Well, since I did not get a permit this year, tell me about your experiences hunting sovereign land. The WMA I was hoping for has a very shallow and thin river that runs right through the middle of it. On the WMA brochure it specifically says:
**Note: The river is NOT part of the WMA, as indicated by the posted WMA boundary signs on either side of the river, which preclude the river. You can hunt the river and the sovereign submerged lands that border it under the statewide (i.e., private lands) seasons.**
I have got a mind to track down a canoe, do some scouting for river crossings, then set up, wait till season opens and have all of those hunters push the animals right to me. I got a strange feeling that although its legal, I most likely will catch some sh*t from the man.
Used to only hunt open land around Potts, Flying eagle, and jumper creek. Saw and took lots of game, some only have 2 to 5 day quota hunts and you're done. On soverign land you go by statewide seasons for the zone you will be hunting. There's lots more airboaters running those places nowdays so I don't hunt them like I used to, but buddies of mine that do now still see a lot of game, you just have to get away where there not pressured.
I sent my buddy Chuck a message to get a link to his article he wrote for Woods N Water concerning sovereign land. It should answer a lot of your questions
Here is the article. We discussed the same topic last year:
http://fohaf.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4940&p=68096&hilit=Sovereign#p68096
This is exactly what I thought. This WMA requires entry at two specific points, I am sure the officers working this WMA do not want people entering via the river even if they are only hunting the river. So I guess the question comes down to am I willing to take the risk and/or willing to be harrased. I would go and talk to the officers working this area 1st but I believe this would only alert them and then they would be specifically on the look out for me.
