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<blockquote data-quote="Crosshairy" data-source="post: 4127127" data-attributes="member: 3202"><p>I agree with both of these guys. There are more deer, yes. Are your odds of seeing something higher? Yes, I think so. But it doesn't change the fact that you are talking about hunting public land after the season is underway.</p><p></p><p>If you are serious about just wanting to see / shoot something, then go ahead and start making plans for next year. If you don't have a muzzleloader, you can get into that side of the hunting season for pretty cheap (look up the CVA Wolf as an inexpensive option). I've had good success on public land in West TN by hunting the first few days of muzzleloader season - it's either sex, most WMAs allow MZs, and the deer are fairly unpressured early on.</p><p></p><p>As for going this year...you need to be loading up the truck right now. SW TN's rut is generally the first 2 weeks of gun season, so you are in the middle of it. For some areas, it has already passed. Hunting post-rut public land can be pretty tough, and often involves long hikes to get to the back of areas that don't see much pressure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crosshairy, post: 4127127, member: 3202"] I agree with both of these guys. There are more deer, yes. Are your odds of seeing something higher? Yes, I think so. But it doesn't change the fact that you are talking about hunting public land after the season is underway. If you are serious about just wanting to see / shoot something, then go ahead and start making plans for next year. If you don't have a muzzleloader, you can get into that side of the hunting season for pretty cheap (look up the CVA Wolf as an inexpensive option). I've had good success on public land in West TN by hunting the first few days of muzzleloader season - it's either sex, most WMAs allow MZs, and the deer are fairly unpressured early on. As for going this year...you need to be loading up the truck right now. SW TN's rut is generally the first 2 weeks of gun season, so you are in the middle of it. For some areas, it has already passed. Hunting post-rut public land can be pretty tough, and often involves long hikes to get to the back of areas that don't see much pressure. [/QUOTE]
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