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Anonymous Tue 20 Dec 2022 21:30:51 No.2512575 View View Reply Original Report

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How to move and navigate through them safely? Tips, tricks and experiences. Bogshoeing.

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Anonymous Tue 20 Dec 2022 22:08:11 No.2512592 Report

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Checking the surveyed maps in advance. Some bogs are impossible see just how waterlogged and deep they can actually be by sight, some parts are just huge lakes covered by surface vegetation. Keeping light is important, you dont want to get sunk in

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Anonymous Tue 20 Dec 2022 22:41:39 No.2512623 Report

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Keep light, move SLOW, and keep a stick to constantly test the consistency of the ground in front of you. When I was a kid, I sunk waist deep into a swamp taking a step into what looked and felt like normal ground. Lost both my shoes and would've died if my grandpa didn't pull me out.

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Anonymous Tue 20 Dec 2022 23:07:37 No.2512630 Report

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I was in the Norwegian Fjell once, above the tree line, there where theese small redish moss like plants that indicated where the ground was basically liquid, too 1 misstep off trail and my leg was instantly down to the upper thigh

Now being a Danish man, I can only advise high rubber boots, really really take your time and don't do it in winter

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Anonymous Fri 23 Dec 2022 13:26:29 No.2513700 Report

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Don't muck about anon. You need to get serious in these situations

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Dec 2022 15:50:42 No.2513772 Report

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>>2512575
I frequently hike an area that is similar to your pic.I typically navigate through it by following game trails.Also,I wear footwear that drains,and dries quickly.

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Anonymous Fri 23 Dec 2022 16:09:28 No.2513778 Report

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>>2512575
once i almost drowned in bog while taking a shortcut trough a swamp, would have died too but my foot found old rotten tree trunk on the side i used to get myself up
i learned my lesson mainly because i already made my peace while sinking

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Dec 2022 16:23:24 No.2513788 Report

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>>2512575
Don't follow the lights

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Dec 2022 18:08:19 No.2514427 Report

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>>2512575
Watch the vegetation. Dry grass means less bog, greener grass means more bog. Trees and shrubs growing also indicate less bog. With this in mind you can usually pick a route from one vegetation spot to another. You also need a stick obviously.
If you are going on a dayhike definitely take rubber boots, if hunting consider hip waders, if you are hiking through you should have shell boots.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Dec 2022 18:11:56 No.2514428 Report

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it may sound stupid but at least up north where i am if you're serious about bog travel snow equipment works really well. slap those xc skis on or snowshoes and just kind of waddle your way through the slowly sinking bog plants. this only works in the northern bog/peatland type wetlands though and if you are talking more like southern swamps i have no clue other than everything gets wet.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Dec 2022 19:19:55 No.2514463 Report

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>>2514427
>Trees and shrubs growing indicate less bog

This isnt entirely true. Tamaracks and diamond willows grow great in bogs even deep ones.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Dec 2022 21:01:34 No.2514515 Report

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I worked in the foothills of the rockies in the good old alberta muskagg and I can tell you that for sure some areas are winter only access. People have mentioned vegetation being a good sign, in Canada you can usually tell the really wet areas because they will have nothing or very small stunted black spruce as the main species. Sure some trees do grow well in wetter areas, but eventually they will get so big that they pull themselves out of the ground from wind, so more than likely that willow is growing in an area will perennial flooding, but not a standing water zone.

Some of the hardest ground to move quickly in. I remember being on a winter road in the summer ie its like walking on a grass trampoline with water under the grassmat I decided to run my strava and see how far I could actually get running for my life as if a bear was on the case. The answer is about 200m, the ground really saps your energy.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Dec 2022 21:14:37 No.2514522 Report

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>>2512575
Wesr brogues since they dry faster, and tie the laces around your ankles so they don’t slip off in the muck

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Dec 2022 04:05:53 No.2514688 Report

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>>2512575
If you are wading don’t stand in one place too long
The meta is a kayak of sorts, even if there is grass you can still pull you self over most of it with ease without leaving the kayak

Get a nice bug net for your face, and clothing that covers all your skin but isn’t too thick so you don’t overheat

Water moccasins are fucking scary, ive shot some that are taller than me, I recommend a inexpensive revolver that you don’t mind losing to the swamp at some point, and load it with ratshot, it generally doesn’t cycle through auto loaders very well but do what you will

And remember the snakes are faster than you are, if it’s already seen you and is coming for you there’s no point in running

t. Swamp boi

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Anonymous Sun 25 Dec 2022 08:11:11 No.2514745 Report

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>>2514688
When I was a kid we were swimming in the river, and I swam at to a little island to fuck around with rocks. My dad was getting drunk while my mom made lunch. I hear my mom scream and my dad came rushing into the river like a drunk bear, I shit you not, he grabbed a water moccasin that was about 7 feet from me and headed my way and ripped it's head off and went back to drinking. I shoot them on principal now, aggressive fucks.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Dec 2022 11:11:08 No.2516701 Report

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>>2513778
terrifying

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Anonymous Thu 29 Dec 2022 11:45:32 No.2516708 Report

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This sounds based. I'm near the everglades and have some boots but haven't really gone in where it's wet.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Dec 2022 11:45:58 No.2516709 Report

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>>2512575

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Anonymous Thu 29 Dec 2022 11:48:40 No.2516710 Report

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>>2514688
What about gloves? You said cover everything or am I being too autistic about that interpretation?

Also do the water moccasins actually bite or are they just curious? I've never heard of snakes just straight up biting people unprovoked barring cases where a reticulated python ate someone or something.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Dec 2022 12:29:29 No.2516715 Report

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Anonymous Thu 29 Dec 2022 12:36:48 No.2516717 Report

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>>2512575
That's a picture of a Fen not a Bog

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Anonymous Thu 29 Dec 2022 13:36:01 No.2516734 Report

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>Bogshoeing
because every activity needs a gay cityfag name

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Anonymous Thu 29 Dec 2022 14:28:14 No.2516741 Report

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>>2516734
What would be a more heteronormative name?

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Anonymous Thu 29 Dec 2022 14:57:12 No.2516747 Report

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>>2516741
>heteronormative
The fact that you even use that made up gay word is a dead giveaway

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2022 13:14:48 No.2517304 Report

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>>2512575
You go the fuck around. Hell even in dead winter they are treacherous. Ive tracked deer through a bog and that is no fun. Fuck that bullshit. Don't follow the lights either.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2022 19:38:37 No.2517503 Report

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>>2516734
The fuck are you talking about retard? By that logic snowshoeing is also a "gay cityfag name".

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2022 20:26:31 No.2517519 Report

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>>2512575
>Tips
dont look into their eyes. dont follow the lights.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2022 20:33:34 No.2517522 Report

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>>2516747
>doesn't get he's being made fun of
This is why it's important to beat autists when they act out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Dec 2022 02:44:45 No.2517744 Report

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If there aren't any snakes then you can let your dog go first

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Anonymous Mon 02 Jan 2023 03:21:38 No.2518713 Report

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>>2514745
Holy fucking based dad

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Anonymous Mon 02 Jan 2023 03:23:06 No.2518714 Report

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>>2516710
They are very aggressive and will chase you. Went fishing with my great uncle as a kid and one chased me back to land until he cut its head off. They are bastards

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Anonymous Mon 02 Jan 2023 03:24:08 No.2518719 Report

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>>2517522
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