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” […]
Doing it Right!
“You’re welcome to bring any Mossberg firearm,” said Linda Powell. “It’s going to be a baited hunt; the distance will be short. All their baits and blinds are no more than 20 yards apart.” Before I could respond, “I’m planning on taking my .450 Bushmaster, Patriot Predator, 16.25-inch barrel. I’ve used it with great success […]
Mule Deer Realities
For the most part I am truly pleased to have been born when I was, but with one small caveat; I wish I could have started hunting mule deer earlier than I was able to. I shot my first mule deer shortly after graduating from Texas A&M University. Growing up in rural Texas in the […]