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<blockquote data-quote="Bone Collector" data-source="post: 5694178" data-attributes="member: 7419"><p>I know people have killed good deer there in recent years, but the # of kills has greatly diminished. I do know people that have hunted there have reported seeing good deer, but not in bow range which is at least encouraging. It has recovered some, but never fully recovered to its old glory days. I think the private leases on the island have hurt some too. Just a hunch. </p><p></p><p>My two biggest mistakes are: </p><p>1. 2003/2004 being told about the island but not doing the research to figure out how to put in for the hunt. Keep in mind I have had a sportsman's license from about 2000-when I got my lifetime. I was told it was a magic place, but I had tons of spots to hunt in Mid TN. </p><p>2. Not understanding how draw hunts work and when my wife was pregnant with my son in 2011, she told me no draw hunts that would keep me away from home. I didn't put in for fear of getting drawn<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤦♂️" title="Man facepalming :man_facepalming:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f926-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_facepalming:" /> I did this again in 2012.... I finally realized what I was doing and started applying in 2013. I would have 13 pts instead I have 11...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bone Collector, post: 5694178, member: 7419"] I know people have killed good deer there in recent years, but the # of kills has greatly diminished. I do know people that have hunted there have reported seeing good deer, but not in bow range which is at least encouraging. It has recovered some, but never fully recovered to its old glory days. I think the private leases on the island have hurt some too. Just a hunch. My two biggest mistakes are: 1. 2003/2004 being told about the island but not doing the research to figure out how to put in for the hunt. Keep in mind I have had a sportsman's license from about 2000-when I got my lifetime. I was told it was a magic place, but I had tons of spots to hunt in Mid TN. 2. Not understanding how draw hunts work and when my wife was pregnant with my son in 2011, she told me no draw hunts that would keep me away from home. I didn't put in for fear of getting drawn🤦♂️ I did this again in 2012.... I finally realized what I was doing and started applying in 2013. I would have 13 pts instead I have 11... [/QUOTE]
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