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Double Down Deer Feed- Holden Pasture Deer Lease- Cactus Flat Ranch Live Thread 2020

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It's that time again! This will be the 2020-2021 Double Down Deer Feed/ Holden Pasture Deer Lease/ Cactus Flat Ranch LIVE Deer Season thread.

We will be posting all kinds of photos throughout the season. We will show Trophy and Managment hunts and campfire fun from both ranches. We also plan on having a couple of guest TV show hunting with us again this year.
We plan on having a few more US. Veterans hunting with us again this season as always.
We plan on sharing pictures of hundreds of bucks with some scoring well over 200" B&C. The bucks are looking amazing this year again and we are all super excited to get rolling!

The Holden Pasture deer lease is a free range, low fence deer lease. We are not MLD, we have no DMP pens, no biologist, just a good old fashion wild-whitetail deer lease. The Cactus Flat Ranch is Double Down Deer Feeds own ranch just one ranch over and 4 miles from the Nunley Chittim/ Holden Pasture Lease. The Cactus Flat Ranch was purchased as 2 ranches and is now all one HF ranch.
It has been a lot of fun building the ranch over the past couple of years and we will be posting a lot of photos and videos from the Cactus Flat Ranch as well.
We run very few trail cameras on the less keeping the surprise in the hunts but we do run a few to help us learn and watch a few bucks as they progress year to year. We feed Double Down Deer Feed / protein pellets year round on both ranches. We are experiments with some different things now on a portion of the Holden Pasture Deer Lease and the Cactus Flat Ranch. We are always looking for ways to maximize antler growth and grow the biggest bucks possible.

Several Management Deer hunts and a few trophy deer hunts are sold on the Holden Pasture Lease each year ranch to help with expenses but other than that its just friends and family. The Cactus Flat Ranch will also be offering a few trophy hunts this year as well. To book a hunt with us or get on the list to become a lease member of the Holden Pasture Lease you can call my office at 281-344-9083 ask for Brett Holden.
Subscribe to the thread and follow us on the hunts daily. We are looking forward to lots of South Texas hunting action and excitement once again this season. The bucks are looking better than ever this year and we are all super excited!

This year we plan on taking more management deer off the ranch than ever. Our young up and comer bucks are looking incredible so we will be making room for them offering more management hunts. We will have a few "fill in hunts" available for management hunters that can come on short notice between our already booked dates during the season. Not being MLD on the Holden Pasture Deer Lease, we have to use regular TPW whitetail deer tags to help keep our deer numbers in check. These management hunt packages are part of our program each year.
We are excited to get deer season started!
SEE IT FIRST!
Follow us on our Double Down Deer Feed Facebook Page to see more live from the stand action.
http://m.facebook.com/Double.Down.Deer.Feed
Also follow us on Instagram!
We will be posting on Double Down Deer Feed Instagram page daily from the blind also.
http://www.instagram.com/doubledowndeerfeed/
Double Down Deer Feed
"It's What We Are Feeding Them"
www.doubledowndeerfeed.com

I’ll start off the season thread with a few Trail Camera pictures from the Low Fence/ Holden Pasture Deer Lease. These pictures are from our first card pulls on 2 of our Double Down Deer Feed stations. We have 70 total protein feeders on the lease and are excited to get things rolling. Both ranches feed Double Down Deer Feed year round!
I will post more pictures as I get a chance.
Thanks everyone for following along again this year.
Brett Holden
www.doubledowndeerfeed.com
 

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Looking forward to the new thread, show us some big'ens!!!


John
 
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Double a Down Deer Feed

Firm believer here on what have created to be the #1 deer feed. Keep up the good work and can't wait to see how the deer turn out this year. Also when is the mineral release????

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Thanks! We are working in getting it packaged. The Double Down minerals should be avail soon.
 
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Double Down Deer Feed Double Down Minerals and Attractants


Thanks! We are excited!

Hell yes!!!! Ive heard it will be a another game changer

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We have been experimenting and testing the minerals on both ranches.
We feel it’s been a great addition to our plan.
Testing 5 years now on the Holden Pasture and 2 years now on the Cactus Flat Ranch.
I’m excited to get it out on the market. We just wanted to feel sure about the results before offering it to everyone else.
Hopefully ready in the next few days or couple of weeks.
Thanks again!
Brett Holden

Here’s a few more pictures from the lease. I’m steadily going through them.
 

