Wisconsin deer hunters
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Jim,
Your entire state will also be covered in orange! Not for me, I try to stay away from those situations. :>)
Your entire state will also be covered in orange! Not for me, I try to stay away from those situations. :>)
Dani
Thanks for the good hunting wishes but---here's what actually happened: saturday the temp was 20 degrees, normally comfortable in Wisconsin, but the NorthWest wind was blowing 15 to 18 miles per hour gusting to 26 mph. The temperature dropped steadily to a lo of 9 degrees. It was brutal to say the least. We heard very few gun shots, saw four deer. One in our party shot and wounded a big buck which crossed into posted land where my son had permission to trail anything wounded. He spent over two hours trailing a blood trail, not pushing hard--saw two bedded areas with dried blood so he knew he wasn't pushing him. The trail finally was lost and he came back to the cabin not pleased to say the least. The wind continued thru the nite into the next day and we all decided (which is a first for us) to skip the dawn shoot until either the wind or the temperature abated. Sunday was a bit better after dawn and we all went to different blinds but saw few deer (two I think) and no shots. I had to leave monday and traveled into a snow storm with icy roads getting heavier the closer to Southern Wisconsin I got, driving into my driveway on a snow/ice combination. It wasn't a great opening but nevertheless it's always fun to get out into nature
wis boz
Thanks for the good hunting wishes but---here's what actually happened: saturday the temp was 20 degrees, normally comfortable in Wisconsin, but the NorthWest wind was blowing 15 to 18 miles per hour gusting to 26 mph. The temperature dropped steadily to a lo of 9 degrees. It was brutal to say the least. We heard very few gun shots, saw four deer. One in our party shot and wounded a big buck which crossed into posted land where my son had permission to trail anything wounded. He spent over two hours trailing a blood trail, not pushing hard--saw two bedded areas with dried blood so he knew he wasn't pushing him. The trail finally was lost and he came back to the cabin not pleased to say the least. The wind continued thru the nite into the next day and we all decided (which is a first for us) to skip the dawn shoot until either the wind or the temperature abated. Sunday was a bit better after dawn and we all went to different blinds but saw few deer (two I think) and no shots. I had to leave monday and traveled into a snow storm with icy roads getting heavier the closer to Southern Wisconsin I got, driving into my driveway on a snow/ice combination. It wasn't a great opening but nevertheless it's always fun to get out into nature
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Rick Pierce
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Sorry to hear about the wounded deer...I haven't met a hunter yet that likes to lose game, even when they've done everything they can.
Laura killed two does on the second morning of gun season down here, and I thought she missed both. No blood trail in the food plot. We got 50 feet inside the woods, and it looked like someone spattered red paint all over. It would be nice to try and track in snow!!!! We were trailing in wet leaves and pine straw... "I got the trail...oh, no...wait...just a leaf..."
Your post reminds me of when I was up in Wausau visiting my folks over the holidays several years ago. We were up around Minocqua and further north, hitting shops and visiting, and stopped on the way back just outside Wausau at a restaurant/bar/tavern to get a pizza. There was a truck in the parking lot that literally had deer stacked in the bed like cordwood. Old, beat up Ford, I think, squatted down, no tailgate, frozen dead deer just stacked in layers in the bed. Something like 15 or more, if I remember correctly...
Laura killed two does on the second morning of gun season down here, and I thought she missed both. No blood trail in the food plot. We got 50 feet inside the woods, and it looked like someone spattered red paint all over. It would be nice to try and track in snow!!!! We were trailing in wet leaves and pine straw... "I got the trail...oh, no...wait...just a leaf..."
Your post reminds me of when I was up in Wausau visiting my folks over the holidays several years ago. We were up around Minocqua and further north, hitting shops and visiting, and stopped on the way back just outside Wausau at a restaurant/bar/tavern to get a pizza. There was a truck in the parking lot that literally had deer stacked in the bed like cordwood. Old, beat up Ford, I think, squatted down, no tailgate, frozen dead deer just stacked in layers in the bed. Something like 15 or more, if I remember correctly...