Looking at possibly making a trip north when is the Wisconsin rut?
Are you guys seeing a lot of pre rut activity going on?
Scapes here in Tn are just now starting to appear this week.
Wisconsin rut?
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Re: Wisconsin rut?
Nope...No rut happening in WI this year
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What area are you looking at? We have bigwoods, hills and marsh. The end of October up until gun season can all be good.
I can tell you the week leading up to gun season usually has very little pressure on the public I hunt.
I can tell you the week leading up to gun season usually has very little pressure on the public I hunt.
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Anytime oct20-ish till friday(Nov 16th) before gun hunting is good.
I like late oct. Getting them to leave beds just a few minutes earlier. If I was coming to Wisconsin blind , no boots on ground, I would definitely do hilly terrain in rut. And probably come in November. If your more comfortable in marshes or river bottoms that is good too though. I find it easier to map scout hills then just scout hunting pressure when your here.
I like late oct. Getting them to leave beds just a few minutes earlier. If I was coming to Wisconsin blind , no boots on ground, I would definitely do hilly terrain in rut. And probably come in November. If your more comfortable in marshes or river bottoms that is good too though. I find it easier to map scout hills then just scout hunting pressure when your here.
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I did find a few fresh scrapes last Thursday on one section I hunt. Im guessing they were at least a day old and made when the cold front came thru. I didn't get excited when I saw the small tracks in the dirt. Little bucks doing little buck things. Halloween until gun season is prime time.
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Jackson Marsh wrote:What area are you looking at? We have bigwoods, hills and marsh. The end of October up until gun season can all be good.
I can tell you the week leading up to gun season usually has very little pressure on the public I hunt.
Not exactly sure never been up north.
I would hunt southern Wisconsin not sure if I would like being around bears and wolves in northern part of the state.
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Tennhunter3 wrote:Jackson Marsh wrote:What area are you looking at? We have bigwoods, hills and marsh. The end of October up until gun season can all be good.
I can tell you the week leading up to gun season usually has very little pressure on the public I hunt.
Not exactly sure never been up north.
I would hunt southern Wisconsin not sure if I would like being around bears and wolves in northern part of the state.
Hunting isn't the best once you get north of Hwy. 8. Southern WI is a good bet, or counties along the Mississippi River in the bluff country.
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I hunt just west in Minnesota in various places from around the twin cities, south of Mille lacs lake, and to just north of Duluth. Pre rut is usually last week of October with peak rut November 3-10th give or take. From what I’ve heard Wisconsin is very similar.
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First week of November for the southern half I’d say. If I had to choose, I’d stick close to the Mississippi River in the sourthern part of the state.
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tgreeno wrote:Nope...No rut happening in WI this year
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Re: Wisconsin rut?
Crazinamatese wrote:Tennhunter3 wrote:Jackson Marsh wrote:What area are you looking at? We have bigwoods, hills and marsh. The end of October up until gun season can all be good.
I can tell you the week leading up to gun season usually has very little pressure on the public I hunt.
Not exactly sure never been up north.
I would hunt southern Wisconsin not sure if I would like being around bears and wolves in northern part of the state.
Hunting isn't the best once you get north of Hwy. 8. Southern WI is a good bet, or counties along the Mississippi River in the bluff country.
Haha, I have hunted the past 25 years north of Hwy 8. There are big deer up this way but the density isnt as high. I've hunted Buffalo Cty and Dunn Cty as well, some nice deer around there but the downside is the pressure is a lot higher. I havent seen a single other vehicle all season so far this year in NW WI. Next to no bow pressure, gun season everything gets hammered of course.
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