If I read the article correctly they seem to be trying to increase the deer herd in several counties.

Yes dont go to KY it sucks. Lots of hunting pressure and short seasons. No deer either dont hunt there. Hunt only in TN greatest mananged deer herd on planet forum.

KY has had a tremendous amount of hunting pressure increase in the last 10 yrs since becoming one of the big buck states. Its also the closest to the South, where many deep southerners go to avoid long travels in chase of big antlers!

thats one of the reasons i moved to tennessee instead of ky and ohio. although i found a heck of a deal on 127 acres south of columbia,ky.

Hunt only in TN greatest mananged deer herd on planet forum.

Oh my gosh to funny!

Yup, I too moved to TN from KY to have access to better hunting. And I've never been sorry either!

if you hunted the farms i've had a chance to hunt you would not be so quick to say that but dont get me wrong i like hunting TN also and i might not be so quick to say that if i had to hunt where some have to in this state

I grew up hunting some of the hottest areas going (Logan, Butler, Todd counties). Where I hunt now in TN is better.

I couldn't agree more. What's not to like? More deer, more mature deer, longer more liberal seasons which results in more mature deer harvested. Dang we have it good!

I grew up hunting some of the hottest areas going (Logan, Butler, Todd counties). Where I hunt now in TN is better.

I grew up hunting some of the hottest areas going (Logan, Butler, Todd counties). Where I hunt now in TN is better.

Yup, I too moved to TN from KY to have access to better hunting. And I've never been sorry either!

The area in Tn that I grew up hunting is Coffee County and I can say that without a doubt it doesn't even begin to compare to the farms that I hunt in Christian and Todd County KY as far as quality. I know there are some great areas in TN that produce big mature bucks its just that my area isn't one of them. I let several bucks walk each year in KY that I wouldn't even think about letting walk in Coffee Co. I am sure that someone can show pics of some bucks from around my area that are really nice bucks but its definately not the norm. TN may have more mature bucks but speaking from my experience in my area I would rather kill a mature buck in KY that is 140 plus instead of a mature Coffee County buck that is 90-115 inches. I know the gun season in KY is shorter but isn't the deer season there actually longer than TN although you would have to bow hunt ? jmo

In what way?

was it KY's fault or yours

and do you still have any connections in that area because i would love to give it a try

if you hunted the farms i've had a chance to hunt you would not be so quick to say that but dont get me wrong i like hunting TN also and i might not be so quick to say that if i had to hunt where some have to in this state

I have lots of land to hunt in KY, including my family's farm. But the hunting is so much better in TN why would I want to go back up there and face the Orange Army?

Stirring the pot around here just gets easier and easier.

BSK,
Can I use your quote with one slight modification?


"Stirring the pot around here just gets easier and easier.

Criticize their "Mecca" and the 3 buck guys go berserk! "

Yodel,
We don’t go berserk but we are amazed that anyone would want to mess with perfection!!! LOL.

Really?

Yodel,
We don’t go berserk but we are amazed that anyone would want to mess with perfection!!! LOL.

HAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAA!!! I better leave that comment alone so I don't get put out of here for good!

Where I hunt in TN it would be unusual to hear more than half a dozen gun-shots opening weekend, and it gets really quiet after that. The only "pressure patterns" the local deer move to is due to our hunting activity instead of what is happening on surrounding properties. Plus we always have a couple fairly top-end bucks (for the area--pushing 160) to pursue without fear our neighbors are going to kill them (at least they haven't gotten one of our top-end bucks yet over the 11 years we've been running trail-cams and knew what was out there).

In the early 1970's, opening day in Hickman County sounded like
a high powered rifle dove shoot. Today, hunting areas are not as
concentrated as they were back then. This is because every
county in Tennessee (I think) has huntable numbers of deer
nowdays.

Thanks TWRA!

You can't be serious!

BSK,
Can I use your quote with one slight modification?


"Stirring the pot around here just gets easier and easier.

Criticize their "Mecca" and the 3 buck guys go berserk! "

In the early 1970's, opening day in Hickman County sounded like
a high powered rifle dove shoot. Today, hunting areas are not as
concentrated as they were back then. This is because every
county in Tennessee (I think) has huntable numbers of deer
nowdays.

Thanks TWRA!

Have at it Yodel. I have no problem with hunters criticizing the 3 buck limit. As I've always said, I prefer a 2 buck limit. But I'm not going to post completely erroneous and illogical arguments for a 2 buck limit because currently, there is no evidence that supports a move to a 2 buck limit. And to be honest, I'm as shocked by the results of the 3 buck limit as anybody. I honestly believed the 3 buck limit would be counter-productive. But I have to go with the best evidence available. Now show me good evidence to the contrary and I'll support it.

I have seen some lease openings posted on here that would put you where the deer are in TN.

Yep. Three buck tags, a chance to kill mature deer in any county, plenty of doe opportunities, a healthy deer herd, affordable leases, long seasons and a reasonable priced license. The only thing that might make it better would be more buck tags.
What’s not to like?

affordable for you maybe most around my area are out of my league 8 to 10 $ an acre is to much for me just checked on one the other day 4500$ for 450 acres i would not hunt that ground with more than 5 people and that would 900$ a piece way too much for me

We are currently paying less than that.

Who cares about long gun seasons!!! Kentucky is a bow state. Don't ya'll know that. Stay out of Ky!!!! j/k

Anyways, KDFWR changes county zones just about every year. Now, I'm going to highjack. I saw some of you have hunted Todd County. What parts? That's where I'm from.

I hunt the NW part of Todd County around " pilot rock ". Are you familiar with that area ? Me and a buddy hunt a 580 acre farm there and 1 or both of us usually kill a nice buck every year, 130 plus.

There is probably a lot to what you said RKenney. My area used to sound closer to a war zone in the '80s and early '90s. But with the loss of "public" timber land to hunt and a much better deer herd in East TN, we don't have anywhere near the hunter density we used to have.

I know it. Big deer in that area. I hunt some at my uncle's in Allegre not far away from pilot rock.

IMHO, Ky DNR needs to spend some more money on LE in those counties that need to grow deer populations. Illegal hunting in the area of Ohio County where my farm is located is a worse culprit than EHD in keeping numbers low.

I hunt both states......I go to KY to kill a spike or four pointer with my one buck tag and return to TN to trophy hunt with my three buck tags. The way I see it is, with three tags, you have three times as many chances on killing a big deer.

I hunt both states......I go to KY to kill a spike or four pointer with my one buck tag and return to TN to trophy hunt with my three buck tags. The way I see it is, with three tags, you have three times as many chances on killing a big deer.

I hunt both states......I go to KY to kill a spike or four pointer with my one buck tag and return to TN to trophy hunt with my three buck tags. The way I see it is, with three tags, you have three times as many chances on killing a big deer.