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A good wma to hunt #443578 11/07/12 02:18 PM 11/07/12 02:18 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 21 Alabama C Coday OP spike
Coday OP spike C Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 21 Alabama	I am going to be off for 7 days coming up and want to pull my pop up camper to a wma to hunt for those days with my bow what would be a good wma to go to and have a good chance at killing a deer I live in Alexander city

Re: A good wma to hunt [Re: Coday] #443596 11/07/12 02:46 PM 11/07/12 02:46 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 487 Anniston, AL danangel 4 point
danangel 4 point Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 487 Anniston, AL	I have had good success on Choccolocca WMA near Heflin. I believe there is some camping access near there also. Other things being equal, it is the man who shoots with his heart in his bow that hits the mark.

Re: A good wma to hunt [Re: Coday] #443618 11/07/12 03:12 PM 11/07/12 03:12 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 4,054 Sylacauga doecommander things that make you go hmmmmmmm
doecommander things that make you go hmmmmmmm Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 4,054 Sylacauga	since you are in Alexander City, I would say Hollins or Coosa. Good hunting both places but very different from one another. doecommander out...........................

Re: A good wma to hunt [Re: Coday] #443685 11/07/12 04:43 PM 11/07/12 04:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,590 Alabaster, AL BartMan79 10 point
BartMan79 10 point Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,590 Alabaster, AL	Barbour or Coosa

Re: A good wma to hunt [Re: BartMan79] #443688 11/07/12 04:44 PM 11/07/12 04:44 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 21 Alabama C Coday OP spike
Coday OP spike C Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 21 Alabama	I was thinking about barbour to

Re: A good wma to hunt [Re: Coday] #443702 11/07/12 04:59 PM 11/07/12 04:59 PM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 9,061 bessemer, al H hunterturf 14 point
hunterturf 14 point H Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 9,061 bessemer, al	Not sure abt the camping portion of your wish but the cahaba wma has great hunting. Found some scrapes out there on Sunday when I was stumbling around. I've been to coosa abunch to turkey hunt and cahaba is 10:1 better for deer imo, good luck on Ur trip whichever one u go to Give me bout 15 more minutes, I was dreamin about beavers.......... Si Robertson

Re: A good wma to hunt [Re: Coday] #443727 11/07/12 05:20 PM 11/07/12 05:20 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 6,130 Cullman C CKyleC (Can't Keep It Up...)
CKyleC (Can't Keep It Up...) C Joined: May 2010 Posts: 6,130 Cullman	I would vote demopolis. I see deer everytime I go. "In Alabama, we prefer to kill small bucks on big properties"-Turkey247

Re: A good wma to hunt [Re: CKyleC] #443869 11/07/12 07:20 PM 11/07/12 07:20 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,481 Chilton County Morris Poppa Jon
Morris Poppa Jon Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,481 Chilton County	Originally Posted by CKyleC I would vote demopolis. I see deer everytime I go. X2 and also Lowdes

Re: A good wma to hunt [Re: Coday] #443882 11/07/12 07:33 PM 11/07/12 07:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,493 Millbrook AL SMB44 10 point
SMB44 10 point Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,493 Millbrook AL	I cant find a map on the Cahaba is it still a wma? Playin string music Hoyt Vector 32 Get Serious Get Hoyt Alto, la migra means Stop, immigration in Spanish slang. They'll scatter like skittles dropped on a concrete floor. -Furflyin

Re: A good wma to hunt [Re: SMB44] #443982 11/07/12 08:53 PM 11/07/12 08:53 PM
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 959 Vance, Al clarkdeer 6 point
clarkdeer 6 point Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 959 Vance, Al	Originally Posted by SMB44 I cant find a map on the Cahaba is it still a wma? Yep it is. The full name is William R Ireland Sr Cahaba River WMA. That might be why you couldnt find it. Good luck.

Re: A good wma to hunt [Re: Coday] #444021 11/07/12 09:18 PM 11/07/12 09:18 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 17,391 lat 34.09 long -86.13 metalmuncher Old Mossy Horns
metalmuncher Old Mossy Horns Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 17,391 lat 34.09 long -86.13	Choccolocca, Oakmulgee, and Barbour are all good bowhunting WMAs that have hunter camps. Barbour has a 3 point on one side restriction and would be my choice of the three for a good buck. Oakmulgee and Choccolocca are both excellent places for meat. The states hunting website(AlabamaOutdoors.com ?) has harvest data for the last few years on each of the WMAs if that would help with your decision. My club lost our land a couple of years ago and I have been hunting Choccolocca some, and with decent success. I killed my first deer ever at Oakmulgee. And we rarely drove home from Barbour back in the heyday of WMAs without a deer or two. I would love to reccommend Kinterbish, but it is no longer there.

Re: A good wma to hunt [Re: Coday] #445078 11/08/12 11:38 PM 11/08/12 11:38 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,193 Cullman, AL Randy74 6 point
Randy74 6 point Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,193 Cullman, AL	Biggest deer I've seen on the hoof in Alabama was on Choccolocca. As earlier post said; it is good for meat, but there are some monsters if you know where to hunt. Since I don't live or hunt there any more; I will say this. If I was meat hunting I usually hunted around hwy 9 or the Heflin side. If I wanted to see a big one; I hunted the archery only area that is in the city limits of Anniston up on the mountain that used to be Fort land. Great bucks on that side and an early rut. I've seen chasing as early as Thanksgiving.