Posted: 3/20/2006 4:19:42 PM EDT
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Just a reminder the online applications will be online any day now. Don't forget to putin your your Elk (bull) hunt!! www.wildlifedepartment.com/controlhunt.htm |
I've been putting in for the elk hunts for over 30 years now! NOT ONCE have I been drawn for it! But I have drawn McAlester for bow hunting several times over the years - once even for shotgun hunting. Had lots of good luck there, too! 
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I got drawn for deer at Wichita Mountains NWR twice now; once in '95 and again last fall. Killed a nice 7-point buck in '95 and killed a big doe the last time (110 pounds). I'm afraid Wichita Mountains has just about achieved their 1:1 buck to doe ratio. Finding a doe last year was a little more difficult than it should have been. Saw LOTS of bucks, LOTS of NICE bucks, but very few does. I managed to kill my deer within an hour of sunrise, but the big successes that everyone had in '95 (about 84%) weren't to be had this time. At least not for antlerless hunters. |
You mean you hunt with one of them new fangled compound bows with all the stuff hanging on it?  yeah, it's worth buying a recurve. That is all I bow hunted with for the last few years until I had both shoulders cut. McAlester had a shotgun only hunt at the end of bow season, first of gun season. It's been awhile since I applied for it so I can't tell you for sure if they still do. My compound bow is a Jennings Split T - probably older than you, Z!  I put it up and started hunting with a take down Martin-Hatfield recurve. One of these days I'll tell you about a shot I made with that bow that still has my son shaking his head in disbelief! He saw it and still can't believe I did it!At McAlester Ammunition Depot, all you have to sit is sit down and a deer will come by shortly! There that thick! Including fallow deer! Story is they have several Bigfoot critters there too. 
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