Like I said earlier in a post, the deer like to migrate off the known areas, by hunting time. I don't live in the area any more, but grew up out there. We had a cabin out there for thirty plus years, I worked out in vernon for a summer and spent a lot of time on motor bikes running around the hills. I learned where those deer liked to go back then. Pretty sure they still go to the same areas. It can be a lot of work getting the big ones, but in high school a guy named mario shot one not too far from the town of vernon, pretty much right from the truck, that tied the big buck contest, so they can be just about anywhere. These guys are right though, Vernon, for whatever reason, doesn't have the genetics the pauns or henry's have. It will be a great hunt, but have realistic goals, and you will enjoy the hunt much more.
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