Browning338
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If anyone is out there this weekend and stops by checking station post a pic of kill board please.
LBL gun hunt.
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I'm hearing it wasn't a good weekend.
Was pretty slow in area 13 for me
csi-tech
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We stayed at the Dover Inn cabins and only hunted Friday at LBL. saw zero deer, the mosquitos were bad and heard a total of 3 shots. Area 15. We bailed and went to my farm in Humphreys for Saturday. Saw lots of deer no shooters.
I seen a few deer, but no shooters Friday. Today was pretty bad, one doe
I have been hunting LBL for about 20 yrs. We usually kill at least one good buck when we get drawn. I enjoy hunting there but I don't think I will put in for the rifle hunt for a while. The quality and numbers are down from years past. Then they changed it where its not a bonus deer anymore. I think I will find another mid November hunt somewhere else for our group.
My cousin hunted it, spent two all day sits in the woods and never saw the first deer.
KPH
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Saw one couldn't get a shot, heard about a dozen shots all in the morning. Last spring I had a long conversion with the big guy over LBL hunting got to hear him brag how he is bringing deer back and how big the are
TheLBLman
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Main reasons so few deer were seen this weekend was three-fold:
1) Post-Rut
2) Unseasonably warm weather
3) Still lots of good acorns on the ground
1) Post-Rut
2) Unseasonably warm weather
3) Still lots of good acorns on the ground
KPH
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I can remember driving the trace and seeing lots of deer haven't seen that in years
TheLBLman
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Frustrating not seeing deer
I’ve been out 4x and still haven’t seen one deerCameras pick them up daily in spot I’m sittingHave a ground blind set upHunted mornings 2x and late afternoon to dark othersHow to stay patient and suggestions? Wanting to give up as it’s not rewardingSpeedwell
TheLBLman
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Without the cultivated ag crops, you're simply not going to see deer in the fields at LBL like they were in times past. This is even doubly the case now with all the acorns, in the woods.
But yes, there are fewer deer at LBL compared to times past.
bjohnson
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My dad, brother, and uncle hunted area 16 and never saw a deer while in a stand.
Area 16 is where we always hunt. Had more hunters in the area we hunt than ever in the past.
JCDEERMAN
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This has been our experience. No deer sightings, leaving early and seeing tons of deer at the home farm. Screw LBL and screw those managing it. I quit that place about 10 years ago
I guess it's all perspective. There are more deer at LBL than what I'm used to and the terrain lends itself well to funneling deer. I enjoy going. The last time I went to the TN side, I saw a pile of deer. Yes it could certainly be managed much better, no doubt, and I wish it would be.
The last hunt was bad timing, not only was the weather warm but it came pretty much after all rut activity. Someone messed up the dates for both hunts and they just went with it. I am guessing if both hunts would have been on the normal dates it would have been much better for both sets of quota hunters.
Buzzard Breath
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Nope. #fakenews. They're both horrible hunts and noone needs to be putting in for them.
Your right! What was I thinking, the place no longer has any deer and this weekend is exactly how it is all the time! Thanks for helping me clarifyNope. #fakenews. They're both horrible hunts and noone needs to be putting in for them.
