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Re: Snow tracking during gun seasons

Unread postby Hodag Hunter » Thu Nov 26, 2015 12:14 pm

I still drive and look for good tracks because there is only so much time I'm willing to sacrifice walking into spots unless I know someone is home.

I have preferred road crossings I check daily and if going the one direction I like and wind is good I can usually cut them off and catch up to track knowing where the buck is heading. Magic calls this cheating but he likes doing things the hard way. lol.

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Re: Snow tracking during gun seasons

Unread postby stash59 » Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:53 pm

Have you headed out for the north woods yet Dewey?f
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Unread postby Dewey » Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:02 pm

stash59 wrote:Have you headed out for the north woods yet Dewey?f

Soon. Snow coming tomorrow night so I will be tracking Friday.

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Drive safe and have fun!!
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Unread postby cedarsavage » Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:48 pm

Dewey wrote:
stash59 wrote:Have you headed out for the north woods yet Dewey?f

Soon. Snow coming tomorrow night so I will be tracking Friday.

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Re: Snow tracking during gun seasons

Unread postby Dewey » Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:27 am

I arrived to fresh tracking snow. :dance:

Let the fun begin.

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Unread postby stash59 » Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:35 am

Dewey wrote:I arrived to fresh tracking snow. :dance:

Let the fun begin.

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NNIIICCCCEE!! :dance:
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Re: Snow tracking during gun seasons

Unread postby Dewey » Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:48 am

Looking for a ridgerunner so I'm starting high and working my way down. Nice thing is here I can shoot pretty far but they can see me coming too. Haven't found a track big enough to follow yet. I will update later. Have some miles to cover before dark.

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Unread postby justin84 » Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:55 am

Good luck!
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Unread postby johndeere506 » Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:15 am

Looks like fun. Best of luck!

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Re: Snow tracking during gun seasons

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:53 am

Awesome Dewey! Looks like fun :dance:

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Unread postby cedarsavage » Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:18 am

Looking forward to the update good luck

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Re: Snow tracking during gun seasons

Unread postby Dewey » Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:45 pm

I covered a little over 5 miles this afternoon. There must have been some hunting pressure here since opening day as I didn't find any fresh deer sign until I was about 1.5 miles in from the road. Wish I could say that I got on the track of a mature buck but no such luck. Every track I checked out seemed to be does traveling with fawns and every lone set of tracks appeared to be inmature bucks or lone does. I did kick up a few bedded deer but didn't see any horn.

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Deer are digging thru the snow eating this stuff. Not sure what it is but they are feeding hard on it. Any guesses?

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Found this ground blind almost 2 miles in. Somebody put some work into this.

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Headed to a different area tomorrow and might even do some exploring in Nicolet National Forest if I don't find anything on state land.

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Re: Snow tracking during gun seasons

Unread postby stash59 » Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:53 pm

Dewey wrote:I covered a little over 5 miles this afternoon. There must have been some hunting pressure here since opening day as I didn't find any fresh deer sign until I was about 1.5 miles in from the road. Wish I could say that I got on the track of a mature buck but no such luck. Every track I checked out seemed to be does traveling with fawns and every lone set of tracks appeared to be inmature bucks or lone does. I did kick up a few bedded deer but didn't see any horn.

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Deer are digging thru the snow eating this stuff. Not sure what it is but they are feeding hard on it. Any guesses?

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Found this ground blind almost 2 miles in. Somebody put some work into this.

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Headed to a different area tomorrow and might even do some exploring in Nicolet National Forest if I don't find anything on state land.

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Did you pick any
of the stuff they were eating and smell it? It almost looks like young cedar trees. But I don't really know much about plants.

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Re: Snow tracking during gun seasons

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:07 pm

That had to be a lot of fun Dewey, especially after all the tree time you had this year. Good to stretch the legs.

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