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dered if he would be able to see through the pins on his bow. “I waited a few minutes and was starting to feel buck fever,” he said. “I could see through the pins, and he started to leave. From trail camera pics, we knew he only stayed a few minutes. He stopped at 21 yards and I put it right on him and, fortunately, the arrow hit the mark.” The buck ran off hard and turned right, then went into an open area and went down. “It was that fast and it was over,” Rohde said. “But a lot of preparation and practice went into it.” The Hill Country buck weighed just 140 pounds but had 20 points and scored 155 7/8. “We figured out a good management plan and followed it,” Rohde said.
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“I luckily stuck it good enough, and the fish ended up measuring 22 inches long.” Drewa said most of the fish they found were in the 16- to 18-inch range. Port O’Connor floundering guide, Capt. Shawn Harvey, said water conditions for gigging just recently started to improve. “Gigging lately has been all about playing the tides,” Harvey said. “When the tide is up, the fish have been stacked more consistently in the back lakes. When water levels are lower, the fish have been staging on main bay flats, shorelines and spoil islands.” Harvey is finding flounder in various depths. “Some fish are hanging out right up next to the bank or against mangroves, and others are holding in water up to 2 feet deep,” he said. “It’s been all about covering water and finding them.” Areas where the guide has found fish have held good numbers. “Once you find them, it’s not out of the question to be able to gig 10 to 12 flounder in a 50-yard stretch or so,” Harvey said. “And undersized flounder are everywhere.”
in the mid-130s or better, good for a Hill Country buck. The family also had some luck, as in a good neighbor with a similar management philosophy. “We talk about the deer and send pictures to each other,” Rohde said. “We’ve never had a disagreement. A lot of people don’t have that kind of luck.” On opening morning, the four family members were each in different stands with their bows, and the neighbor was hunting the buck as well. But it was Braden who saw him. “We knew bowhunting was harder but we didn’t want him to break off,” he said. “He walked out on my left at 20 yards just before there was shooting light. I knew it was him.” With the light improving, Rohde won-
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