Hortontoters 2015 Trail Camera Photos

Hortontoter · Jun 6, 2015

A little late to the party this spring. It has been a rough spring for my property. Lots of water damage from spring downpours. The major damage was erosion in my driveway and my tractor trails. The tractor trails are the life blood for my ability to hunt my property. If they are not driveable I'm for the most part sunk. Spent the better part of May hauling fill dirt to repair the tractor trails. Still got quite a bit to get done, but it has been a slow process. To make matters worse I was shoveling a load of dirt in to my trailer last Wednesday and tore up my lower back. Just this morning I'm finally feeling fairly decent.

Enough of the excuses, lets see what the camera has caught at my TR site. Nothing that has me excited yet. Buy I think the buck in the second photo just might be the buck I named Junior last summer. He definitely has the same type of antler development that Splitter had this time of the year. He is a frequent visitor to the TR so keeping tabs on his development should be fairly easy to document.

Big_Holla · Jun 6, 2015

Looking good on the bucks Dick. Man I sure hate to hear about all the erosion on you place, not to mention you hurting your back. Not good at all. I guess it's stuff like that which makes us stronger but man that sure can be discouraging. Might have to plan a get together there at your place and hand a bunch of us a shovel to lend a hand. End of August would work for me if you could hold out til then.

Hortontoter · Jun 6, 2015

Thanks for the gesture Chuck, it is appreciated. I've got all the trails passable as of last Wednesday. I'll be adding more fill throughout the summer just to improve them more. My SIL helps me quite a bit when he has time. But, he works nearly 60 hours most weeks so I don't call on him unless I really need to. My buddy that hunts with me in November helps when he can also.

The one storm we had this spring was the worst there in many years. Nearly four inches of rain in less than two hours. That caused some major erosion that closed some roads in the area for over a week. I'm sure you know what that kind of rain can do in hill country.

Bigslam51 · Jun 6, 2015

Nice looking deer, dick. I'd also be willing to lend a hand if you need help, I'm not that far from ya. Let me know next time your making the trip to Carroll county, it would be nice to meet ya anyways.

Hortontoter · Jun 6, 2015

Thanks for the offer Chad. PM me a phone number and we will get together. I usually run to the cabin once or twice every week.

Big_Holla · Jun 6, 2015

Water always wins, that's what Glen Hagee says LOL! The stream in the big holla of our property is really wearing away at the banks after those rains. One portion we have about a 10 ft path that we can still get around with the 4 wheeler however that bank is straight down and has been deteriorating fast the last couple years. Not sure what we're going to do once that happens. Glad you have some help though on the paths Dick. That's a lot of hard work just for one person so the offer is always open.

Boarhead · Jun 6, 2015

Good start Dick, glad the back is feeling better.

finelyshedded · Jun 6, 2015

He looking pretty good Dick! Sorry to hear about your back and the erosion issues though! Awesome gestures from the TOO family!!! Love this place! Wish we all lived closer to each other!

MK111 · Jun 6, 2015

Nice bucks coming along. Sorry to hear about your back.

xbowguy · Jun 7, 2015

Looks Good Dick. Would love to see you get another good one.

Spencie · Jun 7, 2015

Good looking deer. Let me know if guys are going to meet up at your place to help out. I work a 12 hour shift rotation but will help out if I'm off.

Lumber head 75 · Jun 7, 2015

Good start to the season Dick! Hope you get to feeling better.

Hortontoter · Jun 7, 2015

Spencie said:
Good looking deer. Let me know if guys are going to meet up at your place to help out. I work a 12 hour shift rotation but will help out if I'm off.

Thanks for the offer to help, it is much appreciated. I have managed to get things pretty well under control at this point. As long as there are no major downpours things should be OK for a while.

Hortontoter · Jun 9, 2015

Had to do some mowing today at the cabin. Hung another camera while I was there and grabbed the card from my camera that monitors the TR. Nothing exciting yet. I'm thinking these two may be the best around, but it is still early. At this rate it may be a boring fall.

Lumber head 75 · Jun 9, 2015

Hortontoter said:
Had to do some mowing today at the cabin. Hung another camera while I was there and grabbed the card from my camera that monitors the TR. Nothing exciting yet. I'm thinking these two may be the best around, but it is still early. At this rate it may be a boring fall.

I wouldn't worry to much. The big boys will show up, they always do.

yotehunter · Jun 9, 2015

Those are some nice young bucks Dick and I'm sure splitters genes are there. Your ahead of me i haven't had a chance to get cams out yet. Looking good.

hickslawns · Jun 9, 2015

Hope you are feeling better Dick. Lower back pain is no fun. I agree with the others, no need to get too upset over which bucks are hanging around. Come November all bets are off. Attract some does, and cross your fingers. lol

Hortontoter · Jun 30, 2015

Pulled a couple of cards today. Once again nothing exciting. The same two bucks are hanging around my mineral site. Seems like the bucks in my area have a thing about weird ear markings. Splitter had splits in both ears and the one buck this year has a large round mark on the inside of his right ear. The mark shows in my first and last photo. At least I should be able to identify him as he progresses.

Lumber head 75 · Jul 1, 2015

Great pics Dick, makes one wonder what put that hole in his ear. Kinda looks like he had a slug zip through it.

rsmith · Jul 1, 2015

That one with the war marking looks pretty good so far! Cool marking he has.

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