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Choccolocco WMA
#2280345
11/03/17 06:53 AM
11/03/17 06:53 AM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 167 Jacksonville, AL
CVAwolf
OP
3 point
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OP
3 point
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 167
Jacksonville, AL
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Hey all, I'm usually in the Choc WMA so if you see my 2001 Red F150 stepside stop and say hi if you see me. Not many red step-sides around here so if you see one it's probably me. I usually drive in Rd 522/Hwy 9 right by the GW office there or at the 2nd to last road near the end of Baines Gap/Choc. Rd on the North side. Gonna try tom. for the special gun hunt with my black powder even tho it's suppose to be near 80° both Sat/Sun. Funny story: I saw a nice 8+ last year that walked < 10 yds from me following a scent but I didn't get a shot. I was sitting on the side of the road down the hill with brush in front of me so I couldn't see directly below me. He walked right up thru it towards me then we about spooked each other at the same time lmao and he ran down and up the next hill. I was about 2 seconds from a shot then he walked on over the hill. The next day someone else was there Last Monday parked in a place I've never seen anyone park. Got all my stuff on, walked about 40 yds down the short semi grown road, stopped, walked over to see where this other path went down thru some thick stuff, dang deer standing down there and blew at me...ran 30 yds stopped, I couldn't see it, blew at me again..Wind was blowing at me so it didn't smell me I just spooked it. I can't tell you how many times I've had deer bedded down < 40 yds of parking..Crazy stuff and it happens to me quiet a bit Anyway, Good Luck everyone on the season.
Last edited by CVAwolf; 11/03/17 06:54 AM.
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Re: Choccolocco WMA
[Re: CVAwolf]
#2280451
11/03/17 09:35 AM
11/03/17 09:35 AM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 966 Jacksonville,AL
alight1983
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 966
Jacksonville,AL
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Im usually out there a lot but between kids basket games and the weather im gonna skip it.
The bird possesses a remarkable ability to turn arrogance into hopelessness.
Tom Kelly
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Re: Choccolocco WMA
[Re: CVAwolf]
#2280777
11/03/17 03:47 PM
11/03/17 03:47 PM
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 8,494
Atoler
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 8,494
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You can still shoot a doe a day bow hunting in the WMA all season. I've learned over the years in Choc., you have to get in the woods! Because of the number of hunters that show up during the gun hunts, and like any other pressured area, the deer are gonna move further in..especially if you go to the parking places where you always see vehicles parked.
Or just be like me as I posted above..lmao just park and walk 40 yds and run over deer Didn't you post earlier that you only saw 10 deer all last season? Doesn't sound like your method is working, ever consider that maybe there just are t many deer?
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Re: Choccolocco WMA
[Re: CVAwolf]
#2281671
11/04/17 03:00 PM
11/04/17 03:00 PM
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Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 688 Georgia
ALclearcut
4 point
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4 point
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 688
Georgia
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Guess where I'm hunting has more Northern deer since this area has so many deer from other parts of the country.
I saw a map somewhere that showed where the imported deer were put in and from where..Can't rem. where I saw that now
Choccolocco was stocked with North Carolina deer from Pisgah National Forest in the mountains. Bankhead was with Michigan deer. Both areas were some of the very first to be stocked in the early 1900s. Both areas were extremely remote and had virtually no deer when they stocked them so that's why both still have November ruts. Those stocked deer became the dominant herd. Several other areas in the state were stocked with northern deer, but it wasn't isolated enough to keep the native herd and other stocks from south Alabama from diluting the genetics. If only they had restocked all of northern Alabama with Michigan deer.......
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Re: Choccolocco WMA
[Re: CVAwolf]
#2284109
11/06/17 05:17 PM
11/06/17 05:17 PM
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 141 Sylacauga, AL
briar rabbit
3 point
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3 point
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 141
Sylacauga, AL
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I keep threatening to drive up for the earlier rut but haven't yet. I usually stay on Hollins or Coosa and I drive a white wrangler with 35s and trailmaster on the hood. It is usually abandoned in daylight however unless I get an early kill.
All great change in America begins at the dinner table. Ronald Reagan
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Re: Choccolocco WMA
[Re: CVAwolf]
#2289925
11/12/17 05:36 AM
11/12/17 05:36 AM
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 141 Sylacauga, AL
briar rabbit
3 point
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3 point
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 141
Sylacauga, AL
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Anyone been this weekend? Was considering a drive up with my smokepole this week and was wondering how the rug was progressing.
All great change in America begins at the dinner table. Ronald Reagan
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