Wayne National Forest, OH Deer Hunting

[deerhunter_w]

Jeff H. Have you decided on a date for the Ohio P.B.S hunt. Looking like it will be a great hunt. I need to know as soon as possible so I can swing it with my work schedule. Maybe I can talk Dalton into packing one out for me.

Jeff

[bucknut]

I live in the Wayne and we get a lot of pressure here too. The last couple of years the population has been down but you can find pockets here and there that still have several deer. You can get on the hiking trails and get back in on a bicycle. Its as good as any way to access the better tracts and you don't have to lug in all the gear, Just camp at the Trailhead. Dalton the spot I showed you last spring is a good example of this. Hope to see you this fall.

[huskyarcher]

Check the pbs thread jeff, you gotta vote on a date. It shouldnt be a problem to make it up there this year John, i still owe you dinner for taking us to that spot! Cant wait to get in there and try it.

[Jeff D. Holchin]

For those who don't know about the PBS, one of the membership benefits is invitations to hunt all kinds of animals all over the country.  I hunt a lot but even I can't keep up with them, simply too many.  I do manage to host two each year and try to attend others.  Check out the PBS and see what you are missing!

[Longbowlogan]

Hey Jeff I might have to jump into the PBS hunt this year, we'll see what's on my cameras come deer season!

[Kevin Dill]

From everything I've read, seen and heard Jeff is organizing one of the best PBS member hunts going. I haven't attended one mainly because I live smack in the middle of superb deer hunting. I actually have thought about trying to locate his camp and stop in some time just to say howdy.

Wayne and state forest lands: All I can say is there is a lot of land waiting to hike and remote camp...then hunt. You'll hear good and not-good reports on the quality of the hunting depending on perceptions. I think there is awesome value in just doing a true backpack hunt and camp in the remote hills. You're there hoping to kill a nice deer, but there is a lot to be said for doing a hunt most guys will never even attempt.

Just a tip if you go with Jeff: Be sure your cell phone is fully charged and DO wear a PFD anytime you're near water!

[Jeff D. Holchin]

We'd love to have you Logan but after your monster Buckeye Buck last year, the bucks at my wilderness lake will seem like dinks to you.....

[Jeff D. Holchin]

Kevin, come on down and visit us this fall, I bet we'll have some good stories to tell anyway.  It is true that a boat captain I ain't, so passengers beware!            

Many of us go out west or north, put on a backpack, head into the woods for a few days or a week and think nothing of it.  Yet nobody does that in the east or Midwest.  I have often wondered why.  Or if we have never backpack hunted before, the challenge seems too great, but doing things differently could really be fun.  Besides deer, a fall turkey is a real possibility with a bow, and squirrels are fun to hunt too.  A backpack hunt in the Wayne would be a real adventure!