Tuesday, November 15, 2017 am

Tuesday, November 14,  2017. am Sunrise 7:05 am Hunting opens 6:35 am. Temperature: 40 degrees. Wind- S 8-10 mph. Mostly cloudy. Foggy. Light sprinkle and the ground was wet from an overnight rain shower. I am back in Cannon Falls. Heidi got back from her NSM yesterday afternoon, and she was kind enough to let me go out and hunt this morning. I decided to give Spaghetti Junction a try. I was in my blaze orange, with my bow in hand, and in the stand by 6:20 am. I sat until 9:30 am in the misty rain. Nothing to report. Totals: 0 deer

Sunday, November 12, 2017 am

Sunday, November 12, 2017 am. Sunrise 6:50 am. Hunting opens 6:20 am. Temperature 32 degrees. Wind 0 mph. Partly cloudy. I stayed at Haag’s again last night after taking Charley to her first Badger game. Haag had to head back to Madison, so I was hunting solo. Haag suggested that I go back to the Renovation stand.  I brought my buck and doe silhouette decoys with me this morning. Before shooting light, I had one behind me to the east. At 8:00 am, I had a little 5-6 Point  buck to south. He came into food plot. It was just to the north of Paradise. He came in from the SW

And got to about 75 yards away. He they trotted off to the east. At 9:55 am, I had a medium sized doe come into the food plot to the south of me from east to west. She spotted my doe decoy and slowly fed her was over. When she got to 30 yards, she didn’t like that the decoy was not moving and she blew an spooked back in the direction she came from. Just as i was about to get down, had a coyote sneak through from the west about 20 yards to the south of me. Was unable to get a shot. That was it. Totals: Bob - 2 deer. 1 buck and 1 doe. 

Saturday, November 11, 2017 am

Saturday, November 11, 2017. am Sunrise 6:44 am  Hunting opens 6:14 am. Temperature: 24 degrees. Wind- S-SE 10-15 mph. Mostly cloudy. Drove over to Haag’s cabin last night. Got here around 9:00 pm. This morning I went to the Bermuda Triangle.   I sat until 10:20 am, and never saw a deer. Totals: Bob - 0 deer

Friday, November 10, 2017 pm

Friday, November 10, 2017. Pm. Sunset: 4:44 pm. Hunting closes: 5:14 pm. Temperature: 16 degrees. Wind- E-SE 10-15 mph. Mostly cloudy. I decided to go to the short ladder stand between TT and Black Diamond. I parked on the road and walked along the field edge. I did spook a deer on my way into the stand. I was ready to go by 2:15 pm. Nothing to report. Bob- 0 deer. 

Friday, November 10, 2017 am

Friday, November 10, 2017. am Sunrise 6:50 am  Hunting opens 6:20 am. Temperature: 11 degrees. Wind- E-SE 10-15 mph. Mostly cloudy. Frigid cold. I went to double D. At 7:55 am, I had a small doe come straight down the hill from the east. She got to witching 10 yards and bedded down. She hung around for 20-25 minutes. She then took off up the hill to the SW. I also heard and saw 8-10 turkeys. I could only sit until 9:15 because of work. Totals: Bob - 1 deer, 1 doe. 

Thursday, November 9, 2017 pm

Thursday, November 9, 2017. Pm. Sunset: 4:45 pm. Hunting closes: 5:15 pm. Temperature: 25 degrees. Wind- E-SE 10-15 mph. Mostly cloudy. I drove down to Copper and decided to sneak for a short sit. I parked on the road and cut through the corn. I was in the stand by 3:45 pm. At 4:55 pm, I heard something behind me to the SW. Two does came through the shooting lane a cautiously stepped out to the edge of the field. When they got out into the field, they got down wind of me and they both spooked off to the NW. Steve went to Lon’s gun stand and saw one small 5 pointer. Totals: Bob 2 deer, 2 does. Steve. 1 deer, 1 buck. 

Saturday, November 4, 2017 pm

Saturday, November 4, 2017 pm.  Sunset 5:51 pm. Hunting closes 6:21 pm. Temperature 42 degrees. Mostly cloudy. Damp. Wind: E-SE 10-12 mph. Heidi let me go back out tonight.  I decided with the wind to go to the Ridgeback. I was in the stand by 2:55 pm. I grunted and bleated periodically all afternoon to no avail. 0 deer. 

Saturday, November 4, 2017 am

Saturday, November 4, 2017 am. Sunrise 7:51 am.  Hunting opens 7:22 am.  Temperature 37 degrees. Mostly cloudy. Damp. Wind: E 10-12 mph. This is a first for me. It is the MN gun opener, and U am not down in Wisconsin bow hunting. It bums me out tremendously, but at least I am out in MN in blaze orange with a stick and string in hand. With an east wind, I am fairly limited as to where to go. I decided to give the ladder stand a try. I was ready to go at 7:05 am. I sat until 9:45 am, as I had to come in to relieve Heidi.  Nothing to report. Totals: Bob - 0 deer. 

Friday, November 3, 2017 pm

Friday, November 3, 2017. Temperature: 38 degrees. Wind- E-SE 10 mph. I snuck out to the ridgeback stand at 3:00 pm after a conference call for Work. I was all settled in by 3:15 pm. I was planning on sitting until dark, but Heidi got tied up with work and her MBA. She texted me at 4:20 pm and said that I had to get Charley. At: 4:30 pm, I heard something behind me to the SE. I spike buck walked up the hill straight to the stand. He ended up circling it to the south and ended up walking off to the west. I got down at 4:35 to get Charley. First bow season in MN...done. Nothing to show for it. Totals. Bob 1 deer, 1 buck.