Big Buck in City Limits
07-26-2013, 06:52 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 25
Big Buck in City Limits
Ok so here is the deal.
I went to visit my cousin who lives within the city limits to see his new baby and we started chatting about deer hunting (surprise, surprise I know). I had noticed that the back of his house is an open field to a sanctuary for a prairie beetle and is located close to where I see a lot of does almost every time I drive by. I always thought that there had to be a buck or two in that area because there wouldn’t just be 6 or 7 does hanging out and with younger fawns as well without a buck.
So my cousin starts telling me that before the November 2011 firearm season he saw the largest buck he had ever seen about 300 yards behind his house. This area is surrounded by a lake on the south with many houses, and an interstate to the north and to the west while the city is to the east. Needless to say, there is no way that the buck has left that area and is either dead in the woods, or alive still hanging low in that area.
I really have the desire to walk that whole property to see if I can find any sheds or even skull of this beast and can’t really seem to concentrate on much else right now. Ha
If anyone has any tips on what to look for and where I would be very thankful. I plan on keeping this updated with posts and hopefully pictures of finds that I have if there are any.
Wish me luck!
I went to visit my cousin who lives within the city limits to see his new baby and we started chatting about deer hunting (surprise, surprise I know). I had noticed that the back of his house is an open field to a sanctuary for a prairie beetle and is located close to where I see a lot of does almost every time I drive by. I always thought that there had to be a buck or two in that area because there wouldn’t just be 6 or 7 does hanging out and with younger fawns as well without a buck.
So my cousin starts telling me that before the November 2011 firearm season he saw the largest buck he had ever seen about 300 yards behind his house. This area is surrounded by a lake on the south with many houses, and an interstate to the north and to the west while the city is to the east. Needless to say, there is no way that the buck has left that area and is either dead in the woods, or alive still hanging low in that area.
I really have the desire to walk that whole property to see if I can find any sheds or even skull of this beast and can’t really seem to concentrate on much else right now. Ha
If anyone has any tips on what to look for and where I would be very thankful. I plan on keeping this updated with posts and hopefully pictures of finds that I have if there are any.
Wish me luck!
07-26-2013, 10:47 AM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
07-26-2013, 11:29 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 1,035
We actually have a drawing for city limits archery hunts... there are several areas designated and it's pretty much first-come first-serve.
Good luck
07-26-2013, 12:31 PM
#5
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 25
Walked through today to check it out and jumped a doe. Didn't find any sheds, but found about 4 tents where the homeless have been living. Kinda annoying but oh well. Didn't really look over the entire area, but not sure what the Game and Parks would say about a hunt there. Will keep you all updated
