Hunting a floating bog

Unread postby **kripp53** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:42 am

Do you think it would be worth while to scout a floating bog? It is a decent size bog (around 400 acres), the only access is by boat. I have duck hunted it quite a few times in the past but have never deer hunted. Not sure if bucks would like to bed on a floating bog? Near the center of the bog there are some tamarack's and other smaller trees and large shrubs, so it must be more solid near the center, however getting there could be a real pain. Should I check it out?

Unread postby **hunter_mike** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:53 am

See any deer trails in the aerial view heading out towards the tamaracks? If so, yes definitely worth scouting.

Unread postby **BigHunt** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:40 am

Yup ...I hunt several. Had my best/biggest buck encounter in a floating bog

Unread postby **Uncle Lou** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 1:09 pm

I have deer near me in the floating stuff

Unread postby **PK_** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 1:18 pm

Dragging a big deer out of that mess is about the most difficult thing you will ever do.

Be careful.

Unread postby **BassBoysLLP** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 1:20 pm

Worth a shot. Floating bogs personally scare the crap out of me. I fell through once and never hit bottom. Took a long time to get out. I was very close to hypothermia.

The good news is a lot of guys don't like floating bogs. No pressure means a potential safe haven for a big buck. Good luck!

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Unread postby **kripp53** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 1:42 am

Yeah, I've duck hunted this bog a fair amount and have fallen through and swamped my canoe on occasion. I still think I'm gonna give it a shot and scout it out, but looks like I will have to wait until the ice melts, don't want to go trusting ice on a floating bog. Thanks for the reply's everyone.

Unread postby **Hawthorne** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 2:15 am

I walked on one for the first time recently. Pretty creepy

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Unread postby **rbuckleyjr1** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 4:11 pm

Hawthorne wrote:I walked on one for the first time recently. Pretty creepy

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Same here. I was walking to a marsh transition and about 20 yards before the timber ended I stepped on what I thought was solid ground and sunk to my knee without hitting bottom. Pretty eerie feeling. The entire marsh had this around its perimeter. I could only get through by sticking to the deer trails passing through it.

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