If you were out and about in Spur or Dickens County this weekend, you were probably struck by how many hunters in camo you saw at the stores and cafes.
Rifle season for deer began Saturday for Texas hunters, and the Spur area is known for hunting, hunting leases, hunting excursions—and its annual Big Buck Deer Contest.
The Texas Spur spoke with Zoe Robertson of Star Feed and Seed, which sponsors the contest, to see how this year’s hunting is going.
“Will Shafer at the store has scored several deer and weighed several pigs so far for our contest. Lots of great deer this year,” she said. “The management programs that lots of land owners and hunters alike implement seem to be working, meaning that culling the deer with undesirable traits and letting the deer with desirable traits live long enough to produce offspring is showing success. Also, feeding protein and corn is helping with bigger and healthier deer.”
Robertson added, “Many out-of-towners enjoy our community because of the friendliness and because Spur has most things they need available to them, which is unusual for many small towns. Lots of people who don’t live here hire local people to feed their deer, repair fences and just generally keep a watch on their lease or ranch property. Local hunters are an inspiration to guests, as lots of local hunters are experts.”
Duck Creek Wild Game Processing has been rapidly rebuilding since a fire destroyed much of their facilities a little over a month ago.
A posting on their Facebook page said, “The temporary cut ting room is coming along.
Unfortunately, it looks like we will need another week before we can start accepting wild game.
During our downtime there are two other processors handling wild game in our area, Wild West processors in Matador and Staked Plains meats in Crosbyton.”
- Log in or Subscribe to post comments.
