Has anyone used the walk in areas for Deer or other Big Game in the past and like to share their thoughts and experiences using them?
As I was in a tough access * unit last fall for doe antelope in the Powder river breaks, a sole WIA served as my focus for a couple days of a 4 day hunt. I had one good stalk on a small herd on day 2, as well as probably my best opportunity on the 1st afternoon I arrived, that I didn't take as seriously as I should have, in hindsight. That WIA also allowed me access into some larger blocks of good BLM. Besides those few hrs of action noted, I had many hrs of glassing and hiking, in beautiful country, devoid of game-other than the odd
At one boundary, as has been shared so many times in as many postings on antelope hunting, it seemed the antelope knew to stay on the private land side (part not on the open access WIA). But, take it FWIW, as this was in a tough access area that received a lot of pressure for the 1st part of October. I hunted late season and only saw 1 other active hunter in those 2 days on the WIA. I was the only one camped on the adjacent BLM AFAIK.
Ultimately, all I got was some exercise and pretty pictures off that WIA; as I decided to change things up and navigate some patchwork BLM several miles away, where I got into good numbers of antelope Saturday morning, and was able to connect. However, the terrain and habitat wasn't any different on the WIA. I could see where on the right day, that WIA would have had animals on it and I might have killed one there. I would hunt it again.