Texas Hunt - Phase 1

Eric and I met up in Springfield MO and consolidated into his rig. We stopped at a sporting clays course in Oklahoma City to reacquaint ourselves with our shotguns. Neither one of us had shot birds or clays in years. 

We were headed to Coleman Texas to hunt ducks and hogs with First Shot Outfitters. Mike Wyatt was our outfitter and guide and we stayed at this awesome lodge. 

The duck hunting was a little slow but we shot some gadwalls and buffleheads. The group before us had limit days so our timing was just a little off. That’s hunting for you. Mike has done a great job for us and the food has been super too. 

In the late morning and afternoons, we hunted hogs. We did both some spot and stalk and some stand hunting over feeders. As I’m writing this, we have another evening to hunt hogs before we move on to aoudad tomorrow. My nephew Dave is joining us for this evening’s hunt. 

Poop of the week - wild hog poop. 

Two boars last night. Eric’s guesstimated weight is 175 pounds and mine might be 275. We’ll see what this evening turns up. 

Then tomorrow we move on to the Van Horn TX area for 3 1/2 days of aoudad sheep hunting. More to follow in Phase 2.