central NY....snow, lots of it. the area I am talking about is really funny actually, it sometimes can be dry (somewhat moist) and then water fills up the area when rain occurs or not.. seems like a shift happens around September, which happens to coincide with an increase in rains in our area...
good point. maybe Ill create the area and set up some cameras and see if interest is created before going all in. Maybe some redmond mineral on the site may help create preference (actually that's illegal in my state). What I struggle to understand is overhead cover really needed in a bedding...
correct, the low land does have high spots due to root balls and other small rises, and I did observe a buck bed with tree and rub as a backdrop in this area. the buck bed is located about 40 yards into the flooded timber on the edge of where it begins to thicken with short hemlocks. But I...
In the area I hunt I want to increase the bedding opportunities. With that said, the area can sometimes be flooded timber (at its max water can rise to about a 1.5 ft but most times its around 5-12 inches, with some thick spots that include river burch and hemlocks with small mounds that...