oconee wma

alright, i hate to do this but i must share the wealth. that is what this website is for, right? oconee wma is slap covered up with nice deer. went sunday pm and saw 6 at 6:00 and killed a nice doe. a buddy of mine w/ me hunted where i pointed him to and saw a 6 pt 200# + 40 yards away. went back monday pm after work just to get away from athens and saw 7 in a food plot at 5:30 on top of that i saw 13 turkeys and plenty of doves on their fields. dating back to last year, i have killed three deer in three consecutiev hunts from the same tree, on public land?!?! this place is public land paradise. if anyone wants to meet on a sunday evening out there let me know. there are also some bruiser bucks out there. i saw a good 8 pt+ last year and several large rubs.

just wait till gun opener. I went last year pulled in had over 250 people signed in. NEVER again for me. I did not hunt that day I just left

shulze,
sorry to hear that, but i agree with ya, gun season is a different story. once bow season opens back up though in november, there are still a lot of deer around and i know a nice buck made it through last years gun season. i reckon ya just gotta walk a little bit. the only way i'll hunt public land is if it is bow only, so i guess i missed all the gun season activity.

yep that is what I am thinking. I dont think I will be able to hunt very much this year. I dont want to put up with the crowds on the land and I dont know the land well enough to go on a trek.

well, if you do any bowhunting i'd be glad to let you hunt my honey hole, or atl least real close to it, if you'd like to meet up on a sunday evening. i have never ever hunted there and not had deer within 30 yards. it might be a 15-20 minute walk but it is worth every step.

thanks for the offer UGA. I have not drawn my bow in 5 years. Besides I may be doing clean up from the storm.

I do know a area on oconee and is easy to get to.

I wanna go

UGA,
The area you hunt, how far is it from Madison, GA? I'm interested in maybe traveling to your neck of the woods for a hunt. Let me know.

Sgaither

WMA bowhunting

A lot of people don't realize that quality hunting can be found on WMAs. I too only bowhunt on these, but in the last 2 years I have taken 5 deer off of public land with a bow, and the list grows because my sixth one went down yesterday. Good luck to you guys.

fd

May be goin on the parent child hunt on oconee next weekend.