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		<description>Texas Guided Whitetail Hunts by Double Diamond Outfitters: Guided hunts in Texas, Colorado, and Mexico: Whitetail deer, Elk, Caribou, Axis Deer, Bighorn Sheep, Turkey, Pronghorn and Exotic hunts.</description>
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		<title><![CDATA[ The Death of Three Species ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ On January 4, 2012 the US Fish and Wildlife Service repealed the regulatory exclusion for captive-bred African antelope species under the Endangered Species Act. &amp;nbsp;Basically, that&amp;#39;s a fancy way to say that they are no longer going to allow the hunting of addax, dama gazelle or scimitar-horned oryx CITES permits. &amp;nbsp;CITES permits are not easy to get and most ranches won&amp;#39;t go through the trouble of dealing with the US Fish and Wildlife Service just to be able to shoot these animals on their ranch. &amp;nbsp;It&amp;#39;s a little complicated to try and explain, but &amp;quot;60 Minutes&amp;quot; did a story on it and explained it very well....in my opinion.
If you are not a hunter this may be a good way to get a better understanding of the new ruling. &amp;nbsp;If you are a hunter, this is amazing because CBS was actually very honest in the way they edited this. &amp;nbsp;Click here to view the &amp;quot;60 Minutes&amp;quot; story.
It&amp;#39;s very sad that the ignorance of a few is going to mean the death... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ The Perils of Hunting in Mexico ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ I&amp;#39;ve debated since I got back from Mexico about writing this, but in the end I decided it best to let as many people know as possible so that others won&amp;#39;t have to go through what my hunters and I had to go through in Mexico.
For as long as I can remember I wanted to go to Hermosillo, Sonora and hunt the giant desert mule deer I had seen pictures of so when I met Lorenzo Tadeo Leon about 6 years ago I felt like I had finally made a contact in Hermosillo that I could possibly end up hunting with in Hermosillo one day. &amp;nbsp;I sent several hunters to him over the course of 6 years and had good reports back and over the years began to feel more and more comfortable with him and going to hunt in Hermosillo. &amp;nbsp;I finally booked a hunt for myself and my 2 hunters, Roger and Kenny, for January 9-17, 2012.
Sunday night, January 8th, Lorenzo Tadeo Leon called and said his truck was stolen and inside his truck he had the generator for our mule deer camp, the 2 rifles my hunters were ... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Trophy Bison - West Texas Style ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ With the DSC Convention the 1st week of January, flying out to Mexico the day after DSC, hunting whitetail the weekend after I got back from Mexico, and then hunting free range bison out in West Texas last weekend, it&amp;#39;s been a busy month. &amp;nbsp;Mexico wasn&amp;#39;t the best trip, and I&amp;#39;ll address that in my next blog, but this past weekend out in Marathon we had a blast hunting free range bison!!
When you&amp;#39;re hunting an animal as large as a bison, you&amp;#39;ve got to have all the help you can get, so my buddy Craig (founder of allaboutexotics.com) and I loaded up and headed towards Marathon, TX last Thursday morning. &amp;nbsp;My buddy Ruben, custom knife maker extraordinaire and owner/operator of Ramos Knives, was also coming in from Jal, NM for some added muscle and to really put his knives to the test. &amp;nbsp;It was going to be a lot of work, but we were all fired up and excited to get to West TX and hunt free range bison in the Glass Mountains. &amp;nbsp;You can hunt bison on numerou... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ West Texas Free Range Aoudad ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Like most hunters here in TX I always look forward to October but unlike most hunters here in Texas it&amp;#39;s not because of the start of Whitetail season. &amp;nbsp;For me, October is when I typically hunt Pronghorn and Aoudad out in West TX. &amp;nbsp;Unfortunately the West Texas population of pronghorn is being decimated by a blood worm and on a lot of ranches, mine included, there&amp;#39;s no longer a huntable population of pronghorn. &amp;nbsp;It looks like my pronghorn hunts will be moving up around Dalhart, TX, in the Panhandle, &amp;nbsp;but more on that in another blog.
Hunting free range aoudad is always a challenge, but they are probably my most fun hunts. &amp;nbsp;I love the mountains of West Texas and I feel very fortunate to be able to hunt 50 sections between Ft. Davis and Valentine. &amp;nbsp;I&amp;#39;ve been hunting this ranch for about 7 years and have taken some great free range aoudad over the years and this year was no exception.
Because the terrain is so rough and rugged we hunt aoudad out o... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ North Carolinians Come To Texas ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Whitetail season is a busy time of year for me and unfortunately keeping my blog up to date has been neglected. &amp;nbsp;I&amp;#39;m trying to catch up though....
Back in the 2nd week of November, Brandon and Marty came back to south Texas from North Carolina. &amp;nbsp;Last year they joined me on their 1st South Texas whitetail hunt and shot some great bucks.
Here&amp;#39;s Brandon&amp;#39;s buck from last year....

