Man Up Outdoors

10/17/2026

Josiah was in town for his college fall break, so we hit the woods on a cool morning for some tree rat therapy. Then enjoyed steaks for lunch, thanks to mom’s cooking.

10/14/2026

Did I hear correctly ? R***r is suspending production of the following:

SR1911

LC Charger
LC Carbine

PC Charger
PC Carbine

Redhawk
Super Redhawk

Blackhawk
Super Blackhawk

Single-Series revolvers

Vaquero

No. 1

77-Series ri**es

Hawkeye

R***r Precision

10/07/2026

We didn’t hurt the population, but we aren’t going hungry either.

10/03/2026

Opening weekend in NE Texas 2026. No deer were taken; however, Silas put the smack down on a 220 lb boar with some serious cutters.

09/26/2026

09/14/2026

Land management tools take many forms. Today it’s the drone.

09/03/2026

Going to try and stick to these 2 tools this year during deer season.

We’ll see. 😉


08/30/2026

Well it’s that time of year again to submit our TPWD Camera counts for our MLD-3 plan.

For the second year in a row, our numbers are inverted.

We have harvested all the tags we were issued except for one tag each year.

3:1 buck to doe ratio again this year on camera counts alone.

Here is some context …

600 acres total
400 acres in 9 year old, pine plantation.
175 acres bottomland, loaded with acorns
5+ miles of well maintained fire lines throughout the property.

6 cameras placed over year-round free-choice, protein feeders

We collect photos on 10 day data cycle with 10 minutes between photos taken, which we have 3 years of data on.

This year (2026) so far:

- approximately 10 individual does on camera
- 4 individual fawns on camera
- 0 nubbin bucks
- 0 spikes this year
- 4 individual yearlings that are 3-4 points
- 30 individual 2.5 - 8.5 year old 6 pt thru 14 pt.

Our does don’t begin showing up consistently on camera until late November to early December. But the counts are due September 4th, this year.

However, just using the 6 cameras total counts for the previous 10 day period.

Here is what we get:

400 doe
7 fawn
0 nubbin bucks
0 spikes
10 unidentified
1350 bucks
34 individual forked bucks
1006 pictures taken

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Based on this specific data. What are your thoughts on what you would expect for the number of tags to be issued by # of buck & doe tags.

06/06/2026

Two of the very best !!!

Had a great talk at the Dallas Safari Club Nacogdoches! Great crowd and wonderful people! Larry Weishuhn and I got to talk old times. Larry always gives a great talk, filled with humor and wisdom! I value his friendship!

05/30/2026

I’ve learned so much from watching the MDT Sporting Goods Pro Team over the past several months as I’ve put my MDT chassis together.

I’ve put these learnings into practice and have significantly tighten up my groups out to a 1/2 mile with my Savage 110 tactical .308