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It's a duck nesting area. Looks to be a Wood Duck nest.The metal below it keeps predators from getting into the house.
You are in a swampy area. Will more than likely be crawling with water moccasins and hunters. Hunters like to work their spots in the off season to increase their chances of drawing in their target species during the season. Could be a lot of traffic out there when you won't need it. Find a spot on higher ground with wooded cover.
You are in a swampy area. Will more than likely be crawling with water moccasins and hunters. Hunters like to work their spots in the off season to increase their chances of drawing in their target species during the season. Could be a lot of traffic out there when you won't need it. Find a spot on higher ground with wooded cover.
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That box isn't very old looking. They are put in areas to keep breeding populations up ensuring that there will be ducks the following year.
Hunters will walk into an area to do their work or there could be access points for 4 wheelers. Easier to work in areas like you're looking at. They will plant legal crops, peas, clover, etc that will draw and keep the game in the area. Don't know if there is a way to find out if the land belongs to or is leased to a hunting club.
If anything is odd or out of the ordinary, the people familiar with the land will notice it pretty quickly. Proceed carefully.
Hunters will walk into an area to do their work or there could be access points for 4 wheelers. Easier to work in areas like you're looking at. They will plant legal crops, peas, clover, etc that will draw and keep the game in the area. Don't know if there is a way to find out if the land belongs to or is leased to a hunting club.
If anything is odd or out of the ordinary, the people familiar with the land will notice it pretty quickly. Proceed carefully.
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Looks more like a bluebird nesting box. Bluebird boxes are set in an open area 4 to 6 feet off the ground and the baffle is to keep out rodents. Wood duck nesting boxes are higher up on trees. WOOD DUCK
The pines in the area indicate an acidic soil. You will need lime. The needles don't decompose quickly and the layer may be over a foot deep.
Try to locate south facing pockets in higher areas that may have better soil. Definately do multiple soil tests.
The pines in the area indicate an acidic soil. You will need lime. The needles don't decompose quickly and the layer may be over a foot deep.
Try to locate south facing pockets in higher areas that may have better soil. Definately do multiple soil tests.
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I know lazlo didnt imply it but for the record because that myth goes on too long, pine needles don't cause acidic soil, pines grow in acidic soil because it's acidic and not much else will.
Anywhere hunters go is a no no for you. They are almost universally dicks in my experience about ripping spots and being a dick to growers. One year as a teen an ingenious friend used a pully system to raise his pot plants up to the tree canopy to get full sun and keep away from deer. The hunters cut every single one down.
Anywhere hunters go is a no no for you. They are almost universally dicks in my experience about ripping spots and being a dick to growers. One year as a teen an ingenious friend used a pully system to raise his pot plants up to the tree canopy to get full sun and keep away from deer. The hunters cut every single one down.
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Apples/oranges. Could be either I guess. Where I'm from, wood duck boxes are set out just like the one he pictured. Complete with the sheet metal wrapped around the tree/post below it. Edge of ponds, lakes, swamps, rivers, creeks, and lands adjacent to them. Have never seen one higher up in the trees. Difference areas people do different things apparently.
Regardless what it is, someone put it there for a reason. It doesn't look weathered enough to have been there many seasons. So either bird watchers or duck hunters set it out. That in itself would be enough for me to proceed with caution around this spot.
Many growers are turned in yearly because of hunters/property owners/and others allowed to be on the land for various reasons stumbled across or smelled their way to the plot . No hiding the smell once it starts wafting across the property.
Snake proofing usually comes up to the thigh on chaps, below the knee on boots. Not sure about completely snake proof waders. Have never seen them but haven't looked for them either.
Snakes won't penetrate the snake proofing part of the designed area. Have seen water moccasins and rattlesnakes big enough to break you leg or at the very least knock you down due the sheer size of them when they strike. BIG MUDDAFUCK'N snakes in the swamps, bean fields, and woods of South Carolina. And I've seen some monsters in my time spent as a dog man on deer hunts all over the lower part of the state. Especially in the more secluded areas we hunted near the coastal regions and old farm properties around Allendale and Bamburg counties. Wateree River Swamp and Edisto River passages have some of the biggest moccasins I've ever seen. Mean bastards.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
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Looks like a wood duck nest to me, and an old one at that. If its public land, I'd guess the DNR put it up some years ago as part of a project. I'd bet there are more of them around the. If its private land, who knows?
If it is a wood duck house, and there is not a creek, pond or the such near, I think that area will probably have standing water come spring/summer. Though wood ducks nest up in hollowed out trees and the such, they still want open water nearby. If someone went to the trouble of placing a wood duck house there, it follows that there is standing water very near. This may mean that entire area floods seasonally.
You can check who owns the land by looking at a Plat Map. The public library usually has up to date maps (or at least they did in my area 5 years ago) and some states have online versions. Just google "<insert state name> online plat maps" and you should be able to figure it out.
If it is a wood duck house, and there is not a creek, pond or the such near, I think that area will probably have standing water come spring/summer. Though wood ducks nest up in hollowed out trees and the such, they still want open water nearby. If someone went to the trouble of placing a wood duck house there, it follows that there is standing water very near. This may mean that entire area floods seasonally.
You can check who owns the land by looking at a Plat Map. The public library usually has up to date maps (or at least they did in my area 5 years ago) and some states have online versions. Just google "<insert state name> online plat maps" and you should be able to figure it out.
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I wouldn't worry about the tree stand. Lots of old stands in public land from back in the day when you could get away with it.
I couldn't say if its safe or not until you find out about the land ownership. It will probably be safe until a few weeks before bow season starts, after that things could change.
I don't know about the tax office, check your nearest public library. They should have them.
I couldn't say if its safe or not until you find out about the land ownership. It will probably be safe until a few weeks before bow season starts, after that things could change.
I don't know about the tax office, check your nearest public library. They should have them.
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