| A recent hunt to the prestigious Kenedy Ranch in | | | | area which provide a challenging hunt and a tasty |
| South Texas, approximately 400,000 acres in size, | | | | meal. They are a very difficult kill to make because |
| yielded a sweet chunk of meat for my freezer. I | | | | they are highly evasive and hardly ever stand still. |
| spent the weekend down there and hunted two | | | | After visiting with the ranch manager and hunting the |
| mornings and two evenings sitting in a blind. The | | | | area a while, I have learned that the Nilgai do |
| temperature and winds were fierce, and the | | | | occasionally stand still and repetitively return to their |
| conditions were rather blistering, but the excitement | | | | place of defecation. With a little scouting I was able |
| of watching the game and other wildlife move | | | | to find huge piles of Nilgai droppings and figured that |
| through the area was hot and kept me feverishly on | | | | this would be an excellent place to position a blind. |
| my toes. | | | | From past experience, I've learned that moving blinds |
| In the hunt, I was one of four other hunters in the | | | | is a huge inconvenience and frankly, a real pain and |
| area the final morning of my stay. We had a | | | | something that I hope to never do again. I was |
| successful final day, where the group, collectively, | | | | fortunate enough to be able to use a product called, |
| shot a Nilgai, small hog, and two 140 class bucks. All | | | | The Quick Tower, a portable hunting blind that I |
| of the killings were during the two minute warning, | | | | pulled behind my truck and set up in a few minutes |
| within minutes of ending our final morning hunt. | | | | near the droppings. This way, I can easily move the |
| Although, there was so much game seen by all of us | | | | blind around without the huge headache and chore of |
| hunting over the weekend, we were all holding out | | | | taking down my stationary blinds and setting them up |
| for a certain kill. I killed the Nilgai, which is an antelope | | | | again. |
| from India and is very good to eat (comparable to | | | | Just in case you're wondering, portable, quick setup |
| elk or axis deer). | | | | ground blinds are not an option when hunting this |
| The Nilgai was imported from India by the King | | | | south Texas area also known as "The Brush |
| Ranch, a neighboring ranch to the Kenedy. The King | | | | Country". Since hunting Nilgai is not restricted by |
| Ranch hoped to provide consumers with an | | | | hunting seasons, they can be hunted year round. I'm |
| alternative to beef, but the market didn't accept the | | | | looking forward to my new hunting strategy and |
| substitute and then the plan was scrapped by the | | | | stocking my freezer and feeding my guests much |
| King Ranch. The plan however, wasn't a total failure | | | | more delicious Nilgai meat. |
| because there are wild Nilgai loping around all over the | | | | |