swamp work

[YoungBuckTX]

have you tried to plant any rice in there?

haven't tried rice yet. if anyone has experience with it please send me a PM

[DJP]

Looks good! I don't know if the pearl will make it before the frost, but I hope it does.

[WNM]

Are you killing moccasins in the upstate? Or is that the other guy with TX in his screen name?

[YoungBuckTX]

Are you killing moccasins in the upstate? Or is that the other guy with TX in his screen name?

not upstate. upper pee dee area

[Calibogue]

Pearl ain't worth a s*** for nothing but cover but what you have looks pretty good to be so wet

[YoungBuckTX]

yeah, just mixed it in to give it a try. I've read ducks like it..
and it's back to mostly dry now after bussin beaver heads

[YoungBuckTX]

Year # 4 of swamp work. Last duck season it held 100 wood ducks, mostly roosting. I only hunted it a few times and shot some. The hurricane washed away half of my food and early ducks got the rest of it.
The dozen or so nesting boxes have been very productive this year. I had a box hatch just last week, June 10th. And another hen laid more eggs a couple of days ago.
Sappling sawtooth oaks are doing well. 2 foot whips to nearly 5' in a year. The hog wire I put around all of the mature oaks have deterred the beavers, for now.
I attempted using a large water tank as a filter/drain. In a perfect world would have worked fine..but not in a beaver swamp. Water pressure collapsed it and beavers piled 4 foot of mud around it.
One last attempt at coexistence this year, a friend and I built a Clemson Beaver Pond Leveler. In theory, the beavers wont hear the water draining and will leave it alone. We will see the result next week.
More of cut, spray, burn until another acre is done.

[triplebeard]

Damn, that's a beautiful spot you got there!

[DJP]

that leveler looks awesome.

[uga_dawg]

that leveler looks awesome.

This. I jumped a hen out of box this weekend.

[lowbudget]

Let me know how that Leveler works out. I need one myself but have been questioning how well they actually work.

[YoungBuckTX]

Let me know how that Leveler works out. I need one myself but have been questioning how well they actually work.

The leveler worked pretty well. I have about 15 acres and it drained in less than 12 hours. That's with 10in leveler -> 8in drain pipe. I put in a second 8" overflow pipe that helped too.
I went out and watch the beavers early the next morning. At low pool, they could hear it draining and were pushing mud around it. I added an elbow with a short section of pipe to help raise the water a few inches. That worked and they haven't touched it in a few days.

[Glenn]

Nice looking duck hole

[YoungBuckTX]

Nice looking duck hole

thanks Glenn- trade for a dove hunt??

[Glenn]

That dog may hunt!

[TrevorFaircloth]

Lookin good

[Gut_Pile]

Looks great

[DJP]

That thing looks great!
PS. I shot that beaver 25 times in my head while watching the video. Dang things!

[rrconductor]

That thing looks great!
PS. I shot that beaver 25 times in my head while watching the video. Dang things!

That's all you shot, I figured you went postal with at least an assault with rambo mags taped for the ultimate kill.

[Gut_Pile]

Nice!!!!