Thursday December 26, 2019 pm

Thursday, December 26 2019 pm Sunset 4:37 pm.  Hunting closes 5:07 pm. Temperature 29 degrees. Mostly cloudy Wind: N-NW 5-10 mph.  I decided to go to the Stump blind tonight. I was in and ready to go by 3:20 pm after removing a mouse nest and a mouse to vacate my blind. It took a couple of minutes, but he finally jumped out the window. At 4:20 pm, I looked over to the NW towards the AT stand, and there was a nice big doe up on the trail about 80 yards away. She must have smelled something she didn’t like because she walked back up towards the west. At 4:30 pm, I looked up and there was another doe and 3 Tom turkeys up by the AT. At 4:40 pm, I looked out to the NE and there was a doe with 2 fawns about  50 yards away. The does ended up walking over across the stream cut through and up towards the chestnuts/Apple Tree. That was it. Totals: 5 deer. 5 does and fawns. 

Monday, December 23, 2019 pm

Monday, December 23, 2019 pm Sunset 4:32 pm Hunting closes 5:02 pm. Temperature 37 degrees. Mostly cloudy Wind: N-NW 5-10 mph.  I decided to go to the Muddy blind tonight. I was all set up and ready to go by 3:05 pm. I did bump a deer on the east hillside on my way in. I hope the deer are going to hit my food plot tonight. At 4:20 pm, a small doe came down from the NE. She fed over towards Spaghetti Junction. At the same time, I had a doe come across the hill going south to north about 50 yards away. At 4:30 pm, I saw a spike feeding about 50 yards to the SE of me. At 4:35. A nice big doe and a nubbin came across going S to N about 50 yards out. At 4:40 pm, I looked out to the SW and there were 5 does heeding into the Stump food plot. Totals 10 deer. 9 does and fawns and 1 small spike buck. . Mostly cloudy Wind: N-NW 5-10 mph.  I decided to go to the Muddy blind tonight. I was all set up and ready to go by 3:05 pm. I did bump a deer on the east hillside on my way in. I hope the deer are going to hit my food plot tonight. At 4:20 pm, a small doe came down from the NE. She fed over towards Spaghetti Junction. At the same time, I had a doe come across the hill going south to north about 50 yards away. At 4:30 pm, I saw a spike feeding about 50 yards to the SE of me. At 4:35. A nice big doe and a nubbin came across going S to N about 50 yards out. At 4:40 pm, I looked out to the SW and there were 5 does heeding into the Stump food plot. Totals 10 deer. 9 does and fawns and 1 small spike buck. 

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 pm

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 pm Sunset 4:40 pm Hunting closes 5:20 pm. Temperature 35 degrees. Mostly cloudy Wind: N-NW 5-10 mph.  I decided to go to the dump stand. I was all set up and ready to go by 2:25 pm. The big 9 that I had on camera Theron killed during shotgun season over at his place. I hope there are still a few decent bucks around. We will see. At 4:40 pm, I had a small 6-7 point buck come down the trail to the north of me about 40 yards away going from east to west. He went out to the VAT food plot and I lost him through the brush. At 5:15 pm, I was packing beginning to pack up since it was so dark in the woods. I had 2 does come through from the north heading south about 30 yards to the east of me. I then herd a grunt. There was a nice buck following behind them but it was just too dark to take an ethical shot. Totals: 4 deer. 2 bucks and 2 does. 

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 pm

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 pm Sunset 4:56 pm Hunting closes 5:26 pm. Temperature 30 degrees. Mostly cloudy Wind: SW 5-10 mph.  I decided to go to the dump stand. I was all set up and ready to go by 2:15 pm. At 3:10 pm, I heard something to the NW of me. I looked over my left shoulder and the was a small 3 point buck walking on the trail below me going from west to east. He got down wind of me but never spooked. He slowly work his way across the hill up towards Right Field. At 3:35 pm, I had a doe and fawn come through from the west going east. Again downwind. The mom was nervous but she never spooked. They were both 10 yards away. At 4:30 pm, I saw 4 does to the south of me on the edge of the field moving from east to west. That was it. Totals: Bob 7 deer. 1 buck. 

