Definitely the closest (15 min) , has been booked almost solid by Sandridge for quite sometime.
Definitely the closest (15 min) , has been booked almost solid by Sandridge for quite sometime.
PM inbound.
Be prepared for the toughest hunt of your life if its still the way it was.
I'd go back in a heart beat.
Be prepared for the toughest hunt of your life if its still the way it was.
I'd go back in a heart beat.
Definitely a hard/rugged hunt, but well worth it. I went in 2009 on same rifle hunt and am going back this year week after you for archery. You will more than likely see deer in the 140s and up if weather cooperates and you know how to hunt. Just pack light because you will be hiking over a mile more than likely to get to where you want to be. Worst part is that a lot of that hike can be in sand.
It would be worth calling ahead to check. I stayed there a few weeks back and didn't have any trouble booking.
You lucked into a great location! I was up there a couple years ago in July. Unless you are lucky, it will take some work up there. Some great bucks in that area. We camped at one of the lake campgrounds.
Good deal, maybe it's calmed down some.
Will the wilderness area have a lot of standing water so we will need hip boots or waders?
My son-in-law has a canoe we can use.
We won't hesitate to walk a long distance or get through that heavy cover to get away from the other hunters and try to get on the bucks. I would prefer to maybe use a climbing stand to get high enough to glass over some of that cover but the cedars might be too tall and there might not be any openings to glass any deer. Anybody know if the cottonwoods are too big for a climbing stand in that wilderness area?
I've hunted Beaver before so I know about walking in that sand.
My son-in-law has a canoe we can use.
We won't hesitate to walk a long distance or get through that heavy cover to get away from the other hunters and try to get on the bucks. I would prefer to maybe use a climbing stand to get high enough to glass over some of that cover but the cedars might be too tall and there might not be any openings to glass any deer. Anybody know if the cottonwoods are too big for a climbing stand in that wilderness area?
I've hunted Beaver before so I know about walking in that sand.
I would get out there at least 1 weekend and scout.
I plan on it but it has no prescouting on the paperwork so I wonder what I can see from the roads? Any of the wilderness area?
You might as well save your money and time with the scouting. You will iendup going in much further than what you can see from highway.
