Freedom hills WMA

Who has hunted it. Was thinking about trying to hunt it during their January hunts. Trying to get a heads up on what to expect. From what I can on maps looks like hardwoods with some pine thickets here and there. I'm not asking for your top secret, classified honey holes. Just some info on the place. Any info would be appreciated thanks in advance.

1/2 clearcut in last 2 years

Ok thanks does it have a healthy deer population?

yes

Ok my other post about our trip to Sam r murphry was a surprise for us all on how much of it had been clear cut since the last time we had been there

Lots of clearcuts with hardwoods and pine thickets too. The hunts this month will be best for seeing bucks. Usually start chasing hard around second week in January. I was planning on going in the morning but I've got this dang cough I can't seem to get rid of. I grew up around freedom hills, so if you have any questions feel free to ask.



Shane

Shane you ain't one of them CVHS boys are you?

Yes I am



Shane

[quote=TrkyHntr]Lots of clearcuts with hardwoods and pine thickets too. The hunts this month will be best for seeing bucks. Usually start chasing hard around second week in January. I was planning on going in the morning but I've got this dang cough I can't seem to get rid of. I grew up around freedom hills, so if you have any questions feel free to ask.



I figured they wound be chasing about that time that is about the same time they start in Franklin county where we hunt. Do they have any places to stay? We would likely stay two or three days

I'v gone on the hunt the last weekend in Jan the past couple years and plan to again this year. I usually stay at that run down motel at the 4 way stop in Tuscumbia. I wish I knew somewhere better but it's the closest I know of that's a decent price. There's also a campground by check station just no water or power.

desertdog is right. There's the campground close to the check station.



Shane

Thanks guys ifor everything goes as planned I'll get to make it up there and hunt a new spot. I wonder if it's crowded looking at the dates figure there would be a bunch of folks hunting it on the weekends

The weekend days are usually more crowded than the other days in my experience hunting there.



Shane

If I could get rid of this dang cough, I would have been there this morning.



Shane

Ok thanks Shane maybe you can get up there and kill one soon I'll try to go next weekend

Good luck if you get to go. Had a friend go this morning. He saw 20 deer all together. Said 18 does and 2 bucks, but both were young and didn't want to shoot. He was watching a clear cut.



Shane

That'd be more deer then I seen all season

Hmmmmmm, I thought there wasn't any does left around here.

Depends on who you ask lol



Shane

it's not uncommon to see double digits of deer in a single sit on freedom hills. Just have to be in the right spot.



Shane

Seems like this sounds a lot like Bankhead depends on who you ask

Ha' If you see double digits in Bankhead in one sit you would be hunting illegal at night and have a case of the sore azz due to your 3 day sit.

There's no doubt in that. I ment it as in it depends on who you ask about the place not necessarily the number of deer seen. Most I've ever seen a one time in Bankhead was two a 6 point and a spike, the 6 point wouldn't present a shot aND the spike was fun to blow the grunt at to watch him run up the and look to see if the "big deer" was following,then he'd ease back down to check it out and we'd repeat

Can anyone speak to which side of the WMA receives the most hunting pressure, or if it's basically equal? When I say side I'm referring to Zones A & B they have it split into, East and West of CR21.

I live very close to the WMA, but fairly new to the area and never been on one of the gun hunts. Would like to try it out before the season's up.

Both sides see about the same amount of pressure.



Shane