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Skyline or Wheeler #1987174
01/11/17 09:48 AM
01/11/17 09:48 AM
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North Alabama
bigwoody Offline OP
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This may be a terrible question. Here goes. If you had to dedicate your time to scouting/hunting one piece of public land. Which one? Both are close to the same distance from home. I really don't like to hunt public land, but if I want to keep hunting I gotta . Due to reasons not to mention.

Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: bigwoody] #1987180
01/11/17 09:52 AM
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They are both two totally different pieces of land so i guess it would depend on whether you would rather hunt mountains or river bottoms.


I had much rather be tried by twelve than carried to my grave by six!!!!

Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: bigwoody] #1987192
01/11/17 10:05 AM
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North Alabama
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I can hunt either. I know more about the mountains. I guess I am more worried about pressure 1st and deer population 2nd. I am not afraid to walk or put in the time for scouting. I have not deer hunted Skyline in years. I have never hunted Wheeler.

Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: bigwoody] #1987216
01/11/17 10:22 AM
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Hartselle, AL
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I'd go with whatever you are closer to. I think both have good numbers and quality deer. Wheeler gets hunted hard and you want find a place that probably doesn't get hunted, but Skyline probably isn't much different. The flat land will make Wheeler much easier on you to hunt. Wheeler has a 2 week flintlock season that has either just kicked off or is fixing to that will put many more boots on the ground.

Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: bigwoody] #1987246
01/11/17 10:42 AM
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I haven't hunted Wheeler in a while, but I grew up in Decatur and hunted it thru college and mid 20's. Lots of pressure, having a bicycle with a trailer or a boat to get to the places a long ways from the truck paid off best for me to see more and better deer. Land is all pretty flat and most of it river bottom and swamps, so scouting and going in further is not as difficult as more rugged terrain is.

Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: bigwoody] #1987314
01/11/17 11:26 AM
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I think skyline will be less pressured in between rifle hunts. However I have hunted both and like the flat walking, plus it's closer to home for me

Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: bigwoody] #1987393
01/11/17 12:47 PM
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When I was a young man it was Skyline. As I aged it was Wheeler, due entirely to the terrain. Now that I'm even older, neither one, I hunt TN.


I firmly believe that a double gallows should be constructed on the East Lawn of The White House. Politicians who willfully and shamelessly violate their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America should be swiftly tried and, upon conviction, publicly hanged at sunup the day after conviction. If multiple convicts are to be hanged they can choose with whom to share the gallows or names shall be drawn from the hangman's hat to be hanged 2 at a time.




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Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: bigwoody] #1988104
01/11/17 08:35 PM
01/11/17 08:35 PM
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I hunt wheeler, very crowded where I go. If you see something, don't tell anyone anything! That was my mistake

Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: bigwoody] #1988243
01/12/17 04:02 AM
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34°25'49.80"N 86°55'46.99"...
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Rattlers at skyline and cotton mouths at wheeler...just saying. wink


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Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: gman] #1988280
01/12/17 04:28 AM
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Hartselle, AL
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Originally Posted By: gman
Rattlers at skyline and cotton mouths at wheeler...just saying. wink


I don't think that's where the phrase "pick your poison" came from but might apply here!


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Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: bigwoody] #1988400
01/12/17 05:55 AM
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Don't forget about the alligators at Wheeler. Just kidding, kind of. I used to hunt an area of Wheeler that I know for certain was within 500 yards of where a 12 footer calls home.

Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: bigwoody] #1988928
01/12/17 01:25 PM
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Madison,AL
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Wheeler has started to get really packed since first of the year. I've seen in a spot where 6 trucks were parked when it averages 1-2 maybe. Everyone is coming out of the woodwork.


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Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: bigwoody] #1998862
01/21/17 05:10 AM
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Marshall County, Alabama
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I hunt wheeler but not until after gun season start. Only once have I pulled up to a gate and there more than 2 vehicles there and have only seen another hunter while in a stand twice in 3 years.

Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: BamaArchery] #1998913
01/21/17 06:03 AM
01/21/17 06:03 AM
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Madison,AL
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Originally Posted By: BamaArchery
I hunt wheeler but not until after gun season start. Only once have I pulled up to a gate and there more than 2 vehicles there and have only seen another hunter while in a stand twice in 3 years.



One spot i've been hunting for 3 years has finally started to get crowded. I went 2 whole years with not a single soul to be seen. Then last year saw 1 guy. Now this year its gotten bad.


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Re: Skyline or Wheeler [Re: bigwoody] #2004421
01/25/17 11:18 AM
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I have hunted both and gravitated to hunting only Wheeler. If you do your homework, you can find some really good spots that nobody else hunts, or seldom hunts. After gun season starts, it is much easier to find areas that receive little to no pressure. I have stopped hunting there since I joined a club. My son hunts there some and seems like some of my honey holes are now a little more popular than when I hunted them.

I always felt that Skyline had bigger deer but Wheeler has some big deer also. I never liked the thought of 10,000 people coming in on a weekend and shooting everything up, plus I normally hunted alone and the thought of dragging a deer up the side of a mountain (which I've done) is not very appealing to me.


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