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Double Down Deer Feed. Holden Pasture Deer Lease

Here’s a few more Trail Camera pictures from the Low Fence Lease. We still have 64 feed stations with no cameras on them. The few Cameras we have looked at are showing great improvement in the bucks again this year.
I’ll get more up soon. We are getting super excited about this season.
 

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Kickers and Sticker Galore, going to be a banner year!!


Keep them coming!


John
 
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Double Down Deer Feed



Thank you for the kind words.
This thread has been a lot of fun for a lot of years.
Thanks again!
Here’s a few more trail camera pics from the lease.
Bucks are hitting the Double Down Deer Feed stations hard this week.
 

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Here are a few pictures from Double Down Deer Feeds HF Cactus Flat Ranch.
I’m loading a bunch of new ones now. These are from the last couple of trips over to the ranch. We’ve been spending most of our time lately on the lease getting ready for season but it’s sure been nice having both ranches so close together.
 

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Double Down Deer Feed Monster Bucks


Glad to see ya post! Thanks for the kind words!
Here’s a few more pictures we still have over 65 protein feeders we haven’t looked at yet. We are getting a slow start scouting this season.
We are in it now though.
 

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Double Down Deer Feed


Our Low Fence lease still hold my passion.
Been super busy getting ready for season.
Here’s a few Trail cams from a couple of our Double Down Deer Feed protein stations on the LowFence lease.
I’ll get more up. It’s definitely progressed and our best year ever.
 

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This buck has more stickers than a cactus!!

Good google moogly
 

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Best deer protein Double Down Deer Feed



Yes sr! Thanks! He did well. He used to be a slick 9 point.
The Double Down Deer Feed doing its job 😁
Can’t be culling those 6 year old 9 points of your feeding the best deer feed 😜
We are crazy excited about this year looks to be by far overall best year ever and we haven’t looked at over 60 protein stations yet.
Ready for season!
 

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Double Down Deer Feed Low Fence Monster Bucks

Here’s a big boy that showed up at one of our Double Down Deer Feed stations last night on the Low Fence Lease.
Seeing crazy progress this year!
feeding year round is a game changer.
www.doubledowndeerfeed.com
 

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Thank you very much! It’s been a-lot of work! Over all they are looking great! We are Pretty much missing the age group I like the most as far as our best bucks go this season due to the drought of 2011.
I’ve said for 5 years now the “next season” 2021 -2022 season and the next 2022 -2023 season I think will be crazy. Especially with what we have learned and added to our feed program experimenting the last few years.
I’m excited about thus year but really looking forward to the up and coming bucks next over the next couple seasons.
Thanks again and glad to see you still here on 2Cool!
I’ll try to post more often thus year.
 
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Win a hunt with us! Help us support The US veterans Everyday Heroes!

WIN A HUNT WITH TEAM DOUBLE DOWN!
Up for raffle, a dream hunt! South Texas Deer Hunt with Team Double Down Deer Feed! This is a hunt you want to win!

100.00 per raffle ticket! No purchase limits!
100 percent of the proceeds go to The Everyday Heroes, Inc. An organization supporting our US Veterans.

You may enter by purchasing tickets from this PayPal link:

www.paypal.me/everydayheroesinc

Read the full post!

Double Down Deer Feed is donating another hunt this year to the US Veterans of Everyday Heroes Inc., 100 percent of all proceeds go to the Veterans. Great organization we are supporting. It is the winner’s choice to hunt a Whitetail Buck or a Nilgai and yes you can bring a guest to enjoy this incredible experience with you and Team Double Down!

This hunt will take place on either the famous “Nunley Chittim Ranch/ Holden Pasture South Texas Deer Lease ” in Maverick County or on Double Down Deer Feeds, own Cactus Flat Ranch in Zavala County during the 2020-21 deer season.

This rifle hunt will be for one Low-Fence whitetail management buck up-to 160” gross B&C on the Holden Pasture or a Nilgai Bull/Cow on Double Down Deer Feeds Cactus Flat Ranch. This fully guided hunting trip will include meals, lodging, and guide! The winning hunter could also have a chance at taking a bobcat, wild hogs, coyotes, javalina, and possibly a mountain lion on either ranch.

