Saturday, December 19, 2020 pm

Saturday, December 19, 2020 pm Sunset: 4:29 pm. Hunting closes at 4:59 pm. Temperature 34 degrees. Mostly cloudy Wind: W- NW 10-15 mph. I decided to give Black Diamond a try with the hopes of shooting a doe. At 4:00 pm, I looked over to the north and there was 2 nice does about 40 yards away. I hoped they would come across the hill to the south, but the headed up into the field. I watched them for about 5 minutes, but they spooked off the field to the north of me. I am not sure what spooked theM as they were upwind of me. That was it. Totals: Bob - 2 deer. 2 does.

Saturday, December 19, 2020 am

Saturday, December 19, 2020 am. Sunrise: 7:32 am Hunting opens at 7:02 am. Partly cloudy. Temperature 27 degrees. Wind: W- NW 2-5 mph. Guys are coming today to start cutting invasive species (honeysuckle) off of 1st point. They r planning on starting around 7:30 am. I decided to head out to QDM on Second point. I was ready to go by 6:45 am. We will see. Zip. Nothing. Totals: Bob. 0 deer.

Friday, December 18, 2020 pm.

Friday, December 18, 2020 pm Sunset: 4:30 pm. Hunting closes at 5:00 pm. Temperature 37 degrees. Mostly cloudy Wind: W- NW 10-15 mph. I drove down to Copper for one last “Hail Mary” attempt at the 2020 bow season. I climbed into the stand at 2:50 pm. I decided to go to Mike’s single ladder out on 3rd point. Nothing. Totals: Bob - 0 deer.

Thursday, November 19, 2020 pm

Thursday, November 19, 2020 pm Sunset: 4:39 pm. Hunting closes at 5:09 pm. Temperature 54 degrees. Partly cloudy. Wind: W- NW 5-7 mph. Back out in Minnesota. It doesn’t look like I am going to be able to get back down to Wisconsin this fall because of COVID and because my in laws are living with us while Don recovers from his hospitalization. At least I am able to get out for a few hours of “tree stand therapy.” Tonight I brought my two 2D decoys with me to Arlie’s food plot ladder stand. I was ready to go by 2:30 pm. At 4:25 pm, a nice big doe came out from the west about 75 yards to the north of me. She spotted the buck decoy and then walked over to the creek to take a drink. She hung around for a few minutes and then slowly walked off to the north. That was it. Totals: Bob - 1 deer. 1 doe.

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Saturday, November 14 2020 am. Sunrise: 7:06 am Hunting opens at 6:36 am. Temperature 30 degrees. Wind: S- SE 15-20 mph. This morning I decided to give the Muddy Ladder stand a shot. I was ready to go by 6:20 am. I didn’t see a tail. Totals: Bob - 0 deer.

Friday, November 13, 2020 pm

Friday, November 13, 2020 am. Sunset: 4:45 pm. Hunting closes at 5:15 pm. Temperature 35 degrees. Wind: S- SE 5-7 mph. Back out in Minnesota. Kyle shot a big boy this morning down at Copper. Pictures will be posted soon. I decided to head back to Arlie’s food plot ladder. I was able to get in by 3:10 pm. I did bump 3 does behind the house on my way in. They ran to the north. I sure hope they r moving again tonight. At 4:25 pm, I saw a little buck 125 yards to the NE of me. He must of headed off to the north because he never came through. That was it. Totals: Bob - 1 deer. 1 small buck.

Thursday, November 12, 2020 pm

Thursday, November 12, 2020 am. Sunset: 4:46 pm. Hunting closes at 5:16 pm. Temperature 30 degrees. Mostly cloudY. Light snow with about 2” on the ground. Wind: N NW 3-5 mph. I am back in Minnesota. I got home Friday afternoon. I have not been able to get out since. Finally, I was able to sneak out around 3:00. I was at Arlie’s food plot ladder and before I even climbed up I spotted a buck 100 yards to the north of me I was able to climb in and even pull my bow up without him seeing me. I grunted to him but he headed off to the west. Five minutes later another nice buck came out 125 arms away going from west to east. I grunted but he just rot going. Five minutes after that at 3:25, I saw a buck medium 8 pointer 60 yards to the east of me. He ended up heading back to the east. At 3:55 pm, I looked to the north and a small doe had walked into Arlie’s field from the west about 80 yards away. She ended up circling back to the NW. At 4:00 pm, a medium size 8 pointer step out 80 yards to the north of me. He circled around and followed the doe. At 4:35 pm, I saw 3 deer running to the east about 175 yards to the NE of me. There was a buck chasing up there. At 4:55 pm, the biggest buck I have on camera started walking in from the NE. He is a 10 pointer about 130-140”. He stopped about 70 yards away as there was a doe that had walked out from the west. She fed my way and ended up in the far side of the food plot. After a few minutes, he started to follow her. Game on! He crossed the fence and then he looked in my direction. I am not sure if he smelled me or just didn’t like the situation, but he turned and headed back to the north. She was about 45 yards away, he got to about 60. Totals: Bob 10 deer, 6 bucks for sure, 4 different.

