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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: outfishu2 on June 23, 2021, 07:19:50 PM

Title: Desert unit from a boat?
Post by: outfishu2 on June 23, 2021, 07:19:50 PM: Anybody have any experience of accessing the desert unit from the potholes reservoir via boat?

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Title: Re: Desert unit from a boat?
Post by: Special T on June 23, 2021, 07:24:46 PM: I have not hunted it that way because i have never drawn the tag.. that said figuring out some high dunes could be helpful and i have chased deer with my boat in the summer.

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Post by: time2hunt on June 23, 2021, 07:38:11 PM: Horses 😜

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Post by: hunter100 on June 23, 2021, 08:41:47 PM: The water is low in fall. Not easy to get back there.
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Post by: deerlick on June 23, 2021, 10:45:08 PM: Usually not enough water in the fall to make it worthwhile. I brought mine a couple years back and it was a lawn ornament at my campsite that I had to worry about while I was out hunting.
Title: Re: Desert unit from a boat?
Post by: Mfowl on June 24, 2021, 06:25:14 AM: What tag? For late archery the duck hunters are pretty thick in the dunes. I did not see much for deer nearby the res when I had the late tag.
Title: Re: Desert unit from a boat?
Post by: trophyhunt on June 24, 2021, 06:30:03 AM: Seen a guy poaching, oops I mean coyote hunting from a boat during a deer season in there a few years ago while helping a buddy. He said he was coyote hunting but looked nervous when he saw me standing there, lol. The water looked fine at the time, actually thought it was a good idea, quiet.
Title: Re: Desert unit from a boat?
Post by: outfishu2 on June 24, 2021, 06:01:51 PM: Quote from: Mfowl on June 24, 2021, 06:25:14 AM
What tag? For late archery the duck hunters are pretty thick in the dunes. I did not see much for deer nearby the res when I had the late tag.

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Post by: treefarmer on June 24, 2021, 07:01:36 PM: I sent you a pm with my advice. Can you pm a picture?
Title: Re: Desert unit from a boat?
Post by: DeerThug on June 24, 2021, 08:21:51 PM: I had the same tag 3 or 4 years ago. And been out there some dinking around Not sure I would bother with a boat. There are so many access points and it is easy to cover a lot of ground. I dont profess to be an expert in the unit but pm me and ill tell you what I know.