Welcome to Tigrett Bottoms
Here is a breif description of the area that you are about to
visit:
Description:
Approximately 60% (4,457 acres) of the site is ponded swamp, shrub,
and scrub type wetland habitat. Because of the channelization
levees that keeps water ponded 12 months a year, approximately
4,000 acres will have water on it most of the year. Some 6.6 miles
of the North Fork Forked Deer River and 3.51 miles of the Middle
Fork of the Forked Deer River transverse the management area. In
addition, there are 6.6 miles of old North Fork River meanders and
2.64 miles of old Middle Fork River meanders in the management
area. These meanders are included in the 4,000 acres of ponded
swamp. There are small areas of quality bottomland hardwood
scattered throughout. It is owned and managed by the state as
one of it's many WMA projects across our state. It is
primarilary used for waterfowl hunting during the winter months and
holds quite a number of species of ducks and geese during this
time.
Now on to the cache itself!
The cache is an ammo can on the WMA. It can be hunted at
all times of the year, just use caution during the TN State
Waterfowl season (usually from late Nov. thru early Feb.) I
have placed it some distance from where normal hunters are, but you
will have to park by where they park, so again, use
caution!
This cache has all the needed attributes of good quatily
cache: thorns, water, mud, snakes, spiders,
aligators.........wait this is TN......no aligators, and much more
depending on the time of year that you try to find this
cache. It is a double edged sword, if you choose to hunt it
in the winter, you will have to have a boat, due to high water
levels in the winter months. If you choose to wait and hunt
it in the summer months, you may still have to have a boat to
access it, but if your lucky and it is a dry summer, you may be
able to walk close to it, but a boat will still be needed to go the
final distance............ Mud will be a big factor in the
summer months if the weather has been dry, and could quite possibly
be rather impossible to get in the dry summer months........but we
will see!
The coords are marked a little "loose" due to, well you'll see
for yourself if you take the challegene! After all, it is a
5/5, so GO HUNT!!!