So apparently my two bonus points defied the odds and earned me one of the hardest managed hunts to draw in Missouri. Assuming similar statistics to last year I had a roughly 10% chance of drawing the rut archery hunt for Longview Lake, but the permit is sitting on my desk as we speak!
Now the tough part… I’ve never set foot anywhere near Longview Lake. If I had more carefully studied the drawing odds I probably would have applied for a rifle or muzzleloader hunt… Nonetheless, I’m excited about the challenge. I’ve never tried to bowhunt public ground on a tight time schedule, during the rut. In fact my public ground experience is limited to a few years when I first started bowhunting and really had no idea what I was doing. Now I’ve got an opportunity to hunt the first two weeks of November on a prime piece of limited-entry, suburban lake ground. The rules require me to kill a doe before I can stick a buck, which will also be new for me.
Look for pictures from scouting missions and hopefully some horns… If anyone reading this has any experience with Longview I would love to hear your thoughts! You can email me at dukkillr@hotmail.com or comment below.
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