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View first unread post When to start scouting for next season?

Last post by Mossberg90MN « Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:34 am
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by Mossberg90MN » Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:24 am

Wondering when you guys start scouting for the next season? I’m here in Minnesota and our season just ended. I want to get early spring scouting in...
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View first unread post How soon

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by Moose » Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:34 am

How soon do you scout for beds after a fresh snow fall? Does it depend on the amount of snow? Or how windy it is before you scout? I really want to...

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View first unread post Hilly terrain bedding & wind direction.

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by dan » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:19 am

I drew this picture to show how a buck bedding on a point that has a west wind dominance can shift his bed around the point to feel safe with any...
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View first unread post Locating Primary Scrapes

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by funderburk » Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:49 am

As post-season scouting is right around the corner, one of my goals for the 2020 season is to have way more primary scrapes to hunt over than I did...

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View first unread post keeping track of all your stands.

Last post by Swedishbowhunter « Mon Dec 23, 2019 2:36 pm
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by ihookem » Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:33 am

I am to the point that I can't remember all my stands anymore. I add several every year. I noticed this this week cause I was scouting, trying to...

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View first unread post Any Duluth/Superior Beasts Out There?

Last post by swampyak « Mon Dec 23, 2019 7:02 am
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by Cchez » Thu Dec 19, 2019 6:52 am

Hey guys, just putting some feelers out. Curious if any fellow beasts in or around the Duluth/Superior area would want to get together and scout this...

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View first unread post Rub Clusters

Last post by may21581 « Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:45 pm
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by funderburk » Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:12 am

What exactly do rub clusters mean? I get real excited when I find a tightly concentrated area (about 30-50 square yards) and slap full of rubs. I...

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View first unread post Railroad Beds

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by funderburk » Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:00 am

Anybody got experience with finding buck bedding along railroads?

I was out scouting yesterday and came across a railroad running through the public...
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View first unread post Historic maps on Google Earth

Last post by Scott S « Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:32 am
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by Scott S » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:19 am

Hello,

I can't for the life of me find the historic maps on Google Earth. I've looked it up on Google and tried following the instructions to no...

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View first unread post First Snow that's been on ground more than a day!

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by seuss79 » Tue Dec 17, 2019 11:54 pm

It snowed Sunday night and early Monday morning. I can finally in season scout and know for sure the tracks are fresh. Let's hope they take me to...

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View first unread post Trail camera tactics

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by thepennsylvanian » Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:51 am

I'm coming to the realization that I do not know enough to locate/identify buck bedding. So I need to start figuring out how to "best" use...

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View first unread post "Points", Lake Points, and Mature Bucks

Last post by headgear « Wed Dec 18, 2019 1:18 am
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by Cutter » Mon Dec 16, 2019 2:39 pm

The off season has begun. I am already starting my post season scouting for next year. I'm scouting every Saturday and doing map work on Sunday. I...

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View first unread post Acorns in December?

Last post by SEMObowhunter « Fri Dec 13, 2019 9:47 pm
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by Xpeditionshooter » Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:43 am

Came across lots of tracks and an open scrape around some smaller oaks that were dropping acorns. Anyone know what kind of oaks they might be? I...

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View first unread post Old rub lines...I learned a lesson!

Last post by mheichelbech « Thu Dec 12, 2019 2:40 pm
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by Tmitch14 » Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:07 am

I was out last week in the fresh snow to scout a new area. Its a public forest preserve with 1000's of acres to wonder so I scaled it down to the...

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View first unread post Pine tree “rubs” with a red substance on it

Last post by mheichelbech « Sun Dec 08, 2019 3:01 pm
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by mheichelbech » Sat Dec 07, 2019 2:54 am

I have found these in different places, a large pine or cedar that appears to be a rub and it has a red substance in different spots that appears to...

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View first unread post Target a Valley?

Last post by NorthStar « Sat Dec 07, 2019 6:44 am
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by kdawg_901 » Sat Dec 07, 2019 6:28 am

Is a valley in Wisconsin Big Woods country a terrain type to target when scouting? The forest is your typical WI forest with swamps, but there is a...

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View first unread post Scouting snowshoes in the northwoods

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by 1STRANGEWILDERNESS » Tue Nov 05, 2019 12:28 am

True it is prime time but I’m already excited about off season scouting and prepping a few locations well ahead of time for next year..

Normally my...

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View first unread post Buck Bedding - Scent

Last post by Chasinbirds « Fri Nov 29, 2019 11:52 am
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by MNSconsin Hunter » Tue Nov 05, 2019 3:02 pm

New to the forum and just got farm country bedding.

Great information, to the point of information overload.

One question I keep asking myself...

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View first unread post Food source change-no does-no rut funnel??

Last post by Sharpshoot3r « Thu Nov 14, 2019 3:43 am
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by mheichelbech » Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:44 am

Another property I hunt, a 40 acre woodlot that had the perfect rut funnel in years past, seems to have gone dry for the time being. A property owner...

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View first unread post Scouting before gun season

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by Dieselman966 » Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:51 am

Finally got some time to do a little scouting. Unfortunately we had some trick issues and got cut short a few hours. We walked the transition along...

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View first unread post Scouting Help

Last post by PublicLand « Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:02 pm
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by Busch Light Bandit » Sat Nov 09, 2019 12:07 pm

Hey there. Wondering if I could pick some brains on here. I recently have been given the opportunity to hunt in northern WI, private land. The land...

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View first unread post Changing your thinking

Last post by MedicineMan15 « Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:44 am
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by Jurist » Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:03 pm

So today I did a scouting run.

It was about 3 hrs through a public marsh. There are oak island everywhere in this marsh.

The thing I kept noticing...

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View first unread post Waiting for snow to find buck beds

Last post by headgear « Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:40 pm
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by Missionshooter » Wed Oct 30, 2019 1:47 pm

Anyone ever just plan on scouting in the snow to find fresh buck beds? To me, it is easiest to locate solo beds when we have snow. I find so few of...

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View first unread post Doe Bedding

Last post by headgear « Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:45 am
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by funderburk » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:50 am

With the rut just around the corner, I figured a good thread on doe bedding would be good to have.

So, what are key characteristics of doe bedding?...

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View first unread post Unofficial Beast Rub Study

Last post by headgear « Wed Oct 30, 2019 4:51 am
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by Lockdown » Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:44 pm

Ok guys I finally got time to start the rub study we talked about in another thread. We've had quite a few questions over the years asking how to...
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