Cedar swamps??

When you talk to him, tell him he still cant catch E.U.P. salmon. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
I used to do a lot of calling in cedar swamps when I went to LSSU. There are some really good areas within a short drive from campus. Lots of bobcats down there too.
 
Wow bucktales you were right about this thread taking off.

Any one out there that spends some time in the swamps wanna give up some advise.

Are you finding the sit time to be about the same on your stands or a little longer?? Also, when moving do you not go as far because it sure doesnt seem like the sound carries well.

Bucktales and I have a friend that has snarred 12 coyotes in a small piece of cedar swamp this year, so that make me belive thats sorta where we have to be.

I love the field edges and the possible opportunity of snipping one off at long range, but im thinking Bucktales and i are gonna have to hang up the .223 and 22-250 and grab the 12gauges with the number 4 (buckshot /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif ) and go sit in the swamps.

What do ya think bucktales, you gonna be able to part with the Virgin?
 
Hey The-Bear... when were u at lssu?? I was there from 93-97 ConLaw.

Also I have a friend in Valdez that you would probably be interested in meeting if you like to trap and call....let me know if you want his name and number!

E-mail me at johnweist@hotmail.com
 
Try Pat Kelly on Drummond Island, he runs bear with dogs. Last year was his best ever, put his dogs on the tail 12 times and got 12 bears. Said he's never come close to that before.
 
Hey Screech

I know what a "Cedar Swamp" is, and have hunted them for years for snowshoes and winter grouse. Seen the cat tracks there also. I am new to calling but based on your Post and the replies, I think I will start hangin out near one of the local swamps - gun and call in hand.

I have a theory on abandoned beaver ponds that I am working on too, I will have some data by the end of March.

PJ
 
I see a fellow New Brunswicker on this site and he's right about no one having a monopoly on "cedar swamps". We have lots. Way up in northern NB, a lot of cedar swamps are used by deer as wintering yards. The deer feed on whatever cedar greens they can reach. Anyway, where there are deer there will be coyotes and lots of them. It's like the coyotes migrate with the deer to these areas. Food and cover are abundant. The hunting opportunities are also abundant as the coyotes come readily to calls, except after they've been shot at and missed a couple of times!!
 
Ok now im trying to figure out how to watch the downwind side when you cant see 10yrds in any direction.

I guess the best bet is to call the edges.. what else can u do???
 
just found this thread. same thing goes here, they say to leave your down wind side wide open, but when your working a swamp that is thick how do you do it?

SHAMELESS
 
I know that the pervailing winds are usually from the west Northwest. I will either light a cigarette, or spray some talc in the air when I get out of my truck prior to entering a swamp, just to see where the wind is actually coming from. Then work from there. I scout a lot of the swamps during my free time I have up north. And I'll find the clearest areas to hunt, prior to actually hunting. A lot of the swamps I hunt have beaver ponds in or near them. And they do attract a lot of different prey, and game animals. But come winter when the snow gets deep, the swamps are the place to be. This past Janurary hunting the Dead Stream, I was following a couple of sets of cat tracks. Both time I loooked up to see the cat high tailing it to another area. But we all learn from our mistakes. That has never happened to me before.
 
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