thermals/winds in the marsh?

[mauser06]

So...I'm scouting a public marsh...

One thing that just dawned on me as I plan routes into a spot...



Is there any kind of thermal effect in the marsh and surrounding flat bottom land?

Any special wind factors to take into consideration?


I know certain times of year it'll cause fog...I think it's when the water is warmer than the air?

Just got to thinking....I haven't spent enough time in there to put wind patterns together yet...

From what I've seen its seems pretty consistent..but I haven't sat there through the course of a day as sun and temps change..

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[PK_]

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Yes, major thermal activity around bodies of water. The last couple years I have been keying in on the swamp thermals, I have been able to use them combined with rising thermals to leave virtually 0 scent footprint and nearly impossible to get winded in certain setups, no matter the wind direction.

[Twenty Up]

I also heard from a popular YouTube series I watch that setting up near a flowing stream or river will "pull" your scent if the wind is blowing that direction.

Anyone have experience with this?

[justdirtyfun]

My first experience in swamp area was a bust.
The area was flooded timber that was a cold area after sundown. The area next to my stand that messed me up was a flooded field that absorbed the sunlight/heat. I hunted on the transition with prevailing winds taking my scent to the field.
As the sun set the prevailing winds die down like is common. A small buck and doe came toward the field edge where I was set. She came under my stand before alerting and leaving. My scent was probably pooling at that point. 10-15 minutes later the warm field was pushing scent into the flooded timber opposite of the prevailing winds which had died off. Maybe 40-50 yards into the timber a loud snort busted me out. I never got sight of that deer but assume it was a buck.
These observations would have been confirmed with milkweed but it fell out climbing up!!

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