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Re: DIY nebraska

Unread postby DEERSLAYER » Fri Jun 17, 2011 4:24 pm

I have never been there, but I would try Knobs State Forest & WMA. It's 1,537 acres of bow only and I seen some nice spots on a topo there and access is limited to three designated parking areas. No parking along roads. You can learn some more at http://fw.ky.gov/kfwis/arcims/wma.asp?strId=9121

Fort Knox is 108,618 acres and always has some huge bucks. You can find out more at http://fw.ky.gov/kfwis/arcims/wma.asp?strId=9077

They are only a mile or two apart.


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Unread postby RaisedByWolves » Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:41 am

DEERSLAYER wrote:I have never been there, but I would try Knobs State Forest & WMA. It's 1,537 acres of bow only and I seen some nice spots on a topo there and access is limited to three designated parking areas. No parking along roads. You can learn some more at http://fw.ky.gov/kfwis/arcims/wma.asp?strId=9121

Fort Knox is 108,618 acres and always has some huge bucks. You can find out more at http://fw.ky.gov/kfwis/arcims/wma.asp?strId=9077

They are only a mile or two apart.

good info! thanks
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Unread postby Uncle Lou » Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:45 am

I hunted southwest NE back in 08. My cousin lives in McCook and took me hunting on a ranch 3 or 6,000 acres I cant remember. I went in Dec for the muzzleloading season. The tag was either species (mule deer or white-tailed) either sex plus a bonus antlerless white-tailed came with it.

Once I filled my mule deer tag on the ranch, I headed to visit another cousin who is a custom combiner. He was mowing down some sunflower seeds adjacent to the Republican river outside of Straton. Holly cow were the white-tails in there. There was a state game area on the west side of a reservoir there that I took a walk about on.

I strongly recommend picking up a Nebraska Atlas and Gazetteer. It shows the entire state in some detail including all the public ground.

here are a few pics. I loved that country
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my deer, I took a doe, and yes that is a scope ring in the blurry picture

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The Republican river adjacent to the sunflower field and the state game area.
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Some deer my cousin and his dad shot in the firearm season.

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Unread postby DEERSLAYER » Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:22 am

8-) With all that open territory I can see how the sunflowers would be a big draw. It wouldn't be to hard to create a whitetail paradise in a place like that.
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Unread postby Uncle Lou » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:20 am

Where I was the high ground was mostly pasture and seemed to be where the Mule deer were and then as you stepped down in topography along the drainages is where most of the agriculture was, along with the whitetails.
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Unread postby sumac » Sun Dec 11, 2011 4:41 pm

well figured i better follow up, ended up going out to NE for the bow opener this year and all in all it was a great time. Didnt end up shooting anything although i did have 1 and 2 year old bucks in bowrange. Saw 1 buck i consider a shooter but of course he went the wrong way. I can say that the people of NE are really nice, kind of refreshing. They have hudge bull frogs, lots of white tails, coyotes, and a ton of those nasty garden spiders. sick. All in all it was a lot of fun and i plan on catching up with a booker some time down the road down there.
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Unread postby JakeJD » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:01 am

BackWoodsHunter wrote:I've got a buddy who lives out there and he shoots monster bucks. He moved out there and is a taxidermist. He left WI and said he never looked back. Non-res archery tag is AROUND 200 bucks and you can shoot a muley or whitetail. Your own cost then is motel and food. I'll see what other info I can gather from him and I will post it here. Good luck.



FYI, there are several mule deer conservation areas in the SW and South Central part of the state where you cannot shoot a mule deer (regardless of weapon) without drawing a mule deer tag.
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Re: DIY nebraska

Unread postby cwoods » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:53 pm

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