Yoakum Dunes WMA Mule Deer Hunt?

[Ungawa]

Ok, I was looking thru the draw hunt catalog on-line, 1 each permit for 1 each Mule Deer Buck Only. Ok, are you kidding me.........on 14000 acres. What's the point? Can anyone explain this? Why not more permits? Why not more deer?

[niceg3s]

Ok, I was looking thru the draw hunt catalog on-line, 1 each permit for 1 each Mule Deer Buck Only. Ok, are you kidding me.........on 14000 acres. What's the point? Can anyone explain this? Why not more permits? Why not more deer?

Last year, it was not an open to the public WMA. It seems to be a former trophy mule deer management ranch. Maybe there is some deal with the former owner. I guarantee you someone is shooting those deer.

[Slick8]

One among us made that hunt last year, perhaps he can shed some light on the subject.

I believe they ran two hunts on it last year.

[Ungawa]

I stand corrected there is a Management Youth Hunt, 1 youth hunt and 1 permit. 2 each mule deer either sex. But you still must be kidding me. This place has to be the safest place in America for Mule deer to live.........just kidding, being a little sarcastic.

[Deers & Beers]

Quality

There were actually at least 2 permits last year, 1 went to the winner of the Big Game hunt. An over 200" mulie was taken.

[BuckRage]

last years buck was a monster

[Ungawa]

I did a little reading and it is a relatively new park that leans to conservation of the lesser prairie-chicken.

[trophy8]

This isn't a typical craigslist deer lease where everyone thinks they have to tag out. It's a trophy mule deer ranch. On a ranch that size you wouldn't shoot more than 2-3 trophies anyway to keep it in check. Culls and does? Yes. But I doubt the state wants guys out there pressuring the herd to shoot those. They likely have a deal set up with someone. I could be wrong on that part....

The member that went last year from TBH didn't shoot anything. But he seems to have gone on a lot of public hunts and not shot much. So there's that.





jk

[BuckRage]

last years

[Etxnoodler]

Some of y'all sure like your conspiracy theories lol

[trophy8]

Some of y'all sure like your conspiracy theories lol

Going off your past posts I assume you work for tpwd?

[grizzman]

I was on the first hunt. The muley shown above was taken during the second hunt, the Big Time hunt. The hunts are both fully guided so only one permit per hunt.

[grizzman]

The hunt i was on was prior to the rut. The Big time hunt is three weeks later during the rut. Apparently, three weeks makes a difference. I won't put in for the first hunt again, but I will for the Big Time hunt.

[Shane]

There's not a lot of groceries in the sand dunes. There are not deer behind every patch of sage brush. Like Matt said above, 14,000 in that country would probably only realistically produce 3-5 mature shooters per year.

[grizzman]

There's not a lot of groceries in the sand dunes. There are not deer behind every patch of sage brush. Like Matt said above, 14,000 in that country would probably only realistically produce 3-5 mature shooters per year.

Yep. There were a lot of doe and cull bucks there. I saw one shooter, IMO, and the biologist couldn't tell if it was or not. I'll just stop right there on that.