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Post by mvines on Aug 12, 2007 21:16:06 GMT -5
Hi All,
Since starting to hunt in Indiana with my boyfriend I have noticed it is very difficult to find a place to hunt. Currently we hunt at Hovey Lake in Posey county and buy out of state tags to hunt on his family property in Owen County KY. We would really like to find some place in Vanderburgh to hunt early bow/urban season. We have no problem with taking does and now that i have my first buck under my belt I don't want to take another young one. I live in Newburgh and am just getting into bowhunting again. It is my goal this year to harvest a deer with my bow. It can be very difficult to do on public ground an was just wondering if you all might know where we might be able to find something.
MV
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Post by drs on Aug 13, 2007 6:48:30 GMT -5
You might try the Westside of Vanderburgh County but places are almost impossible to find here. You'd have better luck finding a place in Posey Co. as it is less populated and a larger County.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 13, 2007 7:20:33 GMT -5
David is righjt.
Vanderburgh is a tough place to find a place to hunt.
Since they are an UDZ that mean an extra buck by bow.
Check the west side as that is where you will find the most farms.
Good luck and let us know how you make out.
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Post by drs on Aug 13, 2007 7:31:37 GMT -5
David is righjt. Vanderburgh is a tough place to find a place to hunt. Check the west side as that is where you will find the most farms. Back in the late '80's; I hunted on the Westside of Vanderburgh, on private land, near the University. However, that side of Vanderburgh is all built up and many areas aren't huntable. A great majority of the landowners & Farmers out on the westside are ruluctant to allowing people to hunt on their land. I personally know and we are very good friends of one farmer that will NOT allow ANY hunting, which I respect his wishes. |
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Post by mvines on Aug 13, 2007 10:23:48 GMT -5
Thanks for the input, I too have a friend that farms on the west side. He also will not allow hunting on the farm, but loves to brag about all the big buck sheds they find every year. I guess my question would be in the future if these deer get too thick could the state possibly come in and thin them out. I will never go asainst someone's wishes of not hunting their property, but sometimes it does not make since... they can't feed them all <shrug>
MV
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Post by drs on Aug 13, 2007 10:55:37 GMT -5
Thanks for the input, I too have a friend that farms on the west side. He also will not allow hunting on the farm, but loves to brag about all the big buck sheds they find every year. I guess my question would be in the future if these deer get too thick could the state possibly come in and thin them out. I will never go asainst someone's wishes of not hunting their property, but sometimes it does not make since... they can't feed them all <shrug>MV Sorry Woody nor I could help you out with securing a place in Vanderburgh Co. for Deer Hunting. The Deer here are over populated and a great number of them simply get ran over by cars & trucks. It's too bad that almost all the landowners here won't allow hunting, as they are afraid that if they let one Hunter hunt then others will see him hunting and think it's okay to hunt on that property. Can't blame the land owners though.  It's hard to say what the future will bring to the Deer Herd in Vanderburgh Co. |
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Post by Hawkeye on Aug 13, 2007 17:27:13 GMT -5
To much population, can lead to Death by Disease
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Post by crappiehunter on Aug 13, 2007 20:59:40 GMT -5
I would suggest getting a map of the county and searching river bottoms. Pigeon Creek runs through town, most of the bordering land is owned by FEMA. I know you cant shoot a firearm in town but you could take a deer via bow. Other than that, drive north of newburgh, hunt Bluegrass or Squaw Creek. Lots of other places in Warrick too.
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Post by raporter on Aug 14, 2007 10:38:45 GMT -5
Lots of good hunting around Sugar Ridge. Do your homework and you wont be bothered during bow season.
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Post by mvines on Aug 14, 2007 12:12:20 GMT -5
I was told they just logged out around 200 acres at S.R. Don't know if it is true or not.
As for Bluegrass, is there really any place to hunt other than putting up a ground blind. I have not seen any standing woods to stick a stand in??? And where is Squaw Creek, I have not heard of that one???
We did all of our hunting at Hovey Lake last year, but would like to branch out some eventually.
MV
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Post by surfox on Aug 16, 2007 15:47:56 GMT -5
I was told they just logged out around 200 acres at S.R. Don't know if it is true or not. As for Bluegrass, is there really any place to hunt other than putting up a ground blind. I have not seen any standing woods to stick a stand in??? And where is Squaw Creek, I have not heard of that one??? they cut timber in preparation for mining...just east of the Landfill on SR64 that area is near SR there is plenty of area around SR and Patoka refuge...stop by the refuge office and get a map....its on SR64 in oakland city... shows all the fed and state ground available for hunting in pike and gibson counties what do you hunt mainly...deer....or other critters as well?  |
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Post by mvines on Aug 18, 2007 22:43:04 GMT -5
Mainly Deer, but we do have a rabbit dog that we like to run. Turkey would be nice, bit I have never been successful at it...
MV
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Aug 23, 2007 9:43:03 GMT -5
I used to live down in Vanderburgh County and I would hunt Bluegrass all the time. There are some big bucks in there if you know where to go. There are not any trees really big enough for a stand, but the ground blinds work out great. It kind of makes you feel like you are hunting the prairies of some western states.
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Post by mvines on Aug 23, 2007 12:25:11 GMT -5
I have never hunted out of a ground blind, but would like to give it a try. I don't know how many people are hunting bluegrass, but it is only 15 min from my house and would be great to go before work in the mornings.
MV
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Post by drs on Aug 23, 2007 12:51:48 GMT -5
I have never hunted out of a ground blind, but would like to give it a try. I don't know how many people are hunting bluegrass, but it is only 15 min from my house and would be great to go before work in the mornings. MV Before I got brave enough to go up in a treestand; I use to hunt Deer by sitting midway on a hillside overlooking a valley where the Deer crossed. Got several Deer this way. |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Aug 28, 2007 15:37:48 GMT -5
I have never hunted out of a ground blind, but would like to give it a try. I don't know how many people are hunting bluegrass, but it is only 15 min from my house and would be great to go before work in the mornings. MV When I used to hunt bluegrass, which has been 3 or 4 years ago, there weren't really too many other people deer hunting it, especially during archery season. I had a spot on the far north side that I would see deer in every time I was there. I would go do some spotlighting at night to see what was out there and I saw some really big bucks in there. |
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It's hard to say what the future will bring to the Deer Herd in Vanderburgh Co.