Friday, November 6, 2020 am

Friday, November 6, 2020 am. Sunrise: 6:43 am. Hunting opens: 6:13 am. Sunset: 4:48 pm. Hunting closes at 5:18 pm. Temperature 42 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: S 5-10 mph. It is supposed to get up to a high of 70 degrees today, so it is going to be a pretty warm afternoon. I decided to head up to Copps ladder stand on the north side. Kyle went to Twin Towers. The plan is to hunt here in the morning and then get down and head in at lunch. We will fix Black Diamond (floor board broke) and then go back out to Goodwill Hunting tonight. I was ready to go by 5:55 am. Unfortunately, I had to head back to Cannon Falls for family stuff early. I hope to get back here next weekend. I didn’t see anything and got down at 10:45 am. We did get a chance to move the blue bird field stand to the south side of the field and fix the Black Diamond stand but I ended up leaving around 2:00 pm. Totals. Bob - 0 deer.

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Thursday, November 5, 2020 am. Sunrise: 6:42 am. Hunting opens: 6:12 am. Sunset: 4:49 pm. Hunting closes at 5:19 pm. Temperature 42 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: W 3-5 mph. It is supposed to get up to a high of 60 degrees today, so it is going to be a pretty warm afternoon. Kyle went up to 3rd point ladder and I went to the new Rock Out ladder stand. It took a little time this morning to locate it, but I was all set up by 6:00 am. I had Fuzzy with me and I put him on the road to the west of me on the road. At 6:25 am, I had a nice small 8 pointer come down the upper road from south to north. He got about 60 yards from me and saw Fuzzy. I grunted to him and he didn’t like that do he went back u the hill to the west and north. Finally, at 2:35 pm, I looked back behind me to the east and there was a nice mature 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 year old 10 pointer in the valley. I grunted at him and he started to come, but he then turned and slowly walked up the valley on the low road to the south. Frustrating. That was it. Totals: Bob -2 deer. 2 bucks. 1 was a shooter.

Wednesday, November 4, 2020 all day

Wednesday, November 4, 2020 am. Sunrise: 6:41 am. Hunting opens: 6:11 am. Sunset: 4:50 pm. Hunting closes at 5:20 pm. Temperature 45 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: S 10-15 mph. It is supposed to get up to a high of 71 degrees today, so it is going to be a pretty warm afternoon. I decided to take Fuzzy the 3D decoy to Bluebird Field. Kyle went out to 2nd point stand. At first light, I heard chasing on the hillside to the SE. At 7:30 am, I had a big shooter come across the base of the hill going from west to east. I grunted and rattled and he just kept going. At 8:50 am, I had a huge 10 pointer walk down the far road heading east to west and then up the main road. I grunted to him and he saw the decoy, but just kept walking. When he got to the south edge of the field I rattled but he just kept going. Ugh. At 4:30 pm, I saw a doe and a small buck in the valley to the south feeding. They had come down from up by the new Rock Out ladder stand. At 4:45 pm there was a doe on the hillside to the SE. at 4:50 pm, a nice 2 1/2-3 1/2 year old 8 pointer came in from the north. He saw the decoy and I grunted to him, but he took off to the SE. At 4:55 pm, another 2 1/2-3 12 year old 9 pointer came from the north. He had a real write rack. He went up the hill to the SE too. Both were to the east of me. About 60 yards away. He ended up coming back down and then walked off down the trail to the east. At 5:00 pm, I looked and there were 2-3 more deer down in the valley to the south. I couldn’t tell what they were through the brush. At 5:25 pm, after shooting light, as I was waiting for Kyle to pick me up, a doe came into the field from the south. She fed through and to the NE. That was it. Totals: Bob- 11 deer, 5 bucks. 2 shooters and 6 does.

