Just wanted to check if there was any one interested in finding a place to hunt with a group. (Not to move the LBL hunt but to save vacation already submitted). I am looking at Big South Fork, Catoosa, and Cherokee national forest south. Opinions please.
For Tennessee, you out of state guys need a type 72 7-day small game 50$ and a type 93 wma permit 17$. The weapons will have to be rimfire or shotgun. LBL is the only centerfire for yotes unless private property. This would apply to all three places listed above.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/cherokee/recreation/cnf_south.shtml (http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/cherokee/recreation/cnf_south.shtml)
http://www.nps.gov/biso/ (http://www.nps.gov/biso/)
Catoosa is a no go! Walk in only . Gates locked
Since I have my vacation already scheduled and to save any BS that might involve changing it,I am
up for meeting someone somewhere
Frogman and I were discussing buying our Ohio license and hunting there all next week we would love to get together somewhere.
I am up for it. You guys pick a place and I should make it. :yoyo:
I'm off work Thursday to Sunday and I will be hunting somewhere. Might as well be with you all.
Sounds good, count me in!!
Jim
Why not come to Wisconsin, and hunt the frozen, marshy bottoms of the mighty Mississippi's lower river way. :yoyo:
OK ........How do we decide?
Where would we stay?
Lots to do before hand!!
I'm in.
I'm in if we can put something together.
Pat
This is a better idea. 48000 acres and they allow coyote hunting!
http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/NatchezTrace/ (http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/NatchezTrace/)
They even have a Wrangler Campground there!!
Everyone is welcome to come to WV. Rooms at the Knights Inn are $48.00 per night. There are several thousand acres of Public Hunting land available and I have have access to quite a bit of private land. Pretty rough hunting here though??
If we all get our heads together we can come up with something that will work for everyone. I sure would like to get together with you guys!! Someone needs to help me with these coyote tracks. I think Al and I found some good ones today!! I will post the pictures later.
Jim
Indiana has huge state huntin areas. There are several in the southern Half of Indiana that are very populated with coyotes. Theres a huge state hunting area that is coyote hunter friendly Near Seymour and Just west of the Ky line. I am in Southern Il right now but I planned to come to LBl Friday and If any Ky boys needed a ride or company, I could swing through the Elizabethtown area off I64 and pick them up and drop them off. There are cheap hotel;s near Seymour too. Or where ever you guys will come up with something I'm sure. Indiana is very rifle friendly(anything goes) and night hunting/for fox coyote/spotlighting 24hrs. I was really looking forward to hanging and talking coyotes with you guys again. A couple hotel rooms and I'm sure we could make do. Brainstorm guys! I'm sure a hotel/motel would love to get sold out this weekend. If anyone would like to do some brainstorming. 618-772-9128 anytime. Jerryboy
Hey Frogman that what their rooms go for all time if so may have tsee if you and AL have some time last week of april or 1st week of may I have vacation then maybe we can do some turkey huntin and slip n a yote hunt or 10
Lordall,
I just stayed there one night last week when our power was out. HaMeR stayed there when he came down to hunt bobcats with us. We would be happy to have you anytime!
Jim
Quote from: Mallardsr on January 31, 2009, 07:45:05 PM
This is a better idea. 48000 acres and they allow coyote hunting!
http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/NatchezTrace/ (http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/NatchezTrace/)
Is it rimfire/shotgun only?
Somebody pick a place. We may still be able to salvage this thing. :biggrin:
Pat
One last suggestion, Redbird wma in eastern Ky. north of Knoxville Tn. Theres plenty of room to hunt, you CAN use centerfire, there is no where close to stay that I can find. I talked with weedwalker, he said the best access would be from the south in Pineville Ky. See what you can find out about this. I am going to bed. More tommorrow! Hold on to the dream! RP
I ain't ready to give up yet either! Not really willing to go shotgun/rimfire though. I don't mind buying an out of state license, Kentucky would work for me, if Natchez trace will allow center fire that would be great for me. Heck I just don't want to let this pass.
We may get er done...... :yoyo: :yoyo:
I want to go. I know the guys in our WV, PA group have been looking forward to getting together with our F&F friends all year. I have been like a kid before Christmas the past few weeks. Now I learn that Santa Claus has cancelled Christmas this year. Bummer!! Big time BUMMER!! KY would be good for the guys who have already purchased their out of state license! Come on guys let's get something put together and salvage this thing!! If there is anything I can do to help just let me know!!
Jim
Here's a few pics of what it looks like over at Redbird. It goes for miles and miles. If you come in from the south side it's mostly reclaimed strip mines. If you come in from the north, it's mostly steep hardwoods with not as much user access. ATVs can be used on part of it, and liscensed vehicals can drive on any of the gravel roads thruout the area. If you get your ATV in the wrong area you WILL get a ticket. The game wardens watch it pretty good because of all the elk in there. If you run into an active mining area turn around and don't go thru it.
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/weedwalker/HuntinPlaces117.jpg)
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Hotels for Redbird:
Pine Mountain State Resort Park: Lodge
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So Is Redbird where we are meeting for this get together,and if so do we want to try and stay all in one lodge/hotel The worst that could happen is the cops get called,Right? :laf:
Redbird sounds good to me :highclap:
The lodge has 16 rooms available 2 nonsmoking
the rooms have 2 double beds and they are $59.95 a night for 2 adults
They have 5 cottages at $121 a night for 4 adults kitchen and bath w/running water
Hello Im fairly new to the site but is this gettogather an open invite to all? and how many and what days would this be for?
Yes and some will start arriving as early as Tues. and run into the weekend. :biggrin: :yahoo: :dance:
rwire125 anyone and everyone is welcome. We would be glad to have you.
