#1960271 - 06/15/10 02:44 PM
What would be your second choice..................
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Mathews Hunter
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if President's Island did not exist?
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#1960275 - 06/15/10 02:48 PM
Re: What would be your second choice..................
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8 POINTS OR BETTER
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If PI did not exist I wouldn't put in for a WMA hunt and I wouldn't buy Sportsman licenses.
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#1960277 - 06/15/10 02:57 PM
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Id just spend the years that it takes to get a PI permit hunting some of the huge tracts of full access public ground in TN that holds very nice bucks.
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#1960313 - 06/15/10 03:27 PM
Re: What would be your second choice..................
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I would do the same thing I do now, and put in for a draw hunt that I can draw every year or every other year and get to know the place like the back of my hand.
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#1960360 - 06/15/10 04:04 PM
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tndrbstr
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PI is not even my first choice....
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#1960367 - 06/15/10 04:07 PM
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jb3
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Wouldn't put in
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#1960370 - 06/15/10 04:07 PM
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I would do the same thing I do now, and put in for a draw hunt that I can draw every year or every other year and get to know the place like the back of my hand.
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#1960400 - 06/15/10 04:25 PM
Re: What would be your second choice..................
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bobthebowhunter
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PI is not even my first choice....
uh huh
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#1960749 - 06/15/10 05:55 PM
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megalomaniac
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#1960777 - 06/15/10 06:36 PM
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ghosthunter
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PI is not even my first choice.... uh huh I don't know if you are just being facetious or not  ..., but I have seen several E TN public land bucks that are bigger than anything I have yet to see come off of PI...I've got two of em myself.... 
Do you have any photos of those big east TN mountain bucks? I love looking at pics of big moutain deer.
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#1960785 - 06/15/10 06:51 PM
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Wouldnt put in.
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#1960967 - 06/15/10 08:58 PM
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I would do the same thing I do now, and put in for a draw hunt that I can draw every year or every other year and get to know the place like the back of my hand. Yep
Exactly right, although Ft Campbell is about as good as it gets, minus the hassle of getting a permit for the same area on consecutive days!
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#1961026 - 06/15/10 09:50 PM
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I would be happy to get in area 41 at Ft.Campbell once every 4-5 years.
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#1961039 - 06/15/10 10:02 PM
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Haven't you guys heard?? They had a massive deer die off on President's Island this spring and haven't seen a single deer or track on the island in months! I wouldn't waste my time applying this year, even if you have 4 or more preference points!! 
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#1961154 - 06/16/10 05:45 AM
Re: What would be your second choice..................
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PI is not even my first choice....
Ditto to far away , Yuchi or bust ! Not many wall hangers but decent hunting .
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#1961197 - 06/16/10 06:44 AM
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PI is sorta like the LOTO for me Id like to get drawn but I never get around to buying a ticket. LOL
My focus is pretty much on 1 piece of public land it probably doesn't have the concentration of big bucks PI has but Id say the chance of taking a B&C buck with a bow is greater and that's my goal.
Yuchi would probably be my second choice just because I could be there in a matter of minutes and Ive seen some big bucks in that river bottom.
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#1961226 - 06/16/10 07:34 AM
Re: What would be your second choice..................
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muddyboots
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Wouldnt put in.
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#1961284 - 06/16/10 08:39 AM
Re: What would be your second choice..................
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Longhunter
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There are some massive bucks at Royal Blue if you are willing to hunt rugged, remote areas.
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#1961326 - 06/16/10 09:15 AM
Re: What would be your second choice..................
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mathews338
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X2!
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#1961354 - 06/16/10 09:34 AM
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No interest in PI as a first choice.
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#1961477 - 06/16/10 11:34 AM
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No interest in PI as a first choice.
no interest in PI as ANY choice.
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#1961506 - 06/16/10 12:01 PM
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#1961536 - 06/16/10 12:28 PM
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Wes Parrish
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There are several places I hunt with a firearm in Tennessee (and Kentucky ) most every year . . . .
places that I would NOT give up
for a small chance in a drawing for a weekend bowhunt on President's Island.
But as is, in the context of the TWRA drawing, don't see that I have much to loose by just keeping my priority points growing towards PI. Part of the appeal of PI to me is the fact that by the time of the year that hunt is held (in early December), it will be one of the very few places in TN that hasn't already experienced a lot of hunting and had most of the annual buck harvest completed in the prior 3 weeks.
Thus, getting drawn for the buck hunt on PI is akin to getting drawn for the first-ever hunt on an area that hasn't ever been hunted before, exciting, if you're a bowhunter. And the prospects of that will remain so long as PI's annual hunting (for antlered bucks) continues to be only a single weekend annually (for a small group of hunters), and that limited to archery tackle as the only legal weapons.
But seeing the popularity and appeal of PI to so many hunters, I wonder why TWRA doesn't do something similar on another WMA or two?
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#1961539 - 06/16/10 12:30 PM
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bobthebowhunter
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PI is not even my first choice.... uh huh I don't know if you are just being facetious or not ..., but I have seen several E TN public land bucks that are bigger than anything I have yet to see come off of PI...I've got two of em myself.... .
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#1961587 - 06/16/10 01:43 PM
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No interest in PI as a first choice.
TIMES X 2...
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#1961637 - 06/16/10 02:37 PM
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I would rather hunt private property in northern Williamson County than PI.
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#1961661 - 06/16/10 03:10 PM
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I would rather hunt private property in northern Williamson County than PI.
Ha! Your chances of being able to hunt northern Williamson are slimmer than PI!
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#1961749 - 06/16/10 04:59 PM
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Well I would say Yuchi then Fall Creek Falls! But I love my Fort Campbell!
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#1961803 - 06/16/10 05:50 PM
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same as it is allready, something at Laurel Hill.
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#1962246 - 06/17/10 07:32 AM
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I would rather hunt private property in northern Williamson County than PI.
Ha! Your chances of being able to hunt northern Williamson are slimmer than PI!
I hear that!
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#1962420 - 06/17/10 09:42 AM
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Prolly Yuchi?
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#1962855 - 06/17/10 05:12 PM
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ThunderHead85
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Where is Presidents Island? I have never heard of it
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#1963567 - 06/18/10 09:20 AM
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WRbowhunter
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PResidents Island is within a few miles of Downtown Memphis.
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