Tuesday, November 3, 2020 all day

Tuesday, November 3, 2020 am. Sunrise: 6:42 am. Hunting opens: 6:12 am. Sunset: 4:52 pm. Hunting closes at 5:22 pm. Temperature 33 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: S 3-5 mph. It is supposed to get up to a high of 68 degrees today, so it is going to be a pretty warm afternoon. Election Day. I voted by mail a couple of weeks ago knowing that I would be out hunting. I drove down to Copper last night. The start of some marathon hunting. Kyle has pulled some of the chips and there was some solid activity by fort field, so I decided to go to DD. Kyle went across the street to Kurt’s stand. I brought the 2 decoys and set them up to the NE of me. I was ready to go by 6:00 am. At first light, I heard some chasing to the NE of me across the valley. At 6:50 am, I heard something to the north of me. It was a medium sized doe about 45 yards away. She saw the decoys and blew, but hung around for about 10 minutes before heading off back to the north. At 8:25 am, I had a doe come in from the east. She got to within 20 yards and she spotted the decoys. She circled them to the north of me and got to within 15 yards of me and about 6 yards from the decoys. She ended up walking off to the north after about 15 minutes. It was fun to see. If it wasn’t going to be so warm today, I would have probably shot her. At 9:30 am, I looked back to the east and there was a doe about 75 yards down the hill from me. It could be the same doe I saw earlier. At 9:45, I had a doe and fawn come through from the east about 30 yards to the north of me. They ended up heading off to the west. At 12:25 pm, I had a super wide and tall 8 pointer come through. He was 45 yards away in the brush. I think he saw my decoy. He was to the NE of me. I grunted to him but he kept heading downhill to the SE. The wind shifted this afternoon, it is now coming from the east. I decided to get down and move the decoys to the south of me hoping I can draw a buck up to me. At 3:20 pm, I looked behind me to the SW and there was a doe and fawn about 80 yards away down in the far draw. They fed up towards the south. Unfortunately there was nothing following them. At 3:45 pm, there was a doe on the road 75 yards to the SW of me. She turned and headed back up to the west. Totals: Bob - 8 deer, 1 shooter buck.

November 1, 2020 am

Sunday, November 1, 2020 am. Sunrise: 6:48 am. Hunting opens: 6:18 am. Temperature 27 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: N- NW 15-20 mph. Back at it. Daylight savings happened last night and it was a full moon. It should be good. I killed my buck with the classic “7 minute hunt” at Copper this same day last year. I decided to head back to the VAT ladder. This morning I laid a scent trail and set up my buck and doe decoy up and sprayed a buck bomb too. At 8:15 am, Kyle texted me from Arlie’s food plot ladder stand saying that he had shot the broken off G2 10 pointer. It was a 37 yard shot and he said he felt really good about the shot. We waited until 8:45 am and we got down and headed to the house to check the video footage. It looked great, but we decided to wait until 10:30 am. Kyle, Kasson, me and Charley headed out for the recovery. It didn’t take long. The ground looked like a crime scene. After a short 75 yard trek to the north we found Kyle’s buck. It is his first buck with a bow. Needless to say, we were all pretty jacked up. We got some pictures and then we cleaned him up and dragged him back to the food plot and loaded him up in the ATV. Guys were over so we were able to get him cleaned up pretty quickly. Totals: Bob - 0 deer. Kyle - too many to count and one 10 pointer on the ground.

Saturday, October 31, 2020 am

Saturday, October 31, 2020 am. Sunrise: 7:47 am. Hunting opens: 7:17 am. Temperature 31 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: S-SW 15-20 mph. Halloween. Full moon. Autumnal equinox. Game on. Kyle is here. He decided to go to the muddy ladder stand. I went to the VAT ladder. As I was getting set up, a deer came into the food plot from the NW. It saw me and ran off to the west. I was ready to go by 7:00 am. At 9:00 am, I had 2 does come across the hillside going from east to west about 75 yards away. Both bedded down on the trail to the south of me. Unfortunately, I had to get down at 9:45 am. to watch Charley. I was able to sneak out without spooking the does. Totals: Bob 3 deer. 3 does.

Friday, October 30, 2020 am

Friday, October 30, 2020 am. Sunrise: 7:46 am. Hunting opens: 7:16 am. Temperature 31 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: W- NW 0-2 mph. I decided to go to Spaghetti Junction this morning. I was ready to go by 7:10 am. Nothing to report. Totals: Bob - 0 deer.

