Anyone ever hunt the Angelina forest ?
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I hunt adjacent to the national forest and spend a lot of time hiking and exploring it. I'm primarily familiar with the forest south of the lake.
A lot of those woods are upland pine, but there is a fair amount of hardwood. Both hold deer, but I'd give a nod to the hardwood bottoms for higher game numbers.
My best advice is to really spend some time on the web and dig into maps and familiarize your self with roads and trails and borders. It is a checker board of public and private land and you don't want to accidentally find yourself on a hunting club.
There are PDF maps on the USDA website. You can buy good printed topographical maps on the USDA website as well. Those maps will show the campgrounds. There are also Corps of Engineers camp grounds on Sam Rayburn. Do your exploring on Google Earth first. You can tell from the canopy aerial images what areas are pine and what areas are hardwood.
You will also need to scout. Many "trails" that show up on Google or maps no longer exist. Some are very faint. Find some areas that you would like to explore on paper / computer first then go spend a couple days there scouting. Stop by and visit at the ranger station. They will probably help you a lot. I have had very good experiences with the rangers.
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