2011 Deer Season. What will you differently?

  • blue-fleck
    Dresbach, MN
    Posts: 7872
    May 5, 2011 at 4:22 pm #202445

    I thought about this last night. What do I want to do differently this year than any year prior.

    #1 for me was to spend more time in the woods with my bow. Mother Nature ruined all my plans for bow hunting the areas we gun hunt by piling 2ft+ of water over the entire area. I was forced to explore other options, but even those left me wanting for more.

    #2 will be to use the new ground blind I have and get my kids out for some evening experiences.

    #3 has me looking for new grounds to hunt, which I’m already in the process of. I dusted off the plot map book I have and I’ve already been in contact with a few prospective landowners. I’m looking at smaller tracts of land that deer might use as funnels and such. I’m hoping to get access to 50% of the property I’m looking at. I know that is a high number.

    #4….hunt on nights when it’s NOT raining…I swear every night I planned to hunt last fall it was rained….that got old in a hurry.

    What are you planning to do differently if anything at all?

    bigbuckdown
    WI
    Posts: 216
    May 5, 2011 at 4:52 pm #105975

    Definitely going to be putting in some standing corn food plots to hold deer after gun season so I might get a crack with my muzzleloader or late archery. Setting up some mineral for the deer to utilize will also be on the list. I hope to do more bowhunting as mentioned-its WAAAYYYY too much fun to neglect opportunties to get out. And lastly I am hoping to get a few more trail cameras so I can see exactly what I have roaming around the property!

    scottb.
    Southeast, MN
    Posts: 1014
    May 5, 2011 at 4:56 pm #105977

    Hopefully have more control over my hunting spots, ie. posting and prosecuting tresspassers. Worst year ever for me last year!



    X2 also on a couple more cameras

    bigbuckdown
    WI
    Posts: 216
    May 5, 2011 at 5:30 pm #105981

    RR has a good point. I would actually like to harvest a nice buck with my bow this year. Passed on many 120-140 inch deer. Got tough after a while, but this year I hope it pays off

    Justin Schneider (Woods & Water Insurance)
    Hugo, MN
    Posts: 1938
    May 5, 2011 at 6:13 pm #105983

    This year I plan on making a diligent effort to eliminate scouting during the season and spending that previous scouting time actually sitting in the stands that i’ve already placed.

    Year in and year out I tell myself that I won’t scout during the season, but this year I am 100% committed to it. I plan on having 12-14 stands hung, limbed out and left alone until the season starts by Early August.

    corey_waller
    hastings mn
    Posts: 1525
    May 5, 2011 at 6:49 pm #105986

    more and better food plots. more time in the bow stand

    dennisdalan
    St Cloud, MN
    Posts: 974
    May 5, 2011 at 7:20 pm #105987

    Bowhunt in Minnesota this year….

    blue-fleck
    Dresbach, MN
    Posts: 7872
    May 5, 2011 at 7:52 pm #105988

    Quote:

    Bowhunt in Minnesota this year….

    LOL!! That was one thing I forgot to put on my list. I wanna get back over to WI this year. At least there I can shoot a Deer with fewer than 4pts on a side.

    john_steinhauer
    p4
    Posts: 2998
    May 5, 2011 at 10:07 pm #105990

    I can’t think of to many things I want to do different this year. If I had to pick one I would say ground blind hunting allot more.

    todders
    Shoreview, MN
    Posts: 723
    May 6, 2011 at 12:08 am #106000

    Food, food, food! Going big this year, might be a little much to chew all at once but I’m going to give it everything I’ve got I am also not checking my cameras more than once a month, no exceptions!

    webstj
    Mazeppa, MN
    Posts: 535
    May 6, 2011 at 12:50 am #106005

    I am off to a good start.

    1. Seed is purchased for my ground and its twice as much as previous years.

    2. Just committed to a lease opportunity that I could not pass up.

    3. Hunting Whitetails in Saskatchewan, CA for my once a year trip. Never hunted CA before.

    How will I fit it all in?

    wiswalleyenut
    Central WI.
    Posts: 343
    May 6, 2011 at 1:41 pm #106014

    Already doubled the amount of food plot from last year with tractor and plow. Plant 5 more apple trees(planted 5 last year). Started some pumpkin plants already, and will plant them. Build one more tower stand for rifle season. Added a mineral site. Cut an access trail so I don’t walk through my food plots to check cameras and get to stands. Add another camera and CHECK LESS OFTEN…

    Wow……..longer than I thought!

    Nut

    BBushy
    Moorhead, Minnesota
    Posts: 150
    May 6, 2011 at 11:24 pm #106029

    Hey Guys,
    Hopefully get a deer in 2011. Also shoot more and I recently got a Nikon Archers Choice rangerfinder so I’ll try not to blow it when a P@Y shows up. Also find a few more places to hunt and maybe look at some of the newer
    trail cameras out there with longer battery life.

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