An Old Friend and Something New
“Jim, we need to plan a whitetail hunt for this fall. Are you interested in coming back to Texas?” I asked thinking I already knew the answer. Jim, as in Jim Bequette, former editor of SHOOTING TIMES and long with numerous other high quality publications owned by Outdoor Sportsman Group and their television shows, was […]
Pressure and Persistence
It was the last few days of the 2022/2023 whitetail deer season. Thankfully Texas’ Managed Land Deer Permit (MLDP) allows hunting deer until the last day of February on properties based on their approved management program. I was tremendously thankful Corey Mason, the Executive Director/CEO of DSC, had mentioned the lease he and his father […]
Larry’s Blog – When a Plan Comes Together
“If you can shoot like that when we see a big you just might be able to hit the entire deer!” chided my guide, Johnnie Hudman, who also happens a very dear old friend. I tried my best to ignore his comments, but doing so was impossible. “See if you can hit that house-sized boulder […]
Larry’s Blog: Learning from a Mistake
A few years ago, during one of my first trips to the Choctaw Hunting Lodge to hunt wild hogs, I saw three black bears. Bear had just started moving into that part of Southeastern Oklahoma including the hills and valleys of the Choctaw Nation’s prime wildlife habitat. That sighting piqued my interest in someday hunting […]
Larry’s Blog – Questions
It IS that time of the year! Morning are finally a bit cooler. Here in my part of south-central Texas the daily average high temperature is finally below 100-degrees. But this, after numerous weeks of highs reaching 110 and occasionally higher for short periods of time. Temperatures that were reminiscent of time I spent hunting […]
He Wore Gray Velvet
It had been a long day. It started two hours before first light and continued to a few minutes nigh of midnight, the third of such rather lengthy days. Lack of sleep, coupled with many hours of “windshield time” was starting to take its toll. For two days I had been conducting night-time spotlight deer […]
Pronghorn Basics 2
“He’s just off the property, on State land! Too bad he’s probably fifteen and a half or better, plus he’s got long prongs, better than five inches. Let’s leave and not make him too nervous. Hopefully he’ll come back this way. He appears to be looking at those five does on the ridge back on […]
Bullets…
The day had been a good one. All in camp had seen elk. A few bulls were still bugling. One six-by-six was down, and would be packed out of the mountains in the morrow, after being hung to cool high in a pine. Supper had been delicious, resplendent with cherry and blueberry pies for dessert. […]
Gar-ing
Blog by Larry Weishuhn “Let her run. She’ll soon stop, mouth the bait a bit and then take off again. Sometimes they’ll do that two or three times before trying to swallow the bait. Most people try to set the hook too early when they’re simply holding the bait in their mouth,” said guide Chris […]
EP: 180 Larry is on “Deer Talk Now” with Dan Schmidt
In years past Larry served as the Southwest Field Editor for “Deer & Deer Hunting” magazine a position he truly enjoyed. During his tenure there he wrote the now classic book “Hunting Mature Buck” and co-authored “Southern Deer & Deer Hunting” book with Bill Bynum. in this episode Larry visits with “Deer & Deer Hunting’s” […]