LBL Deer Hunting 2024

Trevor2 said:
I scouted Friday. Found alot of acorns and hog sign. Very very little buck sign.
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gladesman60 said:
I scouted a day 2 weeks ago. Found very few acorns, Kentucky side, on the ground . Using binos didnt see many in the trees either. No buck sign, scrapes or rubs yet. Very little AG, corn and beans, this year. like always, find food find deer unless the hogs find it first. no shortage of those critters.
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There is always a ton of hog sign there. Sure would like to give one of those things some lead poisoning. :) Anyways looking forward to the hunt as usual. Will be on the TN side area 16. Staying in Piney Campground. Normally hunt the 2nd rifle hunt but point in for the early this time due to scheduling conflicts. Will be interesting to see the timing difference. They are always chasing on the second hunt.
Good Luck to everyone that is going.
 
Heath423 said:
There is always a ton of hog sign there. Sure would like to give one of those things some lead poisoning. :) Anyways looking forward to the hunt as usual. Will be on the TN side area 16. Staying in Piney Campground. Normally hunt the 2nd rifle hunt but point in for the early this time due to scheduling conflicts. Will be interesting to see the timing difference. They are always chasing on the second hunt.
Good Luck to everyone that is going.
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I've got the same hunt and area. Except I'll be staying in one of the campers cabins at Paris Landing. I like the dates of the later hunt, but couldn't pass up having an early crack at them, with a rifle, in November.
 
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Buzzard Breath said:
I've got the same hunt and area. Except I'll be staying in one of the campers cabins at Paris Landing. I like the dates of the later hunt, but couldn't pass up having an early crack at them, with a rifle, in November.
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Fantastic. Good Luck and I look forward to seeing some pics!
 
Does anyone know which area on first TN gun hunt was designated for ML only? They usually designate one area but I can't seem to find it now.

We are staying at Wrangler cabin and hunting in Area 10 KY side. I was just curious if 12 was the ML area on this weekend's tn hunt.
 
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Too many pages of comments to read them all. This new system kinda screwed Me this year. I always got an email to apply in years past, but not this year.

Anyhow, was looking it over and a few years back they had moved the first gun hunting TN to coincide with the rifle opener, whereas it used to be on the second weekend of ML… looks like it's back to the 2nd weekend in ML, is that the case? Wonder what prompted them to move it back?
 
KY youth hunt this weekend. We stayed at Energy Lake. The place was full of youth hunters. I think Saturday was slow for most, didn't hear of anyone seeing or killing deer. My 6 year old had a 20 yard broadside shot Saturday evening on a solid 3 yr old buck. 8 possibly 9 points, 16-17 inches inside, 120 class. Spent half the day Sunday grid searching and couldn't find the deer. I'm confident he hit the deer, but he must have gotten more into the shoulder than I was hoping. That coupled with a small caliber rifle didn't leave much for us to work with. It was a tough one to swallow for me because we have worked really hard to get him ready (he was adamant he was gonna hunt this year despite me not wanting him to) and he has hung in there and truly earned that opportunity. We heard a couple other folks got deer back at camp Sunday morning. Small bucks and does.

Saw plenty of fresh sign while searching for his deer, scrapes/rubs/etc. Acorns weren't everywhere, but a noticed a fair amount. Lots of hog sign. The hogs are going to ruin that place if they don't dedicate more resources to remove them soon.

I'm back for the 2nd ky quota hunt Nov 15-17.
 
nate17 said:
KY youth hunt this weekend. We stayed at Energy Lake. The place was full of youth hunters. I think Saturday was slow for most, didn't hear of anyone seeing or killing deer. My 6 year old had a 20 yard broadside shot Saturday evening on a solid 3 yr old buck. 8 possibly 9 points, 16-17 inches inside, 120 class. Spent half the day Sunday grid searching and couldn't find the deer. I'm confident he hit the deer, but he must have gotten more into the shoulder than I was hoping. That coupled with a small caliber rifle didn't leave much for us to work with. It was a tough one to swallow for me because we have worked really hard to get him ready (he was adamant he was gonna hunt this year despite me not wanting him to) and he has hung in there and truly earned that opportunity. We heard a couple other folks got deer back at camp Sunday morning. Small bucks and does.

