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deep south swamps

A lesser man might be tempted to scratch out a few guerilla plots with turnips and the like. Would be a damn shame if that happened in a place that doesn't see many boot prints.
 
yeah that WMA looks rough. I dont think it is pressured at all, and I suspect that, if one could figure it out, ti would be productive? GIS goes to 2' contours which may be the answer in that scenario.

similar to other marshes - if you find even a 6" higher piece of ground... that's where the deer are.
 
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just for fun - here's a small section of that WMA in QGIS. A few little high spots are visible - drop pins and head there.

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Yes, that place looks pretty tough. I looked at it in false color IR in Caltopo and keyed in on a couple of areas (circled in yellow) aside from the obvious walking the transition (red dotted line).
 

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Yes, that place looks pretty tough. I looked at it in false color IR in Caltopo and keyed in on a couple of areas (circled in yellow) aside from the obvious walking the transition (red dotted line).
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I've seen a bunch of people refer to Caltopo and always dismissed it as I assumed it had to do with California, and would do me no good in the Midwest.

Nope. Collaborative. Whoopsie-piddles. Now I've got another rabbit hole to descend.
 
Close up of that second circled area from the left in Google Earth. Looks like possible mast producing trees. Maybe slightly higher ground?
 

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Iron_llama said:
I've seen a bunch of people refer to Caltopo and always dismissed it as I assumed it had to do with California, and would do me no good in the Midwest.

Nope. Collaborative. Whoopsie-piddles. Now I've got another rabbit hole to descend.
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It started in California, hence the name, but covers it all now. It has some interesting features. I can spend half a day on there playing around if I'm not careful.
 
yeah, i think that area could be good. also the general points jutting into the swamp - i'd be willing to put in a day walking those. i'll keep everyone posted.
 
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alright, i want to test my aerial skills here on another marsh parcel.

here's an aerial:aerial.jpg

and in false IR:
false IR.jpg

so I would have mapped out these routes and areas to walk when I go out to scout:
routes.jpg

the E/W lines on the east side of the slough definitely trace transitions in the timber, looking like it goes from a cypress-tupelo swamp nearest to the road to more hardwoodsy looking area.

to the west of slough, again, there's a line that looks like the edge of a swamp meeting more hardwoods, and the circled area looks like woods with the drainage cutting into it.
 
Looks good to me. The only thing I would add would be to pull the spot up on Google Earth and look back through the historical imagery and see if anything like hardwoods (island) pop out at you. Often times you will see a small, dense grove of trees (usually red of brown) that look different than the other surrounding trees.
 
is this kind of what you mean? Fromm January a few years back. it definitely seems to have confirmed what areas are marsh/swamp lands.Screenshot 2023-08-14 at 13.23.52.jpeg
 
Yes, and sometimes you will have a few small areas really jump out at you that are little raised islands that have oaks on them. It might only be two or three trees.
 
BTaylor said:
What draws you to that area?
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In my experience...bucks like natural points in the land, as it should be a little higher elevation than the swamp...kind of protected from 3 other sides..so pretty hard for predators to sneak up on them...but just my opinion
 
josh9284 said:
In my experience...bucks like natural points in the land, as it should be a little higher elevation than the swamp...kind of protected from 3 other sides..so pretty hard for predators to sneak up on them...but just my opinion
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you are right about that. i think the rub with the tract pictured above is that it's not quite surrounded by a swamp or marsh to make that point a really unique feature. IDK, haven't had boots on the ground yet, but -

compared to what is pictured below - 100% any of those points jutting out in the swamp (and the islands, for that matter) would be worth throwing a hunt at, I would say.
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