Vernon private land help

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I am a disabled Hunter and I’m looking for some help on the private land in the Vernon unit. I drew a rifle tag and a few months later found out that I can hunt the private land through some random draw. Didn’t even know that existed until the DWR sent me the email. I know the unit somewhat well on the west side as ive helped with my brothers archery tag a few years back and a few friends have drawn it recently, but I know nothing of the private land.

My question is Which private hunting land is somewhat accessible and worth hunting? Any info would be very helpful. I am a quadriplegic and in a wheelchair so I am limited to a side-by-side while hunting. Thanks in advance!
 
I don’t, he said I should have access to all of them if I notify him 24 hours in advance. Hard part is they may not have to allow vehicles on the property but he thinks most will in my situation.
 
rydub01 said:
Thanks! I will try that and see what comes of it.
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Did you have the bookcliffs tag awhile back (like 10+ years ago?) If so i think i helped you out with some information back then, and you killed a stud buck if i remember right.

Sorry I don't know the Vernon at all.
 
Let me get this straight.....Land owners are obligated to allow hunting on their property to handicapped hunters??....
 
Homer said:
Let me get this straight.....Land owners are obligated to allow hunting on their property to handicapped hunters??....
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No, one if the stipulations of the land owner association voucher tag program is they have to allow the same number of public tag hunters access to the LOA land. So if the LOA gets 10 tags that they can sell they are required to allow 10 public hunters access as well. The dwr randomly selects a few hunters from the pool of public hunters that will have this access. The public hunters have to follow all the rules the LOA sets, but they can't make rules that only apply to the public hunters, any rules set will have to apply to the people that bought vouchers as well.

It's new this year, well the rule has always been in place but nobody enforced it, what is new is the dwr selecting people and giving them notice.

The fact this guy is handicapped was just a coincidence.
 
JakeH said:
Did you have the bookcliffs tag awhile back (like 10+ years ago?) If so i think i helped you out with some information back then, and you killed a stud buck if i remember right.

Sorry I don't know the Vernon at all.
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Yes, that is me, thanks for your help then. It was a pretty good buck! I think it’s going on 17 years now.
 
JakeH said:
No, one if the stipulations of the land owner association voucher tag program is they have to allow the same number of public tag hunters access to the LOA land. So if the LOA gets 10 tags that they can sell they are required to allow 10 public hunters access as well. The dwr randomly selects a few hunters from the pool of public hunters that will have this access. The public hunters have to follow all the rules the LOA sets, but they can't make rules that only apply to the public hunters, any rules set will have to apply to the people that bought vouchers as well.

It's new this year, well the rule has always been in place but nobody enforced it, what is new is the dwr selecting people and giving them notice.

The fact this guy is handicapped was just a coincidence.
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Correct, this was completely random that I drew it. I didn’t even know about the program until I got the email. My disability has nothing to do with it.
 
Hey, just wanted to let you guys know that I shot a pretty good buck on the Vernon. Didn’t end up using any private land access but had a great time. Thanks to all for putting in your two cents. Here’s a few pictures.

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Hey man huge congrats to you on a magnificent buck. And perhaps more importantly, you serve as an inspiration to me to never stop doing what I love even with life’s limitations & physical curve balls thrown my way. Thank you for that!!
 
Tikka said:
Could you give us a quick rundown of your hunt?
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Sure, nothing too exciting. We spotted him from about a mile away on the benches and we knew there were a lot of roads within range ( I’m in a wheelchair so I hunt from a Ranger). So we took off in his direction. When we spotted him again he was in the bottom of one of the drainages. We were about 700 yards away and decided to creep up a little bit closer and got to 375. I use a 7MM short mag with a modified trigger that I blow into since my fingers don’t work well. When I got him in my scope, a doe sat in front of him for what seemed like 10 years, but was probably 5 minutes. when she started feeding again and moved a bit I let one fly and double lunged him. He went 10 yards and dropped. My dad and buddy were freaking out and trying to figure out the best way to get to him. We noticed that there was a road pretty close to where he was at but had to drive aways around to get to it. That was a long 5 minute drive, when we got there My dad and buddy searched for about five minutes and found him not too far from where he was shot. Overall, it was a great time and a tough hunt. Didn’t see anything near his size in that area after hunting for seven days but with the steep terrain and heavy cedars, I can understand why that size of buck can grow there.
 
Thats awesome you had your dad and a buddy there with you... You hammered a huge buck and we're all happy for you...
Thanks for sharing your buck with us...
 

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