Monday, November 4, 2019 pm.

Monday, November 4, 2019 pm Sunset 4:57 pm Hunting closes 5:27 pm. Temperature 38 degrees. Mostly cloudy Wind: SW 5-10 mph.  I decided to go to the dump stand. I had to work so I didn’t get out until 3:30 pm. On my way in, I kicked up a doe up near the dump. She ran up towards Right Field. It will be a shorter sit, but this time of the year you need to be out in the woods. Kyle saw the buck he hit on a Thursday running after a doe from the VAT 3.0 stand. I am glad he is still alive and horny. At 4:50 pm, I looked over my shoulder to the west and there was a small doe in the VAT food plot. She fed there for a while and I lost her in the brush. Totals: Bob - 1 deer, 1 doe. 

Sunday, November 3, 2019 am.

Sunday, November 3, 2019 am. Sunrise: 5:55 am. Hunting opens: 6:25 am. Temperature 29 degrees. Partly cloudy. Wind: SE 3-5mph. Yesterday afternoon I drove home from Copper Creek. I spent a couple of hours cutting up my buck. The boys are going to come over after the morning hunt to finish cutting it up. This morning, I decided to give Spaghetti Junction a try. There is a light coating of crunching snow on the ground, but I don’t think I bumped anything on the way in. At 8:00 am, I had a small 3 pointer come in from the north. He stopped about 25 yards away in the brush. He ended up walking off towards the east. Shortly thereafter, I head some branch’s breaking and I had a small fork working his way across the base of the hill going from north to south about 35 yards away. Right after that, the 3 pointer came through following the fork. I sat until 10:00 am and got down because the guys were all coming over to help cut up my buck. Totals: Bob - 2 deer, 2 small bucks. 

Friday, November 1, 2019 pm.

Friday, November 1, 2019 pm Sunset 5:54 pm Hunting closes 6:24 pm. Temperature 32 degrees. Cloudy. Misting/sprinkling Wind: SW 5-10 mph. I drove down to Copper Creek to try and get an late afternoon hunt. I was hoping to get into my stand by 3:30, but I didn’t get out until 4:15 pm. The creek bottom was still so wet that I had to cross the river using the upper bridge and then drive along the high road to the blue bird field and up the valley. I went to the new double ladder that Steve and Mike hung down off of third point. I got into the stand and took some quick ranges using my range finder. It didn’t take long. Two minutes later I had a medium sized doe come from the SW and she crossed the road about 45 yards from me. She slowly worked her way across the hill side below me heading towards the NE. A couple of minutes later, I looked back to the SW and there was a nice buck coming across the hill following the does path, but he was about 35 yards away. I got a quick look at him through my binocs and decided he was a shooter. I quickly turned on my brand new Tactacam. Before he stepped on the road, I drew my bow. When he was on the road he took a few steps towards me and then he turned back to the NE. I waited for him to move his front leg forward. He did that and stopped. I knew this was going to be my best opportunity, so I let him have it. He was about 32 yards. I saw my arrow fly true, and I felt like it was going to be a double lung shot. After the shot, he took off back towards the W-SW across the hill. The whole hunt lasted 7 minutes. I got down and headed in. We waited 3 hours and Steve and I went to look for him. I figured it was going to be a challenge finding blood because of the rain and because the arrow was still in him when he took off. We had lanterns and headlights and we slowly walked across the hill we walked about 85 yards and Steve saw him laying there dead. I was super pumped as it was a double lung humane kill shot. He is an 8 pointer with a 17” spread. I would guess he is a 3 1/2 year old buck. There was some ground shrinkage, but I and still pleased to have connected on a nice animal. We got him dressed out and dragged down suicide hill down to the hog back stand and walked back up to get the ATV and Mule. Totals: 2 deer, 1 doe and 1 buck. 

