Passport to Texas

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The first weekend in November is typically opening weekend of deer season in Texas.

04—This year, 2013 the deer hunting prospects look really good.

Alan Cain is Texas whitetail deer program leader at Parks and Wildlife.

11—The reports I’m hearing from landowners out there across the state is that the deer fat, are in good body condition, and antler quality appears to be pretty good. So hunters should have a good opportunity out there.

September and October brought rainfall across the state, which could make deer hunting more of a challenge.

36—That’s going to cause things to green up, obviously. So, the deer may not be hitting the corn feeder because they have not seen some of this green stuff in a couple of months. And so, they may go out there and find some tender weeds to chew on, or some brush out there, or the different browse, shrub top species; they’ll eat on those and may not come to that corn feeder where hunters traditionally sit.

Alan Cain says don’t lose heart – the deer are there – you’ll need to change your hunting strategy to bag them.

11—You want to sit on a trail that’s leading from a bedding to a feeding area. Or, look for locations where deer are concentrating; maybe it’s where the oaks are dropping lots of acorns. So, I suspect deer will be on those, too.

The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program Supports our series…For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.