Salt Plains Wilderness Area deer hunt?

[ousoonerfan22]

Hello,
My son and I drew a Dec 1-3 gun hunt in the wilderness area at the Salt Plains has anybody here hunted that area before? Are there some good bucks there? I'm assuming it's open country so no treestands?
Any information will be appreciated!

Thanks,
Brian

 

[Okie4570]

I've not hunted the actual wilderness hunt, but have hunted around it on private. It's thick, salt cedars and tamaracks, there's some large cotton woods scattered about, it's not open prairie. Not sure of your definition of "good buck" is, but I would not shoot the first basket rack that walks by With the rain we've been getting, there will be a lot of standing water throughout the area as well. IIRC, some guys (back in the day when the area held water like it should) used to canoe into the back areas. With the drought, those "water" areas have been dry, I'd think they'd be holding water again now. I know some on here have been on the hunt itself, they'll chime it.

 

[okhunter]

I've hunted there a few years back. There are some open areas but also lots of thick timber. There are lots of big bucks. It's one of the most sought after hunt in the state and once you hunt there you will know why. Some monster bucks come out of there every year. Good luck!

 

[ousoonerfan22]

We are hoping to see bucks scoring in the 140's to 150's or bigger!

 

[ousoonerfan22]

Anybody suggest a nice motel close to there?

 

[justin_h635]

Stop at Joes cafe in Nash, ok and ask the owner if he still has his rentals .


As for wilderness, search archives and Hoddy has great post on it on here and how it is so thick you go 40 yards an hour.

 

[Okie4570]

Anybody suggest a nice motel close to there?

Enid is your best bet. Book early, oil boom still full steam ahead.

 

[fishfurlife]

Cherokee is the closest hotel I believe to there.

 

[justin_h635]

Could try Cherokee, Medford, or pond creek, ok for smaller lest costly rooms. Anthony, ks wouldn't be too far away either.

 

[GUN DOG]

state park use to have cabins probably still do, they are pretty darn close to the hunt area IIRC