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Post by greghopper on Nov 30, 2016 8:08:12 GMT -5
Muscatatuck NWR will be having a daily Muzzle-loader hunt draw the days of December 12-16th at 6am each morning in the Visitor Center auditorium. Anyone who was not selected through the original draw is welcome. Please come prepared to hunt, there will be a limited amount of drawn hunters. All state and federal regulations apply.
For more information contact them at (812) 522-4352.
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Post by dbd870 on Nov 30, 2016 9:47:49 GMT -5
Seems to me I got drawn for a muzzleloader only hunt at some point and you couldn't use inlines with scopes and all that - is Muscatatuck that way?
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Post by greghopper on Nov 30, 2016 10:09:06 GMT -5
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Post by welder on Nov 30, 2016 16:55:52 GMT -5
Are you able to take antlered deer if you have already taken one?
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Post by greghopper on Nov 30, 2016 17:16:16 GMT -5
Are you able to take antlered deer if you have already taken one? On other draw hunts there you can because you have to use a MRL to hunt....call them and ask. |
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Nov 30, 2016 17:37:18 GMT -5
Seems to me I got drawn for a muzzleloader only hunt at some point and you couldn't use inlines with scopes and all that - is Muscatatuck that way? Big Oaks has one like that. |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Nov 30, 2016 21:42:34 GMT -5
I was drawn for one hunt in muscatatuck and to me it was a joke. They never checked anyone in and the place was still open to anyone that wanted to come in. Dog walkers, bird watchers, they were all out there. May be different now but that's how it was the day I went.
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Post by johnc911 on Dec 1, 2016 10:54:14 GMT -5
I was drawn for one hunt in muscatatuck and to me it was a joke. They never checked anyone in and the place was still open to anyone that wanted to come in. Dog walkers, bird watchers, they were all out there. May be different now but that's how it was the day I went. Yeah but its 50,000 acres hard to close that off to the public |
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Post by parrothead on Dec 1, 2016 11:08:52 GMT -5
It is a little over 7800 acres.
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Post by throbak on Dec 1, 2016 11:30:53 GMT -5
BOK is 50,000 acres
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Post by firstwd on Dec 1, 2016 14:45:53 GMT -5
I was drawn for one hunt in muscatatuck and to me it was a joke. They never checked anyone in and the place was still open to anyone that wanted to come in. Dog walkers, bird watchers, they were all out there. May be different now but that's how it was the day I went. Yeah but its 50,000 acres hard to close that off to the public There are only 2 gates. Not hard at all to close it down. The DNR shuts the State Parks down without issue. |
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Post by GS1 on Dec 1, 2016 16:26:55 GMT -5
Yeah but its 50,000 acres hard to close that off to the public There are only 2 gates. Not hard at all to close it down. The DNR shuts the State Parks down without issue. I never understood why they didn't keep a better eye on who was supposed to be in there either. I was sitting on a lane one day next to a large overgrown field that they had quit maintaining (another problem there) waiting on a couple of my buddies. I didn't realize that in the back of the field where two guys trailing a buck they had shot. Deer where crossing the road 100 yards each direction. As I went to shoot a large half racked 10 pt I heard a person say, "I wish you wouldn't shoot deer in front of us!". Due to my surprise I didn't get the shot off before the deer saw the 2 birdwatchers standing in the middle of the road. Needless to say I probably gave hunters a bad name that day. I didn't leave much unsaid. As they left, I did not even watch their direction until about a minute had passed. When I turned around to look their way they were gone and the second biggest buck I ever saw at Muskatatuck was standing in the lane with 2 does. We all saw each other at the same time. Still don't know where the birdwatchers went. |
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 1, 2016 16:35:46 GMT -5
Last time I went there the gates were wide open and no check in..
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Post by greghopper on Dec 1, 2016 18:20:18 GMT -5
There is only ONE gate in use now ... Been that way for some years!
You can't hunt but in certain areas in there also....
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Post by GS1 on Dec 2, 2016 9:10:48 GMT -5
There is only ONE gate in use now ... Been that way for some years! You can't hunt but in certain areas in there also.... Is it still the southeast and Northwest parts that are open? |
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Post by parrothead on Dec 2, 2016 9:17:20 GMT -5
They have changed parts that are open and not open over the years.
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Post by deerhunter23 on Dec 2, 2016 9:45:11 GMT -5
From the map it looks as if 80% of it is huntable.
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Post by greghopper on Dec 2, 2016 9:50:37 GMT -5
There is only ONE gate in use now ... Been that way for some years! You can't hunt but in certain areas in there also.... Is it still the southeast and Northwest parts that are open? Most of it is in the south end.... The West gate is closed 24/7 |
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Post by parrothead on Dec 2, 2016 9:51:29 GMT -5
I always park on the outside and walk in to my spots. In the summer when I run through there in the evening I do the same thing so I don't get shut out by the gate.
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Post by GS1 on Dec 3, 2016 21:23:03 GMT -5
From the map it looks as if 80% of it is huntable. Where can I find a map? Every Web page I go to come up not found. |
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