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Post by deerhunter23 on Nov 29, 2016 14:10:28 GMT -5
Absolutely! Thanks Woody! I wouldn't know a good spot from my back porch. Pm me your address Had any luck there over the years woody? I know zero about that place as well!
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Post by raymar on Nov 29, 2016 14:15:27 GMT -5
I can assure you brown county was not 20 percent last time it was hunted and yet they are hunting again. 20 percent success is pretty high.
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Post by tjmurf on Nov 29, 2016 14:20:46 GMT -5
Prophetstown has been below 22% for several years. They seem to be worried about a couple plants that was eaten.
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Post by parrothead on Nov 29, 2016 14:51:02 GMT -5
Got any questions about Mus. Just let me know I am in there everyday May through Sept. either running or driving through.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 29, 2016 14:56:11 GMT -5
Had any luck there over the years woody? I know zero about that place as well! Sorry but It has been 20 years since I hunted it..
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Post by throbak on Nov 29, 2016 15:27:31 GMT -5
I go to the Parks for the Sence of adventure , Don't want to loose that!!Lol ,Getting a deer is a bonus
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Post by tjmurf on Nov 29, 2016 16:28:25 GMT -5
Grand total for Prophets town today, 1.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 29, 2016 16:41:08 GMT -5
Grand total for Prophets town today, 1. Your's?
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Post by mkfrench on Nov 29, 2016 16:53:29 GMT -5
I hunted late hunt at Charlestown. I only saw ONE deer and didn't get a shot. I left at 1230 yesterday and they'd checked in 6 deer...at 2 oclock today they'd checked in ONE! Very little shooting heard there. My first time hunting there without killing.
No complaints from me
My main reason for posting though is kind of as a PSA and a rant of mine combined.
State park hunts are not for optimum deer hunting experiences. Just because a park is being hunted, doesn't mean that there is a deer behind every tree. I like SP hunts for many reasons and am Ok with not killing.
Lastly, it's a public land hunt. You may have put your stand up in the park weeks ago. Good for you but if someone beats you to the area of your stand...don't hunt there anyway! Beat feet to your backup spots(you better have a few) I can't understand this mindset. I carry my climber in expecting to be shined. If I get to my selected tree and haven't been shined, up the tree I go. Why would you want to hunt within a hundred yards from someone you don't know?
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Post by freedomhunter on Nov 29, 2016 17:11:31 GMT -5
I love hunting fort Ben. Got my spot figured out. Sucks I didn't get drawn because I always show up and hunt when I do get drawn. I wish they would do no-shows.
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Post by tjmurf on Nov 29, 2016 17:20:39 GMT -5
Grand total for Prophets town today, 1. Your's? No but close, your old spot.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 29, 2016 17:26:16 GMT -5
No but close, your old spot. OH! It wasn't Big Red's son was it?
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Post by tjmurf on Nov 29, 2016 17:30:11 GMT -5
No but close, your old spot. OH! It wasn't Big Red's son was it? I don't know Big Red. He said he has hunted that area a total of seven years and was from the Delphi area.
