Man, I would love to do that again...I have been down there about 10 times hunting them when I was in my late 20's through my 30's. I had some neat hunts and some great stories like the one where a gator about got me while I was washing javie blood off my hands, rattlesnakes under my feet, having Gene and Barry Wensel eat all of the cookies and Jerky my wife made me for the trip and so on...I will be heading to South Texas in the near future for some hog and javelina hunting. There aren't too many years I've missed making the trip over the last decade. It's a great, cheap and fun way to escape the northern winter. We have had some great trips down there. Some of my buddies are no longer with us.
What was really bad was I didn't even book with them...I booked with another outfit called "4 arrows outfitters" and my buddy and I got there to a camp full of compound prostaffers and we were shooting stick bows. They stuck us in a little pasture with absolutely no hog or javie sign but we did see some Nilgai on that first day. They overbooked and some of the prostaffers were there to hunt Nilgai so the outfitter went into a trailer in camp and talked to the outfitters on the adjoining lease because they wanted to put some guys on the Nilgai in our pasture and they really didn't have a place for us. They came out and told us we would be hunting with the other outfitters while they werte waiting on their next group...we had no idea Gene and Barry were in that trailer...we had a good time that night in camp and that is when they ate us out of house and home...I remember Gene saying "it's more about quantity than quality with us" when they are talking food...lolHa ha, the Wensel Brothers, now THERE are a couple of characters. Salt of the earth folks right there. I almost booked on with them years ago when they were hosting those hunts down there. I'd always hear about it when we were doing the hunting show circuit. I can't believe Barry has signed on to do another year of his Whitetail Bootcamp for 2017. I should go, I know I'll be sorry when he quits doing them.
You wonder how you could ever miss a deer with a compound when you used to kill Texas rabbits with a stick bow LOL
Well Gene and Barry got quality and quantity with my cooking!!
What a great trip! Looks like plenty of game was to be had...what were the temps like? I know it was cooler last week but the last couple days here in Oklahoma have been HOT!
If you ever need someone to fill a spot on that deal I would be game
That sounds great! Thanks!
