Next Wednesday the 4th

Well I’m out. I just looked it up and of course they are just trying to make money off of it. $10 just to apply for the lottery. Smells a lot like the alligator lottery BS. I already just dropped almost $100 on licenses. Now they want an extra $10 just to tell me sorry you didn’t get “drawn”. What ever happened to a guy just being able to go hunting with his kids and enjoying the day. With all of the rules , regulations, and “privileges “ required it has taken a lot of the enjoyment out of it. Seems like you are spending more time worrying about if you are legal or not.

I guess I've come to expect a registration fee with any sought after lottery drawing, at least it keeps folks from just flooding the system and having their wife, brother, kids, mother in law etc all apply without them having a little skin in the game.

The think that I just read that really bothers me is the apparently all state or federal wildlife refuges are closed to hunting for them... I was absolutely going to apply and would have gladly paid their fees but if I'm not able to hunt Wheeler WRA then there's not really any point. that's where the largest population of them are around here.

Are there public places to hunt them? I would apply, but don’t don’t have any land up there to hunt.

I was wondering this same thing

I was drawn for sandhills. Anyone else? Would like to get with some others that have tags and get a plan together with anyone interested.

You got access to private land that holds any cranes?

I saw a bunch one day on public land last season. I don't know the first thing about crane hunting.

I see em every year. They’re annoying

What part of the state? I know a few spots I could get some pass shooting but figured it’d be way more fun to actually try and work them into a decoy spread!

I drew.

I've first hunted them by pass shooting. With those, I made some stuffers. Decoying cranes is something special.

I could kill limits in my front yard. But it’s in the city limits

Ain’t no thang for an outlaw like you bruh 😎

I got drawn, where are we hunting at. Push come to shove I’ll crawl on em!

I drew tags as well! Just wondering where they're most abundant?

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...pass shooting it is....

Damnitboy. Makes Canada full bodies seem cheap.

I’d Probly startout hunting the observation tower at wheeler refuge.

I would predict a quick limit followed by assisted transportation wearing silver bracelets!! Will be an incredible hunt.

I was going to say rigggghhhhttt off the boundaries of Wheeler.

I remember my first season ever hunting and seeing those dang things constantly.