2018 Live from the tree

Had a doe come running through this morning, followed by a little 6 pointer shortly after at the Eden Prairie WPA (unofficial) out my office window.

I moved onto public land tonight. I’ve got 2 scrapes freshly hit about 20 yards away. Lots of sign all along the crp! Good luck to everyone!

New piece of public tonight. Hopefully the deer will be moving at this one. It’s about time to head back to the farm to try and get a doe shot as well before gun season rolls around. I’m sitting on a old road bed that flattens out on a large bench.

This weather sucks!!!! Slow slow slow for me at the farm. This is the highlight so far.

This mornings sit. Same stand as last night, but the view of the valley!

Well it’s the last afternoon before I hand the woods over to the gun hunters for a couple weeks. I’m sitting on the corner of the woods on a corn field that was picked last night. I also have a few apple trees in front of me that are still holding a fare amount of fruit!

The morning started off quick. Two does came out right away. 10 minutes later a small buck came out and chased the older doe around the field and in and out of the woods.
DT

Shot a buck 3 minutes after shooting light. Small fork rack, big body. Primos can had him snarling and snorting all over

It was an exciting morning for my son. He will get his own post though. Lol
DT

Quite a bit of action up on the NE corner of Mille Lacs… several small bucks, does, and a herd of turkeys for me including one 2.5 yr old 8 that was taunting me stoping by 8 times so far in his search for love.

Overall our group is 1 for 4 with my friend taking a 9 pt this morning.

We were covered in deer tonight. Bucks were chasing like crazy. My son saw a long tined buck chasing a doe in the woods but it never came out. The bucks that were chasing were very vocal with their grunting. Also saw a small 8 make a scrape in the middle of a hay field. Thought that was weird.
DT

Hunting north of Mora. All does and fawns so far with no bucks around? Weird how some say the rut is on?

I’d say it is definitely starting where I’m at. My son’s buck was chasing hard and saw 3 other bucks tonight chasing hard.
DT

Maybe tomorrow or Monday will prove different.

John Timm wrote:

Hunting north of Mora. All does and fawns so far with no bucks around? Weird how some say the rut is on?

I hunt in grandy just north of cambridge and the rut is going. Every doe I seen yesterday was being chased. I pulled the trigger on the small rack not knowing the big one was about 10 minutes out. I seen 5 bucks yesterday. All were vocal and irritated looking.

I saw at least 5 different young bucks on Saturday each multiple times, only 2 yesterday and only once each plus a few does including one still with her fawn, and so far only a single spike buck today and a coyote.

At least I confirmed my rifle is shooting straight!

Seeing lots of does with fawns and small bucks west of Cushing. Most the small bucks are searching. One was on a doe. No big boys during light yet.

Snowed pretty hard for an hour this morning, then the trees rained for another hour.

Nice job on the yote Will.

I also have three trail cams out, be interesting to see what shows on them during the week.

Pailofperch wrote:

Nice job on the yote Will

Thanks! Super healthy and a perfect looking pelt so I took a break and skinned him out. Now comes the hard part… to convince my wife that he’ll look good hanging on the wall

Will Roseberg wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Pailofperch wrote:</div>
Nice job on the yote Will

Thanks! Super healthy and a perfect looking pelt so I took a break and skinned him out. Now comes the hard part… to convince my wife that he’ll look good hanging on the wall

Or just the cool ol trapper hat with the dangly legs!

In the stand now. Very wet…..very wet….

Rain is changing to snow in NW MN. It’s a little warm still so it will be messy for a while. Thursday the temp drops out here with more snow. Temps down to 10 degrees at night. Sitting on a fence line stand thins morning to give my stand a break. I’ll post pics when it lightens up.
DT

Not much going on here. Been raining all night and this morning. Sloooowly turning to snow. I usually see multiply deer a day…saw two in 3 days.

After 9 days straight in the tree and yesterday back at work I really envy you guys. I’d give my eye teeth to be back in the stand today. Good luck!!!

Patrolling the fence line today. It’s not a property line though, just a cattle fence. You have to be quick on the gun as they cross pretty fast. A doe and a fork so far this morning.
DT

deertracker wrote:

You have to be quick on the gun as they cross pretty fast.

Ol quick draw McGraw eh?

Plenty of white stuff for the eyes west of Cushing. Hoping for ol nanny doe n her sister yet.

Kind of a rodeo in the tree tonight at home, but its a cold front spitting snow and I have standing beans and corn

I’m down near Byron where we’ve got that 7 point minimum restriction. About all I have seen thus far are little bucks. Probably 5 or 6 now. I’d kill for a yearling to walk out in front of me at this point. Never claimed to be a trophy hunter!

tbro16 wrote:

I’m down near Byron where we’ve got that 7 point minimum restriction. About all I have seen thus far are little bucks. Probably 5 or 6 now. I’d kill for a yearling to walk out in front of me at this point. Never claimed to be a trophy hunter!

Tbro….have you got people in the woods moving deer?

I want another doe to fill my sausage meat needs, but there’s no one in the woods moving deer. Where we normally have a whole weekend of banging where I hunt between Saturday and Sunday I think I heard a total of 12 shots and most of those were a long way off.

I saw three deer yesterday late in the afternoon and none would have made the 4 point rule or been big enough for me to pop. The smallest fawns I have ever laid eyes on are all over this fall….25 pounds maybe.

When the front came thru in the afternoon we had some major league blow going on. I think the big blast hit 50mph. I was out of the stand as soon as that sucker hit. Ironically the three deer I saw were being hustled along by the wind, I guess they didn’t like it either.