Someone needs to research hunting permit/lics. for out of staters. Be back round 1 oclock. RP
Hotels could be a problem.......Ours have been booked up clear up here cause of the power outages.....Ky. has it worse....Someone needs to call and see who can take a bunch of us this week!
Al Go back a couple post There are rooms available
Redbird looks good to me!
Jim
Quote from: Bills Custom Calls on February 01, 2009, 08:16:33 AM
Al Go back a couple post There are rooms available
Sounds good to me......... :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo: There goes the easy walkin we were looking forward too... :laf:
Lets do it!
FROG MAN BROKE 1000 posts.......... :shck: :congrats: :congrats:
do i understand it will be this week? and if i came by myself could i team up with someone? also i would be coming down fron Mich so could possibly meet up with someone to share the ride down and not knowing the area are maps available? thanks guys
rwire125
You could ride with HaMer and I if ya want we are leaving the 4th of Feb in the Evening as far as I know now
we don't know anything about this area either so this will be a learning trip for us also,as for teaming up with someone shouldn't be a problem
Quote from: Mallardsr on February 01, 2009, 08:07:02 AM
Someone needs to research hunting permit/lics. for out of staters. Be back round 1 oclock. RP
Here's your license and permit information; :wink:
http://fw.ky.gov/avlic.asp
So guys,
Whats the plan? Are we going to go to Redbird WMA and stay at Pine Mountain State Resort Park: Lodge?? That works for me. Just talked to PABrushwolf, he's coming, Alscalls is in?? Should we start reserving rooms??
Jim
Thanks Jimbo for the Link
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/boone/recreation/hunting.shtml
If I am reading this right all we need is a hunting license to hunt this land,unles you are planning on going into the designated areas
How much is it $$$???
$40.00 U.S. dollars
Thanks Rich......
rwire-- We have an extra seat for the ride down & back. :yoyo:
Ypu gotta get your own bed tho!! :nofgr:
:laf:
I booked a room at the Lodge
We got a Cabin.......Frogman is once again out of power and hopes to be back on soon!!
Who are we missing fellas????
Some guys may not know about this yet and we should make every attempt to reach them and give them a chance to go with us!!
You have a cabin & we have a room. Are we going to be anywhere near each other? :confused:
We have a two bedroom cottage Wednesday thru Saturday. We have room for one more guy (on a pull out couch). Anybody interested post here and/or PM me.
Pat
We have a cottage too I just called it a cabin......Frogman has more details......I wish his power would come on!
I reserved one of the 5 cottages. The lady I spoke with said it has a kitchenette, two bedrooms with two beds in each and seperate shower and bathroom in each bedroom. Sounds real nice. She didn't say anything about a pull out couch?? She also said it is about an hour from the rooms to the Redbird WMA??
I'm getting excited again!! Hope everyone can make it!!
Jim
I was told it was 20 miles. No worse than driving from Dover to Wranglers camp ground!
It's only about 20 miles to where you can start hunting. The whole area used to be known as Redbird. But it's now divided up into several WMAs. The actual part of it called Redbird now is the farthest north part of it. There is also Graham WMA, Ataya WMA, a couple other WMAs that I can't think of the names at this moment, and Daniel Boone National forest. There are a few small parcels of private property within the WMA boundaries but they are well marked.
All that is needed to hunt is a small game liscense. No other permits are required.
Are we able to coyote hunt in the Daniel Boone NF?? Can we hog hunt??
Jim & Al
Quote from: Frogman on February 01, 2009, 06:10:39 PM
Are we able to coyote hunt in the Daniel Boone NF?? Can we hog hunt??
Jim & Al
Yes, you can hunt in the Daniel Boone forest, and yes, hogs are in all year. But I've never seen a hog over there.
And Jim, Yes, handguns are OK too.
It's a big place with trails going everywhere. If you have a GPS you might want to use it. Cell phones work on top of the hills but not in the valleys.
Are there any coyotes there???
Jim
Quote from: Frogman on February 01, 2009, 06:21:46 PM
Are there any coyotes there???
Jim
Not as many as there used to be. I killed a few of them. :biggrin: The cat and yote in my avatar are from there.
There's a pretty good population of coyotes in there. Not as many as in the western part of the state though.
Is there a DNR headquarters nearby that might have some maps of the areas?
Jim
Here's a link to the DNR's map sight for Begley WMA. It's in the middle of the area and you can see most of the other areas on it.
http://fw.ky.gov/kfwis/viewable/begley_all.pdf
I wish I could find the map I seen earlier it showed a Ranger station on 421 I think
If you look at a Ky map, Route 66 goes north from Pineville. Not far out of town Route 221 forks off to the right. Going north from there on either road is the hunting area as long as you stay between the two roads. There is private property along the road frontage of those two roads and the WMA property is behind them. There are several gravel or one lane blacktop roads that turn off into the WMAs. As long as you go uphill to the top of the hill from the main roads you will be in the WMA.
as much as i would love to go with yall acording to the wife its to short a notice :confused: and if she aint happy nobody in the house is eather :doh2: so is this a yearly thing? if so looks like the next one would make my household a much nicer place to be :biggrin:
rwire125, we hunt the LBL the 1st full weekend of February every year. But due to the ice storm and LBL being closed, we're getting together here this year.
I've been looking at a lot of online maps, but I would really like to have some more detailed topographic maps similar to the ones I bought at LBL last year. I know here in WV the DNR office has realy nice topo maps of all the wma's. Just wondering? Can't have too much information. Weedwalker, do they have internet access at the lodge area??
Jim
Internet access is in the lounge at the lodge
Thanks Bill!!
Jim