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Post by jimstc on Nov 29, 2016 17:54:46 GMT -5
I hunted late hunt at Charlestown. I only saw ONE deer and didn't get a shot. I left at 1230 yesterday and they'd checked in 6 deer...at 2 oclock today they'd checked in ONE! Very little shooting heard there. My first time hunting there without killing. No complaints from me My main reason for posting though is kind of as a PSA and a rant of mine combined. State park hunts are not for optimum deer hunting experiences. Just because a park is being hunted, doesn't mean that there is a deer behind every tree. I like SP hunts for many reasons and am Ok with not killing. Lastly, it's a public land hunt. You may have put your stand up in the park weeks ago. Good for you but if someone beats you to the area of your stand...don't hunt there anyway! Beat feet to your backup spots(you better have a few) I can't understand this mindset. I carry my climber in expecting to be shined. If I get to my selected tree and haven't been shined, up the tree I go. Why would you want to hunt within a hundred yards from someone you don't know? "Not optimun" is the key phrase. Reduction hunts are like a rodeo in my limited two year experience. Put a fork in me. I am done. The DNR folks are great. No complaint there. I'll go back to Big Oaks because of the size of the place. The Feds there are great. I'll hope to hunt turkeys there this Spring. Otherwise I'll pass on reduction hunts. Hunted Tippecanoe River State Park today. A lot of hunters on 4,000 acres. No problem, just a lot of hunters.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Nov 29, 2016 18:16:00 GMT -5
I go to the Parks for the Sence of adventure , Don't want to loose that!!Lol ,Getting a deer is a bonus I must say that it was an adventure, and good experience for me. I will apply for it again, but will camp in the park next time. I'm beat! Me and Trey slept in the truck Friday night before our Big Oaks hunt, and I got a lot more sleep than I would have otherwise. I drove around, and really didn't see another area that I could easily hunt. At least where I was at, I had a chance of getting it out by myself. I figured it was going to be a very slow day when it took 30 minutes to hear the first shot. At least I wasn't sitting in the rain.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 29, 2016 18:34:56 GMT -5
OH! It wasn't Big Red's son was it? I don't know Big Red. He said he has hunted that area a total of seven years and was from the Delphi area. LOL... No I mean the deer Big Red! The first year we hunted it they said there was a HUGE buck that was nick named Big Red. I don't know if anyone ever got him or not..
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Post by foamyflyer on Nov 29, 2016 18:55:04 GMT -5
At Tippecanoe this year. On Monday morning stayed in and dry till the rain stopped. Went and ground hunted some ridge lines overlooking the river and saw nothing. They said 90 some hunters took only 4 deer on Monday. Hunted from the climber today overlooking a river bottom area and saw nothing again. When I left at 2pm, only 2 were checked in. Tippy River is a neat place to hunt though.
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Post by mkfrench on Nov 29, 2016 20:04:37 GMT -5
[/quote]"Not optimun" is the key phrase. Reduction hunts are like a rodeo in my limited two year experience. Put a fork in me. I am done. The DNR folks are great. No complaint there. I'll go back to Big Oaks because of the size of the place. The Feds there are great. I'll hope to hunt turkeys there this Spring. Otherwise I'll pass on reduction hunts. Hunted Tippecanoe River State Park today. A lot of hunters on 4,000 acres. No problem, just a lot of hunters.
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I think a lot of folks feel the way you do about SP hunts. But most keep going and complaining about the situation.
Hunters are there to reduce the herd. The "3 deer limit, no additional cost, and a potential extra buck is how the State gets volunteers(which is better than paid sharpshooter or contraception nonsense.
It's definitely not for everyone but I enjoy hunting deer that are only hunted 4 days a year(max...legally), free deer meat, potential for a monster, while helping out.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Nov 29, 2016 20:31:05 GMT -5
I go to the Parks for the Sence of adventure , Don't want to loose that!!Lol ,Getting a deer is a bonus I must say that it was an adventure, and good experience for me. I will apply for it again, but will camp in the park next time. I'm beat! Me and Trey slept in the truck Friday night before our Big Oaks hunt, and I got a lot more sleep than I would have otherwise. I drove around, and really didn't see another area that I could easily hunt. At least where I was at, I had a chance of getting it out by myself. I figured it was going to be a very slow day when it took 30 minutes to hear the first shot. At least I wasn't sitting in the rain. Dennis, I think the north end of the park could be good for you. A lot of flat ground around the pool and tennis courts towards the golf course.
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Post by tjmurf on Nov 29, 2016 21:06:41 GMT -5
I look at the State Park hunts as a get away from my every day hunting spots and like this year it added two more days to my gun season. I've had a good run going at Prophetstown 5 of the past 7 years and put a bunch of meat in the freezer. I met Woody and his son there my first year, 2010. He told me there was a rowdy bunch of guys on a web site I needed to check out (Hunting Indiana), LOL. There has been a big change in the numbers at P-town and I think the park needs a rest or very few hunters drawn the next several years. It has been great having a park hunt so close to home and it's time for me to do some traveling and check out some other parks in the state.
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