Glad Muzzleloading Deer season opens Saturday.

[NIMROD]

Nimrod is rising and almost 4' high. It will be a few days for the COE to rid the lake of excess water. The river and west end of lake quite muddy. Arkansas River up and muddy too. Hope everyone elses fishing waters not messed up.

[Crappie Greg]

me too!!!!! ready to get my hunt on!!!! take a break from fishing for a while

[D10]

You Pros need to stay off the lakes for a while to give us armatures a shot! Good luck in the woods!

[GoTennTitans]

I don't muzzleload hunt. My dad and I always really enjoy October squirrel hunting on our 150 acres near Bearden. We use that time scoping out for deer scrapes, rubs, etc. I remember one year probably 15-20 years ago when I was squirrel hunting, I had been very still in one spot for about 10 minutes and I heard a deer coming. A big, nice 8 point walked within 20 feet of me before he saw me and took off. Opening morning of modern gun season came a few weeks later and I bagged him before 7 a.m. I know it was the same buck.

Another time, I was squirrel hunting and someone from across the paint line separating our land from their land called out to me to stop squirrel hunting as he was trying to deer hunt. I yelled back for him to stop deer hunting as I was trying to squirrel hunt! That same guy tried to run my dad off of our land a few years later. Some people think they own (or have leased) everything. To that I say, stay on your side of the paint line and I'll stay on mine.

Good luck to all of you muzzleloader guys this weekend. If you're planning on going hunting on top of Alycedale Hill near Bearden, Dad and I will be out there popping away at bushytails............on our side of the yellow paint line, of course. GTT

[Crappie Greg]

I don't muzzleload hunt. My dad and I always really enjoy October squirrel hunting on our 150 acres near Bearden. We use that time scoping out for deer scrapes, rubs, etc. I remember one year probably 15-20 years ago when I was squirrel hunting, I had been very still in one spot for about 10 minutes and I heard a deer coming. A big, nice 8 point walked within 20 feet of me before he saw me and took off. Opening morning of modern gun season came a few weeks later and I bagged him before 7 a.m. I know it was the same buck.

Another time, I was squirrel hunting and someone from across the paint line separating our land from their land called out to me to stop squirrel hunting as he was trying to deer hunt. I yelled back for him to stop deer hunting as I was trying to squirrel hunt! That same guy tried to run my dad off of our land a few years later. Some people think they own (or have leased) everything. To that I say, stay on your side of the paint line and I'll stay on mine.

Good luck to all of you muzzleloader guys this weekend. If you're planning on going hunting on top of Alycedale Hill near Bearden, Dad and I will be out there popping away at bushytails............on our side of the yellow paint line, of course. GTT

should be a purple paint line shouldnt it!!

[NIMROD]

should be a purple paint line shouldnt it!!

Some folks color blind! Some are just plain dumb, we got guys on leases trying to run us off public land that adjoins them almost ever year. We set them straight and tell them we'll call the warden or COE if they want and let them show the property lines. When ya hunt same public lands for over 40 years and every time new lease member gets lost painting purple lines it can be a pain in arse.

[walker733]

I am pumped about MZ season, got my eye on a nice buck!

[l_tedford]

I once loved to deer hunt but no I would rather fish. Good luck to all deer hunting and hope the water gets back right.

[GoTennTitans]

should be a purple paint line shouldnt it!!

The paint line I'm referring to is a yellow boundary line painted through the woods by surveyors, I guess. There are places where a fence my grandpa put up back in the 1950's is still visible, but the posts are long since gone. Just the wire fence remains. On the West side of our land, the paint line is yellow and on the East side, it's red. No special reason for it. We didn't paint it. It's always been like that as long as I can remember. When I was a kid and was learning how to hunt, Dad would say don't cross the yellow line, don't cross the red line, don't cross the highway, and don't shoot across the field. Pretty simple rules.

We've never painted purple on our place and have never caught anyone hunting on our place. Neighbors keep a close eye out up there as there are lots of thieves around out in the country. I suppose purple paint would prevent future problems, but if you know what's yours and what's not yours and where you can and cannot go hunting, then you shouldn't have to worry about trespassing. GTT

[NIMROD]

The paint line I'm referring to is a yellow boundary line painted through the woods by surveyors, I guess. There are places where a fence my grandpa put up back in the 1950's is still visible, but the posts are long since gone. Just the wire fence remains. On the West side of our land, the paint line is yellow and on the East side, it's red. No special reason for it. We didn't paint it. It's always been like that as long as I can remember. When I was a kid and was learning how to hunt, Dad would say don't cross the yellow line, don't cross the red line, don't cross the highway, and don't shoot across the field. Pretty simple rules.

We've never painted purple on our place and have never caught anyone hunting on our place. Neighbors keep a close eye out up there as there are lots of thieves around out in the country. I suppose purple paint would prevent future problems, but if you know what's yours and what's not yours and where you can and cannot go hunting, then you shouldn't have to worry about trespassing. GTT

Arkansas law is unposted verbal permission and posted written permission except immediate family members or lease holders. Not knowing where you are is no excuse , suppose to know where your hunting. I would contact leasees next to yours or private owners . Just to make sure they understood boundry lines .