The good the bad and the ugly of opening weekend

  • re-tired
    wi
    Posts: 111
    September 18, 2012 at 4:09 pm #203252

    GOOD

    Getting back in the woods was awesome! Over the course of the weekend I saw 34 deer in two alfalfa fields including several young bucks, and another two young bucks in the woods.

    BAD

    There weren’t any shooters hitting our alfalfa fields during shooting hours.

    UGLY

    After not seeing any shooters in the alfalfa I decided to set up a camera on the main trail heading into one of our corn fields thinking that maybe the older bucks were staying hidden in the corn. As I was walking the edge of the field I came across a very disappointing sight directly in front of the main trail entering the field. This is very near to the area where we have been seeing wolves and although the ground was too dry to see any definitive tracks I’m pretty sure this was a wolf kill

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    September 18, 2012 at 5:03 pm #123377

    That stinks! Hopefully you can get some “revenge” this fall yet.

    joef
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 77
    September 18, 2012 at 5:18 pm #123379

    Very very weak. Sorry to see this.

    wade
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 1737
    September 18, 2012 at 5:37 pm #123380

    damn that sucks looks fairly fresh too….come on wolf tags….

    tres_pezon
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 94
    September 18, 2012 at 5:44 pm #123382

    At least they/it did a nice job of butchering…very little waste there. Bones, hide, and a bit of rib meat.

    I’ve come across carcasses that “sportsman” shot, with far more meat on them.

    Makes you wonder at times who the better stewards are…

    sgt._rock
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2517
    September 18, 2012 at 6:08 pm #123383

    Well good thing to get rid of that buck. As we know the wolves only kill the sick and injured and weak and diseased animals in the herd.

    wade
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 1737
    September 18, 2012 at 6:35 pm #123387

    make me sick too, especially since they think they are just cute and cuddly puppies….

    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    September 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm #123389

    Quote:

    These howling folks are starting to get on my nerves…

    Lawsuit to block wolf hunt

    MINE TOO, BIG TIME!!!

    re-tired
    wi
    Posts: 111
    September 19, 2012 at 12:50 pm #123440

    Quote:

    Where in MN are you?

    Our farm is located one mile East Mille Lacs lake in Malmo, MN. Another farmer just a few miles further South from us and a couple miles East on Hwy 18 recently lost a couple young cattle to wolves as well.

    re-tired
    wi
    Posts: 111
    September 19, 2012 at 1:15 pm #123447

    Quote:

    At least they/it did a nice job of butchering…very little waste there. Bones, hide, and a bit of rib meat.

    I’ve come across carcasses that “sportsman” shot, with far more meat on them.

    Makes you wonder at times who the better stewards are…

    The reason for the is that it was frustrating to see one of our nice young bucks taken. Don’t get me wrong I have a lot of respect for wolves as they are a much more efficient predator than we are and a very pretty cool animal in general. Just not something I like having around the farm

    tres_pezon
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 94
    September 20, 2012 at 2:30 pm #123534

    No worries Malmo…I hear ya loud and clear.

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