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Archerbags three bucks in three different counties, permission hunts pay off
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Smith County archer Logan Tidwell made only six hunts this season and brought down three bucks in three different East Texas counties. Tidwell, 37, has never paid a lease fee. He spends his most of his time on small tracts of property close to home where he is able to secure access for free. (Courtesy Photo, Logan Tidwell) -
Tidwell was at church on the morning of December 3 when his cell phone pinged with pictures of this Cherokee County 10 pointer. He arrowed the buck later that afternoon when it came in on the heels of a doe on a 25 acre tract. The buck gross scores 131 6/8. (Courtesy Photo Logan Tidwell) -
Tidwell’s Smith County 9 pointer was taken on 40 acres. The deer grosses 126 2/8 and grew a nasty, nine-inch brow tine. (Courtesy Photo, Logan Tidwell)
We’re headed down the home stretch of another Texas deer season. While rutting activity is waning across much of the state, it’s just now about to get cranked up down south. Some of the year’s best hunting in the Brush Country and Mexico always happens around the Christmas rush.
A glassy-eyed buck with girls on his mind will often throw caution to the wind. He’s prone go places he normally would…