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I have hunted Cheatham WMA for 6 years now only during rifle season. I have passed on many does except for in 2022. I thought it was a doe (was using lever action with iron sights), and it turned out to be a small spike when I tracked him down. Outside of this one deer, I have not seen a buck the entire time I've hunted there. I have probably averaged 20 days a rifle season out there. I've hunted ridges, saddles, creek bottoms, power lines, bedding areas close to fields, bedding areas deep in the woods - morning, midday, afternoon, evening - close to main road, far as yugo from main road. I mean I've tried everything. I see tons of scrapes / rubs and my buddy who has game cameras sees activity at night, but not one of the three of us in our group has seen a buck in 6 years!!! Even driving in in pitch black morning all I've ever seen in fields / roadside are does.
I bury my hunting clothes in leaves for weeks leading up to season and play the wind. Is the population out there just that thin or are they just that difficult to hunt after the mid November rut?
 
If it makes you feel better I haven't seen a deer from the stand there all year either. I can't figure them out there, but that's why i keep going back.
 
HoytDawg said:
If it makes you feel better I haven't seen a deer from the stand there all year either. I can't figure them out there, but that's why i keep going back.
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Jcalder said:
6 of us hunted it in November. I was the only to kill but 4 of us seen legal bucks and could have killed. Persistence is key
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Rifle season or ML? I feel like after Nov 20 it's nocturnal mode
 
I haven't been on Cheatham in several years. It has some big deer but man they're hard to hunt. I feel like if you're waiting until rifle season to hunt it those deer have already experienced a lot of pressure which is only going to make it harder on you. I normally seen bucks during muzzleloader season there although I never killed one
 
vanleerbuckbuster said:
I haven't been on Cheatham in several years. It has some big deer but man they're hard to hunt. I feel like if you're waiting until rifle season to hunt it those deer have already experienced a lot of pressure which is only going to make it harder on you. I normally seen bucks during muzzleloader season there although I never killed one
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That's why I went and bought a bow - gonna try and get to them earlier next year!
 
knightrider said:
Seen deer every sit, passed two small eights , seen several just not what we was looking for, mid November
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during the rut I'm sure they're groovin. I'd love to see the harvest numbers for rifle season compared to muzzle loader.
What type of structure were you hunting? Ridges, fields, saddles, etc?
 

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