My Son got drawn to hunt at Lake Whitney State Park in January.

I've never been there. Checking to see if any of you have.

From a google earth point of view, it looks fairly open. Not sure if there are many deer there. It may be overrun.
I just don't know.

Anybody have any info to share?

I can't provide any real direction on how to hunt the area but I would definitely take the opportunity. I've seen a lot of deer and even some decent to nice bucks just across FM 1713 in McCown Valley Park.

Let us know how you do.

That area is plentiful with deer and produces pretty good rack quality as well. I can't comment on the hunting there as I've never had the chance to adventure the "off limits" area that gets hunted

It's a management hunt. So does and spike. Shotguns with slugs.

Looks like they shut the park down the week of these hunts. Which I was wondering because it seems to be a fairly small park and pretty open.

But it's fairly close, should have good chance of success, and help fill the freezer.

I've seen a bunch of deer playing golf there a couple of times.

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I've seen a bunch of deer playing golf there a couple of times.

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Did you happen to ask their handicap? Just curious.

I grew up in that area and there will be plenty of deer in the State Park. The north side of the park is where the majority of the deer hang out. All the land to the north and east of the park is COE land that is huntable too. Usually once deer season starts, the the deer stay in the park throughout the day and then move out on the COE land at night. This is due to the hunting pressure that occurs on the COE land throughout the season. I am not for sure how much of the park they will have opened up, as alot of it was completely under water back in the spring time. Hunting with a shotgun and slug you shouldn't have a hard time getting in range of a doe or spike if there is one around. Like mentioned before there are ususally some pretty nice bucks running aroung in the park too.

As far as terrain at the park, the middle of the park is pretty open as there is a landing stip in the middle for small planes, but the north and east sides have some woods along with lots of scrub brush.

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I've seen a bunch of deer playing golf there a couple of times.

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How long of a course is it? Will he need his driver? Or just a 3w? How are the bunkers? Should he bring his 56 wedge or his 60?

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I grew up in that area and there will be plenty of deer in the State Park. The north side of the park is where the majority of the deer hang out. All the land to the north and east of the park is COE land that is huntable too. Usually once deer season starts, the the deer stay in the park throughout the day and then move out on the COE land at night. This is due to the hunting pressure that occurs on the COE land throughout the season. I am not for sure how much of the park they will have opened up, as alot of it was completely under water back in the spring time. Hunting with a shotgun and slug you shouldn't have a hard time getting in range of a doe or spike if there is one around. Like mentioned before there are ususally some pretty nice bucks running aroung in the park too.

As far as terrain at the park, the middle of the park is pretty open as there is a landing stip in the middle for small planes, but the north and east sides have some woods along with lots of scrub brush.

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Thx for the info, Penn.

Well the entire park is closed down during these hunts, except i think they have a few spots open to camp for the hunters. Assigned blinds.

I looked at the water levels for this year. It looks like it only got 4-5 ft high during that rain. Would that put the park under water?

Back in the spring Lake Whitney reached over 23 feet high. This put the whole park under the water, except for where the park entrance is located, because it sits up on a hill. I haven't checked, but I am not for sure if they have even opened the park back up since the spring rains. If so that will probably be a good thing as there has not been much traffic in the park to push the deer out.

Also, if they allow you to throw out corn, do so. I have never been on a hunt in the park, but everyone hand throws corn out on the COE land surrronding it and the deer find it pretty quick.