Drought in TX

[pepaw]

This year is beginning to look alot like last year, but hotter.
The deer of S. Central and S. TX, in the middle of fawning and growing their antlers, are going through a terrible drought.
I won't guess on the rainfall across the area, but I will say it was an incredibly dry May and June.
Our deer, turkey, quail, (and even pigs) suffered from an awful drought last year and now it appears to be back to back.
I am blessed to have several areas to hunt (go where the deer are), but each is dry this year.
Attached is a link to participation this year. By clicking on your area and a time period, you can get an idea of how much or how little it has rained this year.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/rfcshare/precip_analysis_new.php

pepaw

[Altjaeger]

Not sure about south Texas, but here we have had a dry winter leading into the spring and summer. I traveled over to Nacogdoches (200 mi) in east Texas a week ago. The Brazos, Navasota, Trinity, Neches and Angelina rivers are all low. Many of the large lakes here such as Lake travis have boat ramps that run out 100' before the water's current edge.

[Laturkeyhtr]

Pepaw, sorry to hear that, I know how much the rainfall effects the antler growth and I am sure it doesn't do the milk production any good either.

We have been terribly dry this spring as well, but we did get a decent rain today.

[pepaw]

Well, parts of Southern TX got a nice rain today. It is those rains that give us hope until a weather change (something tropical) can really leave some moisture in the ground.
I am not praying for a hurricane! Just a litte low pressure system that sits and leaks for a few days across the state.
I did see some lots of mesquite beans down in Goliad last week.

Meanwhile, trying to keep the protein feeders full.

pepaw

[Sabre]

Well, parts of Southern TX got a nice rain today. It is those rains that give us hope until a weather change (something tropical) can really leave some moisture in the ground.
I am not praying for a hurricane! Just a litte low pressure system that sits and leaks for a few days across the state.
I did see some lots of mesquite beans down in Goliad last week.

Meanwhile, trying to keep the protein feeders full.

pepaw

Wish I could send you some of our weather. We've just come out of the second wettest June on record. It's rained damned near every day for the past three weeks and in fact it's pouring out right now. Makes it a real PITA for those of us who earn our living working outdoors. I've been wet so much in the past month I think I'm starting to grow gills. The bushes and tree's {seedlings} I planted in my yard this spring are drowning.:mad:

[pepaw]

Doesn't make sense. Houston normally has rain and they said it was the driest June on record.
San Antonio, near my hunting grounds, had .55 inches in the past 30 days.
.13 of that was this morning.

pepaw

[pepaw]

Check this Weather channel forecast. Yuck!

Jul 8
Mostly Sunny
104°
73°


Thu
Jul 9
Partly Cloudy
105°
72°



Fri
Jul 10
Mostly Sunny
102°
72°


pepaw

[postoak]

Heavy rains in the Houston area on 7/7. We had a dry June like this about 3 years ago and by August 1st, we were back to normal (i.e., normally dry July was wet like June normally is).

[pepaw]

"Heavy rains in Houston" depended on where you live.
I live in Cypress and we got .1 of an inch. Measured.

My point on this whining about lack of rain is it comes at a terrible time in game managment. Does nursing fawns, coyotes feeding pups with fawns that can't hide because there is little cover, quail and turkey young have no bugs because there is no weeds and grass, bucks trying to grown horns, etc.

I understand a dry July/August, but May/June also dry makes a tough summer for wildlife.

pepaw