Who's still going?

[walleyeking19]

So who all is still out bow hunting? I wasnt able to hunt much early this year, so I'm scrambling now to fill my tag. I've passed on a few fawns already and I've seen some nice bucks out of range. This last week or two has been pretty slow....anybody else seeing any?

[MUSKY18]

Its been slower than a frozen sloth on ice for me. Haven't seen a deer on my lil chunk of land in a week. Doesn't mean I am going to stop hunting tho. I will be out in the stand tomorrow morning amongst the snow flakes. Hope the deer will move. At this point the first mature doe or buck that walks in range is going to get the air let out of her/him. Season is winding down quickly and I don't wanna eat too much tag soup.

[sticknstring]

Hoping to get out once more before it's all over. I haven't had a chance to wear my snow camo yet this year.

[Bear55]

I will still be out, doing a little muzzy hunting this weekend and then back to the bow. Key this time of year is scouting, have to find where they holed up to avoid the gun season and also where they are now feeding.

[Jeff13]

Still going can't wait for the snow to fly!

[Farley]

I saw the first deer I've seen since firearms opener last weekend. Thats how slow it is around my area. But for some reason I keep going out there. Gonna try some new spots this weekend hoping to change my luck.

[Musky Buck]

No doubt Bear what's left are really on sabatical. I haven't seen a deer since the one I shot November 8th. I haven't hunted since but I drive prime time in good areas AM and PM and nada thing you'd think 1 time a doe and fawn would be out someplace or something, the snow coming will give away a lot of intel. I think if I could I'd be hunting hard tonight and through the weekend.

[archerystud]

I got a new spot to hunt and saw about 20 deer last Sat. They are a little ways off but will wander over to where I'm at once in a while. All looked like does as I got tired of glassing them out in a swamp. Apparently one of the adjacent land owners is feeding the deer on their property but that keeps most of them about 100 yards away from me.

I hope to get out a couple more times but the youth hockey/wife social calendars are killing my hunting time right now. Landowner just wants deer down so I'll take anything if I can get out some more.

[rkhinrichs]

0-9 in my last sits in duluth! got pic of does on the trail cam during the day. still need a doe before shooting a buck.

[monstermoose78]

I am still trying to get my nephew a deer with in range but he moves to much in the stand. It is his first year bow hunting so he is learning. I got buck/doe tag yet to fill. I did fill a bonus tag in Camp Ripley on a doe fawn. I am thinking tonight as this front comes in might be ok. So I will be headed out very soon to see if I can let a bolt fly.

[Scoot]

Me!!! This is my favorite time of year to hunt! I'll hunt to the bitter end trying to find a decent buck. I'll bite the bullet in the last sit or two and shoot a doe if I get a chance. Hunt the food and the does and you've got a chance a very good buck this time of year. However, you have to fool the does first, then you can get a crack at the buck...

Good luck to all who are still toughing it out!

[tazimna]

Still getting out a couple times/week. My field out my backdoor is getting 6-12 deer each night around 4 pm. Their kinda like my winter pets at this point, so hunting them is a no no. Have seen some movement in the woods around 1 pm in my area. Still have a nice 10 pt

w/a droptine walking around, so hopefully he'll give my longbow a chance to see what it can do. Good luck.

[bigbucks]

I will still be out, doing a little muzzy hunting this weekend and then back to the bow. Key this time of year is scouting, have to find where they holed up to avoid the gun season and also where they are now feeding.

This is pretty much a ditto for me. I have a hard time going now if it's someplace that's had any recent pressure. Stand hunting's fine, but if people have driven it I don't want to be on that land for at least a week.

[Bear55]

No doubt Bear what's left are really on sabatical. I haven't seen a deer since the one I shot November 8th. I haven't hunted since but I drive prime time in good areas AM and PM and nada thing you'd think 1 time a doe and fawn would be out someplace or something, the snow coming will give away a lot of intel. I think if I could I'd be hunting hard tonight and through the weekend.

