#2027856 - 08/12/10 02:26 PM
Presidents Island Bound!
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deadeye17
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After 6 years of waiting, me and TnBob finally made the cut!! Headed to P.I on Dec.2nd! Gonna see what all the fuss is about!! LOL
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#2027857 - 08/12/10 02:26 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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#2027933 - 08/12/10 03:14 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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FOOTER
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After 6 years of waiting, me and TnBob finally made the cut!! Headed to P.I on Dec.2nd! Gonna see what all the fuss is about!! LOL
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#2027989 - 08/12/10 04:18 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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bobthebowhunter
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Lucky dog. WE want pics when you get back. Congrats and Good luck!!!
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#2028188 - 08/12/10 07:22 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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#2028201 - 08/12/10 07:31 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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birddog
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I'll see you there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#2028205 - 08/12/10 07:34 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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Bone Collector
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Good luck guys!
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#2028257 - 08/12/10 08:17 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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luke
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I'll be there too!!!!!!!!
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#2028267 - 08/12/10 08:24 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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tickweed
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count me in!
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#2028846 - 08/13/10 09:29 AM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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deadeye17
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Yep footer we got the Ensley Unit Dec. 3rd-5th. Gonna be our luck we see a couple of monster 8 pointers and cry when we have to pass em up !! LOL But i bet its gonna be worth the experience im sure! Good luck to all that is joining us!!
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#2028853 - 08/13/10 09:34 AM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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Winchester
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Good luck!
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#2028875 - 08/13/10 09:59 AM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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Andy S.
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Gonna be our luck we see a couple of monster 8 pointers and cry when we have to pass em up !! LOL
I hope this is not the case, but it very well could be as I have heard numerous stories from PI about BIG 135-150" 8s that were within bow range but off limits.
My advice to ALL would be to take a digital camera on the scout day and on the hunt days to snap pics of the massive rubs you will most likely see and also take a camcorder to video some of the big bucks that are off limits or out of range.
Good luck to all.
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#2028955 - 08/13/10 10:45 AM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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Someone that got drawn for PI not Ensley. Please PM me.
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#2029065 - 08/13/10 11:56 AM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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mathews338
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congrats and good luck!
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#2029070 - 08/13/10 12:00 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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Gonna be our luck we see a couple of monster 8 pointers and cry when we have to pass em up !! LOL
Been there, done that, and got the T-shirt!! Sux but its a fun hunt regardless, with a good chance to kill a good buck too!!
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#2029122 - 08/13/10 12:41 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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FOOTER
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Yep footer we got the Ensley Unit Dec. 3rd-5th. Gonna be our luck we see a couple of monster 8 pointers and cry when we have to pass em up !! LOL But i bet its gonna be worth the experience im sure! Good luck to all that is joining us!!
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#2029147 - 08/13/10 12:53 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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easy45
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congrats
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#2029182 - 08/13/10 01:26 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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deadeye17
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Ok....im confused footer...i thought the Ensley Unit was the part most people put in for and was the hardest to get??? thought thats why it only drawed 30 hunters??.......very confused now.........
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#2029193 - 08/13/10 01:35 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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deadeye17
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How much land does the ensley unit have? is there somewhere online i can view a map of it?
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#2029194 - 08/13/10 01:36 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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FOOTER
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Ok....im confused footer...i thought the Ensley Unit was the part most people put in for and was the hardest to get??? thought thats why it only drawed 30 hunters??.......very confused now.........
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#2029201 - 08/13/10 01:42 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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deadeye17
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has there been anything big come off the ensley unit???? is it worth foolin with???
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#2029210 - 08/13/10 01:48 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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FOOTER
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Oh yeah. Don't get me wrong. The Ensley Unit has some big bucks on it. As a matter of fact, I believe the biggest buck taken on Presidents Island last year came off of the Ensley Unit. But of the 2 choices, the 5,000 acre main Island Unit, in my opinion, is the better draw.
