Do you have a link? Maybe send this over to MarylandWhitetail.com lots of members there also.
http://marylandwhitetail.websitetoolbox.com/
I joined program for first time last year, got a decent buck. It is expensive, but is well run program. Success rate is in 30% range, if I recall. Interview process is basic and is only done one time to get into program. Hunter qualification is required. A big issue with some, hunt days are during week, no weekends.
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Congratulations on your buck !
Define " Success rate is in 30% range, if I recall. "
If you join the program, how many hunting opportunities are you guaranteed? Lets say I get 6 opportunities (6 days from the lottery). If someone cancels, will they let people take the vacant slot? Does 30% success rate mean: if I get 6 hunting opportunities, I will get 1-2 deer (does)? Or does it mean of 6 opportunities, 30% chance of any deer at all?
Can you get some credit off the fees for trail work or other volunteer activities?
In some of these programs the better you do the better spots they give you. My son met a guy who was killing dozens of deer a year.
I didn't see that in AA program. Lottery days (random) and stand locations (lottery day order).
Success rate - rudimentary figured, 100 hunters, 30 deer taken. I didn't calculate number of days hunted or multiple deer taken for a hunter. Otherwise, its probably like 3%, LOL.
Opportunities - no guarantees. I applied for 10 spots last year and got 8. Other hunters ran about same %. Tree stand locations are predetermined for the season, the order that you draw for the day of the lottery, is the order that you pick your tree stand location. If someone is a no show, stand by hunters can fill in, first come, first serve. As a stand by, you will pick last in tree stand location. Portable tree stands only.
Credit - not that I know of, trail work is volunteer only.
I only hunt two Southern AA properties, Parris Glendening or Jug Bay. 5 minutes from home . Feel free to PM, if you have any other questions.
Lots of liability with these kinds of things so I get the rigamarole. The cost is kind of steep (come do our job and pay well while you do it), but I guess the numbers have been crunched. I still prefer this over having 'snipers' in there doing mass shootings. This way, folks who wouldn't normally have decent opportunities to shoot deer get one. I have never done one of these(there are plenty in MoCo) because I have private property I hunt and feel I would be taking a spot from someone needing the opportunity more than I.
cool, thanks for the info.
It's not merely the "liability." These are public, county parks and the dates are public. Yes, protesters show up.
The protestors do not confine themselves to the parking lot. Its pretty stupid to walk up to someone in an elevated position holding a weapon, but I am told its happened. More than once. Protesters can research and obtain maps and tree locations. Hint: The correct answer to the interview question does not involve "shooting the libtard. "
Also, people ignore all the signs and go jogging anyway. Don't shoot fluffy!
To be completely fair, I have seen some pretty knuckleheaded things at Patapsco and Patuxent too.