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 pm

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 pm Sunset 6:03 pm Hunting closes 6:33 pm. Temperature 32 degrees. Mostly sunny Wind: W-NW 5-10 mph. I could not wait to get out. This is the fewest number of times hunting by this time of the year that I have ever hunted. I decided to go to the border patrol ladder stand on the Far East edge of the property. I got to the base of the stand at 3:15 pm and I turn around and it is out dog Gertie standing there. I try to get her to leave, but she just pisses and shits and then lays down at the base of the stand. I begged Heidi to call for her, but she won’t leave. I end up having to get down and basically walk her all the way back to the house before she would go up.  That stand was completely screwed up so I went to the VAT 3.0. I got up and settled by 4:00 pm, but was a sweaty mess. I knew I was going to freeze for this sit. I was so pissed. Shocking. I didn’t see anything. Ugh. Totals: Bob 0 deer. 

Thursday, October 24, 2019 pm

Thursday, October 24, 2019 pm Sunset 6:14 pm Hunting closes 6:44 pm. Temperature 40 degrees. Mostly sunny Wind: W-NW 5-10 mph. I could not take it anymore. It has been 11 days since I last got out to hunt. Heidi is finally done with her MBA and then she has to go to a week long meeting in Dallas. I asked Jan our day care provider if she would keep Charley for a few extra hours so I could get out and hunt. I decided it was time to give Spaghetti Junction a shot. I was in the stand by 2:40, so I had a solid 4 hours to hunt. I don’t think I bumped anything on my way in thankfully. At 5:00 pm, I looked over to the NW and there was a small 6 pointer over in Arlie’s foot plot. At 6:00 pm, I looked to the south and there was a big doe 60 yards to the south of me. She was locked in on the doe silhouette decoy. At 6:05 pm, there was a small 4-6 pointer back in Arlie’s food plot. It may have been the same buck as before. He ended up heading up the trail towards the Apple Tree stand.  At 6:10 pm, a doe and fawn to the north of me spooked. They must have not liked the decoy. The stayed 50 yards north of me an ran over to Arlie’s food plot and headed off to the west. That was it. Totals: Bob 5 deer. 2 bucks and 3 does. 

Sunday, October 13, 2019 pm

Sunday, October 13, 2019 pm Sunset 6:31 pm Hunting closes 7:01 pm. Temperature 39 degrees. Mostly cloudy. Wind: W-NW 10-15 mph. We drove from Copper this morning to Mankato to celebrate Heidi’s grandmother and great aunts birth day. We got back much later than I had hoped. I decided to give Arlie’s food plot ladder stand a try. On my way in I kicked

Up a doe and fawn that were by the Apple tree, a small buck in the creek bottom and then 4 more tails took off to the east. Ugh. I was settled a ready to go by 5:00 pm. Of course, I didn’t see anything while I was in the stand. I did kick up a big deer that was right near the Apple Tree when I was on my way in. I pulled the SD card and a nice 2 1/2 year old 8 pointer was on the camera and had walked right by the AT stand while I was at Arlie’s. It was not a buck I would have shot, but it still would have been nice to see and have some action. Totals: 0 deer. 

Saturday, October 12, 2019 am

Saturday, October 12, 2019 am. Sunrise: 7:14 am. Hunting opens: 6:44 am. Temperature 40degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: W-SW 20-25 mph.  We drove down to Copper Creek last night and I had to get out for my first Wisconsin hunt. I decided to head across the street to the newly repositioned ladder stand in the valley. I couldn’t hunt the south side of the property, because there has been so much rain and the valley floor is so saturated I was afraid I would get the ATV stuck. At 8:20 am, I had just reached over to grab my rattling pack rack and I turned back to my right and there was a small doe 20 yards away to the north of me. I have no idea how she got there. She ended up taking off towards the north. She was in the brush so I had no shot. Totals: 1 deer, 1 doe

Sunday, October 6, 2019 am

Sunday, October 6, 2019 am. Sunrise: 7:14 am. Hunting opens: 6:44 am. Temperature 46 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: W-SW 8-10 mph. This morning, I decided to give the new VAT 3.0 ladder stand a try. Adam went over to the Muddy Ladder stand. At 7:00 am, I looked over to the NW, and a small doe had walked out into the plot. She fed for a bit and the walked down the trail to the east. She was within range initially, but I needed to have cleared the shooting lane a bit better. She did walk down the trail but was 35 yards away and moving. That was it. Totals: Bob 1 deer, 1 doe. 

