From past experience, the J10 hunt is a free-for-all. Some years are better than others as it is all up to area availability. Sometimes the kids will get access to the “sanctuary areas” that are rarely, if ever, open to general hunts. Scouting won’t do much good as the majority of the bucks are ghosts until the beginning of October as they are dodging the pressure of World War A Zone. It’s a fun hunt for the kids though as they can use rifles and you can pretty much just drive around most areas until to happen across a buck your kid would like to take. Walking it out is always an option but the base is so large and you can only hunt the weekends and holidays so to maximize time, you’re best bet is to drive. The season runs concurrent with the A-33 tag so you’ll have potentially 50 archery hunters competing for deer. My wife has the tag so we will be there. Best of luck and good hunting!
