Usta live just down the road, for 30+years, roughly 10miles as crow flies..
Can't give no up dates... Living in MN.
Tis thinking you traveling (what i call Hoard Rd) Whin first
opened up, it was the West boundry line. They opened the
section West of it later...
Area is due ta flooding.
White Falcon can give ya heads up for that info.
It usta be a hunting lease, one of the most sout after leases in
Smith Co. Way more than what i could afford, & had a waiting list ta get on.
First year it opened started hunting it, mainly hogs, had deer lease, not to far from were
White Falcon lives. Zain & i hunted east ta west ends, often wadeing past our knees.
Gave up leases, they got two expensive, then son joined
Marines So mostly huntsolo, Have good friend from an old lease, tried talking inta hunting WMA's.
We hunted few others. But he liked the leases,
If not mistaken, every time we hunted OSB we seen hogs..
Got on this forum, ta see if any one wanted ta do some hog hunts, on WMA's ...
most have me on thar
ignorance list...
Did the archery deer/hog hunts, had food plot, corn feeders down by creek just south of house for gun hunts,
till shoulders went out..
It first opened, had seen as many as 100 hogs going threw woods, from 300+ta wee wee little ones.
Ya had ta get back in thar 1+ or more..
Fastest hunt, took roughly 15mins, had 3hogs down... Farthest hog twas over 3miles as crow fliers.. That's were seen
most hogs, going threw thickest, farthers area's . Again have seen plenty close ta parking areas.
My situation been mostly being right time right area... & further back less hunters, hogs didn't feel preasured..
Switch cain, palmeda plants, tall grass, downed trees, lots of them..
They have wallows, & can see were hogs & deer lay in shade...
My AR was set up with laser under, & mil-dot scope over, for close range had set up by creek @ my place, 20-yrds.
Majority of my hog hunts were after, deer/hog archery, (Jan-endMarch)...
Cooler weather, just enjoyed me walk-a-bout... take it nice & slow, step, keep eyes roaming for anything moving...
& since it mainly archery deer, over the years have seen over 20 mature bucks, over the 13+inch, & if a D- educated yankee like me can find em, tis sure most ya'll can too...
Again did me hog, hunt & scouting in the 3 months, lots of info...
Caried GPS in fanny pack, with me cannon camera, & pen & pocket size not book, & wrote down info...
Later. put info on my TOPO USA..
Hunted several WMA's using me gps & scout @ home topoUSA...
Hunters are the eyes & ears of the woods...
They have some trail cams out, usdta, & i have had mine...
Never had problem with stuff taken... & the guys that work thar,
realize my posts CAN be tough ta read, my bad. tis just how i type...
Left out the mojo's ...
if ya want more specific info, can PM, ya areas i have had great sucsess..
Then again, i was in right place, right time...
It so easy,
a
a caveman (what they called me @ work) can do it...
It does stay pretty wet... i used used tennishoes, easeing threw the woods...
Best wish's, even with failing health, would still de doing me hog hunts, in Jan-endof March...
Keep your head held high & your powder dry...Ya'll dont realize how good ya gots it, 24-7-365 hog hunts ? & ya had hogs down on the creek (branch).
They followed the creeks whin OSB flooded.
Had my cam's set up ta get best times ta hunt, & stayed on them, kept em in check, whin neighbors dogs didnt run em off... & started seeing more deer...
Still took me bow in hand & took a stand for derr hunts...