Smartweed Infestation

Mr Bill.

You must do some serious GIS if you are using LIDAR. Have you ever used LIDAR to determine water surface elevations? I do hydraulic modeling for fish habitat analysis and would like to develop a methodology that precludes some of the intensive surveying done with a total station... A bit of topic so contact me at matt.combes@gmail.com

Matt
 
Eric, now you have done it. You posted where you hunt now everyone is going to be flocking there. Seriously, watch the use of herbicides to fix the problem. They are indescriminate and could cause more problems than they are worth. Maybe go in in the spring and mow it down below the waterline?
 
Eric,

Could you get a canoe or small boat out there to try and knock down a hole to hunt out of? Retrieves out of the hole might be a little hard for Cassie. Your best bet is probably to do some mechanical prunning/thinning next spring/summer to keep holes thin enough to hunt.

Tom
 
We use herbicides all the time to treat invasive species with little or no effect on adjacent natives.
in this case, glyphosate, which is foliar active and non-persistent, could very effectively and safely treat areas of the smartweed to create a hole & some walking lanes.
 
Brad

I just reread the baiting info you posted. It does agree with what I pulled from the USF&WS. Last night I missed the part "However, nothing in this paragraph prohibits:" Seems to be pretty clear that you are not hunting over bait when hunting manipulated natural vegetation.

Just noticed this and wanted to point it out.

Eric
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That's my take as well.

Brad, my interpretation is that you're lumping, rather than putting into context, what the semi-colon serves to separate. There is not a connection between "standing, flooded or manipulated natural vegetation" (natural being the operative word) and "normal agricultural...or soil stabilization practices."
 
Eric, I am a grad student at UT in wildlife under the wildlife extension specialist for Tennessee and have taken coursework on wetlands management. It is perfectly legal, and prudent, to manipulate naturally occurring vegetation. You can even manipulate volunteer crops that come back from previous plantings. If the water is always 4' deep, I don't know how effective herbicides would be. However, you could easily treat areas in the early spring when water is low and the vegetation is still small. You will have a much better kill then. For now, you probably would just want to mash down a couple of shooting holes.
 
However, you could easily treat areas in the early spring when water is low and the vegetation is still small. You will have a much better kill then.
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That was my line of thought as well, get it while the water is low.
 
Update on the smartweed infestation:

Mother nature appears to have been good to us by way of a dry summer. Thomas and I went to the property pictured above yesterday and were happy to see the water has almost completely dried up. The smartweed is a lush green carpet and thriving but is also a tolerable knee height. Last year it was 3+ feet tall and you could not wade at all it was so thick. With current weather trends I think we will be able to attack it as well as clean out a lot of other growth thereby opening the hole up. Of course all it will take is a good rain or two to fill it back up so I'm trying to get my employer in on the effort along with the equipment that we'll need to kill the smartweed and clear the surround area.

Eric
 
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