Right_Tackle74
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Has anyone on here ever hunted there? If so...Any advice?
Wears Bend WMA
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stik
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used to be quite popular(crowded) but i haven't hunted it in years.
stik
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used to be quite popular(crowded) but i haven't hunted it in years.
Vermin93
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You'll need to get out there and scout it. The deer are there. I got plenty of them on trail camera before we moved away from there early last year. There's pigs there, too, and I believe it's legal to hunt them.
I used to access it from the back side with a motorized canoe. But, I also found deer near the road on the front side. I'm guessing they were there because hunters rarely hunted that close to the road.
There are some large, nasty thickets in there and that's probably where you need to be scouting and finding spots. If you think you can hunt the fields and get easy shots, you will be kidding yourself. The deer rarely show themselves during shooting light. You might get lucky and get an open-field shot at first or last light. If you bow hunt, the inside corners of some of the fields can be productive in the late afternoon during the early season. You should be able to see which corners are being used.
One time I got down on my hands and knees and followed one of their trails into the core of a nasty thicket. I almost poked my eyes out everytime I moved forward. When I got to the core of the thicket there were deer trails coming and going in multiple directions, so picking the right trails to set up on is a guessing game.
If you go out there during the work week you will pretty much have the entire place to yourself.
I used to access it from the back side with a motorized canoe. But, I also found deer near the road on the front side. I'm guessing they were there because hunters rarely hunted that close to the road.
There are some large, nasty thickets in there and that's probably where you need to be scouting and finding spots. If you think you can hunt the fields and get easy shots, you will be kidding yourself. The deer rarely show themselves during shooting light. You might get lucky and get an open-field shot at first or last light. If you bow hunt, the inside corners of some of the fields can be productive in the late afternoon during the early season. You should be able to see which corners are being used.
One time I got down on my hands and knees and followed one of their trails into the core of a nasty thicket. I almost poked my eyes out everytime I moved forward. When I got to the core of the thicket there were deer trails coming and going in multiple directions, so picking the right trails to set up on is a guessing game.
If you go out there during the work week you will pretty much have the entire place to yourself.
Right_Tackle74
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Stk, Great to hear from you again.
Vermin 93, Thanks. Me and my wife have had some hard times with costs of child care and I'm working 2 jobs and the entire check from the 2nd job is going toward paying off Debt. I can't get on my lease this year and Wears bend isn't far from my house anyways. I had bad experience with Good ole' boys on public land before over in Greenback back in the 1990's. I'm mostly looking for a place I can go over to a few times and paying 400-500 for a lease that I might go to a grand total of 5 total trips isn't worth it this year. Next year when the Debt is paid off I'll be the first in line to get back on the lease.
Thanks for the advice. One Saturday evening I may drive over there and scout around a little bit, Thanks!
Vermin 93, Thanks. Me and my wife have had some hard times with costs of child care and I'm working 2 jobs and the entire check from the 2nd job is going toward paying off Debt. I can't get on my lease this year and Wears bend isn't far from my house anyways. I had bad experience with Good ole' boys on public land before over in Greenback back in the 1990's. I'm mostly looking for a place I can go over to a few times and paying 400-500 for a lease that I might go to a grand total of 5 total trips isn't worth it this year. Next year when the Debt is paid off I'll be the first in line to get back on the lease.
Thanks for the advice. One Saturday evening I may drive over there and scout around a little bit, Thanks!
shoningram
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RT74, I have hunted there about two years ago. Of all the TVA property I have hunted since moving to TN, this was by far the most enjoyable. I am not sure if you can still get on the roads on Wears Bend, but if not there are plenty of placed to park and walk in. All the fields are perfect for hunting from a climbing stand.
shoningram
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I will probably hunt there some this year as well. Any advice from the peanut gallery?
deadeye 77
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where in the sam hill is wears bend wma?does not show up on any of the regions for the wma maps.
shoningram
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Its not WMA. Its TVA property located outside of Maryville
stik
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deadeye 77 said:
part of tellico lake wma
The right side of the road is tva. Not the left side of the road half is tva and half is WMA the road to the big boat plant separated it from tva and WMAshoningram said:
