Please help

[huntNfish321]

Hello everyone I am a longtime fisherman and a long time follower of the forum. Well I decided that I wanted to start hunting this year. I have never hunted before in my life and am needing some help. The main thing is I am needing a place to hunt. I really can't afford to hunt on a lease so I was wondering if there was any good public land to hunt or any other info would be greatly appreciated

 

[Shark]

Let me know where you will end up hunting...... I've already been shot at while deer hunting and want to be 20 miles away when a rookie is wandering around in the woods! emoEnforce emoPoke

 

[huntNfish321]

LOL....Although I am a rookie in deer hunting I am def. not a rookie with Guns....

 

[SpurHunter]

I think Prentice Cooper has some open hunts

 

[smalliemouth]

Start burning some gas all they can do is tell u no hunting on their property, knowing where u live and plan to hunt would help.

 

[huntNfish321]

Anywhere around Chattanooga really

 

[TightlineT]

Prentice Cooper would be my first thought.

 

[Liveliner]

huntNfish321 - 8/28/2010 7:51 PM LOL....Although I am a rookie in deer hunting I am def. not a rookie with Guns....

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Sooo ... You can promise Shark you will not miss ???</p>

Seriously, Prentice Cooper WMA has several open hunts and has easy access to many good spots along the main roads. I would suggest that you go spend some time up there and getacquaintedwith the area.</p>

Keep at it, someone on here may have a some land and just may invite you. There is much, much more to learn in hunting than knowing about guns. There are manuals available from TWRA. Do you have your Hunters SafetyCoursecertificate? That is just part of it. </p>

I am in no way trying to discourage you, I just want you to get it right so you can enjoy the sport as I do. Good Luck !!!</p>

 

[huntNfish321]

I understand 100% and greatly appreciate your help!

 

[Punisher]

Shark - 8/28/2010 7:48 PM

Let me know where you will end up hunting...... I've already been shot at while deer hunting and want to be 20 miles away when a rookie is wandering around in the woods! emoEnforce emoPoke .... AND IF YOU SEE SHARK OUT SHOOT HIM HE IS SOME KIND OF DAMN YANKEE OR SOMETHING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[churly]

I have busted my arse for 20 years to have access to the places I have to hunt. I have $4300 invested in lease fees alone but I have over 1000acres to play with. Here's a couple of tips:

find the area you want to hunt. Get online and look at the county assesors maps. there you can find out the landowners and their contact info, but more importantly, what their property taxes are.

approach the landowner with the statement, I would be willing to pay your proerty taxes in exchange for rights to hunt the place...that works better than the old, "can I hunt your farm?"

The last piece of advice I can give is; if someone gives you permission to hunt 1 acre, take them up on it. one day it may be the last acre you have to hunt. I have lost access to more places than I have, because of deaths, land sales, and the urban sprawl. Its getting tougher and more expensive to find new places.

 

[Jason F-18]

churly makes a good point: never turn your nose up to access to land, even if it seems too small to hunt. all you really need is enough land to shoot and recove a deer. The better you are at dropping them, the less land you need. Some of the best deer property i have ever hunted was 40 acres north of atlanta in between two neighborhoods. The deer would graze on manicured lawns and acorns all night, then come bed down on the property we had permission to hunt.

Good luck and be safe

 

[Liveliner]

Ditto what Justin and Jason Said. I guess I am lucky when it comes to hunting areas. I contribute it to who you know.</p>

I am not even going to start to list TN. and Ga areas I haveavailableto hunt for free But lets just say I have many friends with land from theOkefenokeeSwamp in Ware County, GA to Jackson County in north TN. I don't even Hunt GA any more. No time. I do not even get to a fraction of the areas I have available in TN. I think the Lease I am on right now holds the biggest and best number of trophy bucks of all my areas except for the two hundred acres of private property inside the borders of Fall Creek Falls State Park.</p>

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