Lake Sonoma Archery Deer

[Hunt4more]

Anyone have any experience with this pre rut/rut archery hunt. Steep terrain, dry vegatation, potential nocturnal bucks, yet, still, I may be interested. I do have a boat to access the Lake. Was wondering if this is pure spot and stalk or can you sit springs/stands? There are only 9 days of hunting allowed might be tough to try and pattern the deer. Is there enough open country to glass these deer? Is it worth the points in your opinion? I know the hunt success is very low, but so are most blacktail hunts with the bow rig. Thanks,

 

[mnelly]

I have been on this hunt with freinds A few times.In my opinion it is not as good because of the increase of tags.There is not as much area to hunt as one would think.Sitting on springs is A waste of time,because the hole hunt zone is surrounded by water,so spot and stalk is the way to go.The country is very open and glassing is A must.As for points,in my opinion,It is not worth 3or 4 points to burn,be cause I live in black tail county and killed a few.Saying all that,I am on that lake 25 times A year bass fishing and pig hunting and I have seen some real nice bucks. there are lots of deer and weather will play A big part for the rut to kick in.Hope this helps,good luck

 

[Hunt4more]

Yes, thats what i am hearing, too many hunters in too confined of a space. I'll bring the glass and I hope to have one or too of those real nice bucks patterned going in, but, when the rut starts thats all out the window.