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Went and checked in / did orientation today because unless you were there today you could not hunt
Met birdsongty1 but he didn't mention TBH and I had a TBH shirt on
Looks like 15 hunters, handful have hunted it flooded before and the ones I talked to were willing to share what they know
Headed back down Monday if water has gone down a little.
Most everything west of the gate is under water but east is not too bad
Not going to be a picnic but will update as I can
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Cell signal was very poor (AT&T) so I skipped the update
Brief recap
Got back down there Tuesday around lunch, got camp set up and headed out for a look
Looks bad but it was maybe ankle deep for 50-75yds on the road between the gates
We hunted on the east end, lots of water on west end that you could see from where you have to go east or west
Everyone that I know of was hunting on the east end
There was one guy who was riding an ATV in on Tuesday morning. Saw him go out around 8:30 and never saw him again
There was a guy with 3 teenage kids that hunted several times while we were there
There was 1 more guy that came in and hung a stand Tuesday afternoon and was walking in. He hunted this morning but not sure if he stayed or went home too.
We saw deer, mostly does but a few bucks. A couple dad saw were “legal” but obviously young (biologist wanted mature bucks taken)
Dad and his friend were hunting opposite sides of Black Slough (big creek that crosses power line) and saw same doe and 2 bucks. Bucks were not “chasing” but shadowing her pretty close
She swam and they followed
Dad and I got about 100yds apart and hunted real slow the first evening, mostly looking for fresh sign to set up on
We had gone about half a mile and hit a road and were following it back to the 4 wheelers. There was a big log about 5yds off the road and it exploded with hogs. It looked like one of those clown cars, hogs just kept coming out from behind it. Must have been about 20
Of course neither one of us had an arrow nocked and they were gone pretty quick
Did find some good spots but no shots fired
We hunted until lunch today and packed up. With rain coming in and calling for 3-6” (depending on who you listen to) we decided it was time to go home
Few random pics
Ty, did you hunt any?
Early season you can drive all the way to the power line in a pickup with highway tires, this time of year you need an ATV/UTV or some strong legs and a body in great shape
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