The guide will determine the buck taken on this hunt. You could possibly see as many as 25-50+ bucks per day! You will want to bring your video camera on this hunt as it is not uncommon to see several Low Fence bucks scoring from the 170s-200s B&C on the Holden Pasture! If you choose to hunt the Nilgai at the Double Down Deer Feeds, Cactus Flat Ranch you could see multiple bucks a day scoring 200 to as high as over 300” on your hunt.

There is no guaranteed harvest on the hunt, but the opportunity has been 100% in the past. This is a 3-day 2-night package. This hunt holds no cash value it is a donation and must be taken this 2020 hunting season. The hunt will be scheduled around previously booked hunts. More details will be given to the lucky winner once the drawing is complete. A huge thank you goes out to Brett Holden, Holden Roofing, and the Double Down Deer Feed Team for supporting the veterans again this year!

Also, reserve your table or buy your ticket now to the Everyday Heroes Inc, benefit October 21st... at the El Campo Civic Center â€" 2450 N. Mechanic, El Campo, TX 5:30pm Social | 7:00pm Meal/Speaker |8:00 Raffle/Live Auction.
Come check out the live auction, raffle drawings, bait bucket prizes, and much more.

Any questions about the event, need tickets, if you want to donate, etc. Call Clayton Ryan at 979-578-3666 or Ryan Services at 1-800-392-4551.

Keep checking here on Double Down Deer Feed’s Facebook for more information or any official contest updates!

*You don’t need to be present to win the raffle!
 

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WIN A HUNT WITH TEAM DOUBLE DOWN!
Up for raffle, a dream hunt! South Texas Deer Hunt with Team Double Down Deer Feed! This is a hunt you want to win!

100.00 per raffle ticket! No purchase limits!
100 percent of the proceeds go to The Everyday Heroes, Inc. An organization supporting our US Veterans.

You may enter by purchasing tickets from this PayPal link:

www.paypal.me/everydayheroesinc

Read the full post!

Double Down Deer Feed is donating another hunt this year to the US Veterans of Everyday Heroes Inc., 100 percent of all proceeds go to the Veterans. Great organization we are supporting. It is the winner’s choice to hunt a Whitetail Buck or a Nilgai and yes you can bring a guest to enjoy this incredible experience with you and Team Double Down!

This hunt will take place on either the famous “Nunley Chittim Ranch/ Holden Pasture South Texas Deer Lease ” in Maverick County or on Double Down Deer Feeds, own Cactus Flat Ranch in Zavala County during the 2020-21 deer season.

This rifle hunt will be for one Low-Fence whitetail management buck up-to 160” gross B&C on the Holden Pasture or a Nilgai Bull/Cow on Double Down Deer Feeds Cactus Flat Ranch. This fully guided hunting trip will include meals, lodging, and guide! The winning hunter could also have a chance at taking a bobcat, wild hogs, coyotes, javalina, and possibly a mountain lion on either ranch.

The guide will determine the buck taken on this hunt. You could possibly see as many as 25-50+ bucks per day! You will want to bring your video camera on this hunt as it is not uncommon to see several Low Fence bucks scoring from the 170s-200s B&C on the Holden Pasture! If you choose to hunt the Nilgai at the Double Down Deer Feeds, Cactus Flat Ranch you could see multiple bucks a day scoring 200 to as high as over 300” on your hunt.

There is no guaranteed harvest on the hunt, but the opportunity has been 100% in the past. This is a 3-day 2-night package. This hunt holds no cash value it is a donation and must be taken this 2020 hunting season. The hunt will be scheduled around previously booked hunts. More details will be given to the lucky winner once the drawing is complete. A huge thank you goes out to Brett Holden, Holden Roofing, and the Double Down Deer Feed Team for supporting the veterans again this year!

Also, reserve your table or buy your ticket now to the Everyday Heroes Inc, benefit October 21st... at the El Campo Civic Center â€" 2450 N. Mechanic, El Campo, TX 5:30pm Social | 7:00pm Meal/Speaker |8:00 Raffle/Live Auction.
Come check out the live auction, raffle drawings, bait bucket prizes, and much more.

Any questions about the event, need tickets, if you want to donate, etc. Call Clayton Ryan at 979-578-3666 or Ryan Services at 1-800-392-4551.

Keep checking here on Double Down Deer Feed’s Facebook for more information or any official contest updates!

*You don’t need to be present to win the raffle!
A few bucks in the list for our veterans raffle hunt . http://www.paypal.me/everydayheroesinc
 

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