Here&amp;#39;s Marty&amp;#39;s buck from last year....

Facing the worst drought in Texas history, I knew I was going to have my work cut out for me on all of my whitetail hunts, especially my trophy whitetail hunts. &amp;nbsp;Antler growth has definitely been effected by the lack of rain and it&amp;#39;s just been tough to locate any trophy whitetail. &amp;nbsp;All of my ranches are very well managed and feed protein, but you just can&amp;#39;t replace what mother nature can do for you. &amp;nbsp;I knew what Brandon and Marty were looking for and was finally able to locate a few bucks I thought they might like. ... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:13:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ A Week on the Shonto Ranch ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Whitetail season is always a busy time of year for me but I&amp;#39;m very fortunate to have access to some of the best ranches in Texas and this past week was no exception. &amp;nbsp;Early in the week a friend,Chris Childs, owner and operator of the Shonto Ranch, called and asked if I could help guide for him and since I didn&amp;#39;t have my own hunters I jumped at the chance. &amp;nbsp;
Chris had 6 hunters coming in from Mississippi to hunt whitetail and the Shonto has some of the best whitetail Texas has to offer as well as world class axis, blackbuck, oryx and fallow. &amp;nbsp;Plus this time of year they stock some monster rainbow trout weighing up to 10lbs. &amp;nbsp;It&amp;#39;s not uncommon to see 400-500 animals in an afternoon on the Shonto, with close to half of those being whitetail. &amp;nbsp;I know most people think I&amp;#39;m exaggerating and telling a &amp;quot;hunting&amp;quot; story when I tell them those numbers, but on the Shonto it&amp;#39;s reality. &amp;nbsp;The guys from Mississippi found out first hand...
W... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:51:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Now That's What You Come To South Texas For ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.huntdoublediamond.com/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/37659</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ This is my story that is in the current issue of Texas Trophy Hunter magazine. &amp;nbsp;Pages 10 &amp;amp; 204. &amp;nbsp;I hope y&amp;#39;all enjoy it.

	

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	Now That&amp;rsquo;s What You Come To South Texas For

	Like most hunters across South Texas, I anxiously awaited the start of the 2010-2011 whitetail season.&amp;nbsp; With record rainfall starting at the end of 2009 and continuing into the summer of 2010, range conditions couldn&amp;rsquo;t have been better for antler growth.&amp;nbsp; It was going to be an awesome season and being the owner/operator of Double Diamond Outfitters I was going to be fortunate enough to get to spend almost every day of the season chasing whitetail.

	After a short 2-day break for Christmas I was headed back to the Pearl Ranch, 5500 low-fenced acres between George West and Freer, to meet Roger Baber and his 14 year old son Trip and guide their hunt for the next few days.&amp;nbsp; I was really excited to be hunting between Christmas and New Year because you just nev... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes)</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:33:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ My 1st Axis!! ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;

	For as long as I can remember I dreamed of making a living in the outdoor/hunting industry and 6 years ago I decided to chase my dream and started Double Diamond Outfitters.&amp;nbsp; It&amp;rsquo;s been a great 6 years and I&amp;rsquo;ve had the privilege to hunt with great people and kill some great animals, but unfortunately my own personal hunting has been greatly reduced. So I never pass up a chance when I&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; get the opportunity to hunt for myself and kill whatever animal/trophy I choose.&amp;nbsp;

	A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to hunt axis deer.&amp;nbsp; I was really excited because I&amp;rsquo;ve never killed an axis buck.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;rsquo;ve shot a lot of axis does, and passed on some great axis bucks, (yes I&amp;rsquo;m still kicking myself over several of them) so hopefully this time I would finally get my 1st axis buck.&amp;nbsp;

