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Offline Forestclimber

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Who is signing up to hunt at Big Oaks?
« on: August 05, 2012, 01:30:18 PM »
Who is signing up for the hut at Big Oaks?

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Re: Who is signing up to hunt at Big Oaks?
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2012, 05:53:32 PM »
Just signed up tonite w/big oaks as my 2nd choice- not sure where it is, but liked the sound of it!

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Re: Who is signing up to hunt at Big Oaks?
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2012, 10:19:10 AM »
I think Big Oaks is what we used to call the Jefferson Proving Grounds, north of Madison Indiana.  I might be wrong, but I believe the military is now leasing it to DNR.  I guess ordinance has been cleared out of the hunting areas?

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Re: Who is signing up to hunt at Big Oaks?
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2012, 05:10:20 PM »
any one here ever  hunted there

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Re: Who is signing up to hunt at Big Oaks?
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2012, 08:44:25 PM »
i got draw ed for the big oaks hunt .any of you guys  ever hunt there

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Re: Who is signing up to hunt at Big Oaks?
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2012, 09:34:03 AM »
I've hunted there... Questions?

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Re: Who is signing up to hunt at Big Oaks?
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2012, 01:35:14 PM »
for a first timer there what would be a good area. any thing specal one should know

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Re: Who is signing up to hunt at Big Oaks?
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2012, 04:42:53 AM »
  I have put in for there the last 3 or 4 years and no success. I have hunted there in the past, and it is a place that has the deer. I saw some big deer, mainly when driving to and from my hunting spot. Good luck to the ones that get to hunt there...

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Re: Who is signing up to hunt at Big Oaks?
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2012, 10:14:07 AM »
for a first timer there what would be a good area. any thing specal one should know
No particular area to speak of… All of JPG north of the firing line is rather scrubby, brushy with random mature woods and the occasional creek. The northern areas consist of mature native oak – hence the name.  As a side note the photos of the deer you will see in bldg. 125 are mostly chance encounters. JPG is over 50,000 acres and the hunt areas are mostly around the perimeter. As for travel time, from bldg. 125 to the Old Timbers Lake it’s about ˝ hour drive.
Bring your lunch, water and T.P. as it will be an all day adventure. Also, a mandatory compass – a newer requirement as people are always getting lost up there. Cell phones/GPS may be spotty. The terrain is relatively flat and after a while all it may all start looking the same – especially if one is concentrating on tracking wounded deer.
My policy for JPG has always been “First come – First served” I always take the first decent (weight wise) doe or buck.