Friday, October 4, 2019 pm

Friday, October 4, 2019 pm Sunset 6:47 pm Hunting closes 7:17 pm. Temperature 49 degrees. Mostly cloudy. Wind: E-SE 10 mph. I decided to head back to the Apple Tree. There are not a lot of good stands to hunt with this wind. I was in by 4:00 pm. Nothing. Totals: Bob. 0 deer. 

Friday, September 20, 2019 pm.

Friday, September 20, 2019 pm Sunset 7:12 pm Hunting closes 7:42 pm Temperature 75 degrees. Humid. Mostly cloudy. Wind: E-SE 5-7mph.  I decided to go to the Apple Tree again. It was pretty dead. At 7:30 pm , I looked to the SE and there was a nice mature 2 1/2-3 1/2 year old about 140 yards away in the muddy foot plot. He headed off to the South. That was it. Totals: 1 deer, 1 buck. 

Friday, September 20, 2019 am

Friday, September 20, 2019 am. Sunrise: 6:55 am. Hunting opens: 6:25 am. Temperature 63 degrees. Humid. Mostly cloudy. Wind: E-SE 2-3 mph.  Kyle drove down yesterday afternoon to hunt. He saw a few deer last night from the Muddy Food  plot ladder stand, but nothing was close. This morning, he went to Pisa and I went back to the Apple Tree stand. At 6:55 am, I saw a small buck in the valley to the east of the Stump blind along the edge of the corn. He ended up in the small patch of woods between the stump and muddy blinds. Two minutes later, Kyle texted and said that he had just shot a doe. We decided to sit until 9:00 am in order to give her plenty of time to expire. At 7:50 am, I looked over towards the Muddy food plot and there was a nice and wide but not very tall 8-10 pointer. I am guessing a 2 1/2 year old buck. He walked on the east side of the food plot and walked off to the NE. That was it. At 9:00 am, I got down and walked over to check on Kyle. On my way to the stand I saw good blood on the ground and I found his arrow. Kyle got down and after a short trail, we found his first bow kill. Congrats man. Bob- 2 deer. 2 bucks. 

Sunday, September 15, 2019 am

Sunday, September 15, 2019 am. Sunrise: 6:50 am. Hunting opens: 6:20 am. Temperature 58 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: W-NW 2-3 mph. After seeing some nice bucks on camera, I decided to head back to the Apple Tree. Adam drove down this morning an he saw the big tall 8 pointer in the neighbors field so he decided to head to Pisa. At 6:55 am, I looked over and saw a doe in the corn to the east of the Stump blind. I sat until 9:00 am, and that was it. I did pull the SD card from the Apple Tree camera and the big 9 pointer had walked past the stand the night before at 7:40 pm with plenty of shooting light left. Had I been there, my season would have been over. Totals: Bob 1 deer, 1 doe. 

Saturday, September 14, 2019 am

Saturday, September 14, 2019 am. Sunrise: 6:49 am. Hunting opens: 6:19 am. Temperature 48 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: S 5 mph. Opening morning! After a good nights sleep, I decided to head out to the Apple tree stand. Dwayne came down this morning and decided to go to the VAT 3.0. At 6:30 am, I heard a deer blowing a warning call to the north of me near Arlie’s food plot. At 7:19 am, a saw a big doe and a fawn was through the Muddy food plot and head to the east. Good to have some action. At 7:30 am, I had a big doe sneak down the road to the south of me. She got to 10 yards away, but I couldn’t get turned and there was a limb covering her vitals. She walked back up the the SW. At 7:45 am, I looked to the NW and saw a doe and small buck walking to the north through the brush. I then looked to the SE and there was a doe heading towards the Muddy food plot. At 7:50 am, I saw 2 more does in the Stump foot plot to the SE of me. At 8:10 am, I saw a small 8 pointer over in the Muddy food plot. He came in from the south and walked off towards the east. That was it. I sat until 9:15 am. Totals: 9 deer. 2 bucks. No shooters.