Rattling in Whitetail Deer

Hunt Date: December 20, 2015 - Sandy Oaks Ranch (Devine, Texas)

Whitetail hunting in South Texas doesn't get much better than this...

I met up with my good friend Foard Houston at the Sandy Oaks Ranch in Divine, Texas. The plan was to rattle in some big bucks. 

When I got there, the Mercury was 32°, and we started out on our morning hunt. It turned out to be a beautiful crisp morning with blue skies and some scattered clouds. 

The first location didn't disappoint us – three bucks came running in aggressively. We were looking for a good deer to shoot with the Mathews Monster Chill blacked-out compound bow.

I had Fred Kirby, my main camera-man, on deck. We moved from one location to the next riding in a quiet electric four-wheeler. We were selective in what we wanted to shoot; Foard had some really nice deer on the range. We’d drive to an area, tuck the four-wheeler into the brush and get out on foot to move through the ranch and find a place to set up and hunt. We quietly settled in. I set up on a small chair, and Foard would get right behind me with the big rattling horns. Fred would set up somewhere in the vicinity so he could capture on HD-video everything that came out in front of us.

It did come together – – we made an awesome TV show! Foard rattled in an awesome whitetail buck, and the Matthews bow didn't disappoint.

We harvested an awesome white tail on the Sandy Oaks Ranch. Foard doesn't offer Whitetail Hunts on the ranch; he only offers that to friends and family - what he does offer however is totally amazing! He's an expert with a shotgun and earlier in the year we made an awesome quail hunt with Pointer Dogs and a Flushing dog. 

Contact Foard & Debbie Houston at 210-394-4857 if you want to improve your abilities with a shotgun…







And if you haven't been on a quail hunt you got to check it out!

This time of year, whitetail deer are in the rut. They'll come in aggressively to the horns, and they were awesome on this trip – thanks to Foard for an awesome hunt!

I’d like to also put in a special thanks to Fred at The Bow Shop in San Antonio, Texas -- 210-342-4269 -- for helping me “Fine-Tune” this awesome Mathews bow to make this hunt come together. 

Just get out there! -- Dave