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Hunted Sat night and Sun morning in SE MN. Saw a buck per sit. Small lil guys. A fork on Sat evening and a very deceiving 8pt (6pt with additional crab claw point) on Sun morning. Both were checking scrapes within 20 yds. During the evening hunt, the lil fork came checking scrapes around 4 in the afternoon. The miniature 8pt buck in the morning came through at 8. The big boys should start wandering around at those times soon.

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Last Wednesday when I harvested my doe, there was a 2.5 year old buck in the area and he seemed uninterested in the does that were around me.

We did in another area last week, seen a 1.5 year old checking out a few scrapes, so I am not really sure what he was doing?

Young and messed up hormones maybe? We were there I guess. grin

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Did a 4 day hunting marathon this past weekend with some success. Filled my bonus tag friday morning with a doe, and then saw 7 different bucks rest of time. Saw numerous scrapes and watched an 8 pter make one near my stand, so atleast their thinking about it. I did lay a little estrus out, but the 2 small bucks that came to it sniffed it and then darted off. Got to watch an 8 and a 10 spare in my field last nite while on stand. Fun to watch. Happy hunting.

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Deer we're moving on Monday came to full draw on a nice 8 from the ground. Then got busted trying to get the weeds that were stuck in my sight out! That night there were at least 20 does feeding on he neighbors beans with a couple little bucks sparring. Just thinking about packin up and I spotted a big ten headed for the beans at about 200 yards gave him a few grunts and he would only stop and stare. Kept doin that for a few minutes before he had enough and went on his way. We're almost there few more days and they should be cranking up.

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Not a ton of beans in western mn still. A few fields here and there. Mom was driving home from work Monday in Willmar and said she saw a couple of combines taking corn. I'll be sitting in stand this weekend for sure. Get those crops out so the deer will care about all of the acorns in the woods I hunt.

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checked a spot out i have not been in all year. scouted part of it. all i found was one rub. besides that i found some nice trails and a lot of bed. in a small clear cut. any advice on how to hunt it? the lack of sign makes me want to hold out for a week. i made some mock scrapes. but idk if is worth a sit yet?

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