Hunting Nilgai in South Texas!
I have now been on my first Nilgai hunt !! The South Texas Brush Country has never been so intruiging to me. The sights, the sounds, the smells, the animals have never been so alluring.
Six hours on the road has never been so easy. As I headed South with some of my traveling buddies; Alan Jackson, Dierks Bientley, Clay Walker, Clint Black, Nickelback and many others (on my Ipod of course), I had a long time to reflect and dream about what this hunt would be. My mind couldn’t even paint the picture that would be the actual weekend. CSE Outdoors was invited by Kerry and Carol O’day of MG Arms. They were so awesome to hang out with and not to mention provide the most awesome shooting machines on the planet for this hunt.
The Nilgais a strange animal, very ellusive, very majestic, very tasty and will turn tail and haul butt worse than a Whitetail. That is what makes them fun to hunt. It was a full weekend for Carol O’day and myself to make it happen but we did. Carol and Kerry actually got there a day before we did. Carol was hunting her Nilgai with a pistol which to me is impossible but Carol is an expert shot at long distances with her custom MG Arms side arm. She has taken many animals all over the world with that thing. Annie Oakley has nothing on Carol O’day.
You should stop by their shop and see some of the animals. Nilgai are originally from India brought to South Texas in the early 1900’s and have taken off like wildfire. There are actually more Nilgai in Texas than in India now. It is said that there are upwards of 150,000 in Texas now. Our guide was incredible, Charlie Buchen from Port Mansfield runs air boat fishing trips, as well as inshore Trout and Red fish trips. This dude can hunt too let me tell ya. “See that
Nilgai“? became a joke almost. Charlie was incredible, thanks bud!
They call the Kudu the “grey ghost” heck I think the Nilgai is the “grey ghost”. They disappear right in front of your eyes. The hunt will air very soon on CSE Outdoors, gotta check it out. Not many people in this world have seen Nilgai much less hunt them and I am honored and privileged to have been invited by my friends Kerry and Carol O’day from MG Arms. Thanks Y’all it was incredible !!
Hunting Trip to The Serengeti Ranch…
Deer and Duck season are going great !! Our latest excursion took CSE to the Serengetti Ranch in London, Texas. It was an awesome trip, I hunted with my best hunting buddy in the world and son Matt Gonzales. Mark, my youngest who is not a hunter decided he wanted to go along. That really made the trip great. Both of my boys in the outdoors with me, WOW, now that is awesome !! Also on the trip were my great friends Arnold Rodriguez and David Muti. It was a family affair, Andrew Rodriguez, his cousin Victor, Gabe Muti, Gabe Muti Jr., Arnulfo Rodriguez and Pedro Salazar. Gabe Muti Jr. bagged his first animal, a long eared Jack Rabbit with his .22. We couldn’t have been more proud of him. Andrew took a great Texas Dall, we don’t have an official score on him but he was definitely pushing 38″ AWESOME Ram, AWESOME shot dude… There was a Red Sheep running the heard and he made it extremely difficult to get on the Rams running the ranch. Gabe Muti killed his first large horned animal in the form of a Red Stag. Way to go buddy !! We went commando on these Rams. We literally ran for about two miles trying to get in front of them or at least in position to make an ethical shot. Gabe took a fantastic Black Hawaiin Ram. SUCCESS !! My son Matt was very patient hunting a Spotted Fallow, it was very thick at the Ranch with all of the recent rain and we just couldn’t get on him. The last day and the last hour, Matt was able to put a great front chest shot on the Fallow deep in the thick stuff and now he’s going on the wall to round out our Fallow trophies. That Dang Red Sheep was just too much, running the heard to get young Victor his first animal. He was a trooper though and he will be back for more. Great hunt, great friends, great weekend. Manny was running camera and we have some awesome footage for the show.. To see some AWESOME images of this trip, go to our Pictures Page.
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Wanna Be On TV ?! Hunt With CSE !!
Huntin’ season is here ! We’ve had some AWESOME hunts this year and a ton more on the schedule. Come go with us! It doesn’t matter if you’re a first timer or an experienced hunter, we’ll make sure you have a great trip. “Any game, anytime, anywhere” . I stole that from a T-Shirt somewhere. But it fits.. Let CSE set up your next hunt and we’ll film it and put you on the show. It’s pretty cool to see your buddies and family hunting on TV. Y’all have a great season and hopefully we’ll bump into each other at hunt camp sometime soon.
AWESOME Hunts !!
This huntin’ season started off with a bang, actually a Bang, Bang, Bang !! Dove season kicked it all off in September with some awesome hunts. We hunted just East of Houston about an hour in a place called Nome, Texas. People ask me “where is Nome?” I often answer, “ It’s close to China, Texas .“ That doesn’t really help them pinpoint it but it’s kinda fun. It’s a conversation starter. Second, we had Alligator and Teal season. The Teal opener was on fire, thick as mosquitos in the marsh. The only problem with having so many birds is that the hunt ends too early in the morning. Alligator hunting in Winnie was really cool. We went with Will Beatty of CFO outfitters where my son Matt put the hammer down on a nice size gator. Not a huge monster but a nice 7’6” pre-historic monster of the muddy water. He’s getting a guitar strap made and we’ll be cooking some gator very soon on the show. Duck opener was awesome as well, limits all the way around. 6 of us limited in about an hour and a half. Team CSE Outdoors’ Rian Glasscock has been hunting almost everyday and reports an incredible duck count. Bow Season and rifle season have proven successful for the home team as well. Team CSE Outdoors’ Me put a spike in the freezer with my bow and was able to harvest a very nice mature management buck from the El Sombrerito Ranch in South Texas, Mr. Bill Carter’s ranch. What an awesome season thus far. Whatever you do, whatever you harvest, enjoy it, enjoy the outdoors and all it’s splendor. Happy hunting and we’ll see ya outside… SEND US YOUR STORIES AND PICTURES, WE LOVE TO READ EM AND SHARE EM !!!
