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Re: How bad are Gun days on WMAs?
[Re: woodduck]
#4041282
12/18/23 01:49 PM
12/18/23 01:49 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 172 Alabama
RandanAL
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Posts: 172
Alabama
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Sounds like “the hunting public”, YouTube, and all the podcast have made hunting public land “cool” again- The duck dynasty of deer hunting sounds like Their videos are pretty good honestly. Beats the hunting videos of guys in a blind on 500 acres of unpressured private. However, I'm pretty sure they did an Alabama hunt once and got completely skunked. They have most of their success in the midwest.
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Re: How bad are Gun days on WMAs?
[Re: MC21]
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12/18/23 03:47 PM
12/18/23 03:47 PM
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Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7,621 Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1
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Posts: 7,621
Boaz,AL
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I re read my above post…i wouldnt go back rifle huntin at skyline for nothin..but you got to think about where it is…they aint no place else to hunt up here
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: How bad are Gun days on WMAs?
[Re: cgardner]
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12/18/23 06:37 PM
12/18/23 06:37 PM
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Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 3,462 Central Alabama
MC21
OP
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OP
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Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 3,462
Central Alabama
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If I had nothing but public land in Alabama to hunt, I would give up hunting. Definitely not worth the hassle!! lol thats what I like to hear now that I've been hunting mainly public land this year, I wish everyone thought like this! Public land is a lot different from Private. Private land there is a lot more work before hunting, planting food plots, maintaining roads, hanging stands, cutting shooting lanes, putting out corn, cleaning out shooting houses, cleaning up camp etc. Public land the work is done for you, you just have to show up, scout and hunt. There is more work involved during the hunt, you usually have to walk a lot further, can't put up any nice warm shooting houses so you have to sit in the cold and rain, you are going to have to drag or pack out your deer in some way ( cant just drive an ATV through the woods to get it like you can on private land). I have missed being a part of a lease this year but I am enjoying the public land grind. I am going to try my best to find another lease for next year for me, my dad and his friends, but I do think I will continue to hunt on public land. I think I have become a better hunter this year because of it. I have not filled a buck tag yet but I am about to start hunting hard during the next month! I am going to try some of the gun hunts, If it gets to crowded I will drive to another WMA thats not having a gun hunt or go hunt a corp property or some other public land thats bow only. the great thing about where I live is I can drive 1/2 hour- 1/12 hours in any direction and run in to public land. Got 4 WMAs with in an hour drive, 2 more within a 2hour drive, 1000s of acres of corp land, and 1000s of acres of national forest land with in 2 hours of me as well. I miss the having a lease and a camp to go to, but I am very grateful that public land is available. At the end of the day I love deer hunting, having public land available to me has allowed me to enjoy my favorite hobby this year.
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Re: How bad are Gun days on WMAs?
[Re: Gunpowder]
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12/18/23 08:43 PM
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Posts: 7,844 North Alabama
Hevishot13
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If you didn't cut your teeth on hunting management areas, i guess I can see where it could be intimidating. My dad taught my brother and me how to deer hunt on management areas in the 80's. Not only did we learn how to read deer sign, we also learned how to hunt off of other hunters, and also how to setup and let hunters work for us better than a pack of beagle's. I can remember going to some management area hunts, and being disappointed cause not enough hunters showed up to get deer up and moving. This. Hunt the pressure BUT be in sections where big deer exist. That’s the key. Don’t waste your time hunting blocks where there ain’t a biggin living. That comes from scouting prior to the gun hunts.
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Re: How bad are Gun days on WMAs?
[Re: redgineer]
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12/18/23 09:16 PM
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Posts: 7,844 North Alabama
Hevishot13
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Do you have a blaze orange plate carrier? Could be useful. Best comment I’ve noticed lol
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Re: How bad are Gun days on WMAs?
[Re: Sasquatch Lives]
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12/19/23 01:36 AM
12/19/23 01:36 AM
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Posts: 7,698 Falkville
MTeague
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Falkville
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My buddy is all pissed off at all the people at Oakmulgee. He said there is a huge increase in hunters over the past few years. Said some ahole came up and started chatting with him while up in his stand. Guy wouldn;t shut his mouth evidently. Crazy. Back in the late 90's and early 2000's hell nobody hunted down there and there were some big bucks. Maybe the hunting public videos got everybody thinking hunting public land is cool and crap, you know the wannabes with the yeti coolers and huk shirts and crap. Is there anything that you don't bitch and complain about?
I had much rather be tried by twelve than carried to my grave by six!!!!
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Re: How bad are Gun days on WMAs?
[Re: MTeague]
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12/19/23 09:34 AM
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Posts: 4,737 Michigan
Sasquatch Lives
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Posts: 4,737
Michigan
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My buddy is all pissed off at all the people at Oakmulgee. He said there is a huge increase in hunters over the past few years. Said some ahole came up and started chatting with him while up in his stand. Guy wouldn;t shut his mouth evidently. Crazy. Back in the late 90's and early 2000's hell nobody hunted down there and there were some big bucks. Maybe the hunting public videos got everybody thinking hunting public land is cool and crap, you know the wannabes with the yeti coolers and huk shirts and crap. Is there anything that you don't bitch and complain about? Why, was that you? Just relating a relevant story. I shot some nice bucks out of the Oak in the 80's and 90's. Haven't been down there in years. I would recommend staying put and not walking around, those 9:30 am walkers will move the deer. My brother and I both shot a buck over 140 down there.
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