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John's Journal... Entry 229, Day 2

BUCKS BY BOAT

How to Find Waterways to Hunt

Editor's Note: When you hunt with a boat, you can reach remote areas where other hunters don't hunt, leave little or no human odor as you go to your stand site and have a quick, easy and efficient way of getting any buck you take out of the woods without much dragging. If you decide to hunt using a boat or a canoe, you drastically can increase your odds for finding more bucks and for taking bigger bucks each season. You also can enter the woods silently.

One of the ways to find waterways where you hunt is by going to the World Wide Web and purchasing a waterproofed or laminated custom-made map from www.mytopo.com that's personalized, printed and ships within 24 hours. Just contact:

P.O. Box 2075,
Red Lodge, MT 59068,
(406) 446-1007,
www.mytopo.com;

Also contact:
DeLorme,
P.O. Box 298,
Yarmouth, ME 04096,
(800) 511-2459,
www.delorme.com;

Intrasearch, Inc.,
2424 East Weaver Place, Ste. 100,
Englewood, CO 80111,
(303) 759-5050,
www.mapmart.com;

Maptech,
10 Industrial Way,
Amesbury, MA 01913,
(888) 839-5551,
www.maptech.com;

High Performance Database Research Center,
Florida International University,
11200 SW 8th Street, ECS243,
Miami, FL 33199,
(305) 348-1706,
www.terrafly.com;

Maps A La Carte, Inc.,
73 Princeton Street, Ste. 305,
North Chelmsford, MA 01863,
(978) 251-4242,
www.topozone.com;

USGS Information Services,
Box 25286,
Denver, CO 80225,
(888) 275-8747,
www.usgs.gov.

I've also really enjoyed this reference book for learning how to map my hunt - "Mapping Trophy Bucks" by my good friend, Brad Herndon, published by:
Krause Publications,
700 E. State St.,
Iola, WI 54990,
(781) 445-2214,
www.krause.com
.

Once you've got a map of the land you want to hunt and have pinpointed the waterways on that map, next look for put-in and take-out sites. Also determine how far away from other hunters you can get if you go by boat to your hunting destination. Attempt to decide what type of terrain the waterway goes through, how fast the water moves and its deepness. Learn all you can about the creeks, streams and/or small rivers that go through the property you have permission to hunt before you actually float the waterway.

Tomorrow: PRE-SEASON SCOUTING

 

 

Check back each day this week for more about BUCKS BY BOAT ...

Day 1 - Why Bucks Will Be Where You and Your Boat Are
Day 2 - How to Find Waterways to Hunt
Day 3 - Pre-Season Scouting
Day 4 - Canoeing
Day 5 - The Truism for Taking Big Bucks or Living a Trophy Life


John's Journal