East TN Deer
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Sounds like anywhere in Appalachia/the Alleghenies is pretty darn tough.
This guy in West Virginia seems to have it figured out.
This guy in West Virginia seems to have it figured out.
Union Co. Boy
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Toughest I've ever hunted by far. I've hunted Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, South Carolina, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. East Tennessee is the toughest in my opinion.
Please don't say that. They will come, bomb an area with "aggressive tactics" while showing their spots, then leave it in a shambles for crowds to come to after they see the vids. The pros bounce from place to place all season, so they have no reason to be cautious and make it last because they have multiple tags across multiple states. A spot that is tough enough to hunt suddenly becomes tougher.
I'm impressed by what many of them can do, but I don't want them doing it in an area that I hunt
Aint gonna happen.
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Agree! Too much work and a low success rate for horn porn. It's much easier and more profitable for their sponsors to pay 10 grand for them to kill a stud at some big fancy ranch or hunting preserve.
Sasquatch Boogie Outdoors
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Ive hunted Kentucky, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, middle and west Tennessee… live on the upper east side and I'm telling ya fellers I ain't never hunted a tougher place than than these "swirlin wind" hills.
Chiflyguy
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My legs are beat with all the hills I gotta climb to get at them.
A LOT different than flat Illinois farmland.
A LOT different than flat Illinois farmland.
batten_down
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I burned a lot of my best years hunting public land swamps in Central Florida. Mosquito and alligator infested. Poisonous snakes and wild pigs. Bears and panthers were a real possibility. The land was thick, and flooded more often than not. And hot. Just seeing a deer was a successful hunt; any kill was a trophy. And justifiably so. Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but I'll take East Tennessee whitetails any day of the week, and twice on Sunday before I ever go back to hunting Florida.
I just got back from a two day hunt in the mountains of Unicoi. I consider myself to be in decent shape and I feel absolutely whooped. My entire body is sore like I just completed a spartan beast race but it was all worth it. I ended up with a decent size 8pt that took me almost 3hrs to pack out. To me I enjoy the challenge and the reward is great even if it isn't the biggest buck I have ever taken. It makes me feel like more of hunter when I am able to harvest one of those mountain deer that just seem more wild to me then the ones at the farm
killingtime 41
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There is no tougher hunt. And if your not use to it it'll whoop you. But it's impossible to get use to unless your in your prime and do it often to stay in shape. There's bigger and more deer the farther west you go and it also gets a little flatter. If you really want to work hard for one. You've found the area
How many people are going to pack a deer out 2 miles out of a mountain Laurel hell hole? I say come try it.
Chiflyguy
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Man, I'm learning that.
The little spot I hunt behind my house, 17 acres starts off with a 60 degree climb, 300 feet up to hit the top.
Too many years of city livin sure shows
The terrain is crazy. Keep in mind, I never saw mountains til I was 46
It's cool sitting in my blind at the top of a ridge and hearing movement as the sound travels up and over and never see the deer.
I love it here
Crappieaddict
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It's tough, yes, but I ain't moving!
That guy has 200+ acres of private that he manages very hard. I seen a video he did for QDMA years back on the work he does.
Congrats on your buck! You will learn quickly how mountain shape you area. Unicoi has some of the roughest terrain in the area. I've been with guys taking 3-5 hours to get a deer out of the wrong holler.
They couldn't