Saw plenty of fresh sign while searching for his deer, scrapes/rubs/etc. Acorns weren't everywhere, but a noticed a fair amount. Lots of hog sign. The hogs are going to ruin that place if they don't dedicate more resources to remove them soon.

I'm back for the 2nd ky quota hunt Nov 15-17.
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Sorry you could not find buck. Had the same thing happen for my sons first deer.

To me, it makes no sense not to allow hunters to shoot any hogs they see. We kill them for free!
 
It feels odd to post this, but since ticks have become a year round event in TN, I gave my hunting clothes a good soaking in permethrin yesterday. I also got my deer hunting stuff gathered up and ready to go. All I'll need to do is pack a cooler and some cloths and I'll be ready to hit the road Thursday, after lunch.
 
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People are talking about the lack of acorns, but them things are raining down on this metal roof, right now. I'm glad I've got ear plugs for tonight.
 
Have yall found much sign? I walked another 6 miles today bouncing spots and still finding very few rubs, scrapes and feeding sign. Did finally seem to get away from big sign somewhat.
 
I left my dang coffee sitting on top of car 2700 ft away. I saw 3 does about 7:15. Hunted in my shorts till 9 then got chilled and put on the bibs.

Son had about 20 large hogs come by him at 20 yards.

An hour later, a big buck was trailing and pushing 3 does. He could not get a shot!

Almost never got a fire going last night at cabin. Ribeyes were great! We had to turn the AC on in cabin. 2 guys in an 8 man cabin ...other 3 could not make it. Roads are a wet mess.
 
I'm having coffee issues also. I have coffee, but must not have rinsed my thermos out enough. It tastes like dish soap.

Saw 2 does around 8:30. Then an unidentified deer at 9:45. It was walking through some brush, 50 yards in front of me and disappeared.

I've heard a lot of shots today from 7:30-9:30. It's been pretty quiet since. I packed lunch and a book, so I'll be waiting for the lunch getters to bump something through.
 
son has to eat...already had at least 8 bacon and 5 cheese sticks on stand...left woods at noon...started fire at cabin and son cooked another ribeye, my strip, and a lb of burger. I put goat cheese on mine and he had kerrygold salted butter. I'm stuffed and may skip supper.

Back on stand at 2:30...just had 3 does feed for 30m on opposite hillside. Wind is right.

Son had a big tan coyote behind him and texted if he can shoot it. I was already on airplane mode. Says he got video.

I have only heard one shot all day in Area 10 and it was not close. Plenty of hunters in area.
 
Antler Daddy said:
son has to eat...already had at least 8 bacon and 5 cheese sticks on stand...left woods at noon...started fire at cabin and son cooked another ribeye, my strip, and a lb of burger. I put goat cheese on mine and he had kerrygold salted butter. I'm stuffed and may skip supper.

Back on stand at 2:30...just had 3 does feed for 30m on opposite hillside. Wind is right.

Son had a big tan coyote behind him and texted if he can shoot it. I was already on airplane mode. Says he got video.

I have only heard one shot all day in Area 10 and it was not close. Plenty of hunters in area.
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Area 8. saw 1 unidentified deer at 810. my buddy had 3 rack bucks run by him around 830. no idea why, another hunter may have bumped them.Heard 1 shot. got down at 11 , walked out trail to eat my lunch and the guy came by pulling a cart with a doe on it. had a nice 8pt on my cam last night, working a scrape. just killed a dang mosquito .
 
Buzzard Breath said:
I'm having coffee issues also. I have coffee, but must not have rinsed my thermos out enough. It tastes like dish soap.

Saw 2 does around 8:30. Then an unidentified deer at 9:45. It was walking through some brush, 50 yards in front of me and disappeared.

I've heard a lot of shots today from 7:30-9:30. It's been pretty quiet since. I packed lunch and a book, so I'll be waiting for the lunch getters to bump something through.
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11:00, 4 does being dogged by a nice 8 point.

4:15, an even nicer 8 point came through searching. When he'd cross the trails from where the does went, he'd put his nose to the ground and follow the trail for a few steps before moving on to the next one. It was cool to see.

5:20, had 2 more does feed in front of me. They kept looking back, but nothing else came along.

Both the 8 points were nice deer, but younger than I'm wanting to shoot. It's just the first day of November and I have a full freezer.
 

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