So Aransas is a draw hunt now? I went for 20+ years in late 90s and early 2000s and know the place well. Everything I read above is great advise. It is as tuff of a hunt you’ll ever go on and is dangerous. How many do they draw? Used to be open to the public - went from 600 to 700 hunters back in late 70s and 80s down to 150 the last I went in 2009. Bucks die of old age there - there are some big ones there. Good luck. Skeeters are the most challenging obstacle at Aransas. Oh and the heat and the water the hard to find the right spot to set up in.
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Originally posted by C-dubyah View PostHow congested is it with other hunters during archery?
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Tyler is right, definitely plan on combating mosquitoes, i took two thermacells and has sprayed everything down with Stewarts and it was not too bad, cottonmouths everywhere. I had good luck out of a tripod, had a 12' but it was a little tall, will be taking a 6' down to LANWR this year.
It is a tough hunt but very fulfilling, good luck!
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I was down there for 5 days at last years hunt. It was the most miserable fun hunt i had been on in TX. Was hoping to go again this year, but no dice. It was VERY wet, we got some bad weather, and Cosway is right about the mosquitoes, no joke!
I suggest soaking your clothes in permethrin and running at least 1 if not 2 thermacells, and mosquito face mask. Walking to and from truck was the worst for mosquitoes and it would take a good half hour to kill all those *******s that got inside the truck.
I used my saddle, and was able to find some trees that were good enough to get me 12’ up. (And the mosquitoes were a little better at that altitude). The landscape varies so be prepared with ground blind, hang on (saddle), tripod.
We caught some bad weather early and it made it a very soggy trek, and the roads went to crap pretty quick. Lots of folks got stuck. The conditions (mosquitoes) cleared out the number of hunters pretty quick. I think after the first day of the hunt the campground went from full to about 20%.
It was a long hard hunt, but would go back again. I finally patterned a bedding area the day before i had to leave, wish I had had one more day.
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