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How does heavy flooding/hurricane affect hunting?
Posted on 9/6/21 at 10:46 am
Posted on 9/6/21 at 10:46 am
I would imagine that a certain population of animals probably drowned or moved on from their normal location. How long does it take for your land to return to its normal hunting? I would imagine those who own land on higher ground would probably benefit with many animals moving to drier ground. Just curious because all the pictures showing all the devastation caused by the water makes me wonder how anything could have survived.
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Posted on 9/6/21 at 10:55 am to rjacksonmroctober
Much of the wildlife will sense the coming storm, seek appropriate shelter and be fine. If your land is flooded, often times the deer are back as soon as (or before) the water recedes. They just need a small dry patch to bed in and they're fine. Many deer in south LA live in the flooded swamps anyway.
Certain ground dwelling animals may be more impacted, like rabbits.
ETA: i would imagine turkey populations are pretty impacted in the harder hit areas. They likely roasted in trees for the storm and the winds could have killed then. Also, their populations have already been on the decline and they are somewhat slow to reproduce.
Certain ground dwelling animals may be more impacted, like rabbits.
ETA: i would imagine turkey populations are pretty impacted in the harder hit areas. They likely roasted in trees for the storm and the winds could have killed then. Also, their populations have already been on the decline and they are somewhat slow to reproduce.
This post was edited on 9/6/21 at 11:20 am
Posted on 9/6/21 at 11:57 am to The Last Coco
we hunt in the marsh near cote blance island and cypremort point. air surveys after the 2 storms last year showed our deer and pig populations down about 75% with dead animals all over the marsh. it was very sad. one of our neighbors to the north across the intracoastal got some of our herd, and saw the most animals he ever saw so at least those survived and made it to higher ground.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 1:02 pm to bushwacker
Last year before Laura we had 6 nice deer coming to our food on a regular basis.
After we had zero. I killed one that was irregular and possibly retarded that was cutting through off of a road behind me.
That was it.
After we had zero. I killed one that was irregular and possibly retarded that was cutting through off of a road behind me.
That was it.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 5:40 pm to rjacksonmroctober
The best year guiding at The Coastal Club north of Creole was 06-07 after Rita in 05. Missed a 3 man limit only 3 days out of 60. The marsh rolled; new and different vegetation. It was a blast.. Not that way anymore though
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