Ohio Muzzleloading Season this Sat. ..Anyone hunting deer ?

[jeffdrown]

Anyone hunting this weekends Muzzleloading Season in Ohio for deer. I'll have my new 20 gauge BP double barrel shotgun out .. Got a doe tag left !

 

[MeatStick]

Yep, I got a doe tag left myself. 4 days of campin, huntin n sittin round the far.

 

[ohio ramrod]

I'll be out in the rain! It always seem to be raining in Ohio Deer season! :idunno: :idunno:

 

[MeatStick]

Ahhh, only 30% chance. Bing a cows knee.

 

[adirondack46r]

I'm driving up on Friday for a few days. You guys be good and push them my way. I'm trying to break a three year deerless drought.

 

[cody kaiser]

Iam gonna go out and try to get a doe with the kentucky!! In what county are you guys goin huntin? I hope all you fellow BP hunters have good luck! :bow:

 

[MeatStick]

If you don't mind my asking, three years in Ohio with "NO" deer. Where are you hunting? You aren't one of those "if it ain't 160 or above I ain't shootin" guys are you?

 

[S.Kenton]

Yep..I'll be in Ross county, 200 acres of private land near Mead land ..I've tagged out around my areas zone's A and B, Hoping to get a nice fat doe.. I CAN"T WAIT!!... HEY..also..I hope ya have a slug or two in your BP 20 gauge!

 

[jeffdrown]

..yup ... .595 round ball in both barrels !

 

[adirondack46r]

Sad huh? I hunt all public land 4 or 5 days in Nov with a long bow and a few days late ML with my Lyman. I am not a trophy hunter so that's not the issue. (I will frankly shoot any rack buck and a nice doe during ML) I have taken 50 plus deer with bow, shotgun andML so that's not the issue. I don't see a lot of deer up there. WNF is fun to hunt but frankly it takes a few years to figure out some of those big woods. By the way, I hunt Perry county. Suggestions welcome.

 

[MeatStick]

For public land in Ohio check out AEP Wildlife areas free camping and you can print your use permit from the website. I actually went to check out a place that I have never hunted and set a stand and was on my way home two hours later with my buck tag filled. I normally don't hunt public land in any of the gun seasons. Also check out the Egypt Valley Wildlife Area.

 

[jeffdrown]

...also theres alot of small public hunting land that was donated to State. Check with ODNR and find them... Theres a few in my area ..and I almost never see anyone on them. I have about 1,500 ac. of private land around farm to hunt on so I don't hunt much Public land.

 

[RtWingxtremist]

Already filled my buck tag, but I got one doe tag to fill. Not sure if ill Get out though. Huntin in Perry county also near WNF. Best of luck to you adirondack46r and the rest

 

[adirondack46r]

Thanks guys. I appreciate the info. Hopefully the dry spell ends this weekend and I'll be posting a hero shot with my GPR. I love the late season hunts. Our ML season here in TN, runs two weeks immediately prior to rifle. The late ML in NY (the other state I hunt) runs immediately after shotgun. Ohio's schedule is the best IMHO. Gives things some time to cool off after gun season.

Steve, I will be checking out the area you suggested on Saturday.

46r

 

[S.Kenton]

AWESOME! That aughta put a nice hole..or 2 in a deer!
I'll have a hard time sleeping the night before..I CAN"T WAIT! :grin: :grin: :grin:
GOOD LUCK TO ALL! I'll expect follow up posts come WEDNESDAY!

 

[ohiosam]

Ahhh, only 30% chance. Bing a cows knee.

When it's too wet anything above 20% means it will rain...When it's too dry anything less then 80% means it won't rain. :wink:

 

[Ft. Jefferson]

I finished up during the gun season with my 40cal Tenn flinter but my son still has a tag and will be out with his flint 50cal near Ft St Clair in the western part of the state.

46r; sounds like your just as well off in Perry Co as anywhere. Kenton has a good herd in that Tar Hollow SP area but i've had very good luck in Wildcat Hollow near your Perry Co line.

PS: Kenton, keep yer eyes peeled for hogs. I've run into them on the Mead land before!

One Shot, One Kill. Buzzard

 

[will5a1]

I am taking Monday and Tuesday off work (assuming I don't tag out Saturday or Sunday); the weather forecast for here (S.W. Ohio, I am in Warren County) is calling for pretty warm temps for this time of year and I hope they are still moving and not laying up and sleeping all day and feeding/moving only at night.

I passed on a smaller spike buck and some smaller does during the gun season, I am hoping for a couple of big fat does to fill the freezer but I will take what I can get now.

OGCA has a show this weekend that I hate to miss but I'd rather hunt.

 

[S.Kenton]

Ya know for the past 10 yrs or so, I've went to the same private land..and not one time have I seen hogs..I've heard from the locals they're around. Even went hunting for them one year..but not once ran into em..now that I said this aloud..I'll probably get charged by one! :shake:

 

[MeatStick]

I've killed two in Belmont County and took a buddy out and he got a 300 pounder.