I was onto a couple of nice bucks when we had snow but since the last melt they have given me the slip. Now I get to play a guessing game, are they a mile+ deep in the swamp, across the road, or on the private land I can't hunt. Someone flip me a 3 headed coin and tell me where to hunt.

[surewood]

Filled my tag. At the mercy of my brother to party hunt. Also need to find out if any logging is going on in my area. They love those fresh protein filled tops.

[Musky Buck]

No doubt about that Surewood, my dad used to drop a popple some winters and they just devoured it. A few experts would say that is the best way to provide for the deer even over a cornpile etc. Deer of North America is the reference, anyway, good luck Bear55, had a good friend telling me he found a mega fresh tree rub, I said guess again that rub was made October 20th-Nov. 3rd. That mile deep in the swamp Bear, get in there, looking out the window this is the weather I look forward to hunting in, I'd at least have high morale tonight ! Good Luck Bear, get in deep and then deeper and you'll be soaked in sweat dragging out that monster

[Musky Buck]

Just got a text, a good friend of mine just saw a nice buck in the thick red willow heading the wrong way I sent back make it the right way get off your stand dummy and cut him off, he hunts 600 landlocked acres and I said he's milling his way toward the cornfield, flank that buck he's been after this likely same buck since Nov. 3rd, very very few deer on that farm the past 3 seasons, this year only 2 bucks a busted horned 7 and this 10 pointer it wouldn't surprise me if it's the same buck as he's trapped between 3 lakes also, I said get him tonight before we're pounding geese in the AM in that field. He's seen him 4 times and no shot during rifle, too late 1 night and once in his headlights pulling into the farm right in the farmyard lol. He's snake bitten this year. Good Luck guys it aint over till it's over with crazy pressure/weather on the way for the muzzy finale.

[BryanL]

Still have two MN tags and one WI tag to fill. Hope to score one in MN this weekend.

[Bear55]

Filled my tag. At the mercy of my brother to party hunt. Also need to find out if any logging is going on in my area. They love those fresh protein filled tops.

Very good tip Surewood, the deer flock to logging this time of year. Its harder to find in my area now but when I use to live up north I knew a couple loggers and made sure I knew where they were working.

[Bear55]

Good Luck Bear, get in deep and then deeper and you'll be soaked in sweat dragging out that monster

I think that will be my plan, I just google earthed it at 1.1 miles to the island I am eyeing up, lots of good bedding around the edges, storm should have them moving. I just have to cross a swamp, then a beaver dam, then an island, then another beaver dam, then a little more swamp then finally on the big island. Dragging is the easy part, especially this time of year when everything is frozen.

[Rippinlip]

Going to do a little still hunting tomorrow on some public land trying to fill my Bonus tag, I am done in my main area.

If nothing else I can go out in the fresh snow and enjoy a good long walk.

[engfish]

Was over in Cannon Falls this evening, and saw several deer move out into the fields just before dark. Had to do a little loop so I wouldn't spook the deer on the way back to the barn, and saw three more deer quickly move through the picked corn on the opposite side.

The wind tomorrow will be perfect for a couple of stands closer to where they are bedding. The snow gives me a lot more confidence that I will see those deer before tomorrow evening's snowfall rolls in. Getting a shot off is a whole 'nother story.

[KG243]

I will be out Monday morning. I have not been out since thanksgiving.

[PropsterII]

Moved a couple sets today for the last few weeks. Found a nice 2 1/2 yr old 5 pt shed. Earliest we've ever found one. Glad he lost it, should keep anyone from bopping him. Kinda hope he keeps his other side for awhile too so the neighbors don't mistake him for a doe.

[mainbutter]

At this point I want to get out to track and shoot a deer in the snow, but I have no need for more meat. With the talk of sheds and my lack of luck finding bucks on our hunting land, and one doe in the freezer, I'm calling myself done-"ish". I'll get out once or twice more before the end of the month rolls around, but won't shoot anything that isn't at least a decent 8 pointer.

I'm moving on to small game archery though There's a raccoon in the area that I know was in our corn, and I have a small broadhead with his name on it. By the way, his name is "super bushy and furry pike and musky streamer extravaganza"