Are any of you hunting LBL this Season ?

[Crappie Luck]

I'll be back in LBL this year for the first time in about 6 years. I'm looking forward to it

 

[TN Whitetail Freak]

I thought about using LBL to use in my cyber scout tutorial i plan to put together showing how i go about my cyber scouting process when laying out a new piece of property to scout for deer..

 

[Land Between the Lakes]

For those of you that don't already know Kentucky raised the price of Non Resident Licenses last season.

 

[tn24]

I killed my biggest buck on LBL.

 

[AT Hiker]

I thought about using LBL to use in my cyber scout tutorial i plan to put together showing how i go about my cyber scouting process when laying out a new piece of property to scout for deer..

If you dont mind let me know when you go, I wouldnt mind watching the master in action[emoji41]


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[THEdonkey0515]

I killed my biggest buck on LBL.

My 11pt I killed at LBL stayed my biggest buck for a few years. Untill it was passed by a Real monster 8 I took a few years later on my hunting lease.

My dad was hunting about 200 yards away from me at LBL once when he shot and missed what would have been his biggest buck. he has killed some nice deer to including a 13pt,but he swears the deer he missed that morning was bigger.

 

[Land Between the Lakes]

There are definitely some big Bucks in LBL. I have seen Bucks that would go over 160 inches in LBL. But like I said they are often scattered out onto a large amount of forested land and ridges so getting them in range is often difficult. The Hunter success rate in LBL is lower than surrounding counties, however several big Bucks are taken each season in LBL you just got to be in the right place at the right time. A lot of people who hunt LBL each season simply are not used to hunting big woods ecosystems so they often don't really hunt the right places and they often loose patience so they are not successful. But if you are patient and scout and learn how to find pinch points, funnels, natural food sources etc in the forested ridges you can be successful each season in LBL.

 

[Wildcat]

I've been hunting LBL since 1964 and part of that was before TVA took over to start LBL. First deer I ever shot in my life was taken in the Tennessee part of LBL and was a 14 point buck.

Seen several good size bucks over the years in LBL.

The last year I hunted at the TeDeer/LBL opener camp I found a fresh snake skin at the bottom of my treestand as I was coming down from the morning hunt. I have a picture of me holding it with my arm all the way above my head and it's touching the ground.To think I walked right by him in the dark climbing my stand made me think different.

 

[Mossy Oak]

Have any of you seen any wild hogs in LBL ? In recent years there have been a lot of sightings in the TN portion of LBL.

I have some land that joins LBL at the South Welcome station and got this pic recently.

 

[Land Between the Lakes]

Have any of you seen any wild hogs in LBL ? In recent years there have been a lot of sightings in the TN portion of LBL.

I have some land that joins LBL at the South Welcome station and got this pic recently.

That's a great picture. They may be moving north into LBL from surrounding counties. Have you seen anymore hogs before in that area ?

 

[Wildcat]

LBLman,

What areas are the hogs in on the KY side? I hunt all areas in KY but spend most of my time in areas 1,2,3, 4 and 5.

 

[Land Between the Lakes]

Most I know of are in Areas 1, 2, and 3. But they have been reported in nearly every hunting area/unit in the KY portion. I know people who have seen them in area 8 and 10 also. And in recent years there have been a lot of sightings down in the TN portion.

 

[Land Between the Lakes]

Another question that often gets asked each season is about Baiting in LBL. Baiting is NOT allowed in LBL.

There are two main reasons Bait, food, and food plots can not be used in LBL. One reason is it can spread disease. If a sick deer is feeding at a bait pile regularly with healthy deer, the sick deer could spread a disease.


Another reason is if people used bait or food plots, it can condense deer into the areas where Bait is present, which would alter the deer population. Why is this a problem ? Because Biologist figure up hunter numbers per area for the quota hunts based on the idea that the deer are somewhat evenly dispersed throughout each hunting area/unit.

Lets say you have 10 deer living in a 500 acre area. If someone puts out bait, now maybe 8 of those deer move and start living within a 50 acre area by the bait. This would only leave 2 deer for the other 450 acre area. So hunters hunting that 500 acre area would not be successful unless they hunted close to the bait. This would hurt the goal of deer population control.

 

[Land Between the Lakes]

Do any of you Turkey hunt in LBL ? Have you had success ?

 

[AT Hiker]

Do any of you Turkey hunt in LBL ? Have you had success ?

Last year end of season at LBL was a bust for me, no birds wanted to play.

Year before, lots of action. Called in 3, had multiple set-ups of on about 6 gobblers, killed 0.

If yall would cut some trees the deer/turkey population would explode. That hardwood oasis is turning into a desert.


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[Land Between the Lakes]

The Forest Service was planning on logging several thousand more acres in the near future, this recently started a huge debate. And currently the plan has been stopped. There is some good information on all of this on the LBL website including information about public meetings that were held on this issue.

There has been a decent amount of logging in recent years in areas 1, 2, and 6 in the KY portion of LBL, and prescribed fire is performed in areas throughout LBL each year. Hopefully the people responsible for these plans are going to decide to allow more logging in the near future.

A lot of LBL consist of maturing forest with little second growth. This maturing forest simply does not provide adequate cover, or nutrient rich vegetation to support large deer populations, this is one reason the deer population has declined in LBL over the years. Some species thrive in older forest, however a lot of other species need more second growth and open areas to be successful. Not only would logging some areas benefit deer, and turkey it would also benefit a lot of species of birds and other wildlife that depend on younger forest and open areas.

 

[Land Between the Lakes]

And speaking of Turkeys, I have really been seeing a lot of Hens with Poults this Summer throughout LBL. So it really seems the Turkeys had a great hatch. The Cicada hatch also helped many of these turkeys thrive this Spring/Summer.

 

[Land Between the Lakes]

Bow Season starts soon on the KY side of LBL. Are any of you going to be hunting ?

 

[csi-tech]

I got my preference point this year along with my group of buddies. We go every three years. The hunting is terrible, but the comradery is worth every penny. We rent a cabin, get plastered, play guitar and sing. I think hunting is more of an excuse. We usually get our whoppers on private land.

 

[Land Between the Lakes]

Some of the leaves are already starting to change colors in LBL. It seems like this area has seen cooler temperatures so far compared with this time last season.