hazmat

Anyone ever do the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant hunt? I got drawn this year for the crossbow hunt and would like to know if anyone's done it, what it's like, what quality animals they have, etc.

Can anyone tell me anything?

hazmat

*bump*

mongorunner

seems like a great opportunity for a BIG deer, but by reading their website sounds like youre extremely babysat. No Thanks

post pics if you get a big one... If the GOV lets you[:-]

robbcayman

It's been years ago, but my dad did one of those hunts in McAlester and hated it. They dropped him off and truly did babysit him. Plus, he said the place had so many hunters that he could literally hear 20 different guys using calls, rattling etc..

I hope things have changed, but I will stick to private land.

hazmat

Yeah, it maybe babysat, but its a bonus hunt (i.e.- Anything you kill out there does NOT count against your yearly tag limit), so I'm not too heartbroken about it if its not a dream hunt. It's free and if I kill a doe, I can come back each year until I get a buck, so I'm not really losing out on anything by going. I'll still be on private land later in the year, but I can't pass up a free hunt, you know?

Just curious if anyone's been lately.

mongorunner

[*]Items Prohibited in the hunt areas[*]Cigarette Lighters, Matches of any kind[*]Spark producing devices[*]Cigarettes, Cigars[*]Cameras[*]GPS[*]Binoculars[*]Range Finders[*]Two-Way radios[*]Alcoholic beverages[*]Firearms (Except during the shotgun hunt)[*]Ammunition[*]Black powder, Percussion caps, Primers[*]Compound bows[*]Plastic gas containers[*]Camera cell phones[*]Strike anywhere matches[*]Deer Decoy’s[*][*][*]no range finders or binoculars? of course its cus you might look at the munitions plant...*rolling eyes*



Thursday (of your hunt weekend):[*]8:00 A.M. – 9:45 A.M. - Hunters may enter the installation during these times to get base permit & vehicle pass. To avoid conflicting with the base employee traffic, please don’t come before 8:00 A.M. Once you get your base permit, please report to the hunter check station (located at Murphy’s Meadow) to officially check in.[*]9:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. – Officially check-in at the hunter check station (located at Murphy’s Meadow). Please have photo ID and hunting license.[*]10:00 A.M. – 10:45 A.M. - Hunter briefing given by the Natural Resource Manager, Bill Starry.[*]10:45 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. - Hunters break out by hunt areas for further instructions.[*]11:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. - Lunch.[*]12:30 P.M. – Report to hunter check station to leave for scouting.[*]5:30 P.M. – Be back at your vehicle and wait for the convoy leaders to ****** you in.

wonder what the actual hunt schedule is?

whitetail_fanatic

Sounds exactly like the Radford army ammunition plant. If you are drawn for a chance to hunt($10.00 fee) you are only allowed to take a doe. If you are drawn again the next year then you are permitted to take a buck, but only if you are drawn for two consecutive years in a row. Lucky for me my mom has 180acrs joining the plant, lol. I have seen some very, very large deer while driving past the plant.

gbrownlee

McAAP is an awesome place to hunt. Ya you cant use all the range finders and stuff, but at least you are going to get to use a crossbow, something that most people cant hunt with there (you have to use a long/recurve bow). There are some giants out there and you will probably see at least one big deer while down there. I would be excited if I were you, I think only like 50 buck permits are given out each season and they usually dont kill half that many (because of the long bow restriction). Good luck!

okgobbler

Huge Deer that have a chance to get really old because of the limited draw, methods of takings, and large area of land.