game plan for last afternoon of muzzleloading

[MnDeerStalker]

was just wondering what everyones game plans are the weather (at least here ) is less the ideal but some times that works out better, it is raining right now hopfuly it will change to snow later. the deer have not been moving till just before dark so I think I am going to go out at about 3 or so and do some praying! also wondering if people are going to take what ever they see just to fill tags or if they are going to stick to QDM?

[Stensethfan]

I am going to punt and stick to my warm couch and watch the Vikings game instead!  Good luck this afternoon.  I will hope for favorable weather to punch my tag with my bow before 12/31!!

[MnDeerStalker]

thought about that too but I can't kill em from the couch and if I cant seal the deal tonight I will be back at it with the bow as well!

[HD]

I sat out yesterday and this morning.
Snowing like crazy out. I'll be back out tonight, still hoping to fill a doe tag.
I've already let several nice bucks walk this year...So, no, I'm sticking to my plan. Just a doe.


Hunter...............still hunting!

[deadeye]

From 10-2 yesterday I went on a 2 mile stalk with the bow.  I saw 5 deer, three of which I could have shot with a muzzle loader, but none gave me a good bow shot.  I had a great time trying to put the sneak on them but looks like I may need a little more practice.   

[Cody Gruchow]

i was going to go out this morning, but i have decided i have enough venison(3) to last me till next year.. plus its to ... but i have noticed the deer travel patterns shift dramatically this week, most that i have seen have started moving around 1-2 then all quiet until 10 minutes before dark. was out for a stroll last night and counted 23 deer mostly does but a few smaller bucks out in the fields

[MnDeerStalker]

how did you all do I froze my ars off and didn't see a deer a few turkeys though.

[Moving2thecountry]

I saw four does on Saturday, and one very large doe on Sunday morning. 

Two were over the road, including the large doe, so those were out.  Two others were too far to get a clean shot off at, and the remaining doe I saw was actually the first doe I saw, and it was in the driveway when I pulled up.  It spooked and ran long before I loaded the muzzle loader and put on some blaze orange. 

All four of the deer besides the one in the driveway seemed to want to come toward a path near my stand, but they *seemed* to see my blaze orange.  I was downwind from them so I don't think they smelled me, and I was dead still so I don't know what else I could have done.  I had already figured out where the main trail was last time, and I avoided it this time, setting up and coming to the stand from downwind.

The snow didn't start coming down hard where I was until Sunday around 11:00 a.m.  I had heard rumors of a blizzard in Duluth, and the wind was picking up, and I didn't like being 16 feet up on in a swaying tree, so I climbed down, disassembled the stand, and called it a year.

At least I saw a beutiful fox Sunday morning as I took a stroll around the small property.  And a few very loud crows.

[Cody Gruchow]

if you aint perfectly seated they can see your outline against the tree like your shoulders popping out, or if they are seasoned deer they just sometime have a bad feeling about it i think...had one bust me because i was against a smaller tree and my shoulders were sticking out, so they could see my outline.

[Moving2thecountry]

Yeah, I was definiately wider than the tree.  It had about an 10 inch diameter.

[22lex]

Yeah, I was definiately wider than the tree.  It had about an 10 inch diameter.

That happened to me last Thursday. I had six does come in behind me during first light. After about fifteen minutes and them constantly looking at the figure in the tree they started to bugger out of there and I got lucky enough to wheel around and have one standing there at ten yards and staring at the others trotting off.

[MnDeerStalker]

you sould always try to stay back in the trees enough so other tree limbs break up your body's outline.