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Post by BuckMaster on Sept 26, 2006 14:32:22 GMT -5
I am heading to Blackwater NWR this weekend and was wondering if anyone knows any good tips on hunting sika deer?
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Post by BIG FOX on Sept 27, 2006 4:51:04 GMT -5
stay by the swamps, they spend 90% of their time in water... they only come out to feed if there is a food source available. the swampier it is the better. try to get to a place in the swamp that is hard to get to may find a spot someone has not hunted, take your wadders and/or hip boots. make sure of your shot because when hit they WILL retreat to the water makes them hard to track
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Sept 27, 2006 7:40:02 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice. I will be wearing my waders. Probably set up in about knee-deep water.
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Sept 27, 2006 15:11:29 GMT -5
Bring PROTECTION!! For skeeters big as hanggliders.
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Sept 28, 2006 13:25:05 GMT -5
Hey, BUCKMASTER,
I didn't realize that Blackwater doesn't permit bowhunting until this Saturday. That makes me even more excited - this will be the first time this year that the deer have been hunted. NO PRESSURE.
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Post by BuckMaster on Sept 28, 2006 13:55:24 GMT -5
I didnt know that. Thats GREAT NEWS.
SUPPER SNEAKY SIKA FREAKY!!!!!
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Post by BuckMaster on Sept 28, 2006 14:02:36 GMT -5
You know your going to have to leave your house like at 3am right?  |
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Sept 28, 2006 14:07:14 GMT -5
That's the time I planned on leaving. I just looked on mapquest & it is about 115 miles from home. That will put me there right about 5 am. Should be plenty of time. I got some info from someone on where to go (top secret spot). It is going to be about a 2 mile walk from where we park, so don't dress too warm.
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Post by BuckMaster on Sept 28, 2006 14:13:51 GMT -5
I check that spot out on Google>Maps. You can put it on Satellite view and I could even see the path we are going to be walking on!!!
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Sept 28, 2006 15:10:13 GMT -5
I WANNA COME YOU LUCKY DOGS!!!!!!!!!
Take lots of pictures to share with the rest of us.
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Sept 28, 2006 21:22:38 GMT -5
Hardcore,
Hopefully we will have pics of a successful harvest, but you never know - it's hunting, not killing.
THE DEER HUNTER
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Post by huntindan on Dec 3, 2006 12:19:31 GMT -5
Hey Buckmaster...were you down hunting sika this weekend?
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Post by BuckMaster on Dec 3, 2006 20:52:15 GMT -5
I wish...no I was hunting whitetails though..no luck this weekend. I started this thread back in September when I was in my sika hunting mode. Prob wont go back down there till next September.
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Post by captwahoo on Dec 6, 2006 17:04:33 GMT -5
One Tip.....If you see one like this, DON'T let it go by!  |
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Post by BuckMaster on Dec 6, 2006 20:52:03 GMT -5
WOW what a Sika! Did you just find that dead?
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