Summertime Food for Whitetail

Summertime Food for Whitetail

Since high temperatures and droughts are very common in Texas, I often think to myself, “How do white-tailed deer survive through the brutal Texas summer heat?”  What do they eat? What is the source of summertime food for whitetail?  Every area...
CCC Ranch

CCC Ranch

Clark Carruth started his outfitting operation, CCC Ranch, purely out of a passion to share what he loves to do. I was fortunate enough to see his passion first-hand last season. While I was not a hunter on the trip, I still got to witness the effort that he puts into...
Total Archery challenge – Texas

Total Archery challenge – Texas

On April 18th, I participated in the Total Archery Challenge at the Natural Bridge Caverns (San Antonio, Texas). I felt like this would be a good opportunity to test my archery skills. Even though I regularly shoot in archery tournaments, I wasn’t exactly sure...
Scoring Whitetail & Aging on the Hoof

Scoring Whitetail & Aging on the Hoof

One of my proudest days as a hunter was the day I was closer to scoring a whitetail than my father and great uncle. I remember scoring the buck on the hoof against them to see who could get closer, and I fell within two inches of the exact score; it felt like I had...
Dad’s First Spring Gobbler

Dad’s First Spring Gobbler

My dad hunted in some way, shape, or form pretty much his entire life. He killed his share of turkeys but, like many people in South Texas, they were all harvested during fall turkey hunting season. I’m guessing that most of these harvests weren’t hunts...
Las Raices Ranch

Las Raices Ranch

Today I bring to you a ranch with one of the finest, native whitetail herds in Texas, the Las Raices Ranch.  What really peaked my interest in the ranch is their intense dedication to game management as a whole.  While Las Raices is a high fenced ranch, they...