Arrowhead Hunting Field Guide

[kirby]

comanche, it's not like I was looking for the trees in the beginning.............they just happened to be there.

[wiseshanks]

I guess I've just never really thought of that. I hunt along the Arkansas river and it's probably flooded the banks no telling how many times in the last 12,000 years. Any trace of camps along the river were probably washed away, along with the carbon from their fires. It would just take a lot of fire ash from years and years of occupation to build up and more importantly, to stay there all of these years. My philosophy is whatever works, stick with it. That's why I think these ideas need to be shared more. Everyone lives in different regions and hunts different geographic locations. That's why I think pictures of sites that we find things would really help people out because we could point out features and where we're finding things. I know a lot of the members already do this but I am going to try to do it more often with the river I hunt.

[comanche]

Kirby
I understand what your sayin.Here in my area the biggest oaks only get to 2-300 years old.On most good burnt rock middens it too hard for big trees to set a solid root system.

I just never have put the trees into my deduction equation.
JMO///c

[jdneill]

Not that old tree's equal points but...I have found a few camps by looking for the largest trees along ridges near water. Found this guy and a bunch of brokes 2 years ago while deer scouting the second ridge away from the river which doesn't get flooded. I mostly hunt plowed farm fields by a source of natural water and like checking the washouts in fields after a good rain.

[Mudslide]

I see a few things that a old tree could point out. 1) If its on a mound, then it would pre date machinery and would have been built by hand. Probably Native Americans. 2) If you're a digger, no one has dug there since the tree satrted growing. 3) I've personally found signs of activity. Points, flakes, piles of raw material, pottery, ect. Usually on the surface or very shallow. Maybe the growth of the tree helps push things to the surface.

[paleo_joe]

I have been walking a low lake, and I've found very little flint, but what I have found has been located where there are lots of cypress stumps. It's strange because the stumps are just not as big as they'd need to be to have been around when the indians where there. It is getting to where I won't even look if there aren't stumps around, even though the spot looks IDEAL. For what it's worth.

[joshuaream]

Something I've seen over the years in digging pre-colombian stuff is that you'll often see a tree, catcus or green patch over a large buried pot. The reason is that the soil in the pot stays moist longer than the surrounding soil, and the plants above stay greener longer.

[comanche]

Well after so many responses,,,I must start looking a little closer to the trees,,,Really not to be facetious.You guy's have taught me some things I would have never really considered.
Thanks///c