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Old 01-30-2005 | 08:03 AM
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Wild Work
 
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This book is for "profit", but can you imagine how long it takes to cover 450,000 acres of public land. This book will be known as the bible of state/public land. Not a 50 page newsletter. Myself and 5 other writers members of OWAA have spent 10,000+ hours on foot, in kayaks, boats, and crawled under/over around it all. Every WMA is different in size and it takes many trips to cover it. Some are only accessable by boat or at least the biggest part of it. My own log is over 15000 miles traveled without any return. We hunted, explored, scouted, photoed, game cameraed(yes we left them there) and spotlighted them. As for the hot spots, yes you will have to scout. This will help you get in the right area. I don't think this will put 10 hunters on the same tree in September. As, we are putting this book together, we would like feed back. What you the hunter would like to have. Hunting pressure, waterfowl hunting, etc. Don't believe the state newsletters that say waterfowl hunting just because there's a ditch running through it. The book will assist the working man who on Friday nite desides to go rabbit hunting in central Jersey or the deer hunter from up north, who wants to shoot a few snow geese with friends. Everybody has there own favorite. It probably in there back yard. Everyone wants to explore new land. This is what keeps us from getting bored. It will inform you, help you get a better understanding of the land. A map just cant' do that. As far as the information
it will be accurate and timely. THe Fisherman Magazine that comes out does far worse to the hot spot then this book will ever do. So when your hot WMA is listed don't get scarced. We are OWAA writers and we heve ethics.



Till our trails cross,
Wild Work
ORIGINAL: NJ_Bowhntr

This is a "for profit" venture, which isn't neccessarily a bad thing, but you must remember that any "hot spot" published in a book, with gps coordinates included, will not be a hot spot after the book hits the shelves. The best way to find those out-of-the-way hot spots is get out there and look for yourself. Following the same instructions to the spot as everyone else follows will only take you where everyone else is going.
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