Hunter, the fawn bleat is Doe killer!

i guess i'll have to try that out next year.

The rut is on in Richloam and Greenswamp now..a little 8pt was chasing a doe about 35yds. behind me in Greenswamp two days ago. Last tues. in there I had two chances at a state registry class buck in there. He was cruising for does hitting the feeding areas..steady walk..they will be doing that till the end of the season in there.
Once 8:30am he was about 175yds. and I couldn't get my crosshairs on his chest like I wanted..(was using 14" 7-30Waters Contender handgun and just had 5 heart by-passes 6wks. ago at the time) That afternoon he came in where I was setup in climber and stopped broadside at 5 steps. I had the crosshairs right behind his shoulders and my gun locked in on a monopod rest..pulled the trigger and it just snapped. Had it set for rim-fire barrels instead of center-fire. I re-live the event about every 5 minutes and will for many yrs...that's how good of a buck he is.

do you know any good spots in green swamp to hunt. i've never been down in there but would like to.

I've read that in the state of Florida the rut can be different by up to 3 months in areas within 50 miles of each other. I have to say, Ive seen that come true as well. I have video of a buck I killed two weeks ago knocking down trees and making rubs and scrapesin September. He was chasing does when I shot him and it was December. Florida has the widest range for a rut of any state in the US. It can be 6 months difference from down south to up north in the panhandle. The best answer I have heard is that, as long as there are does still going into heat, he is still gonna be puffed up and ready to go. I guess it all depends on your area. INTEL is the key down here!!

bigboar, you're right on the money with that last response. Hunter06, in my opinion, everywhere in green swamp is a good spot. you'll just have to show up and scout as you hunt. green swamp is a first come first serve management area but this late in the year you should be able to get in anytime of the day. i would get there earlier to make sure.

Go in from the Rockridge Rd. side check station and hunt along the river. Look for live oak acorns on the ground and there will be does coming to them and bucks checking on the does.
The only time Greenswamp might fill up with hunters is Thanksgiving and Xmas.
Deer kills are way down in there so don't expect much. I think Richloam has more deer now..if you can deal with the dog hunters in there..I can't.
Also they are trapping the hogs out of Greenswamp..this is the first yr. since I've hunted the place I haven't even seen a hog..heard one grunt one time. I don't shoot them most of the time anyway and could care less if I never saw one..but don't like the idea of our game department depleting the game hunt.
I don't know what happened to all the deer in Greenswamp..they didn't get killed out legally but they are disappearing fast.

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Green Swamp is controlled by the "SWFWMD" SW FL Water Management Distric. They use to offer a Spring Hog hunt, cause the hogs were changing the flood water run off and causing flooding. I went to the first Spring Hog hunt offered in May of 1995 and had to leave before noon cause the heat and the skeeters weremiserable!
Don't know if it is still offered!

richloam has had quite a few deer killed out of there this year. that's kinda surprising to hear that green swamp has less deer than richloam. it seems that having the dog hunters would push them into green swamp. i can put up with the dog hunters to a point. i am glad they were there yesterday. i had to get one of them to pull me out after i got stuck. is green swamp as muddy and water filled as richloam???

Most of the game take refuge on the Overstreet Ranch that's on the South side of the Green Swamp border fence. I have mentioned this many times! Also have mentioned that at Green Swamp, hunt the Green Swamp/Richloom fence on the North side.The dogsthat are allowed in Richloom will drive the deer into Green Swamp!