Let's talk about East Texas deer

In order to understand why and how we do some of the things we do at the C4 is important to understand the history of the whitetail deer in East Texas - at least in Newton County where the ranch is located.

This part of East Texas was virtually devoid of whitetail deer by the late 1940s due to market hunting  and a lack of management in the early part of the 20th century. In the 1950s the TPWD (it was actually called the Texas Game and Fish Commission back then - didn't become the TPWD until 1963) implemented a re-stocking program in northern Newton County with deer captured from the King Ranch and the Chaparral WMA in South Texas. So if you are familiar with the deer in Newton  County and wondered why so many huge deer are taken out of that county it is because they are of South Texas origin with very influence of the typical Gulf Coast Whitetail genetics that are considerably smaller in body size and in antler size that inhabit the counties to the south and west.

This type of genetics can produce some GIGANTIC bucks if allowed to get to a mature age and if they get the appropriate nutrition - unfortunately, the browse in the East Texas Pineywoods, though abundant, is not up to par on what a deer needs to reach its full potential. Our mission is to make sure the deer on the C4 reach maturity and get optimum nutrition so many of the things we do is focused on that goal.

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