Friday,Sat and Sun

[kwaldeier]

Where will you be? I don't think I will use my good rut spots yet.I have no spots for a parallel trail set up because of the wind. So I am torn lol

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[U.P. MAN]

Ill be on a 4 day hunt near caladonia MN. Rut tactics for me.

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[Casper]

Ill be on a 4 day hunt near caladonia MN. Rut tactics for me.

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Good area, good luck! I will still be hunting next to bedding areas from bed to food. Preferably in a funnel or pinch point.

[headgear]

Still hunting beds, however that is where I see the good early rutting activity on public land. I never see mature bucks out roaming around even in early Nov, safety alwasy comes first.

[Mushky]

Leaving for New York in the morning (4:00 am). Expect to get an evening "bow" sit in when we get there as it will only be a 7 hr ride. Hunting my buds property and the cams finally got some pics of a few (alright) bucks just before dark. Anything really worth shooting has been just after dusk but hopefully that will all change by this weekend. Way to many flat heads so we plan to all take at least one seeing we have the taggs. He has pics of one doe that should dress around 200 lbs which has been around now going on 6 years and drops trips every year but it's time for her to go (doe patrol). Just hope she eat's good being that old.

Good luck all. Whack'em & Stack'em

[Crazinamatese]

I really wanted Friday to hunt, but mandatory overtime at work. My boss is a huge hunter and let it be known that there is a "possibility", we get out by noon Friday. He knows whats up and wants to be hunting too that day. A serious cold front is coming thru the upper midwest right now. Its in western NW Minnesota right now. Some snow in the forecast as well and Friday looks to be the best days this week in west central WI IMO. Other than that, I think next weekend will be prime time. I have 4 days off for that and cannot wait. Saturday and Sunday morning, I will be setting up on a funnel (strip of hardwoods) going thru a marsh. Saw some nice bucks there last season cruising thru there and hoping they cruise thru there again this year.

[Brad]

I am going to sit all day I think. I have not yet decided where.

[bowhunter15]

I will be up in northern MN Friday through Sunday and (injury dependent) would like to be set up on a couple spots that are either bottlenecks through alder swamps, or parallel trails from bedding to feeding. Probably will sit all day each day. Looks to be fairly windy Thursday night into Friday morning...should cover up the sound of the crutches lol.

[Crazinamatese]

Well, looks like a long day at work tomorrow with overtime. Saturday morning is looking good. Calm wind and very cold temps.

[hunter_mike]

Probably can't hunt friday but I'm going to do some shining tomorrow at dusk aroung the public land that is fairly new to me to see what food sources the deer are hitting and then try to figure out where they are bedding during the day on the sattelite photos. Saturday morning I will be in an observation stand close to the road that overlooks a good portion of the marsh and backsides of crop fields. From my results of that I will decide where to sit in the afternoon. Also if that scouting doesnt bring me to any conclusions I just rigged up my kayak to attach my stand and bow. I want try it out and quietly get back into a spot where I suspect some does bed.

[Stanley]

My original plan was water holes but the drought has eased up and my intel didn't pan out. I will continue to hit some parallel trails and bed to food. Rut tactics are about 5 or 6 days away from being productive by my thinking. I may still set close to a water hole that is close to some buck bedding. I lack the skills to get right up on a buck bed and kill one like that. I do much better staying back 100 yards or maybe a little closer. Hunting in the thick stuff bucks will tend to move around a little, and not hang in one bed all day. I watched many different bucks bed behind a big wind fall oak last year. It was like they were taking turns. They were all 1.5 year old bucks.