	Since I was hunting 15-20 minutes from my house, just outside of Boerne, I decided to concentrate on afternoon hunts when the... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:12:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Summertime Axis ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.huntdoublediamond.com/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/30393</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ &amp;#160;Summer is probably the best time of the year to hunt axis deer in Texas. &amp;#160;That&apos;s when the majority of the bucks are hard antlered. &amp;#160;The only bad part about hunting axis in Texas in the summer is that it can be pretty hot, especially in South Texas. &amp;#160;If you can brave the heat though, you are in for some great hunting to get you ready for the upcoming whitetail season.
As we were scouting for whitetail late this last summer we kept seeing some axis deer at 1 particular stand. &amp;#160;Since axis, as well as most other exotics, will out compete whitetail we try and shoot them whenever they show up. Luckily we had Evan sitting with his dad, John, in this particular stand when some axis showed up. &amp;#160;Evan, 9 years old, has been hunting with his dad for the last few years but had never killed an axis until late in August of this year. &amp;#160;The 1st evening they saw this buck it didn&apos;t give them a shot, but the next evening this buck came in to the feeder and Evan made a... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:16:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Get Them Started Young!! ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.huntdoublediamond.com/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/27722</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ It&apos;s never to early to get your kids, or anyone for that matter, introduced to the outdoors and hunting. &amp;nbsp;We need all the help we can get at introducing more people to the outdoors and getting them interested in hunting. &amp;nbsp;I grew up on a farm and have been roaming around the woods since I was just a kid. &amp;nbsp;Some of my most fond memories are of my days spent on the farm with my parents and grandparents. &amp;nbsp;It was a great place to grow up and so much fun as a kid. &amp;nbsp;
Unfortunately, with the majority of the population now living in cities it&apos;s difficult to find the time and place to take your kids hunting. &amp;nbsp;That&apos;s why I was really happy to get an email from a friend of mine about a hog he shot this morning. &amp;nbsp;I know in Texas we kill a lot of hogs and take hog hunting for granted, so another hog picture/story isn&apos;t that exciting, but this time it&apos;s a little different. &amp;nbsp;He got up this morning and as he was helping get the kids ready for school he noticed a ... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 16:18:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Desert Mule Deer & Elk - Texas Style ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ For as long as I can remember I&apos;ve wanted to kill a desert mule deer and free range, &amp;quot;native&amp;quot; elk here in Texas. &amp;nbsp;Sounds easy enough for someone that lives in Texas and ownes an outfitting company, right? Well it&apos;s not anywhere as easy as it sounds and good desert mule deer country is extreamly tough to find. &amp;nbsp;Add in free range, &amp;quot;native&amp;quot; elk and it&apos;s almost impossible. &amp;nbsp;But after years of looking I&apos;ve finally found the ranch where both is not only possible but very probable. &amp;nbsp;
The name of the ranch is the Cerf Ranch and it&apos;s 12,000 acres between Ft. Stockton and Sanderson. &amp;nbsp;When I was out there last week I saw 7 bull elk and about 40 mule deer and about 10 whitetail. &amp;nbsp;The Cerf is in the heart of the highest density of desert mule deer in Texas. &amp;nbsp;Throw in the elk and whitetail and you quickly get one of the premier hunting ranches in the state. &amp;nbsp;I will be offering desert mule deer, elk and whitetail hunts on the Cerf this fall... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:51:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ You're Never To Old To Start Hunting ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Last week Trueman came down from Indiana for his 1st ever hunt, a South Texas spring turkey hunt. &amp;nbsp;I really enjoy having 1st time hunters and Trueman was no exception. &amp;nbsp;Since Trueman was a 1st time turkey hunter I asked a friend, and my best turkey guide, Billy to come help call to make sure that Trueman went back to Indiana with 2 nice Rio Grande Turkey&apos;s.

