I have been reading the threads on here and know where this is and you can indeed KINDA look at it on the TWRA interactive map. I know they had hunts for years here and there are some good deer on it. I also know that the hunt in 2020 was cancelled and as far as I know it was cancelled in 2021 and 2022.
Meaning if I am correct there hasn't been any hunting there for about 3 years.
So what I wanted to discuss is this hunt specifically and the pros and cons.
Pros:
obviously it hasn't been hunt much if at all in the last 2-3 years.
It was always limited access so that should bode well for growing deer.
Cons:
It appears they have a ton of hunts and the goal is NOT trophy bucks.
If you assume 100% success (won't happen) in a shotgun area, by the time someone gets there in Late Nov. - Early Dec (presumed rut) there will have been 75 deer killed in every shotgun area. Even if you don't have 100% success, there will have been a lot of deer shot at and shot by then.
1. What is everyone's feelings on this hunt?
2. Good idea, bad idea to try to draw?
3. what would be the best hunt dates?
Meaning if I am correct there hasn't been any hunting there for about 3 years.
So what I wanted to discuss is this hunt specifically and the pros and cons.
Pros:
obviously it hasn't been hunt much if at all in the last 2-3 years.
It was always limited access so that should bode well for growing deer.
Cons:
It appears they have a ton of hunts and the goal is NOT trophy bucks.
If you assume 100% success (won't happen) in a shotgun area, by the time someone gets there in Late Nov. - Early Dec (presumed rut) there will have been 75 deer killed in every shotgun area. Even if you don't have 100% success, there will have been a lot of deer shot at and shot by then.
1. What is everyone's feelings on this hunt?
2. Good idea, bad idea to try to draw?
3. what would be the best hunt dates?