#1768028 - 02/04/10 08:08 PM
Re: LBL- TN or KY which side is better?
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Wildcat
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how is a surrounding county gonna assist when its surrounded by water on all of the KY sides?
Im not real sure what your getting at.
Just because christian, trigg, graves and some of those co. produce big deer, it doesnt mean squat. its like comparing apples to oranges. deer can swim LOL I'm pretty sure anyone knows deer can swim, but how many people have actually seen a deer swim a lake like that, much less a mature deer. I rest my case. Theres no need in pretending lbl is holding mature deer becuase they all swam from surrounding counties. 99.99% of lbls deer are home grown.
You are 100% right.
Not only that but drive across the bridge from LBL to Lake Barkely State Park in Kentucky. Look at the size of the deer. They are SMALL, very small. Ask Ruger how much the TWO does he shot there weighted together. That is small deer.
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#1768267 - 02/04/10 09:07 PM
Re: LBL- TN or KY which side is better?
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Wes Parrish
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Loc: Knoxville-Dover-Union City, TN
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how is a surrounding county gonna assist when its surrounded by water on all of the KY sides?
Im not real sure what your getting at.
Just because christian, trigg, graves and some of those co. produce big deer, it doesnt mean squat. its like comparing apples to oranges. deer can swim LOL I'm pretty sure anyone knows deer can swim, but how many people have actually seen a deer swim a lake like that, much less a mature deer. I rest my case. Theres no need in pretending lbl is holding mature deer becuase they all swam from surrounding counties. 99.99% of lbls deer are home grown. You are 100% right. Not only that but drive across the bridge from LBL to Lake Barkely State Park in Kentucky. Look at the size of the deer. They are SMALL, very small. Ask Ruger how much the TWO does he shot there weighted together. That is small deer.
I'll agree the Cumberland River/Lake Barkely is a significant barrier, but I've seen many deer swim across it, and older deer will not hesitate as much as you might think. Plus there are lots of places with islands between the banks, as well as periodic low water levels where it's not as far across. Deer that grow up around lots of water do not avoid water like deer that grow up on higher ground.
I learned to deer hunt mainly in Weakley County in typical farming country with scattered woods lots. Those deer would walk way out of their way to keep from getting their feet wet.
A few years later I started hunting swampy areas along the Mississippi River, and one of the most astonishing things to me was observing unpressured deer often prefer to swim a considerable distance rather than simply walk only a little farther to get around the water. I've not seen a deer swim the Mississippi, but I have aften seen them swim 200 yards when they could have walked 250 yards on dry ground instead.
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#1768762 - 02/05/10 07:55 AM
Re: LBL- TN or KY which side is better?
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woodchuckc
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Loc: Hickman County, TN
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how is a surrounding county gonna assist when its surrounded by water on all of the KY sides?
Im not real sure what your getting at.
Just because christian, trigg, graves and some of those co. produce big deer, it doesnt mean squat. its like comparing apples to oranges. deer can swim LOL I'm pretty sure anyone knows deer can swim, but how many people have actually seen a deer swim a lake like that, much less a mature deer. I rest my case. Theres no need in pretending lbl is holding mature deer becuase they all swam from surrounding counties. 99.99% of lbls deer are home grown.
I'm sure that it doesn't happen very often, but I have seen 2 deer swim across Kentucky Lake, one just above the New Johnsonville bridge (Cyprus Creek area) and one down near Birdsong a couple of years apart. Both were over 1/2 of the way across and looked to be doing fine, but I didn't stick around to see if they made it all the way.
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