Outstate mission in action...

[Stensethfan]

Well guys I am sorry to admit that MN is not turning my crank any more for seeing larger bucks.  I am not sure if it will ever change here so I am going to start applying for places like Iowa, Montana, and Ontario.  I am also probably going to jump the border to Wisconsin next season.  I am tired of my friends from Montana sending me pics like these every single season!!!  Guess I am going to have to start doing some extensive travel come next fall!!

[HUNTER2]

I don't think it will ever change either. Good luck.

[Stensethfan]

Thank you!  Also, I am not a someone to complain and not try to help out either.  Maybe someone can give me a little idea of what joining an MDHA chapter may cost and time commitments?  If nothing else another voice to the legislature cannot be a bad thing!

[Mayfly]

I'm with ya. MN is a bust..... 


Don't get me wrong, there is a ton of great deer here but cross a border and its a whole different world. I have never done it before but I know from friends. Its amazing. I just can't pinpoint the cause of our demise here in MN. Is it our deer management by the DNR? Is it hunting parties that kill everything? I just don't know where to point the finger. Oh well.....

[Stensethfan]

I am confused about it as well.  The numbers they put up in Wisconsin amazes me!  Are we really that different of a deer haibitat on this side of the river or do our DNR organizations just have different ideas?  Seems WI are not too worried about car deer accidents because every time I run over there I see dead deer all over the place.

[JohnWester]

yup... buying my non res Wi tag and heading there this weekend.

Wi. hunters kill twice as many deer as mn hunters (500,000 compared to 250,000) and have fewer hunters if you can believe it.  and those are rounded numbers, the actual ones are on the dnr site.

[deadeye]

Stensethfan,
The cost to join MDHA is $25.00 per year.  Time commitment is another thing all to gether.  It can range from only attend the annual banquet to many hours per week.  You can decide how much involved you wish to be.  I usually attend monthly meetings, do some banquet work (visit local business for donations), keet the chapter web site up to date (see chapters in the MDHA web site), man a booth at the fair, help collect and process deer hides and a few more odd things. Just search on "mndeerhunters.com" and you will find most of the information you need.  Note: Just because I'm an MDHA member doesn't mean I agree with every resolution that comes from the state office.  However, I do get to have my say.  

[Mayfly]

Stensethfan,
The cost to join MDHA is $25.00 per year.  Time commitment is another thing all to gether.  It can range from only attend the annual banquet to many hours per week.  You can decide how much involved you wish to be.  I usually attend monthly meetings, do some banquet work (visit local business for donations), keet the chapter web site up to date (see chapters in the MDHA web site), man a booth at the fair, help collect and process deer hides and a few more odd things. Just search on "mndeerhunters.com" and you will find most of the information you need.  Note: Just because I'm an MDHA member doesn't mean I agree with every resolution that comes from the state office.  However, I do get to have my say.  

http://www.mndeerhunters.com/

[beeker]

out state south dakota and north dakota... good luck getting a buck tag, you basically apply to every county seperate or something silly like that.. gave up after a few years, drew a doe tag once.. not worth the money.. plus if you don't know the locals or have an in somewhere good luck. you can't stand sit, it's not how they do it.  they drive around with spotting scopes until they spot one and basically chase it down. while.. wisconsin hope you know  someone with some land.. state land gets driven from day one, so don't expect to sit all day, they drive right through were your sitting especially if your a mud duck. it's a different way to hunt. never tried iowa. my cousins in south/north dakota have some impressive deer... and the bucks I've seen in wisconsin made me go back for many many years.

[Mayfly]

out state south dakota and north dakota... good luck getting a buck tag, you basically apply to every county seperate or something silly like that.. gave up after a few years, drew a doe tag once.. not worth the money.. plus if you don't know the locals or have an in somewhere good luck. you can't stand sit, it's not how they do it.  they drive around with spotting scopes until they spot one and basically chase it down. while.. wisconsin hope you know  someone with some land.. state land gets driven from day one, so don't expect to sit all day, they drive right through were your sitting especially if your a mud duck. it's a different way to hunt. never tried iowa. my cousins in south/north dakota have some impressive deer... and the bucks I've seen in wisconsin made me go back for many many years.

You must be talking about gun seasons. Bow is Wisconsin is a good deal from what I hear from residents and non-residents. Tons of land to hunt (if you know where to look).

[JohnWester]

while.. wisconsin hope you know  someone with some land.. state land gets driven from day one,

oh I don't know... how about 600 acres of private land, fields, swamp river bottoms. 
this should be fun!!

[kenhuntin]

I know Iowa can produce good deer

[wildlifeminnesota]

Nice photo. How many nice buck are in that photo? I see 11 or so. 

[jigglestick]

[Mayfly]

Jiggle... Is that your camp??    Can I come next year...please.

[wildlifeminnesota]

I  there are more trophy then hunter.

[beeker]

my post was for gun season..  but as a side note I 99% sure I'll be back in WI for gun next year (after a 2 year break)

[kenhuntin]

The story I heard behind Jigglesticks photo is of a camp that had been practicing QDM for a few years and they lost the lease they had on the land. So their last season they all went hog wild and reaped the benefits of letting small bucks go.

[jigglestick]

The story I heard behind Jigglesticks photo is of a camp that had been practicing QDM for a few years and they lost the lease they had on the land. So their last season they all went hog wild and reaped the benefits of letting small bucks go.

that is true ken,
I cant say if the story itself is true, but I can vouch that that is the story that came along with the photo.

does that mean you don't want to hunt with me anymore fleefly?

[HD]

Fleefly.......that there is funny! 

[Mayfly]

The story I heard behind Jigglesticks photo is of a camp that had been practicing QDM for a few years and they lost the lease they had on the land. So their last season they all went hog wild and reaped the benefits of letting small bucks go.

that is true ken,
I cant say if the story itself is true, but I can vouch that that is the story that came along with the photo.

does that mean you don't want to hunt with me anymore fleefly?

Jiggle... I'd hunt with you any day any place. 

[jigglestick]

awww

[dakids]

Jiggle I'd hunt with you any day also. We could all bring the kids and try an early season intensive harvist.

[22lex]

Montana you can shoot mulie or whitetail for about 300 bucks (depending on the area due to management). For about 600 bucks you can shoot elk/ and one deer with that tag. Plenty of areas to go if you do your homework. They have a great system of management called MMA ? I think, that pays landowners to keep their land open to hunters. Rifle season is more challenging, but bow season you can get on alot of land with no-one in sight.

I know why they have more animals than us, less hunters and less people.

[deadeye]

The pix of all the bucks on the ground made the rounds about 4 years ago.  I hate to be skeptical but at that time the photo was enlarged and it shows antler floating in air etc.  (just look at the antler above the deer head on the very right side of the picture).  Ever see one like that? Maybe on a Rompola buck.

[kenhuntin]

The pix of all the bucks on the ground made the rounds about 4 years ago.  I hate to be skeptical but at that time the photo was enlarged and it shows antler floating in air etc.  (just look at the antler above the deer head on the very right side of the picture).  Ever see one like that? Maybe on a Rompola buck.

Do you mean the one on the right that matches the side on the ground ? It looks to me like a leg is extended out to the beam of it's right side.