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<blockquote data-quote="Buccaneer" data-source="post: 3399952" data-attributes="member: 3218"><p>That's right Mag I forgot I'm thinking of Old Hickory WMA not GSP. Austin95 - when it comes to Cheatham, don't think about total size of the area. Get yourself a good topo map and study it. When I moved to this area in 1998 both my kids were still hunting with me and I had real concerns about how to tackle Cheatham. Before I learned about GSP I had no other options. I selected a ridge line with a saddle in the middle and creek bottoms on both sides with a "less steep" point leading into the creek bottom at the end of the ridge. Any section of the property below the check station is rugged. I figured if I could find a ridge, locate white oaks on it, add a saddle and tapered slope into a bottom not only could I fairly easily hunt it but deer would likely rather climb and descend long slopes rather than steep banks.</p><p>The lesson here is that I hunted that one ridge totaling less than a square mile for 6 years and learned every square inch of it. I spent winters hunting squirrels there to learn the terrain with the leaves down. I killed four 8 points, a 6 point, no telling how many does and my kids killed bucks and does virtually every time they went. I only stopped hunting there because my kids took the military route an my "deer haulers" were no longer available. </p><p>Aim small, miss small and the deer are everywhere. Go in sit down and hunt the rut. You won't be disappointed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buccaneer, post: 3399952, member: 3218"] That's right Mag I forgot I'm thinking of Old Hickory WMA not GSP. Austin95 - when it comes to Cheatham, don't think about total size of the area. Get yourself a good topo map and study it. When I moved to this area in 1998 both my kids were still hunting with me and I had real concerns about how to tackle Cheatham. Before I learned about GSP I had no other options. I selected a ridge line with a saddle in the middle and creek bottoms on both sides with a "less steep" point leading into the creek bottom at the end of the ridge. Any section of the property below the check station is rugged. I figured if I could find a ridge, locate white oaks on it, add a saddle and tapered slope into a bottom not only could I fairly easily hunt it but deer would likely rather climb and descend long slopes rather than steep banks. The lesson here is that I hunted that one ridge totaling less than a square mile for 6 years and learned every square inch of it. I spent winters hunting squirrels there to learn the terrain with the leaves down. I killed four 8 points, a 6 point, no telling how many does and my kids killed bucks and does virtually every time they went. I only stopped hunting there because my kids took the military route an my "deer haulers" were no longer available. Aim small, miss small and the deer are everywhere. Go in sit down and hunt the rut. You won't be disappointed. [/QUOTE]
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