Howdy to everyone! Just got done with a great moose hunting season. Got my first moose with a bow up here and had some issues with the swamp I was in. For the most part I was able to get out to the hunting local after a few weeks of nice sunny warm days which really made the trip across the marsh/swamp not so nerve wracking. Generally though, its not like that every year, most years it very wet, swampy, and has free standing water.
The area I was in was a combination of muskeg, mud holes, marsh, and tall grass. Definitely paid attention to my surroundings and avoided some very mucky looking holes and such, but I kept running into issues with breaking through muskeg and digging down into some holes. Managed to only get stuck twice which required winching; once when I dived through and into a muskeg hole and when I tried to transverse the last mud hole with a whole moose in the bed. Both incidents required double anchors to winch out because I buried my sxs pretty darn good. Lucky I had a hunting buddy with a 6x6 ATV who I was able to hand winch backwards off out of the muskeg (he needed to anchor down) and the mud hole I winched right off the anchors with and winched through.
I plan on continuing to hunt this area and am considering getting some all season tracks for my HD10 to spread the weight out. I am staying away from the Apache tracks as I am told by the dealer they are only designed for snow use. That leaves me with camso and mattracks. I am curious if anyone has had experience with these tracks and how they handle in swamp, mud, and muskeg? There might also be sand use when dip netting season comes round. :grin Would also like to know how they handle when going into and out of small creeks and slow shallower rivers (definitely not trying to cross the Kenai or anything like that), and how high the tracks lift the sxs up too. Any input is appreciated!
On a final note, I definitely love my defender, she is a fun little work horse and always brings a smile to my face when I'm driving her. :th_smiliewoo:
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The area I was in was a combination of muskeg, mud holes, marsh, and tall grass. Definitely paid attention to my surroundings and avoided some very mucky looking holes and such, but I kept running into issues with breaking through muskeg and digging down into some holes. Managed to only get stuck twice which required winching; once when I dived through and into a muskeg hole and when I tried to transverse the last mud hole with a whole moose in the bed. Both incidents required double anchors to winch out because I buried my sxs pretty darn good. Lucky I had a hunting buddy with a 6x6 ATV who I was able to hand winch backwards off out of the muskeg (he needed to anchor down) and the mud hole I winched right off the anchors with and winched through.
I plan on continuing to hunt this area and am considering getting some all season tracks for my HD10 to spread the weight out. I am staying away from the Apache tracks as I am told by the dealer they are only designed for snow use. That leaves me with camso and mattracks. I am curious if anyone has had experience with these tracks and how they handle in swamp, mud, and muskeg? There might also be sand use when dip netting season comes round. :grin Would also like to know how they handle when going into and out of small creeks and slow shallower rivers (definitely not trying to cross the Kenai or anything like that), and how high the tracks lift the sxs up too. Any input is appreciated!
On a final note, I definitely love my defender, she is a fun little work horse and always brings a smile to my face when I'm driving her. :th_smiliewoo:
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