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Scouting marsh islands

Unread postby dan » Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:31 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h38mk1ozgc&feature=youtu.be


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Unread postby jman22 » Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:38 am

Great video Dan. Thanks once again.
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Unread postby Nocturnal » Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:58 am

Seeing as it was a terrible acrorn drop this last fall. I'd say they like that island no matter what. Those trails were beat to the ground..
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Unread postby dan » Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:08 pm

Nocturnal wrote:Seeing as it was a terrible acrorn drop this last fall. I'd say they like that island no matter what. Those trails were beat to the ground..

Yes... I was not trying to imply that the only time they use it, just that that is a great time to kill them. No acorns there last year during season yet lots of rubbing tells me bucks were in there pre-rut for sure. Once the leaves drop those beds are most likely to open to the sun for the bucks.
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Unread postby wiscbowhntr » Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:13 pm

My first kill in that marsh was on that island. I'll flip a coin with ya for who gets to hunt it first!!! :D
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Unread postby AAAK » Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:18 pm

"We don't like free rides" :lol:. Getting within 25 yds is crazy close. How much wind speed would you want to cover any noise of your access or does it matter?
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Unread postby dan » Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:28 pm

AAAK wrote:"We don't like free rides" :lol:. Getting within 25 yds is crazy close. How much wind speed would you want to cover any noise of your access or does it matter?

Wind is your friend... If you don't have it, you need to go real slow.
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Unread postby JakeB » Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:30 pm

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Unread postby Singing Bridge » Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:44 pm

That's an excellent example and Bucks bed on swamp islands the same way. Great demonstration.
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Unread postby tgreeno » Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:00 pm

Awesome video Dan!

I have an island set-up very similar to that. The only difference is that south bedding point angles to the west instead of the east. And my access is from the east. So I would be setting up almost a mirror to your set-up.

Would he still be bedding there on a northwest wind? Which would be perfect for my set-up. Or just North?
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Unread postby <DK> » Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:04 pm

"Shoot the first oak tree." - Words I will hunt by. Awesome video
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Unread postby Jeff G » Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:16 pm

He left out the part about thigh deep water access. :lol: :lol:

Trust me I remembered that one.
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Unread postby bigwoodshuntn » Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:22 pm

Darkknight54 wrote:"Shoot the first oak tree." - Words I will hunt by. Awesome video


That part really stuck wiTh me also.
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Re: Scouting marsh islands

Unread postby H2archer » Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:38 pm

AAAK wrote:"We don't like free rides" :lol:.


I was just about to post the same thing. That cracked me up! Awesome video, Dan. the areal and on the ground footage really make it easy to relate/understand.
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Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:04 pm

So that buck won't bed there on a South wind?
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