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Old 12-28-2007 | 09:44 PM
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DMiller6868
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D.... Not wanting to rain on your parade. There is quite a big difference between hunting the little flat track's of land Del. has to offer,compared to the hills of the Wayne an similar areas of state ground.Del. is chopped into blocks anywhere you go. I don't believe there is any part of Del. you can even get 2 mile away from eitheraroad, river or res. Pretty much a no brainer. Now, you get wondering around down in those hills, There is nothing square down there.Ya betternot leave without typo map and a good compass an the knowledge of how to use em. Tho I'm sure some GPS's will work down there, once in awhile, but more apt not to, in most of that terrain. Been there done that, the gps was absolutely worthless in the sections I hunt. I never went down south intension lookin for a monster buck, but mainly to get some freezer meat. Ya, you can call me a lazy hunter, but Ive done my homework and hauled up my share of deer outta those bottoms.After 5 or 6 yrs. I found the perfect escape route. A nice little 80 yd. flat. next to a stone road. You can see the deer coming from a couple hills away.I rely on hunting pressure the first couple day's provide. Knock on wood, I never come home empty handed after a week down there. Word of thumb...If you think you need a gps for anything, ya better have alittle simplemechanical compass for a back-up.
Yeah if you read my earlier post I mentioned Wayne National. I live in Athens and have had my fair share of hunting there, mostly turkeys though. Either way my point was to encourage him to get away from the parking lot hunters (as I like to call them), not saying it's a bad thing, especially if you just don't have it inyou to hike a mile into the woods. I just believe that in hunting most public ground that is highly pressured the deer will tend to move farther in the woods if possible, making my advice very useful. I use a Magellan Meridian Platinum GPS, and it works wonderful in the woods, never had a problem with it. My brother hunts the Adirondacks and he loves it
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