freedomlives
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I'm planning my third time going hunting in my life, the first time for big game, and want to make sure I understand everything right.
From the 12-15 of December there is a "Buck Only" hunt on Paulding Forest WMA. This is a sign in hunt. Am I correct in my understanding, that this means I just go on the DNR app or website and sign in, then head out there and go hunting?
Since its a sign in hunt, there's no sort of tag that gets put on the deer, just write down an entry in the harvest record, and then report online later?
(Assuming that I actually get one. Especially since the need for a scope only occurred to me late, after going out there with my kids on Friday to look around the terrain, so my range is going to be limited unless the scope with SKS mounting kit I ordered gets here quicker than expected.)
The etiquette of WMA hunting, from reading posts on here, I think I understand-- first come, first hunts that area, and if I get to somewhere and see another hunter got there before me, I go on to another spot, I guess far enough away that I can't see him.
The slope overlooking this marshy looked like it would be a neat place to set up, as there is vegetation to provide some cover, but now reading the regulations, "It is unlawful to take a deer by any means while it is in a lake, stream, or pond.", I guess its better not to, as even if there deer is standing on the grassy places there, that's pretty much in the lake, or just a step away from the lake. Which raises the question, what if the deer is, say, taking a drink out of a lake or stream, standing on its shore?
From the 12-15 of December there is a "Buck Only" hunt on Paulding Forest WMA. This is a sign in hunt. Am I correct in my understanding, that this means I just go on the DNR app or website and sign in, then head out there and go hunting?
Since its a sign in hunt, there's no sort of tag that gets put on the deer, just write down an entry in the harvest record, and then report online later?
(Assuming that I actually get one. Especially since the need for a scope only occurred to me late, after going out there with my kids on Friday to look around the terrain, so my range is going to be limited unless the scope with SKS mounting kit I ordered gets here quicker than expected.)
The etiquette of WMA hunting, from reading posts on here, I think I understand-- first come, first hunts that area, and if I get to somewhere and see another hunter got there before me, I go on to another spot, I guess far enough away that I can't see him.
The slope overlooking this marshy looked like it would be a neat place to set up, as there is vegetation to provide some cover, but now reading the regulations, "It is unlawful to take a deer by any means while it is in a lake, stream, or pond.", I guess its better not to, as even if there deer is standing on the grassy places there, that's pretty much in the lake, or just a step away from the lake. Which raises the question, what if the deer is, say, taking a drink out of a lake or stream, standing on its shore?