My bowhunting aerial property maps
 

I felt like doing some graphics today. It is my day off and I was a little bored. I put together some labeled aerial photo maps of where I bowhunt in Lycoming county, PA. I have a few problem spots where I'd like to put some stands. Places where I know there are deer, but no good way to infiltrate them! The deer here aren't real spooky, they are used to people being out stomping around to a degree and there are several permanant stands that produce a good percentage of the time. Take a look if you get the chance. let me know what you think.

http://www.pixiespotions.com/tsmap.htm

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TS,what did you use to label the maps? Very Nice work.

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Tribal: That's some pretty cool stuff, but I think that you have to much time on your hands :). What website did you use to get the maps?

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I get the maps from a friend of mine who has some GPS software. I send him the longitude and latitude and he sends me the maps. I use Macromedia Fireworks to add the labels. I did them to print out and ad to my hunting journal, not to mention trying to avoid cleaning out my closet.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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What a nice hunting area you have. A guy couldn't ask for better. Don't tell me you live within walking distance please. envy,envy,envy

Doug Fields

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Great maps .

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thats a very nice map.

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Nice Job. That is great that you have all that laid out. I think ariel and tope maps together are great scouting tools.

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Nope, not in walking distance. 2 miles away. It's actually my in-laws property. Nobody hunts there during archery except for us.

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I'm impressed! I'd love to do that with my own areas. Excellent job.

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GREAT maps!


Keep 'em all in the Bull.

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tribal, VERY nice work. I would give anything to have maps of my area like that. Problem is, I'm kind of map-illiterate, and I don't own a GPS. I have a hard time finding our exact pieces of property sometimes when I pan the map.

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ANybody that is in PA and wants to have some aerial photos, they are free at:
http://www.pasda.psu.edu/mrsid/doq/

I have used thise for a bunch of GIS/GPS stuff, pretty cool you just gotta find the town you live in and you can zoom in.



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Tribalscream, hey that's where I hunt.<img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle> Of course I'm kidding but I hunt quite a bit not far from you...in fact within arrow distance on a calm day and I can tell you for certain, there are some dandy bucks running there. Shame of it is, the highway takes it's toll on alot of the deer you hunt. Great Map, I can actually use it myself...lol.

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WOW, I cant imagine doing that much work for a map. I guess it would be worth it. You got me thinking about buying a big areial photo of my property.

Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
P.S. Only Chuck Adams can sit at home and see deer so get into the woods. =;^)

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WOW IS RIGHT! That's some pretty high-tech stuff. Great Job! Your property looks like a little piece of heaven. Excellent job!

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Wow Rob, within arrow distance? You're right about the bucks. You should see the one shed we found last March, dropped fresh. Only an 8 point but mass and height like you don't normally see around here. So uh,are you within arrow distance on the big map or close-up map?<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

As for the work on the map...I purchased a copy of Mossy Oak Game Plan software. I thought it would be fun to use on a friend's property of 135 acres. What a waste of money! The map that they sent me was sooo blurry, it was hard to read words that I know are there! So I thought I would do my own that's all. Let me tell you, they turned out a 100% nicer than the Mossy Oak topo maps!

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So those are your stands I see everytime I take a trip to Lefty's!!! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Hey Tribal, what software was used? I have actually been thinking about getting aerial photo/mapping software and I can't find any that really looks good to me. I found one that is good, but it doesn't show aerial photos. Thanks.

Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
P.S. Only Chuck Adams can sit at home and see deer so get into the woods. =;^)

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Buck Magnet- you can get the aerial photos at the agriculture building by the state police bldg, at least I did several years ago.

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Hey Big John,

Do they cost anything, and how much do they cost. I know exactly where you are talking about, heck I live about a mile from there. Thanks.

Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
P.S. Only Chuck Adams can sit at home and see deer so get into the woods. =;^)

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Looks like some nice hunting land.
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Can't remember the cost but I had to pick the photo area from a rack of photos and order it. I believe I also got a plat book of property owners there also.

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Nice job tribalscream,It looks like you died and went to deer heaven.
I hope you get that big 10pt.