Water and river are down!!

take it ya finaly got ta check on your feeders & stand. Think only thing going on now at the WMA is archery hog hunts. Heard they started that couple years back, it gonna take awhile for things ta move back on WMA. We got more snow here last Sunday, they talken more this weekend, warm weather some rain, so it makes every thing slushy.
OSBWMA can be some great hunting if weather is right. The archery only for deer is big factor, just my Smith county still 4 deer, personaly thought that was foolish, We couldnt get a doe tag cause " not enough deer " when it was buck only.
Usualy take a solo trip down sabine, kayak, canoe if gonna camp this time of year. From 14 ta 155, its an 8 mile trip, river up its easier getting off river, steep banks. When its down, at times gotta get out an float canoe, & always a log jam around 7 mile marker. Couple tight bends. Lots of memories.

You aut ta have some good hog hunten at your feeder. ( for record, his set upbis on N orth side of River, not on WMA) . Some might get wrong impression.
Thanks for update White Falcon.
Still Proud supporter of WMA's. Take care Best wishes.

Will be there next week to do some feeder repairs and check out any flood damage.

I used to go with my dad all the time and we did our best squirrel hunting in the harwood flats east of King Lake and one of the other big sloughs close to King. Also saw a nice 12 pt in there. But this was 15+ years ago and i havent been in nearly as many. No clue what it looks like in there now. But being a flood plane the underbaush is usually a little thinner there than the east end. We used bicycles and little trailers to haul in equipment and it worked really well. Quick, fairly quiet, and works well in muddy trails.

Come And Get 'Em... thar B several. More than a handfull of times have seen nice bucks. Found a shed at SE end of King or Long lake, get em mixed up. Several times seen two bucks traveling tagether, just out of bow range, & had doe followed bt nice 10pnt with another that had lost 9ne side of rack run riggt under stand while securing climber. was chatting with one of the officials about me coming in too late, twas my bad, chatting with him, if would have just went in would have been set up.
Also seen what i call the yard stick buck. It was wide, not sure how many points, was too busy stairing at width. Talked ta one of the guys out their, it wasnt taken, & it would hit paper head lines.
White Falcon how was trip ta your stands-feeders, hope not much damage. Been seeing lots of deer, several times almost hit with truck, see few turkeys, & pheasents still not able ta hold fire arm out with shoulder, but worken on it. Can use rest & use crossbow here, 60+ it legal. Best wishes. Might be in
Edit: ta OP ya was asken bout squirrels. Personaly never seen that many, did lots Iif archery hunts in stand. Mostly watchen for deer or hogs. Actualy seen more deer than squirrel, but mosly hogd. & think they were 8 point now that think about it.

Went to check on stands and feeders, no damage. I do have a feeder that needs some work, timer, and resealed. Water has been way down for about 2 months.' There are lots of squirrels along the river as well as chiggers mosquito's and SNAKES. I need to go back and use some roundup under the feeders.

Thar be a gator or two..
Part of the perks.

Edit : & lets not forget the tic's found several on me up here. Twice left red ring around when pulled.
Tic's didnt survive, i had me rabies shot.

Went to weed eat under my feeder on N. side. Hotter than the blue blazes of He..! Did see a lot of hog signs crossing river.

Think they opened the WMA ta hog archery year round 3ta4 years ago. May they have the squirrel-hog hunts, shotgun, rimfire, & muzzleloader.
Went several times, earlt morning hunts. Wasnt realy woeth effort for hogs, hotter the temps-faster need ta get on ice.
Archery deer-hog hunts hunted closer to the parking areas, warmer weather, hog any legal meens, cooler months, is when did me en & chillen hunts. Ya could put up enought ta last threw warmer months.
Back strap steaks, some from hind quarters, lots of sausage, & even did some hog jerkey.
We did our own prossesing, cut back on cost.
Only once took hog ta butcher, took couple at same time, did smaller one & sent bigger one ta butcher.
Still had place ta hunt S of house were haddeer foodplots & corn feeders by creek. Lot easier & quicker ta get on ice.
OSBWMA was best kept secret, dont see any one posting. Be the first ta say, i'm not that great of hunter. Yet could keep the freezer full.
Seen the number in hogs drop, first the AK's then AR's, & found many that werent recovered, they wanted hogs gone. Yet it brings hunters in. Used my AR carried 10 rnd mag with 4ta5 rounds. Cheep 55gr fmj or hp, it was light weight, easy ta manuvor in the thick switch cain, tall grass & palmedo plants, kept my shots close range, small bullet, not best blood trails, most goes into body cavety. Usualy fast action, heart llung bigger target, had great luck, only one not recovered.
Ya, miss me hog hunts at OSBWMA.
see very few reports of any one hunting it, as a lease, they had a waiting list ta get on it. The flooding pushes the hogs out ta surounding privet land owners, they follow the creeks, & the pressure has pushed em ta were had my set up. Had pics of up ta 9-10 moven threw on cams. The neighbors dogs kept em moving.

Still the best kept secret! That is why you don't see many posts!

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5 viewers? Ha,that's what you think! Yall keep running your face about how awesome OSB is and you'll see how many "viewers" show up on opening day of bow season. LOL.

I will let you know when I drive by during hunting season! Have a great day!

Been hunten OSBWMA since it went public hunting & 99% time never seen another hunter in d woods.
While not origanally from Tip me hat ta those who run the OSBWMA. Did the leasing thing, enjoyed hunting with the group shared lease with. Mostly low-income workers. Seen the games played on other leases, people do the work, then loose lease ta Big Bucks (people with more money).
Threw the years started seeing more deer, bucks & does. Main reason archery only deer hunts. Used the hog only season for hunt & stalk. Helping out with the hog problem, & getting ta know the place. Kept notes on all rubs, scrapes, tracks, dropings sightings, dates, times.
It was part of the hunt.
First on HF my posts mainly refuring ta people looking for hog hunts. One of monitors started the public hunting threads, up in general hunting thread, people posting bout public lands out west. Not every one is middle or upper income.
has some awesome public hunting. Its not the execative hunts like leases, sit in stand, watch feeder, & food plots & wait. Had that set up by house down by creek. Could have taken 4 deer a year when it went 4 deer county. Yet took me bow in hand & pitched my stand at WMA.
Just sharing. Best wishes.