Well I head out for McAlester, Oklahoma in the morning for my Traditional only bow hunt. I drew one of the many tags the Oklahoma Wildlife department offers each year to get the opportunity to hunt this great place. There are some true monsters roaming the property and I hope to get close enough to one to punch a hole in him. This is my second opportunity to hunt this place. I drew a tag a couple of years ago and had an opportunity at a real monster but missed. Hopefully I'll get another chance at a good one this time around. I primarily hunt with my compound, but I really enjoy shooting traditional equipment. I've been practicing religiously with my recurve and feel confident out to about 25 yards. I also have a self bow which I'm not as accurate with, but I still enjoy shooting it very much. Is anyone else hunting any draw only hunts that are traditional only, or is this the only place that does that?

I've never heard of a traditional only bow hunt. That Is way cool If you ask me!! Good luck on that hunt!!

Schultzy, check out the website http://www.mcaapcontrolledhunts.com/. Anybody can put in for this hunt. It doesn't matter if you're an oklahoma resident or not. The applications can be found on Oklahoma's Fish and Game website at www.wildlifedepartment.comand you have to enter by the first week of May each year. The results are then posted in July. I really like the idea of traditional only. They do offer a shotgun hunt (antlerless only) on years when the doe population needs to be thinned. You can tell by the pictures that there are some real monsters on the property. These are free range deer, but the property is huge (approx. 40,000 acres) so they can manage it with supplemental food plots and perscribed burning. They have a biologist that does deer counts and other surveys and studies. It's a really neat setting and they've had great success with it. I just didn't know if any other states did this. I think it's a great idea.

Good luck, and be sure to take pics.

Sweet. Good luck!

Good luck hope you punch a hole in a biggun

Good Luck John Deer!

Hatchet Jack

Good Luck. I missed out this year. Hopefully make it down next. Poke one for the rest of us Okies that aren't able to get out there.