by El Bandido | Blog, General Tips, History, Podcasts, Texas, Texas History, Turkey Hunting
Last year’s bounty We’ve mentioned before in these musings that it’s critically important to practice your turkey calls ahead of turkey season. We like to sit at home while watching TV or sitting in the back yard and riff on the ole slate call to get...
by El Bandido | Blog, General Tips, History, Podcasts, Texas, Texas History, Turkey Hunting
With turkey season quickly approaching we’re getting excited and gearing up for one of our favorite times of the year. As a reminder, at Feed Bandit we talk the basics of successful hunting to help weekend warriors like us get the most out of our budget and our...
by El Bandido | Blog, Emails, General Tips, History, Podcasts, Texas, Texas History, Turkey Hunting
“…I want you boys to remember to change your socks wherever we stop. The Mekong will eat a grunt’s feet right off his legs…” -Lt. Dan The downtime between hunting seasons is a great opportunity to take a look at your gear and assess if...
by El Bandido | Blog, Emails, History, Hunting Stories, Podcasts, Texas, Texas History, Whitetail Deer
Have you seen this video? Absolutely crazy. Imagine getting blindsided by that deer. Essentially the reverse of what typically happens when we’re driving and they get in front of us. Luckily for this guy the deer didn’t actually lead with his head or it...
by El Bandido | Blog, Do It Yourself, Emails, History, Podcasts, Taxidermy, Texas, Texas History
Ha, I know they’re really Whitetail “antlers” and not horns but it seemed to flow a little better. Right now they’re just in my garage but someday…someday the goal is display them all, and more, proudly in a man cave or equivalent. For...
by El Bandido | Blog, Emails, History, Podcasts, Small Towns/Businesses, Texas, Texas History
If you’re anything like us you appreciate the nostalgia, rich history and culture of small towns. As you know we’re in Texas and small town Texas is a treasure unlike any other. There’s a certain aura about them that conjures up feelings of hard...