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Frozen marsh hunting

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:50 pm
by northeast beast
Anyone ever notice the deer seem to clear out when the first good cold front that freezes. The marshes rolls in. I have noticed this the last few years. Even 3 weeks into gun season if the marsh gets 1" or better ice the deer will stick close to the food and big timber where everyone is located and not go back to the marsh until it is snow covered

Re: Frozen marsh hunting

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:23 pm
by Dewey
northeast beast wrote:Anyone ever notice the deer seem to clear out when the first good cold front that freezes. The marshes rolls in. I have noticed this the last few years. Even 3 weeks into gun season if the marsh gets 1" or better ice the deer will stick close to the food and big timber where everyone is located and not go back to the marsh until it is snow covered

Must be pretty small marshes. I see the opposite here. If anything the deer push deeper in. It’s all relative to the size of the marsh I suppose.

Re: Frozen marsh hunting

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:00 pm
by matt1336
Dewey wrote:
northeast beast wrote:Anyone ever notice the deer seem to clear out when the first good cold front that freezes. The marshes rolls in. I have noticed this the last few years. Even 3 weeks into gun season if the marsh gets 1" or better ice the deer will stick close to the food and big timber where everyone is located and not go back to the marsh until it is snow covered

Must be pretty small marshes. I see the opposite here. If anything the deer push deeper in. It’s all relative to the size of the marsh I suppose.



This is my experience too partly cuz hunters are chasing them farther back

Re: Frozen marsh hunting

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:25 pm
by northeast beast
I would say relatively small marsh...few thousand acres