Countdown to Wiscosin Firearms Season.....More anxious than a hormonal teenager on Prom Night

[RumRiverRat]

I have seen some dandy bucks on my property in WI while bow hunting and have not been able to get in range.

That all changes next Saturday.

Part of my property is shotgun, the other allows rifles.

I have not hunted my property for a week and it will not be hunted again until Saturday.

I am fired up to say the least.

[Boar]

Good luck rat, show us some pic when ya get back!

[candiru]

If you are that anxious, just make sure you don't fire prematurely.

[Boar]

Lol, uh oh.Big window.

[MJ1657]

Hunting WI for the first time this year. Im really excited!

[smalliehunter]

That's what she said.

[B-man715]

Hunting WI for the first time this year. Im really excited!

Where ya headed MJ?

[MJ1657]

Webster Siren area

[MJ1657]

I just bought my tag. Half off for a first time buyer!

[WIMN]

I spent 4 days out in the woods in MN and only saw 1 deer when it was too dark to shoot. I am very excited for WI season.

Also hunting in Webster (some private woods east of town)! Small world. Shorter drive than hunting in MN, too.

Did you buy a doe tag? These past few years they have been $2 and UNLIMITED. I'm glad they changed it to 1 per person and $12/tag. I'd love to take 2 deer but realistically I'll probably take one.

Will be out there Sat AM thru Mon AM.

[MJ1657]

I didn't get a doe tag. I didn't know how the system worked that they had a certain amount. I guess they sold out in about a week. I will be hunting with a 12bet year old so we will be able to take one

[deerhunter]

I hunt by raddison go right through siren

[B-man715]

Webster Siren area

10-4, Good luck MJ! The population up there is usually pretty good. Some nice bucks too You'll have to see if Donbo is in the area when you are

I'm gonna be in Balsam Lake for opener, then east of you over in Minong for the second weekend.

Get a big one and have a bunch of fun!

[MJ1657]

Good luck to you to B-man.

[Cecil]

I am heading out Friday afternoon to Richland Center. Havent been to WI in about 6 years, so hoping its good!

[tritonman]

I'm leaving thursday! I'll be in the Ashland area.

[WIMN]

Looks like the Webster forecast is upper 40s and 10 mph winds. Crazy.

Some of the property we hunt on was logged out pretty recently, anybody know if it would it be worth setting up a little blind and hunting the open area? Or am I better off staying in my stand?

[tunrevir]

I will be headed to the Ladysmith area with my kids to hunt this weekend. Looking foreward to it but maybe not quite as much a Rumriverrat WIMN, I think those recent clearcut areas have potential to pull in deer and it definately doesn't hurt to put a blind on the edge of one.

Tunrevir~

[B-man715]

Looks like the Webster forecast is upper 40s and 10 mph winds. Crazy.

Some of the property we hunt on was logged out pretty recently, anybody know if it would it be worth setting up a little blind and hunting the open area? Or am I better off staying in my stand?

If I were you I would hunt in, or on the edge of the thickest, nastiest cover available. Think "escape routes" and cover. That's where they're gonna go. You might see some deer in the open stuff, but the veteran deer have been through the hoops and know how to survive.

Hope this helps!

[deerhunter]

WIMN I Would definatly hunt it had a guy in our group have his twenty acres logged during season and shot two nice bucks on it he said the deer come in to eat on the tops he was right just to clear it too we were party hunting and he is a dnr in the forestry department and had seen deer come out to eat on the tops just after they quit

[WIMN]

WIMN I Would definatly hunt it had a guy in our group have his twenty acres logged during season and shot two nice bucks on it he said the deer come in to eat on the tops he was right just to clear it too we were party hunting and he is a dnr in the forestry department and had seen deer come out to eat on the tops just after they quit

Deerhunter,

Did they log it over the summer or just before deer season? I spent a lot of time on google looking into it, some people say it's great if logged out during summer because there's all sorts of new growth, others say it's no good for 2-3 years before there is some cover. A lot of sites say that guys who hunt public land fight over who gets to put a stand up next to recently logged areas, too, though... I'm thinking I might make a little blind and set up camp there. I have 1 weekend (spent 2 hunting already in MN) left to try and bag a deer or two, would be great if all the gas/permit/supply money I spent means I get some meat.

[RumRiverRat]

Leaving in 2 minutes!

[LightningBG]

I can barely stand waiting! Not getting much work done today. Could barely sleep last night. Only 3 more hours and I'm outta here.

[Musky Buck]

You guys hunting Wisc., you don't plan to see any bucks running does or do you see that during the season ?

[LightningBG]

I would imagine they should still be chasing a little bit, but I cant say I've seen much of it in past years. Seems like opening morning/weekend there is so much chaos that they are all over the place. It's been a while since I didn't fill my needs on opening weekend (knock on wood). When I do go out through the rest of the week I see a lot of random activity and not much close following.