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youngbowyer:
I'm all ready for the hunting season. I'll be going for my course October 16th and I turn 14 a week after that so i'll be able to hunt alone. I've got everything i need and lots of practice under my belt. I do have some private property that I can hunt on. I'm planning on hunting a 60,000 acre WMA After gun season closes. What areas should I be looking for. The area has a swamp, runs alongs a river, and has some open field; ill be hunting from the ground and maybe in a blind. I have heard that there is a big 700lbs bear in there as well so I might get a bear tag just in case.

Ifrit617:

"I turn 14 a week after that so i'll be able to hunt alone."

 
Can't give ya any tips about the hunting aspect, cause I'm a major novice too, bu if your going hunting where there is a 700 pound bear, I definitly wouldn't hunt alone. Good lucks on your hunts.

Jon

youngbowyer:
Probably will hunt with a my buddy and his dad. Bear has only been spotted in the swamp so i'll stay well clear of that. Mostly hunt that area alone for small game and pheasants, just want to know a few pointer for deer.

jeffhalfrack:
     Well  if  you  take  hunting like you take  bow building,,,,,you'll  do  just fine!!!!  but  after  gun season I'm guessing the  deer  are  pressured?  and will  be  nocturnal,,try  to  find  where  they bed  during the  day  they'll need food and  water,,,,the  key  is  to  find out the  tween time  activity's   my  guess  is to  study the  so lunar tables to see  when  they  move?  and  be  some where in the  path,,,and  stink free!!! I know it's  not  a  good answer  but  I'll  promise you  this,,,,,,magical   things  happen in the  first  year  or  so.   I  remember my  first  year,,,I  could put  all  my  arrows  in to  a 1 pound coffee can lid at  25 yards,,,,,and an  8 point  comes  11 feet  from  me,,,,,,and  I  shoot  4  feet  over  his  shoulder,,,,!   good  luck,,I  know  you'll  do  great!  Jeffw

youngbowyer:
gun season ends in november and i will be hunting there during the winter bow season in january so it should be pretty calm and the deer will be moving hopefully.

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