Im selling my lot…its on Red Cedar Lake. Unimproved lot that you could build a cabin on. PM me if interested.

Made it out last Tuesday morning for my last sit in MN before heading to Missouri for Christmas fun! Was able to take down this beast of a doe but hoping to do some late season muzzy hunting in the show me state!!!

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Never did find him! Gave it all I could. Thanks for the input

Oh yeah I’ve learned several lessons from this experience even though it pains me to say. Probably 4-5 different lessons learned to be exact and more to develop as I continue to think about the hunt. Obviously, I should have placed another round in him but at one point he placed his head on the ground as to say he’s done. It was at that point I decided he wasnt going anywhere. I’ll never make this mistake again and once he picked his head up after that there is no reason I should have let him suffer or as it turns out get up and run! Good advice from all

I’m gonna give it a go tomorrow evening to end the search. Every deer I pull the trigger on is a trophy in my eyes as I’m only after mature deer. Passed several 3-3.5 year olds this year and hadn’t seen one mature buck until yesterday. I hunt bluffs in Winona so the search is crazy walking and the old man was with me and struggling. He will be beyond ruined by tomorrow but can hardly handle knowing a mature buck is dead in those woods. Thanks again to everyone for the input.

Searched all morning and didn’t find any blood other than where he laid. Went the direction he went and walked up and down both sides of the valley and even through the middle. Nothing to be found. Unreal!!! Still can’t believe this. Definitely learned some lessons even though half of them I already knew but didn’t implement. Hard to swallow this one. Been hunting hard with bow in hand all year and decided to pick up the muzzy yesterday and now I wish I hadn’t. Thanks for the reply’s and listening to me sob.

Are tracking dogs legal in MN?

He ran opposite of me and could never see if it was broke for sure. Once he regain composure and gotmon his feet he almost went down again but got to moving and disappeared. Tail was down and you could tell his run seemed off.

Shooting Hornady 200gr with 100g of powder. Grouping has always been impressive out to 100 yards.

Very cool, thanks for the response!

I’m in and will get the card sent your way!

Wondering the same thing. Hopefully headed out this evening so will give a report if I make it out.

Wondering the same as Justin. I made the mistake of taking the trip to Rainy 3 years ago a couple days after the forks broke and it was absolutely worthless. Caught two fish in two days fishing all day.

Plans were to travel up this Thursday-Monday but as of now Thursday is out and am leaning towards switching up plans to fish the Fox if reports dont look promising.

Is there at all a night bite going? Im unable to make it out during the days so figured I could give it a shot in the dark.

Thanks for the help! Ill try some of the suggested. Yeah not planning to live in it while the rehab is taking place…the wife and two kids wouldn’t stand for it.

Home renovation! Looking to redesign a couple bathrooms and full kitchen demo and reno and egress window to name a few.

If Im not too late Im in.

Great read for sure and what a stinking stud of a buck…big congrats man, you earned him. I looked at pics and sure enough my two biggest bucks on cams came 3 days before the 19th and 3 days after, well done putting it all together.

Team 18 scores 19 points

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Im curious about the weight too. That looks like an extremely large animal.

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Never had him weighed, but probably should have. I new he was a stud when the butcher looked at him and said WOW this thing is huge!

Sign me up

I havent been on in awhile but guess all throw in this decent 8 from the MN opener.

All I can think about as of lately are long tines poking through the snow or that monster shed laying in the middle of a trail!

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WTG Pat!!! All the hard you have put in the last few years is paying dividends for you and your friends in your area!!!

Mark

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How do we become friends Pat

That last pic is very cool, something that deserves a frame.

Well done, that thing looks heavy

Thats awesome, the composure Tori demonstrated was that like a well seasoned bow hunter, not to even mention the shot placement. I almost didnt click on the link, man Im glad I did. Congrats to the both of you

I have a blind and camera sitting 75yds inside the woods next to my house. I went out to pull the chip yesterday and found the camera in pieces on the ground still attached by the lock with chip missing. Then noticed my ground blind had all the windows tore out I hope they come back

Nice buck and congrats

Thata boy…way to get it done with stick and string even in the heat of the shotgun season. Three shooter bucks the last three years, I think your starting to put something together Now, next time think about laying em down in a more convenient area for a drag out