Another great video. I just finished up a scout of a cedar swamp myself. We must be scouting the same terrain. This is the 3rd video in a row where we were in the same areas at the same time haha
We really don't have many in the areas I go. I did have luck years back where the hazel brush and raspberries were growing between the rows. It was great bedding and great feeding.The deer love those catkins that hang from the hazelbrush.And of coarse the berry bushes as well.It was easy climbing the pines for hunting in trees.
Thanks for the comment. I agree.There is always something mystical about being down in there. Couple years ago I had to climb a tree to let a bear go by me.He looked up,and kept going.
Great video again Dale! Are you a retired wildlife biologist? Really enjoyed the story about the deer yard in a cedar swamp. Nature can be cruel especially starvation. Excellent presentation 🦌🦌
Thank you for the comment. Actually no I am not. My major in college was wildlife,and minor in forestry,but life took me in to other directions,but continued the studies and education into the wildlife field through various projects.
Yes sir your spot on. The cedar swamp (at least up in Michigan’s U .P is almost a thing of the past there aren’t many left up there. But i have a lot luck hunting them just like you were saying. Not many hunters will venture into them
Your fun and educational to follow Dale, you have some great land too hunt there. Yes you got a home run with that scrape and trails at the edge of bedding swamp, good stuff👍
Great insight into the ground hunters vision of how deer behave. I've hunted the ground all my life and have never considered tree stands only time I will use a blind is if I can make one with what dead wood fall is in the area to blend in with. The tight trail system tends to pay off well when you can get in the spot just before the pressure from other hunters drives them down into the cover you are set up in.
thank you for the interesting comment. Although we had a bear hibernating under a very similar structure alongside a river that ran through the cedar swamp.We would check his status on a yearly basis.Then again I followed a bear track on Thanksgiving that was leading me down to it's den under very similar habitat. Then again another was collared,and was denned above the cedar swamp under a huge blow-over. point is,,,,,nothing is etched in stone in the world of nature.Despite what many people think.
@@Buckman-101 oh absolutely. They den up in the winter in happens a lot in northern Michigan as well, in the same blowdowns you describe. They tend to move and get up periodically, particularly males. Females are obviously concerned about their cubs
Well thanks Joe for the comment. I agree with pinch points.They are a useful tool created by common sense,I guess you could say.Another classic way of increasing your chances.
