Hunting rapidly rising river?

[TX300mag]

I'm hunting this river bottom in semi-south TX for opening of rifle tomorrow, basically everything in the pic west side of river. It's supposed to rise 20' over the next couple of days. This is my first year hunting this property, so I don't quite know what a flood of this magnitude means as far as hoe much of the place will be under water.

My plan is hunting north of the dropped pin, as that's probably the highest ground. Does anyone have any experience on how these deer will evacuate or react to the rising water?

 

[Mossy Oak]

I would probably begin by using the "Terrain" feature on the aerial maps. That way you could at least get a better idea of what areas will be under water and to identify the high spots. It may also be useful to find any evacuation routes deer may use.

You may already use it, but the terrain feature looks like this.

 

[@fulldraw]

My experience is deer will stay just outside of the rising water. If you know how the water rises you can predict deer movement. It works like a funnel.

 

[Nealmeally]

My experience is deer will stay just outside of the rising water. If you know how the water rises you can predict deer movement. It works like a funnel.

X2..Kinda what I was thinking..