I have a kid that is in head deep in his athletics. 20 hours a week almost year round. He hasn't hunted a couple years with his dad because he has competition season in the fall. This has been awful, but will continue for a while.
I discovered that he has a little room in the pattern for the early Oct weekend of Modern season and so I put him in for the youth 204. He just so happened to draw it, AND the 215 antlerless second. 2 tags. But something like a long weekend to work on it.
I'm no newby here and I've offered help where I can. I have hunted the 215 a lot as a Kid, for mule deer bucks. I know where the whitetails can be found in the wildlife area and on the pockets of state on the North Pine creek side. I also know what a ZOO this area is on the opener. Because the 215 is a whitetail tag, it's a little tougher to figure and there'll be serious hunter numbers.
In the 204, that's been an area I drive through. Been to Bonaparte, been to Curlew area. (if it's not int he Sherman?). Anyhow, that's not an area I have traveled much and hunted little.
If someone has a good idea on either unit for a doe (204 either species, 215 Whitetail only), I'm ALL ears and beyond appreciative. Does are typically not something a person has to give up the steep/deep corner they occupy. Private/public... don't care, just a chance for him to get out there, camp a whole 3 days with his dad and maybe convert on one of these tags. I suspect the 204 is the easier hunt because of both species but I always keep my mind open that we could be efficient and do a double header. I have regular buck tags but I don't intend to hunt.
Any help is appreciated!
