Guys I am out of Florida and I want to take a trip to Demopolis to hunt the David k Nelson WMA. I would like to know how bad the river is? Can I park at the civic center and paddle across in a canoe? Or is that too dangerous? Are there good numbers of deer? Remember I am from Florida so if there are more than 2 deer with 2 points or better that is prime hunting. I would like to bow hunt. I may bring a shotgun just in case. I like to use my climber so I can cover more ground. In Florida we can only shoot does in archery season and doe weekend. You guys have a very liberal doe harvest system. Any information is greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Sorry Spidle lake not spike. Dang auto correct. Whild Bill I am not sure what you mean by center pinch one?

So I have decided to go. I will drive up on the 10th and hunt all week. I dont know how to tell the boundary lines of the property. I cant see any fences in google maps. I have been looking at spike lake like nightwachtmen suggested. I own a 20ft pontoon i just figured that was overkill. This is gonna be quite an adventure.

I got to give thanks to Muzzy. I went to Demopolis and had a great time. I spent 2 days scouting. I found some swamp chestnut and white oaks. He pointed me in the right direction. I didn't bring my canoe. I walked a lot. It was a hour walk to my stand. It was a 45 minute drive from the economy lodge to the gate. I hunted the dam site. I had the whole place to myself all week. Those woods were so beautiful. I hunted the hardwood bottoms. Just amazing stand of old hardwood trees. I saw 7 bucks. I shot at 2 6 points missed both of them. I tried a practice shot to find out my bow was off. Must have knock out the site while scouting. I didn't think to test my shots every day in between hunts. That wont happen again. I will be back. I am thinking about hunting the rut. I dont really know how to properly use grunt calls or any of that stuff but I do know that place holds some deer. It's funny I did not see one doe.