Before the sun came up Monday morning we made our way to within 200 yards of one of the turkey roosts and started softly calling to the turkeys in the roost. &amp;nbsp;Despite our best efforts, when the turkeys flew down from the roost they flew away from us and kept following the hens away from us. &amp;nbsp;As the sun came up, so did the wind and by early morning the wind was easily 20 mph which made it very difficult to hear any turkeys gobbling. &amp;nbsp;After taking a short break for lunch we headed to another location on the ranch where we had been seeing turkeys strutting and got lucky enough to find 2 hens and 2 toms. &amp;nbs... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:28:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Strutting Tom's, Sea's of Bluebonnets & Springtime Rain ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ March 20th was opening day of Spring Turkey Season in Texas and I had the pleasure of having DJ come down from New England for his 1st South Texas Rio Grande Turkey hunt. &amp;nbsp;Being an avid turkey hunter, DJ has hunted turkey&apos;s all over the country, including the Texas Hill Country, but he had never hunted turkey in South Texas and I was really excited that he gave me the oppertunity and joined me between George West and Freer.
We got to the ranch Friday afternoon, got our gear unpacked, and headed out to do a little scouting and make a game plan for opening morning. &amp;nbsp;The forcast was for a strong front to move through South Texas early Saturday morning and we knew our morning hunt would be cut short so we were trying to be prepared. &amp;nbsp;Well, we were prepared Saturday morning, but the tom&apos;s were &amp;quot;henned up&amp;quot; and had other ideas. &amp;nbsp;They were pretty quiet once they flew down from the roost but we had a few gobbling enough to get us further and further away from the ... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Axis Deer & Gobbling Turkeys ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;Spring time in South Texas is a beautiful time of year. &amp;nbsp;All the trees and flowers are blooming. &amp;nbsp;There are bluebonnets everywhere. &amp;nbsp;The weather is very mild and pleasant, the Rio Grande Turkeys are gobbling and most of the axis deer are growing their antlers. &amp;nbsp;It&apos;s an awesome time to be in the woods.
Turkey season starts this weekend and we will be outside of George West chasing turkeys come Saturday morning. &amp;nbsp;With all the rain and warm days that South Texas has had over the last few months the brush country has never looked better. &amp;nbsp;The grass is knee high and there are wildflowers and bluebonnets blooming all over. &amp;nbsp;We have been seeing turkeys strutting and drumbing all day long and they have really been gobbling the last few mornings. &amp;nbsp;We are hunting a ranch that gets very little hunting pressure and I&apos;m really looking forward to getting out this weekend and trying to call in some of those big gobblers we have been seeing.
Spring is al... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:51:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Off to a good start! ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ After wrapping up pronghorn season it was time to start hunting whitetail.&amp;nbsp; In Texas, a good protion of the ranches have Managed Land Deer Permits (MLDP or MLD for short) which allow us to start rifle hunting at the beginning of October.&amp;nbsp; With a lot of the ranches hunting whitetail the week I was hunting pronghorn, I knew there were some really big deer killed already.&amp;nbsp; My buddy, James Newport, shot a monster whitetail with his bow opening day that grossed 202&amp;quot; and will net right around 196&amp;quot;.&amp;nbsp; That&apos;s a net Boone and Crockett Non-Typical with a bow!!!&amp;nbsp; On that same ranch on the same hunt, another hunter shot a whitetail that grossed 230&amp;quot; non-typical!!! Two book non-typical deer,&amp;nbsp;during the worst drought in recorded history,&amp;nbsp;on the same ranch on the same day!! Very impressive!!
Mike was coming in from NC and for the last year we had been planning on bowhunting a big deer.&amp;nbsp; We finally decided on hunting the second week of October and... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:33:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Pronghorn Season ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ I wrapped up Pronghorn season with 3 successful hunts.&amp;nbsp; The biggest Pronghorn we killed was 14-7/8&amp;quot; and scored just over 70&amp;quot;.&amp;nbsp; That&apos;s a pretty nice Pronghorn for where we hunt and it was Barbara&apos;s 1st Pronghorn, so she was very excited.
The 1st few days of the season were cool, overcast, and rainy but after the 1st weekend it cleared up and we had great weather.&amp;nbsp; It was deffinitely a nice change having the cooler weather, though.&amp;nbsp; The sun can get pretty intense at that elevation, so being overcast was pretty nice.&amp;nbsp; West TX has been getting quite a lot of rain, so the grass was pretty tall and that made it a little difficult to spot the Pronghorn unless they were up and moving.&amp;nbsp; When they layed down, they pretty much dissapeared.&amp;nbsp;
