Chuck7

I talked to a few at the gate while waiting in line..Some are here because our season starts earlier than theirs..some are here because of gas..There is alot of game in the Green Swamp but calls for hard work..They are deep in the bayheads/ cypress domes...

I look for acorns , little water, heavy trails and far away from people.
and all of this in the middle of a thick bayhead..This is where your game is.
During archery one may get lucky and get something on the edges..but once general gun kicks in..ya gotta work hard.

My favorite spot is the river..but it's everyone elses too.[&o]

guntercb

Chuck,

I think last Saturday over 300 hunters checked in off 471 and only one hog and one turkey were killed. That is really a low take for the number of hunters. I agree because GS has one of the earlier seasons and is close to large populations of people it gets slammed on opening morning. Good luck the rest of the season.

Cheers,
Chris

Chuck7

I think archery gives one a better advantage of putting venison on the table..ther deer should be less spooky..I plan to use a fawn bleat Sat..I'd be tickled pink with a 90 pound doe.

Snook384

Iused to hunt Green Swamp and produce a lot of times I went. I would just go and hunt the areas that no sane human being would crawl or swim to with the mud and skeeters.I have a general gun permit for it this year I will not use because it is just insane. My hat is off to you guys that have to just hunt the WMA's. Tough going there.

Hey Chuck you want to go hunt some private land with feeders and food plots? There is a catch....you have to buy breafast. p.m. me.

Chuck7

Hey Chuck you want to go hunt some private land with feeders and food plots? There is a catch....you have to buy breafast. p.m. me.

PM sent

guntercb

Chuck, After your breakfast and wonderful hunt, post some photos. (-:

Snook, Yeah hunting WMA can be tough and GS is probuably one of the worst.

Cheers,
Chris

CamoCop

GS has nothing on Ocala

ACguy

How have the crowds been the last 2 weekends at GS? I was thinking about going out there this weekend.

Chuck7

Not sure ..I was 3rd in line..I drive pretty fast and away from everyone..I saw no one but a gamewarden ...Seemed to only have about 1/2 of the hunters...They don't open the gate till 5;30

Chuck7

I was first in line this morning....then I was off..at 45MPH..and they were still on my bumper .eatting dust.[8D]not too many hunters..no more than 10 trucks..
Sat in a tree.thought I heard a single deer about 9:00 and I thought one was blowing at me as soon as I got to my stand..The water level is up..Last week it was dry.This morning I was wading through 10" of water..No mosquitoes..I killed one deer fly.

I heard lots of frogs and baby alligators..last week I had an Eastern Screech owl trying to attack my face in the dark..It's wings flicked my hat..FREAKED ME OUT!!! In 5 minutes it did it again..I was up in a slash pine..This morning I was up in a cypress tree