Palmettoes are they a Blessing or the Devil

Kip · February 16, 2015, 04:57:00 PM

One of the hunting areas I have to hunt the ground cover is covered with palmettoes here is a ground view.

Here is a treestand view

Now lots of times deer eyes will be blocked by the large fans so you can get away with a little movement and if you make a good shot you also get very good blood trails like this one.

and success

But the devil kicks in if you make a bad shot unless you fool the devil and have a dog.
I would never have found this deer without the dog.He was so proud.

I guess the moral of this story is make good shots if you screw up keep looking and maybe have a dog or friend with one.Kip

Florida lime · February 16, 2015, 05:31:00 PM

I would love to have palmettos that sparce - they are usually too thick to get through around here !

February 16, 2015, 06:39:00 PM

Bad shots present tough tracking, no matter what the flora!

Dang, I feel kinda like "Friend" just typed that!

Bisch

awbowman · February 16, 2015, 07:57:00 PM

Nice job Kip! Sometimes you just have to hunt them where they are traveling.

LA Trapper · February 16, 2015, 09:35:00 PM

Great pictures Kip. Hunting those coonazz palm trees are tough.

fmscan · February 16, 2015, 09:49:00 PM

Kip, that looks so alien to our woods up north, nice that you and your buddy teamed up to recover the deer....nice memory and job!

wapiti792 · February 17, 2015, 12:22:00 PM

Way to Kip!!!!! Way to go pooch

ChuckC · February 17, 2015, 12:48:00 PM

Bisch. . .

ChuckC

SheltonCreeker · February 17, 2015, 05:59:00 PM

Good stuff Kip! None to deal with where me and Mike are as you know!

drewsbow · February 17, 2015, 06:36:00 PM

nicely done Kip , congrats

Trooper · February 18, 2015, 08:43:00 AM

Good job Kip! Looks like the woods I hunt in. I'm already looking forward to Oct 1st!!

ChuckC · February 18, 2015, 08:59:00 AM

Remember. . that works both ways. It also gives the predator a place to hide.
ChuckC

Cyclic-Rivers · February 18, 2015, 09:38:00 PM

Congrats Kip!

Sam McMichael · February 19, 2015, 11:47:00 AM

Good shot. I have only hunted in palmetto once with no shot opportunity, but have shot a fair amount of 3D in it. If you are "hiding in the bushes", it can be great. If you are trying to line up a shot, it can be very challenging. Looks like Kip has worked out that little issue.

D. Key · February 19, 2015, 03:20:00 PM

You can make a great ground blind with them, too. Covers both your outline and when the wind blows, covers any sound you might make, especially when they are dried.

Great pics. BTW...

Charlie Lamb · February 19, 2015, 08:38:00 PM

hawkeye n pa · February 19, 2015, 08:47:00 PM

They are very hard to sneak through on a calm day. They make a great blind and good shade for the hogs. But after seeing a huge gator on the Savanna River I didn't like not being able to see my backside. Devil.

JLeMieux · February 19, 2015, 09:39:00 PM

Sometimes I love them and sometimes I hate them. I love hearing bucks chasing through the palmettos and like you said, they're great when you have a decent blood trail. A lot of times you can pick up the deer's trail from the water splashed onto them as they ran. There's usually no scanning the woods for a white belly though. You could literally be just a few yards from your deer and not know it.

Basinboy · February 19, 2015, 10:01:00 PM

We don't have them in the swamp where I hunt. But I have hunted in them. If you ever need a dog my gyp is eager to blood trail. Congrats!