who's all still bowhunting?

[whiteoakbuck]

who's all still bowhunting and what have you been seeing ? i haven't made it out the past few days but hoping to be sitting in the tree later this week and weekend!

[nontypicalhunter]

I'm out there every day until the season closes !   

[whiteoakbuck]

thats the way i am man i would much rather sit stand from nov-dec then sept-oct but thats just me adds a challenge to withstand the cold temps and see what made it though the gun seasons i love it 

[HD]

I'm still going out.... 

[Cody Gruchow]

i may still go out, havent decided yet, still gun season around here until this sunday so depending on what happens the final 2 times out with the gun.

[The General]

I'm still out.  Wife got a deer slug hunting so if it's not going on the wall I'm not shooting.

[ovation62]

  No deer gun hunting...    saw a Y Buck last month but didnt shoot it.
Im going back out to see if I can get one with the bow. This old girl hunt almost everyday.
We got alot of snow here so they are moving and now its not to hard to figure were they are going. Good luck everyone.

[huntingfreak_09]

ull see me in the tree! i hunt from opening day of archery sep. 18th till dec. 31st and hunt gun opener nov. 6th till thats over then back to holding the bow in hand. i also love to see what made it though the gun season its like waiting to see your trail cam pics! the excitement is so high! cuz last yr it payed off huge on dec. 12 got my first personal best buck a 130" class 8 pt! and ill be in stand hoping to shoot a doe that dad due to i already shot another big 8 pt this yr in camp ripley! so good hunting to everyone stick a big one plenty of time left!

[Mayfly]

I'll be out until the last day of the season. We have 3.5 months to do this, i'm not wasting a minute 

[JECAMERON]

I'll make it out a few more times yet.

[MnDeerStalker]

Still going out but not seeing anything cause the riverbottom was flooded this year and all the gun hunters came into my land opening weekend while I was up north and shot anything that moved.I have a very small piece of property that I have been trying to manage for a few years but when ppl do this it hard to get my hopes up for the rest of the season

[Jeremy (Yeti)]

Still going out, waiting for the wall hanger

[HUNTER2]

Went out Sat night, saw 2 does and 1 fawn. Bucks come out at night.

[BuckdownBen]

Still hunt'n Sunday morning heard a buck grunting/chasing a doe for about 15 min, and had the fawns walk 6 yards up to me.  I did not see the buck, and doe.

[deadeye]

I've been taking a break after hunting quite a bit prior to gun season then hunting most of the 9 day rifle season.  I'm just now getting the itch to get back out there.  I may go muzzle loader hunting this weekend.   I will probably bow hunt some more as we have another month or more to do so.
 

[22lex]

Went Sat morning.....nada..., went Sun. morning....one primed up coyote and I talked to some turkeys, but dead sea for me.

Deer were pushed around quite a bit around me, it'll be mid-december before I can get them coming into their traditional winter bedding areas where I can put an arrow through a doe.

[ovation62]

 
Sae 3 Doe's and a 6 Point Buck.. He just new something was up,I was pulled 1/2 way the he quortered away I pulled he Run..........OFF
There is always tomorrow

[sticksnstrings]

For those of you still hunting, have you notice a slow down in thte rut? I am seein does during the day but nothin is chasing them.  I Am still picking up some bucks at night on cam but they are very nocturnal. bty I am hunting in SW mn

[Mayfly]

For those of you still hunting, have you notice a slow down in thte rut? I am seein does during the day but nothin is chasing them.  I Am still picking up some bucks at night on cam but they are very nocturnal. bty I am hunting in SW mn

I just hunted SW this evening... We saw about 10 - 12 does and no bucks. Talking with the friend that I hunted with who knows the area very well and hunts a lot says that you usually see a good second rut in those parts due to the poor doe to buck ratio. So although the "rut" activity is slow now it may pick up. Obviously not as hot and heavy as the first round but the second round may be better than other areas of the state. The cold and the snow is going to push the deer onto food so stick close   

My 2 cents

[bonecollecter82]

Where you guys hunting in SWmn?? That is where I am from and were I hunt. I have been out a few time this week with lots of deer seen but havent seen the deer I am looking to shoot yet. Its pretty easy for me to see 20+ deer a night going out to feed most I seen this week was 23 and that was tonight 2 small bucks and the rest were does

[Mayfly]

I was near Lynd... Very close to Camden Stat Park.

[bonecollecter82]

Camden thats by Marshall right?? I know a kid from Benton whos uncle has some land by there Thats some dandy land for some dandy bucks!! I hunt next to kilen woods in jackson county I havent seen the bucks in there like I usually do but it will only get better after they settle down and start moving out of the park during the day

[Mayfly]

Camden thats by Marshall right?? I know a kid from Benton whos uncle has some land by there Thats some dandy land for some dandy bucks!! I hunt next to kilen woods in jackson county I havent seen the bucks in there like I usually do but it will only get better after they settle down and start moving out of the park during the day

Yep... Camden is just South of Marshall. Its a great area.

[sticksnstrings]

Where you guys hunting in SWmn?? That is where I am from and were I hunt. I have been out a few time this week with lots of deer seen but havent seen the deer I am looking to shoot yet. Its pretty easy for me to see 20+ deer a night going out to feed most I seen this week was 23 and that was tonight 2 small bucks and the rest were does

I am 20 miles NE of Marshall.  Mostly prarrie deer that I have been chasing latley.   I hunt a small piece close to the MN river valley but that gets pretty beat up by the lead throwers. I was in stand tonight with no deer movement, hopen weather change gets the deer alittle more mobile during the day!!!!!  Happy Turkey Day to all.... wich reminds me anyone know if the apps are out for the spring hunt?

[Mayfly]

I heard the apps just came out! Deadline is early January?

 

[sticksnstrings]

sweet!! I have decided my next tom is gonna be taken by bow! but that conversation is gonna have to wait.  the wife is still waiting for deer sticks!

[Mayfly]

sweet!! I have decided my next tom is gonna be taken by bow! but that conversation is gonna have to wait.  the wife is still waiting for deer sticks!

Can you shoot does in your area??

[HD]

Went out for a couple hours this morning..... 

I saw 2 small doe's and a fork...that was it...

[sticksnstrings]

Can you shoot does in your area??


Yes for Archery you can shoot does.. otherwise its a lottery for doe permits with firearm

[jigglestick]

went out this afternoon to do a scouting round.
found an area where the deer are moving regularly.
by the time I figured out how I should set up on it, I already tracked it up so I'll let it cool off for a couple days and then hit it with black powder.

lot...no, LOTS of snow hanging on the balsams.
if them deer felt any trouble it would be sooo easy to disapear.

pretty wet too, out walking around through the hardwoods.
about 9-10 inches of snow on the ground and as I said, lots of neck baths.
man that's chilly.