I finally was able to put my name in for 6 or 7 drawing hunts today.
This is my first year doing this so how do I know if I get drawn?
Are these hunts worth it,if your trophy hunting?never done one before...
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Certain ones like Ravenna and plum brook are fenced areas and the deer aren't eligible for BBB, B&C or P&Y
I put in for the hunts at the Travel Research center....I think it's the Honda plant in Marysville. First time ever trying but for 3 bucks a pop its worth a shot.
Does anybody know for sure if you are already tagged out with your buck if you can kill a buck on a controlled hunt? I am figuring the answer is no, but not 100% sure.
Only 1 buck per season, whether you shoot it during a controlled hunt or not.
Thanks Jim. I plan on being tagged out by then, but if you get selected you can bring a buddy along to hunt....at least I could take somebody there that still needs a buck.
Well actually that may not work either. Only the person whose name was drawn gets to kill a buck... I believe the hunting partner is only allowed to shoot does. This is how NASA was set up at least... I'm not 100% sure about Ravenna or Ottawa.
At NASA both can shoot a buck or doe. Also....you could always transfer the permit into someone else's name if drawn on a one buck per pair type hunt.
That must have changed since the last time I checked. Thanks for clearing that up, Schu.
I was just over on the ODNR site...it looks like quite a few of the hunts have gone to either sex deer for both hunters. Ravenna is still one buck per pair.
I was drawn for a the Crane Naval Base deer hunt in Southern Indiana a few years ago and it was a 1 day hunt. There was no scouting allowed ahead of time and you had very strict orders on where you could go and when you could go in and had to be out. I never saw any bucks, and not alot of deer either, but ended up killing a button buck in the late afternoon. When I went to the check in area at the end of the day there were some hellacious bucks killed in there that day! Some real dandies. I would imagine some of these hunts would have the same type of deer running around.