A freshwater marsh can look almost completely empty. Cattails stand shoulder high. Shallow water fills narrow lanes between grass. Mud disappears beneath floating vegetation.…
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Raccoons Follow Water, Food, and Cover—Find the Creek Crossings, Corn Edges, and Den Trees They Use After Dark
by rootby rootRaccoon country often looks ordinary during daylight. A creek cuts through hardwood timber. Corn grows beside the woods. A few giant hollow trees stand…
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Gray Squirrels Follow the Mast—Find the Producing Oaks, Creek Bottoms, and Quiet Hardwood Ridges
by rootby rootGray squirrel hunting looks simple until you actually enter the woods. The forest is full of oak trees. Leaves cover the ground. Branches stretch…
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Cottontail Rabbits Live in the Cover Hunters Walk Around—Hunt the Briars, Hedgerows, and Wet Field Edges
by rootby rootCottontail rabbit country rarely looks impressive. An abandoned fence row. A blackberry patch. Tall grass beside a soybean field. A brush pile behind an…
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Snipe Hide in the Wettest Grass Hunters Usually Walk Around—Find the Mud, Shallow Water, and Soft Meadow Edges
by rootby rootWilson’s snipe hunting can make a perfectly ordinary wet field feel impossible. The meadow looks empty. Short grass. Muddy patches. A little standing water.…
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Wood Ducks Rarely Need Big Water—Find the Beaver Swamps, Creek Bends, and Flooded Timber They Use Before Sunrise
by rootby rootWood duck habitat does not always look like classic duck country. There may be no huge lake. No endless open marsh. No wide river…
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Axis Deer Use Hill Country Like Whitetails Don’t—Find the Oak Draws, Creek Bottoms, and Shaded Limestone Slopes
by rootby rootTexas Hill Country can look simple from a ranch road. Live oak. Cedar. Rock. Dry grass. Creek bottoms cutting through low limestone hills. Then…
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A muddy creek bottom can look destroyed after a sounder of feral hogs moves through it. The ground is rooted up. Tracks cover the…
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Nilgai Don’t Need Thick Cover to Disappear—Glass the Brush Lines, Coastal Prairies, and Ranch Corridors
by rootby rootNilgai are large animals. That should make them easy to find. It usually does not. A South Texas pasture may stretch for hundreds of…
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Coues Deer Disappear in Open Mountains—Glass the Oak Canyons, Sunny Slopes, and Tiny Terrain Breaks
by rootby rootCoues deer country can make a hunter question his eyesight. The mountain looks open. Oak-covered slopes roll into rocky canyons. Grass fills the spaces…