07-14-2004, 06:59 PM
This is the first year I've owned a boat, and while I've been out fishing early in the morning on a couple high mountain lakes I've noticed a few pretty good bucks. These bucks were a ways from a road of any kind, which leads me to think that they've probably seen light pressure in the past from hunting. It's caused me to think that maybe it would be a good idea to try a little deer hunting from my boat this year.
I'm not looking for any secret spots or tactics, but I am curious if any of you have heard of this being done very extensively here in Utah. I've read the UDWR regulations, and they say that a hunter may shoot from a boat as long as the motor is not running and all forward progress has ceased.
If any of you have any good deer hunting stories using a boat, I'd love to hear them. I'm figuring this year that I'll spend the opening day afoot in the mountains near a honey hole that has produced for me in the past, but if I don't connect, maybe I'll spend the rest of the hunt in my boat, hunting and fishing at the same time. It's making me excited just writing about it. [
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I'm not looking for any secret spots or tactics, but I am curious if any of you have heard of this being done very extensively here in Utah. I've read the UDWR regulations, and they say that a hunter may shoot from a boat as long as the motor is not running and all forward progress has ceased.
If any of you have any good deer hunting stories using a boat, I'd love to hear them. I'm figuring this year that I'll spend the opening day afoot in the mountains near a honey hole that has produced for me in the past, but if I don't connect, maybe I'll spend the rest of the hunt in my boat, hunting and fishing at the same time. It's making me excited just writing about it. [
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