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#2029228 - 08/13/10 01:59 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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deadeye17
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well thats reassuring LOL !! so there is 1300 acres on the ensley unit then? dont really care about the number of deer i see....i only wanna see THE ONE!! LOL and is the ensley unit part of the island? was just told that it was seperate from the main island???
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#2029236 - 08/13/10 02:10 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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FOOTER
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Ensley's acreage is more like 900 acres and it is not on the island itself but a few miles south of there. Put Ensley in the Search Topic and read some of the threads about it.
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#2029255 - 08/13/10 02:32 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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RecurveShooter
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TWRA will send out a packet with maps and hunt information in September. If you have questions feel free to call the Region 1 office. However where to hunt questions are better asked of the guys who have hunted the areas. This was the big one from Ensley unit last year. It was killed on Sunday morning.
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#2029260 - 08/13/10 02:35 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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deadeye17
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Still have mixed feelins about this hunt. some say its a great place to hunt with plenty of deer and others say it sucks....will just have to find out i guess. not liking that the land around it is leased either!!
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#2029262 - 08/13/10 02:36 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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deadeye17
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Thanks recurveshooter for the info.
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#2029266 - 08/13/10 02:39 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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A.Hall
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Ensley hunt should be a muzzleloader hunt. Hunting clubs all around the WMA
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#2029281 - 08/13/10 03:04 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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birddog
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Registered: 02/21/02
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Loc: Seymour, TN
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Someone that got drawn for PI not Ensley. Please PM me.
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#2029289 - 08/13/10 03:14 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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That buck is a half inch from being illegal on PI or Ensley and he's a super buck imo! Ensley is 900 acres, its where I was drawn for. I could agree with Spoon, mz would be fine there with all the hunting going on around it, but its a good archery hunt as well. Biggest problem is so many of the big mature bucks are off limits with the 9 pt rule. It is indeed a good huunt, but with the ar's, and the scout day, and the amount of people on that small triangle of timber, its simply noot worth giving up all other draw chances in the entire state for 10 or more years to hunt it the way its set up right now!! Not IMO anyway! Good luck to those whoo did draw it however, some good bucks are on and off there thats for sure! There will be a big buck parade headed over the levy on Thursday, a sight to see, but saddening it was for me! lol
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#2029296 - 08/13/10 03:26 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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deadeye17
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Is the Ensley unit flat land or high ridges and hollers?
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#2029437 - 08/13/10 06:39 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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RecurveShooter
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Is the Ensley unit flat land or high ridges and hollers?
There are high spots and low spots but I am talking about 20 feet or less. The biggest hill you will see is the Miss. river levee.
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#2029565 - 08/13/10 08:39 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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Gravey
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Yep footer we got the Ensley Unit Dec. 3rd-5th. Gonna be our luck we see a couple of monster 8 pointers and cry when we have to pass em up !! LOL But i bet its gonna be worth the experience im sure! Good luck to all that is joining us!!
That's what happened to me in 2008 but it was still a fun hunt. He wasn't huge but a nice deer and I'd have shot him anywhere else. Standing there taunting me at 15 yards. I did see a monster 10-pt that had it all but never came in close enough. It was tough that year because there was no water in there and people I had talked to said water was key to their travel routes. Good luck.
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#2029567 - 08/13/10 08:41 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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Gravey
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Ensley hunt should be a muzzleloader hunt. Hunting clubs all around the WMA
I said the same thing to the TWRA guy when we hunted it and he said because it's owned by the airport authority they really have no say so and especially since 9/11. I think you ought to be able to kill 1 or 2 does too.
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#2029692 - 08/13/10 10:12 PM
Re: Presidents Island Bound!
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RKenney
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No way to know, but I sometimes wonder what the highest scoring
8 pointer in the PI area would score. I have never been there,
but I have heard some unreal stories about 5.5 and older bucks
that had monster 8 point racks.
It's a shame to seen a monarch die of old age to the worms and
buzzards.....just because he didn't have...one more "point".
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