Unfortunately West TX, mainly the&amp;nbsp;region around Marfa,&amp;nbsp;has been experiencing a drop in Pronghorn.&amp;nbsp; The ranch we hunt still has good numbers of Pronghorn and some really nice bucks, but it&apos;s still a ... ]]></description>
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		<author>wes@huntdoublediamond.com (Wes Mundy)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Pronghorn Season Begins - Time to Hunt!! ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ So my season gets started in earnest tomorrow.&amp;nbsp; Pronghorn season begins tomorrow and I&apos;m headed out to Ft Davis for the next week to hunt Pronghorn and Aoudad.&amp;nbsp; I love being out there this time of year.&amp;nbsp; We normally have great weather, the scenery is absolutely gorgeous, and I&amp;nbsp;love to hunt pronghorn and aoudad.
It looks like it&apos;s going to be a great season.&amp;nbsp; I&apos;ll keep you posted, so stay tuned.
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:33:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ CO Archery Season & Fuzzy Horned Whitetail ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ So the CO archery season is in full swing and the hunting has been pretty good. We have been seeing some really good mule deer at our water troughs, and the elk are talking like crazy.&amp;nbsp; We don&apos;t have anything on the ground yet, but have had a 170ish mule deer within 30 yards, but on the wrong side of the fence, and a 280ish bull elk at 22 yards.&amp;nbsp; The elk came in on the 2nd day of the season and he just wasn&apos;t big enough for that early in the season.&amp;nbsp; Here&apos;s a little video after it was decided that he wasn&apos;t big enough.&amp;nbsp; He&apos;s the bigger of the 2 elk in the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng_jmFquRJg
Not being in CO this time of year is weird for me, but I&apos;ve been going to different ranches and scouting for whitetail and&amp;nbsp;have been seeing some really big deer.&amp;nbsp; It looks like a lot of the deer just stuck their head in the protien because of the drought.&amp;nbsp; I&apos;ve seen several deer that just blew up and grew 30&amp;quot;+ this year.&amp;nbsp; Crazy in the middle... ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ More CO Archery Season ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Not much to report today except some cool weather and great hunting.&amp;nbsp; My buddy, Ryan, passed a 280&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;elk this morning.&amp;nbsp; It&apos;s just way to early in the season to be killing a bull like that.&amp;nbsp; Not that there&apos;s anything wrong with a 280&amp;quot; elk, but when you&apos;ve been seeing 300&amp;quot;+ bulls&amp;nbsp;it&apos;s kind of a no brainer.&amp;nbsp; He got it all on video though, so that should be awesome to watch.
The rain we got right after we planted the wheat is really going to help and we will probably have wheat coming out of the ground in a couple of weeks.&amp;nbsp; This should really increase our chances at mule deer &amp;amp; elk later in the archery season.&amp;nbsp; The elk and mule deer are really coming to the water tanks and things are looking real good and should only get better as the season progresses.
CO is off to a great start and the game camera pictures I&apos;m getting from our ranches in TX are looking very promising as well.
I&apos;m ready to start hunting, so stay tuned.
Wes
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:59:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ CO archery season ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ So today was the 1st day of archery season in CO.&amp;nbsp; I always love this time of year in CO.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;By this&amp;nbsp;time of&amp;nbsp;the summer in TX I&apos;ve had enough of the heat&amp;nbsp;and I&apos;m ready to head to cooler weather and hear some elk sing to me.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately I write this from TX and I&apos;m not going to be making the trip to CO.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I&apos;m bummed because we have been seeing a lot of tracks around our water tanks, seeing a lot of really big mule deer&amp;nbsp;and we got some rain on the wheat we planted and it&apos;s starting to come out of the ground.&amp;nbsp; It&apos;ll be ok though.&amp;nbsp; We are going to have&amp;nbsp;corn, oats, and wheat&amp;nbsp;planted next year as well as have the water tanks full and the animals will be there.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I&apos;ll be ready and it will only be better!
I&amp;nbsp;start hunting in earnest in early October out in West TX for Pronghorn.&amp;nbsp; Since I&apos;m not able to make it to CO to hunt elk or mule deer, I can&apos;t wait to see some Pronghorn!&amp;nbsp; Plus we&apos;ve been getting ... ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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