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Found best buck bedding today ever.

Unread postby Tennhunter3 » Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:27 pm

It's a remote overlooked spot surrounded by swamp. It has fingers sticking off of it to the North East and South I really wasn't expecting to find much never had been in this area and almost had a heart attack.

Reminded me of some of the areas on Dans swamp video.


The bucks are using this area on multiple winds. It has 9 different bedding areas some multiple rubbed beds and some singles. Rubs all in the beds.

I'm guessing the singles are the biggest bucks but most beds were very large.

Doe bedding is 130 yards from them.

The area has at least 80 rubs they seemed everywhere I looked 3 are the size of telephone poles.

Never seen a area like this before but it's the first swamp island I have ever found.

It's going to be hard to hunt because of so much bedding. Never hunted a area like this I am afraid of messing it up.

This spot has rubs going back many years and a lot of rubbed trees are dead. Have you guys seen areas like this??

Do all swamp islands have these features?


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Unread postby IkemanTx » Mon Jul 31, 2017 4:46 pm

Sounds like a gold mine.
What few swampy areas there are in northeast Tx flood several times seasonally, so there's not much bedding in them. Often times high water lines are above your head. I'm really jealous of you guys that get to hunt marshes and swamps.
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Unread postby Tennhunter3 » Mon Jul 31, 2017 5:55 pm

I have always hunted hardwoods and a few thick cutovers. I'm not sure if I found a gold mine because I have no idea what most swamp islands are like.

It's just odd seeing sign like this I'm not used too it in the hills.

We don't have many swamp islands here they are rare. I was scared of snakes entire day crossing water.
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Unread postby dan » Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:36 pm

Sounds like a great spot... That's what we are looking for. No, there not all like that.
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Unread postby Lockdown » Tue Aug 01, 2017 12:06 am

Tennhunter3 wrote:I have always hunted hardwoods and a few thick cutovers. I'm not sure if I found a gold mine because I have no idea what most swamp islands are like.

It's just odd seeing sign like this I'm not used too it in the hills.

We don't have many swamp islands here they are rare. I was scared of snakes entire day crossing water.


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Unread postby SMS79 » Tue Aug 01, 2017 2:58 am

Tennhunter3 wrote:Have you guys seen areas like this??

In my dreams! :lol: 8-)

Good luck getting on 'em!
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Unread postby matt1336 » Tue Aug 01, 2017 3:02 am

IkemanTx wrote:Sounds like a gold mine.
What few swampy areas there are in northeast Tx flood several times seasonally, so there's not much bedding in them. Often times high water lines are above your head. I'm really jealous of you guys that get to hunt marshes and swa[highlight=yellow]mps.
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Unread postby PK_ » Tue Aug 01, 2017 3:18 am

Unless you cover tens of thousands of acres you don't find many like that.
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Unread postby Tennhunter3 » Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:39 am

This area is near the Mississippi River has private near it. Is surrounded by huge clear cuts on 3 sides that all together cover about 900 acres.


So I'm guessing when they logged 3-5 years ago they pushed the bucks in to this island from surrounding property's.


Mature pines the other direction.

I doubt many people have found this spot saw no human sign.
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Re: Found best buck bedding today ever.

Unread postby jmaas07 » Tue Aug 01, 2017 2:55 pm

Money in the bank, they're not all like that that's for sure
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Re: Found best buck bedding today ever.

Unread postby yungbuck » Tue Aug 01, 2017 4:39 pm

congrats! these spots produce! hard to find but going to help you target good bucks
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Re: Found best buck bedding today ever.

Unread postby hunter_mike » Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:52 am

Jackpot. Sounds like a good area to hunt several times a season. I have a few areas similar (but maybe less obvious sign) with a half dozen buck bedding areas in them. I will try to hunt as many of the bedding areas as possible
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Re: Found best buck bedding today ever.

Unread postby jman22 » Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:13 am

Great find! Looking forward to seeing how it all plays out.


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