Johnny

Just doing a quick roll call on all the Texas folks in here. Where in Texas do you live and tell a little bit about yourself.

I live about and hour North of Houston about 10 miles West of Conroe. To be exact, I live 5 minutes South of Lake Conroe off of the beaten path. I live on 13 acres of thick wooded oak and mostly pines and enjoy watching the deer in the evening. Other than white-tail hunting, I love to fish the upper bay systems of the Texas Gulf Coast for speckled trout, redfish and flounder. Other than that you can catch me at the house enjoying family time with my two boys (ages 8 and 22 months)and with my beautiful wife. We built a house on this acreage about 2 1/2 years ago and we've had our work cut out for us. We built our house right smack dab in the middle of the thick briar pathces and pines on our property. My wife and I have been doing alot of clearing and burning over the past two years and it is starting to pay off. Our bermuda grass that we threw out is coming up nicely and I can actually run my push lawnmower over the ground without it getting slammed by a root.lol So what's your story?

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GoTres

Hi Johnny, I went to the Renaissance Festival a few years ago that must be close to your house. Pretty country.
I live just west of McKinney, about 40 mi north of Dallas and I celebrate each day that I can stay out of that city. We bought our house in December of 2000 and are waiting for the nest egg to grow and our home value to go up so that hopefully one day we can sell and build a house on my father-in-law's land near Gatesville. (Coryell Co, about 30 mi SW of Waco) I'm an hour from Lake Fork and have several other lakes around but I don't have a boat, so I bank fish or catch a ride with a buddy occasionally. I've got decent Type II dove land in Gainesville, which is about an hour northwest of me, and good deer hunting at the in-laws place which borders Ft. Hood and is about 3 hours south of here. I'm 35 and proud to say that my family's roots run back to the Republic of Texas. I was born in Austin and all of my people are still around there, but a job brought me here and three jobs later, I'm still around. I've got an awesome wife who understands my hunting and fishing itch and lets me scratch it, and a three year old daughter who is my world. Life is pretty good, but I'd rather be in a house with a big porch in the hills of Coryell Co. watching the cows and counting the deer. Someday!

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TxCowboy

Well Johnny it's been along time since you and I have graced the Southern forum with our presence.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> That was way back when these boards were new and this forum was for all things Southern, not just hunting topics......I get misty eyed thinking about it.lol

I'm from Nacogdoches County in Deep East Texas. We are about 2 hrs north of Houston, 3 hrs south of Dallas and less than 45 minutes from the Louisiana border. Nacogodches Co. sits in Piney Woods and has some great hunting and fishing. We have all kinds of great lakes around here and tons of hunting. Our woods, like most all of East Tx, are THICK with underbrsh and fairly hard to hunt. Whitetails are what makes my clock tick. I'm hunting for a big one but I can't seem to get him. I know he's in our it even harder to catch a big buck in the rbottom, to be honest there is more than one, but still no luck. They go nocturnal very fast after gun season opens in our area and that makes it even harder to get one in the right place at the right time. For the last 3 yrs I have hunted exclusivly with my bow. Not because I'm an &quot;elitist&quot;, but because I want to kill one with the thing.lol My other passion besides hunting would be catfishing. Boy I do love to catch a good mess of catfish on a summer evening.

I guess thats about all from me. Lets hear it from you other Texans, I know there has to be a few more of us around.

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Hunting the Piney Woods of Deep East Texas.

bruce_smith60

Married for 21 years, 4 kids 3/g & 1/b.I hunt just outsid eof Katy.and scout at least 1 a month.Born in (please forgive me, I had no choice) California.... but got here a fast as I could, around 1963.

texastracker

Well guys its me texastracker I live in the texas hill country of Wimberley about 45 miles southwest of Austin.I work at U.T and hunt on a lease that southwest texas state university owns its bow only and I love to bowhunt.I am 44 years old and have been with my wife for 14 years no kids but two labs, my girls that love to dove hunt.I like to go to port a and fish as much as I can in the off season( thats anytime after deer season)I would like to get togather with you guys before deer season I know its hard to do but I am willing to try any place in texas will work for me. Today is 7-2-2002 at 8:38 am and it is raining cats and dogs thank god. Good to hear from you guys, Tracker.

bruce_smith60

Hey Texastracker! I'm going to my lease Friday, if ya wanta get togetheer let me know!and any of the rest of ya! It's 7 miles west of Katy.

texastracker

Bruce I will be in bedford - fort worth this weekend for a 4th of july party my brother is having but I have a gun lease in malano tex in milam co.not to far from katy next time I go to the lease we can hook up.I would like to see some of the other texas people LETS TRY TO GET SOMETHING GOING.

bruce_smith60

I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THE REST TOGATHER AND DO A BBQ!

Johnny

texastracker, you sure live in some beautiful country. I think I told you this before but my wife and I had our honeymoon in Wimberly over 2 years ago in the Spring time. We stayed in a cottage right on the Blanco river way back off of some crushed limestone road. We would sit on the back porch in the evenings and my ears would start ringing because it was so quiet. One thing that I found odd was that almost everone in the area owned a peacock?? Do they use those things for watch dogs or what? Yep, I see that y'all have been getting a serious soaking over the past few days and today it is repeating itself. I also see that y'all are under a flash flood warning. Are y'all holding up alright?
You need to watch out for this Bruce guy. I hear he is one of those drafter/designer fellas and we know what they say about them.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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bruce_smith60

YEP, and Johnny is the ring leader!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1