Final decision has been made!
We will go with an AEP property in SE Ohio. This AEP area is south of I70 on SR 83.
Go to this site for the map. Look for Campground K off of SR83 & T13. It is surrounded by public hunting with no reservation required.
http://www.aep.com/environmental/recreation/recland/pdf/ReCLandMap.pdf This means you will need to get your free permit to be legal.
To download the free permit go to this site & print it off. Once you print it off and sign it you are good to go. You do not have to send it in or anything along those lines;
http://www.aep.com/environmental/recreation/recland/requestpermit.htm The hunt will be the weekend of the 9th - 11th of November. That gives you three weeks to get your permit.
I will take the 9th, or the 8th & 9th, of November off work to scout the area(from long distance) and stake claim to the camp grounds. If anyone would like to come early let me know and we can maybe do some early hunting and scouting.
Let me know if you are comiing, so I have an idea of haw many will be there.
The schedule is as follows;
Friday evening: Set up, camp fire, discuss plans for the following day and look at maps.
Saturday; pair up or go individually to the spot you want to hunt.
Sunday; 30 min AM service/breakfast, then set up some slow deer drives if we get enough people to do so. This way everyone shoud get to see deer, if you didn't on Saturday. You can also hunt solo on Sunday if you wish. I figure on 4 drives and hunting until 2-3 o'clock Sun afternoon. Everyone would be a poster twice and a pusher twice.
* Gear: you will neeed whatever you would normally take camping (tent, food etc.)
Let me know if I forgot anything, never set one of these up before.
-Charlie