Got out with the bow for the first time in two and a half weeks. Someone has been working a scrape right in front of the stand I shot the doe from in September. Nothing showed up tonight.
Going to have to wear orange again starting Saturday. Probable going to set up the ground blind up in Dwayne's back field or on his old logging road I started hunting at the beginning of October. There is deer out there, not many it seems, but they are out there.
Deer sightings: 0 Deer down: 0 Time on stand: 1:45 hrs.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
2008 Hunt - Rifle Season, Hunts 22-30
November 8-23, 2008
Two full weeks, three weekends. Number 30 will be tomorrow night. I plan on sleeping in tomorrow morning.
I shot a doe on the first Sunday of our Minnesota rifle season. Chris got his doe on his lease Saturday a.m.
It was a very weird rifle season. Usually you arise in the morning and settle in to an audible sun rise, full of expectation and hope. You hear guns. Clacks, booms, and the infamous 4-6 rapid fire brush busting rifle bursts from hell. Normally, at dusk you can feel the anticipation as gun shots slowly and randomly begin, until the final shot echos and you know some lucky someone is hoping his shot was true and the whitetail would fall near.
This year sucked. The night I shot the doe, I should have taken the doe she was with because it was slim pickings this year. Opening weekend there was hardly any shots heard from anywhere. The state land did not have as many people hunting, as it was cold and windy. The past two weekends have been just as disappointing. I finally saw another deer Friday night.
I'll update if needed, but I don't expect much tomorrow night. I'll give it a go one more time with the gun and then break out the bow for the rest of the season starting next week.
Deer sightings: 3 Deer down: 1 Time on stand: 18 hrs.
Two full weeks, three weekends. Number 30 will be tomorrow night. I plan on sleeping in tomorrow morning.
I shot a doe on the first Sunday of our Minnesota rifle season. Chris got his doe on his lease Saturday a.m.
It was a very weird rifle season. Usually you arise in the morning and settle in to an audible sun rise, full of expectation and hope. You hear guns. Clacks, booms, and the infamous 4-6 rapid fire brush busting rifle bursts from hell. Normally, at dusk you can feel the anticipation as gun shots slowly and randomly begin, until the final shot echos and you know some lucky someone is hoping his shot was true and the whitetail would fall near.
This year sucked. The night I shot the doe, I should have taken the doe she was with because it was slim pickings this year. Opening weekend there was hardly any shots heard from anywhere. The state land did not have as many people hunting, as it was cold and windy. The past two weekends have been just as disappointing. I finally saw another deer Friday night.
I'll update if needed, but I don't expect much tomorrow night. I'll give it a go one more time with the gun and then break out the bow for the rest of the season starting next week.
Deer sightings: 3 Deer down: 1 Time on stand: 18 hrs.
2008 Hunt 21
Friday, November 7, 2008
I hunted one more evening before rifle season started. I don't recall seeing anything...
Deer sightings: 0 Deer down: 0 Time on stand: 2 1/2 hrs.
I hunted one more evening before rifle season started. I don't recall seeing anything...
Deer sightings: 0 Deer down: 0 Time on stand: 2 1/2 hrs.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
2008 Hunts 19 & 20
Wednesday and Thursday, November 5 & 6, 2008
Raining both days. Did get out early both days, but nothing was moving. I did bump a deer out of Dwayne's front field on my way out Wednesday.
This may be it for early bow hunting for me. Rifle season starts Saturday and I don't think it's going to stop raining 'til Friday afternoon. May just run out and retrieve the ground blind from Dwayne's back field.
Deer sightings: 1 Deer down: 0 Time on stand: 7 hrs.
Raining both days. Did get out early both days, but nothing was moving. I did bump a deer out of Dwayne's front field on my way out Wednesday.
This may be it for early bow hunting for me. Rifle season starts Saturday and I don't think it's going to stop raining 'til Friday afternoon. May just run out and retrieve the ground blind from Dwayne's back field.
Deer sightings: 1 Deer down: 0 Time on stand: 7 hrs.
2008 Hunt 18
Moved the new ground blind out to Dwayne's big back field. I set it up about 15 yards from the edge of the wood line right on top of a big scrape. Trimmed some downed branches and brushed the blind in pretty good.
Got back out around 2:30 p.m. or so, and things were quiet for most of the hunt. It was a little drizzly, and then finally started raining for about a half hour before dusk.
I was getting things back into the pack about 5:05 p.m. or so when I glanced up and saw a deer. He had to of came in from the south somewhere. I think its the big deer I played cat and mouse with all last year! I had been using a can bleat and a growl call most of the afternoon, so I gave the can call a try. The buck was a good 150 yards out, and took off like nobody's business at the sound of the can call. The second call sealed the deal and he was gone!
Deer sightings: 1 Deer down: 0 Time on stand: 3 hrs.
Got back out around 2:30 p.m. or so, and things were quiet for most of the hunt. It was a little drizzly, and then finally started raining for about a half hour before dusk.
I was getting things back into the pack about 5:05 p.m. or so when I glanced up and saw a deer. He had to of came in from the south somewhere. I think its the big deer I played cat and mouse with all last year! I had been using a can bleat and a growl call most of the afternoon, so I gave the can call a try. The buck was a good 150 yards out, and took off like nobody's business at the sound of the can call. The second call sealed the deal and he was gone!
Deer sightings: 1 Deer down: 0 Time on stand: 3 hrs.
2008 Hunt 17
Monday, November 3, 2008
I scouted a little in the morning and found some rubs on an old logging trail in the middle of some thick woods on Dwayne's piece. Went back and got the climber and set it up for the afternoon.
Cleared some shooting lanes, and set up on that trail that looked to be well used. Nothing at all. Once again it was near 70 degrees again.
Deer sightings: 0 Deer down: 0 Time on stand: 2 1/2 hrs.
I scouted a little in the morning and found some rubs on an old logging trail in the middle of some thick woods on Dwayne's piece. Went back and got the climber and set it up for the afternoon.
Cleared some shooting lanes, and set up on that trail that looked to be well used. Nothing at all. Once again it was near 70 degrees again.
Deer sightings: 0 Deer down: 0 Time on stand: 2 1/2 hrs.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
2008 Hunt 16
Made it out again tonight. Had good wind all evening, but nothing showed up at all. I'm not even seeing anything out in Dwayne's front fields. The only thing was it was almost 70 degrees when I set up.
Still have the rest of the week to hunt. The next couple days are gonna be warmer than I'd like; deer moving later than they should.
Deer sightings: 0 Deer down: 0 Time on stand: 3 hrs.
Still have the rest of the week to hunt. The next couple days are gonna be warmer than I'd like; deer moving later than they should.
Deer sightings: 0 Deer down: 0 Time on stand: 3 hrs.
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