Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New Trophy's
New trophy room comments
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Classifieds
Trophy Room
New items
New comments
Latest content
Latest updates
Latest reviews
Author list
Series list
Search showcase
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Deer Hunting Forum
President Island Harvest Data / Mississippi River Stage History
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Bear15" data-source="post: 5407555" data-attributes="member: 14125"><p>Some great info here by the OP. I love seeing this topic come up because it's definitely worth digging into. I'd love to see the state work to develop a few more QUALITY WMAs. If PI has taught the state anything it should be that there's a significant desire of TN hunters that desire a chance to shoot a quality deer with their bow and they're willing to wait and sacrifice a hunt in other WMAs for that chance, hence the crazy number of points required to draw PI. I have several thoughts on PI…I drew and hunted the Ensley in 2013 with 8 pts. It was the year of the ice storm. I hunted all 3 days. Me and my buddy hunted all 3 days and after the first morning we almost had the place to ourselves. Everybody left cause the whole place was frozen. I had trees falling around me, it was beautiful, but in hindsight probability I was crazy. I had scouted and hung on escape routes and then there was no hunters left to pressure and push them. I still saw several deer and good chasing but not any of those dream PI bucks I had heard of. I did pick up about a 140" deadhead and a shed that was 70", that was the highlight of our trip. The TWRA officers I spoke with on the scout day were super guys and very helpful…which actually brings me to my point. One officer ( who wrote me the claim tag for the deadhead) enlightened me to the club that surrounded Ensley. Told me of the studies that MSU had partnered with them and what those guys had killed and even what they were paying for said lease. Well those leases are still there…and so are their deer. Fast forward to last fall when I met a judge from the Memphis area while hunting in IL. He was a super guy and very familiar with the Island and surrounding leases., one of which he is a member of. He showed me lots of pics of his very impressive trophy room and a few weeks later I got more pics from him of his buck kills from last year. I'm sure flooding takes a few deer there each year but those deer don't just stand there and drown when the water rises otherwise I'd imagine those 5 figure leases wouldn't still have members. I'd love to see the island make a comeback and I'd certainly like to see the Ensley come back into use. Me and my buddy are sitting on 9 pts now. We almost cashed in our 8 this year for Oak Ridge but decided to hold off in hopes either PI bounces back in the years remaining it will take us to draw or maybe the state does something new in a new area that has quality potential. If OR cancels again this year I'll have another choice to make but I sure would love to get another shot at PI with less ice in the trees and more deer than what guys have been seeing the last few years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bear15, post: 5407555, member: 14125"] Some great info here by the OP. I love seeing this topic come up because it’s definitely worth digging into. I’d love to see the state work to develop a few more QUALITY WMAs. If PI has taught the state anything it should be that there’s a significant desire of TN hunters that desire a chance to shoot a quality deer with their bow and they’re willing to wait and sacrifice a hunt in other WMAs for that chance, hence the crazy number of points required to draw PI. I have several thoughts on PI…I drew and hunted the Ensley in 2013 with 8 pts. It was the year of the ice storm. I hunted all 3 days. Me and my buddy hunted all 3 days and after the first morning we almost had the place to ourselves. Everybody left cause the whole place was frozen. I had trees falling around me, it was beautiful, but in hindsight probability I was crazy. I had scouted and hung on escape routes and then there was no hunters left to pressure and push them. I still saw several deer and good chasing but not any of those dream PI bucks I had heard of. I did pick up about a 140” deadhead and a shed that was 70”, that was the highlight of our trip. The TWRA officers I spoke with on the scout day were super guys and very helpful…which actually brings me to my point. One officer ( who wrote me the claim tag for the deadhead) enlightened me to the club that surrounded Ensley. Told me of the studies that MSU had partnered with them and what those guys had killed and even what they were paying for said lease. Well those leases are still there…and so are their deer. Fast forward to last fall when I met a judge from the Memphis area while hunting in IL. He was a super guy and very familiar with the Island and surrounding leases., one of which he is a member of. He showed me lots of pics of his very impressive trophy room and a few weeks later I got more pics from him of his buck kills from last year. I’m sure flooding takes a few deer there each year but those deer don’t just stand there and drown when the water rises otherwise I’d imagine those 5 figure leases wouldn’t still have members. I’d love to see the island make a comeback and I’d certainly like to see the Ensley come back into use. Me and my buddy are sitting on 9 pts now. We almost cashed in our 8 this year for Oak Ridge but decided to hold off in hopes either PI bounces back in the years remaining it will take us to draw or maybe the state does something new in a new area that has quality potential. If OR cancels again this year I’ll have another choice to make but I sure would love to get another shot at PI with less ice in the trees and more deer than what guys have been seeing the last few years. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Deer Hunting Forum
President Island Harvest Data / Mississippi River Stage History
Top