Posted: August 12, 2008
For more information
Curtis Seiler, Reservoir Ranger, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, [361] 575-6366 or email
Tammy Beutnagel, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, [830] 379-5822 or email
SEGUIN-The deadline for submitting entries for this year's GBRA -Coleto Creek Reservoir Bowhunts is quickly approaching. All entries need to be in by noon on Aug. 22. The 11th Annual Bow Hunt for white-tail deer and feral hogs will take place from October through December. Rangers at Coleto Creek are completing plans to insure another successful bow hunting season.
The bowhunts are restricted to the use of archery equipment and will be held on 11 consecutive weekends beginning on the weekend of Oct. 4, 2008 and ending on the weekend of Dec. 27, 2008. On the first weekend of archery season, legal hunting is allowed only on Saturday and Sunday. For the remaining weekends, hunters selected by random drawing will be allowed to pre-scout and begin hunting assigned areas on Friday of their hunting weekend and continue through Sunday.
"These yearly hunts help reduce the size of the deer herd that has continued to grow beyond the carrying capacity of the reservoir's lands, especially this year when a record number of fawns were born. The hunts also reduce the numbers of feral hogs that continue to increase in numbers and damage reservoir property. Each year the drawn hunters see a lot of deer," said Curtis Seiler, GBRA reservoir ranger and hunt coordinator.
The annual hunt takes place on more than 800 acres managed by GBRA around the reservoir. The land is not a part of the Coleto Creek Park. Hunters will be allowed to harvest two antlerless deer and an unlimited number of feral hogs. Hunters may apply for the hunts individually or as a group with a maximum of four people per party. Each individual or group will be assigned a specific hunt area. The fee to hunt per weekend will be $105.00 per hunter.
To enter the random drawing for the hunts, send a 3.5" X 5.5" postcard that includes a name, address, daytime phone number, email address, and names of those in the hunting party (maximum of four). Each hunter may submit a postcard in his/her own name. Please note preferred hunting date(s) and send to GBRA-Bow Hunt, Coleto Creek Park, P.O. Box 68, Fannin, TX. 77960. Each individual is limited to one postcard entry. No email entries will be accepted. Only those applicants drawn will be notified of the results of the annual draw. For more information contact Chief Ranger, Wilfred Korth, or Curtis Seiler at the Coleto Creek Office at 361-575-6366, or email to .
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority's Coleto Creek Park and Reservoir is located between Victoria and Goliad, Texas off of Highway 59.
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