Texas Shoot-Out

John, from Round Rock, Texas recently wrote to us for a quote on white marking tape. He plans to use it during the Texas Shoot-Out Javelina Bowhunt which has been held on the Callaghan Ranch near Laredo for the past 26 years. The white tape will be used to mark hunting areas during the Shoot-Out on the ranch.

The Shoot-Out attracts more than 900 hunters from around the world. According to registration materials the hunt takes place on, “. . . approximately 90,000 acres of the thorny, cactus infested terrain of the South Texas brush country.” The rules of hunt are clear with bag limits of two javelinas, one bobcat, one mountain lion, one badger and all legal varmints (by the way, there are no limits on the number of feral hogs, coyotes, rabbits or rattlesnakes that may be hunted).

John’s email was of particular interest to our Business Unit Manager, Hava. Actually, it was the word javelina that caught her attention. You see, Hava spent 6th grade at Smith Middle School in Ft. Huachuca, Arizona. Turns out there are a lot of javelinas running around Ft. Huachuca. In fact, Hava remembers asking her Dad to chase them off their front lawn before school each morning just so she could get her bike. And can you guess what nickname the other students at Smith Middle School gave Hava?

Needless to say Hava becomes a little jumpy when she hears about 900 individuals armed with high-powered bows all hunting javelinas.

But what we really want to know is how Product Manager, Paul M. (a University of Wisconsin graduate) feels about the Shoot-Out’s one badger limit.