his left.G2. I looked for the non typical all season unsuccessfully though I had no intention to shoot. If he is still alive he will be 7 next year...and thats a different story.Time to scour the woods for sheds!
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