How high of waders do I need for hunting in Carlos Avery

[NaturesRespect]

I plan on hunting deer at Carlos Avery WMA next season and will be doing some moderate long walks through the area to scout. I have never been there and yes I heard all the [PoorWordUsage] about its a bad place to hunt blah blah blah I don't wanna hear it anyways my teacher has told me to get a good pair of waders. I'm wondering if regular knee boots will be fine or if I should get hip waders or chest waders. What do you guys think i should get? I'm not made of money so I'm looking for some descent cheap ones that are still good like in the 50-100 dallars range.

Thanks for the help!

[Archerysniper]

If I were you being from the area I would just get hip boots and stop before you go over the top with cheast wadders in the park if you are not familiar with it you tend to go to far and get yourself into trouble we had a guy last year that had to be extracted by the sherriff and dnr for going to far into the swamps. if you really want to get away from people use a canoe and a buddy that will get you farther then wadders and a touch safer.

[NaturesRespect]

If I were you being from the area I would just get hip boots and stop before you go over the top with cheast wadders in the park if you are not familiar with it you tend to go to far and get yourself into trouble we had a guy last year that had to be extracted by the sherriff and dnr for going to far into the swamps. if you really want to get away from people use a canoe and a buddy that will get you farther then wadders and a touch safer.

a connoe eh? how would i bring it in? just drag it in there? hmm so the swamps get that deep eh dang thats pretty deep well is it possible to walk around? hmmm hip waders seem okay but not all great maybe ill get chest waders idk yet still have time

[Tom7227]

The problem you probably will encounter is the muck. If you hit an area of open water there could even be a spring and then the bottom almost isn't there. My 5'10" son 'disappeared' walking in an area near our home. One minute he was there and the next minute he was gone. He came shooting out of there like he had a rocket on.

This may sound like foolishness but consider wearing a PFD. Also, if you go over the top on hip waders you get cold. Go over the top in chest waders and you can get dead - they can fill up in a heartbeat and drag you down and make it real tough to get out of.

[Ufatz]

Well Natures Respect, I feel it's my duty to offer the following, even though I expect you won't pay much attention.

Go with a buddy into that swamp. Use a canoe or even better a little Jon boat of some kind; two guys can easily carry/slide a 10' model. Don't go in alone. Don't be afraid of chest waders. They will not "fill up and drag you down" as is the myth. Try it this summer. You will find that waders filled with water are no different than standing there in water without waders. Neutral buoyancy.

Clumsy yes...drag you down, no.

Okay. Now I've done my duty and you go on ahead and do what you want to do.

[brittman]

Excellent post UFATZ.

Natures Respect:

If by chance you kill a deer, you will need a small boat/canoe AND better yet a boat and some good friends to drag that deer out. You do not want to drag a dead deer through waste high water, especially gutted.

If you leave the kill to go get the boat, better have its position well marked.

I'd also research the route you take in to your hunting stand/blind. Sometimes you bust your butt a long ways to get to an isolated spot, only to find that you are a 100 yards off a different path.

[Jmnhunter]

alot of people yes, but like you said, if you find some "hidden" areas you can find some nice deer, so i hear. another problem you'll encounter is your scent control when your actually out hunting and wearing waders back there, the sweat and neopreme smell..

[gurkster]

As mentioned have a plan to get out dragging a gutted deer and hauling out your stuff.

[Archerysniper]

May be bigfoot or at least the bigfoot hunters will help you drag it out

[Scoot]

IMO you're begging for serious trouble if you go in alone without a pfd.

[leech~~]

NR lots of very good advise shared here so far. You have some time before fall to do a lot of scouting by map first. Get a good Typo map and start looking at the whole area and start to learn the boundaries, roads and trails of the whole WMA area by going from hard ground to hard ground at first. Check the map well for low and wet areas, look for land bridges between the wet areas you can get into. Guys that do well out there learn the pockets where others don't hunt. Edges that may cross over to private land are good since not many people can hunt the private land and deer will go in and out of them. Once you start to learn it and find some out of the way deer trails, start going out there when it gets closer to the season early in the mornings and near sunset to start learning the times the deer use the trails. I use to have a few deer when I hunted out there timed every morning. Also bring a cell phone with you to call for help. I give all these ideas because I use to Bow hunt out there many years ago and no longer do. Oh and Welcome to the forum! Good luck!