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@Cbigbear exactly my thought too. Looks like incredibly tough hunting to me.
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deep south swamps
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@Cbigbear exactly my thought too. Looks like incredibly tough hunting to me.
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.
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.
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.
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:
and in false IR:
so I would have mapped out these routes and areas to walk when I go out to scout:
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.
here's an aerial:
and in false IR:
so I would have mapped out these routes and areas to walk when I go out to scout:
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.
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
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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