Deer Season 2025

[jduckhunter]

I finished up my deer season this year hunting in Alabama for a few days. The weather was lousy, cool and wet. I shot the only deer that I saw in 3 days of hunting. Fortunately for me it was a pretty good one. My Ruger Hawkeye Hunter in 30-06 is on a roll and the Hornady SSTs are dynamite on deer.

 

[Tex .416]

Shot a few cull deer for the freezer and one very mature buck. South Texas about 60 miles from Mexico in the last five minutes of light the day before the last day of season. Montana Rifle Company 1999 .308 Win with Barnes TTSX 130.

 

[Deep Six]

I let my 11 yr old son do the shooting this year, as I'm kind of over whitetail hunting (only do it for venison now) and this was his first deer after tagging along with me to practice at the range for a few years.

Got him a Savage 110 Apex in 6.5CM for his birthday, shot was about 175-180 yards as measured with my feet, lol.

I'm pretty sure I had more fun than he did and it was a great time finally letting him take the lead, it brought back a lot of the memories I made with my father, though my deer wasn't anywhere near this big. Took us a few hunts to find something fully matured, but this guy fit the bill. Field dressed at 192lbs, scored a hair under 159", and I've got my venison in the freezer for the year!

 

[steve white]

That's a tremendously heavy deer for Texas! Hope it didn't spoil him, lol
Congratulations!!!!!

 

[Tex .416]

That's a tremendously heavy deer for Texas! Hope it didn't spoil him, lol
Congratulations!!!!!

Guessing the boy’s buck is from the west side of South Texas on a well managed property. It’s a heck of a buck. That big smile is the best! Congratulations and well done dad.

 

[Deep Six]

Guessing the boy’s buck is from the west side of South Texas on a well managed property. It’s a heck of a buck. That big smile is the best! Congratulations and well done dad.

That's a tremendously heavy deer for Texas! Hope it didn't spoil him, lol
Congratulations!!!!!

Lol, he definitely was a big one, caught him right at the start of the rut.

It's a family lease that we've rented from some friends for a good number of years now, Webb County. We had a great late summer and fall, as you can see by how green it was in the background, which is rare for our area. Lots of fat and happy deer this year!

I think we only took 3 bucks off the place total, but no where near making a dent on 5k acres. We let a couple of great deer walk before this one due to age, hoping they get to some fable-tier sizes once they're mature. A lot of people are afraid to let deer go, in fear or having someone else shoot them, but it's the only reason I've been able to get the decent guys I have on my other small properties and this one.

Long history of great bucks down in the Laredo area, my grandfather has been getting low fence studs since before I was born. Very blessed to have been able to get this photo after the hunt of all 4 of us (we share the same name) together! We've come a long way, from hunting to have some meat in the freezer and now being able to take a conservation stance so that my grandchildren can get deer like this one day.

 

[MAdcox]

Very proud dad today! Oklahoma rifle season opened this morning. My little girl hunted hard last year but didn’t connect. An hour and a half in this morning and she put a perfect shot on this nice buck. Might be tough for her to beat her first deer.View attachment 728391

Abbie got her first buck back and on the wall today!