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Do any of you hunt deer on WMA areas?
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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 1340749" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>This.</p><p></p><p>I've got 3 spots on public land that I hunt (only rifle) and all three spots require lots of hiking to get where there aren't any idiots. I enjoy the hiking, but the one time I killed a deer in that area, I had to drag it for a while (which I did not enjoy since those same WMA requirements don't allow the use of my Jeep to help unless it's from the nearest road only which is quite a ways off <img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /> ). Plus, I damn sure wouldn't just carcass-tag a deer by the road and go get something to pull it out with because there'd be nothing left when I went to retrieve it.</p><p></p><p>These spots are why I hunt with an AR - its super-light and carries easily out of the way. I also carry a pack with me (snacks, gutting kit, toilet paper, deer-hauling harness, carcass tags, water, stash of extra gloves, a liner for my jacket, knife-sharpener, extra AR mags, gps (to mark new spots I find that are out of the way and I plug them into Google Earth later because the WMA's maps suck), compass, head-light and extra flash light). I carry a lot of stuff, but I stay out for a long time in there because I see deer at all sorts of odd times when the Idiots show up at 7:45 AM, make a bunch of noise, and then leave at 9:30 because they're bored - that makes my 4:30 AM start so I can hike 45 mins and get to my spot a little worthless if I don't wait it out for the late-morning / afternoon deer to come around.</p><p></p><p>There's plenty of good spots on most WMA land that aren't used, but the seasoned guys that hunt those areas might already be there when you get there - so use caution and scout around ahead of time and look for signs that someone else is hunting that area and avoid it if necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 1340749, member: 229"] This. I've got 3 spots on public land that I hunt (only rifle) and all three spots require lots of hiking to get where there aren't any idiots. I enjoy the hiking, but the one time I killed a deer in that area, I had to drag it for a while (which I did not enjoy since those same WMA requirements don't allow the use of my Jeep to help unless it's from the nearest road only which is quite a ways off :D ). Plus, I damn sure wouldn't just carcass-tag a deer by the road and go get something to pull it out with because there'd be nothing left when I went to retrieve it. These spots are why I hunt with an AR - its super-light and carries easily out of the way. I also carry a pack with me (snacks, gutting kit, toilet paper, deer-hauling harness, carcass tags, water, stash of extra gloves, a liner for my jacket, knife-sharpener, extra AR mags, gps (to mark new spots I find that are out of the way and I plug them into Google Earth later because the WMA's maps suck), compass, head-light and extra flash light). I carry a lot of stuff, but I stay out for a long time in there because I see deer at all sorts of odd times when the Idiots show up at 7:45 AM, make a bunch of noise, and then leave at 9:30 because they're bored - that makes my 4:30 AM start so I can hike 45 mins and get to my spot a little worthless if I don't wait it out for the late-morning / afternoon deer to come around. There's plenty of good spots on most WMA land that aren't used, but the seasoned guys that hunt those areas might already be there when you get there - so use caution and scout around ahead of time and look for signs that someone else is hunting that area and avoid it if necessary. [/QUOTE]
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