Game Camera and Still Hunting rules for Kisatchie NF

You don’t have to hunt on the ground. There will be an influx of people when firearm season opens up. Go wherever there’s less people to find deer.

One thing about cameras…. I haven’t put any on NF land but my buddy would always set his high up out of people’s view. Most of those areas are close to folks who wouldn’t think twice about picking up your stuff.

He can use cell cameras.

And he can hunt off the ground.

Someone was messing with him it seems

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Decent size deer?

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Yep. Kisatchie is huge. Lots of deer. Some parts get lots of pressure. Other parts you won't see anyone.

My hephew killed a really nice 10 pt this weekend on Kisatchie.

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Someone was messing with him it seems

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Happens a lot it seems. A few years back some baw printed out a bunch of legit looking "no hunting - area closed" signs and put them on gates. Two years in a row we've had a local in Missouri tell us that DNR was closing the refuge down the next year due to CWD.

Why not Bodcau? The northern areas are less pressured than the southern. I have hunted there 4 out of the last 5 years and love it.

We haven’t had high water in awhile. Most of kisatchie is pretty open in the bottoms unless you find where a tornado touched down and sunlight is hitting the ground. The pine areas can be pretty thick depending on when they last burned. Other areas it’s nothing but pine needles.

I haven’t hunted kisatchie for deer but the public hunters like to get right up on our property line and wouldn’t be surprised if some were crossing it. Going there during gun season is a risk I’m not willing to take.