Sunday, October 25, 2020 pm

Sunday, October 25, 2020 pm Sunset 6:10 pm Hunting closes 6:40 pm Temperature 26 degrees. Mostly cloudy. Snowing. Wind: N- NE 5-8 mph. Tonight, I decided to head to the dump stand. I brought my heater body suit so I could stay warm and dry. I was ready to go by 3:45. I don’t think I bumped any deer on my way in. At 6:00 pm, I looked over my shoulder to the west and there were 2 small fawns in the VAT food plot. Then more kept piling in. There were a total of 6 at one time. They all kind of walked off. Two to the north and 4 to the south. If I had sat in the VAT, I would have have some shooting. I was hoping they would circle around to the south of me, but they never came through. Totals. Bob - 6 deer. 6 does and fawns.

Saturday, October 24, 2020 pm

Saturday, October 24, 2020 pm Sunset 6:11 pm Hunting closes 6:41 pm Temperature 28 degrees. Mostly cloudy. Wind: N- NE 3-5 mph. Tonight, I decided to give the ladder stand a shot. We have had a few nicer bucks on camera, but none during shooting light. I figured I would do some calling and hope this good weather will get them up on their feet earlier. As t 4:05 pm, I looked to the south and there were 6 Tom turkeys walking along the edge of the field going from east to west. I then looked straight to the south of me and saw a small basket rack 8 pointed checking out a scrape on the edge of the field. He slowly followed the same path as the turkeys. Starting at 6:00 pm, I started having action. There were 2 small bucks bedded about 80 yards to the SW of me. Slowly over the next 20 minutes I saw 4 does and fawns and a nubbin buck with spikes all come through from north to south all 60-80 yards away. Totals: Bob - 3 bucks and 5 does.

Saturday, October 24, 2020 am

Saturday, October 24, 2020 am. Sunrise: 7:37 am. Hunting opens: 7:07 am. Temperature 19 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: W- NW 0-2 mph. We got about 8” of snow on Monday. A lot of it has melted, but there is still 4”+ of hard crunchy snow on the ground. I was planning on going to Arlie’s food plot, but the bracket at the base of the stand had broken and needed to be fixed. I made the quick decision to head over to Spaghetti Junction. I was ready to go by 7:00 am. At 7:40 am, I had a nice 2 1/2-3 1/2 year old 8 pointer come through from the south heading to the north about 35 yards to the east of me. At 8:55 am, I saw a deer cruising about 100 yards to the SE of me. I couldn’t tell what it was, but it was a big deer. That was it. Totals: Bob 2 deer. 1 buck and one ?

Sunday, October 4, 3020 am

Sunday, October 4, 2020 am. Sunrise: 7:05 am. Hunting opens: 6:35 am. Temperature 33 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: N- NE 0-2 mph. I decided to head back to Mike’s gun stand off of 3rd point I was ready to go by 6:30 am. I am only going to be able to sit until 8:45 am, as we need to get back to Cannon Falls for Charley’s soccer game. Nothing to report. Totals: Bob - 0 deer.

Saturday, October 3, 2020 pm

Saturday, October 3, 2020 pm Sunset 6:40 pm Hunting closes 7:10 pm Temperature 47 degrees. Mostly cloudy. Wind: NW/W 5-10 mph. Tonight, I decided to go to Mike’s single gun stand out on 3rd point. I was ready to go at 4:40 pm. Nothing. Totals: Bob - 0 deer.

Saturday, October 3, 2020 am

Saturday, October 3, 2020 am. Sunrise: 7:04 am. Hunting opens: 6:34 am. Temperature 38 degrees. Partly sunny. Wind: N- NE 0-2 mph. We drove down to Copper Creek last night. It is starting to feel like fall. I was up early and ready to go. I decided to go to the QDM stand hoping to see the 3 headed monster. Nothing. Totals: Bob - 0 deer

Sunday, September 27, 2020 pm

Sunday, September 27, 2020 pm Sunset 6:59 pm Hunting closes 7:29pm Temperature 59 degrees. Mostly cloudy. Wind: NW/W 10-15 mph. Tonight, I decided to head back to the ladder stand. The a Packers play on Sunday Night Football and I wanted to be able to get back to the house as quickly as possible. That, and it was a terrible wind for the Apple Tree. I was ready to go by 5:00 pm. At 6:35 pm, I had a big doe and fawn come through going from east to west about 25 yards to the north of me. It happened so fast, that I never wasn’t even able to grab my bow. They ended up circling behind me to the west and then walked off to the south. At 6:50 pm, I heard something walking to the NE. A nice 2 1/2 year old 7 pointer stepped out. He cdd as me through going from North to South 22 yards to the east of me. Too small. He needs at least one more year. Still fun to see. He ended up heading off to the east. Totals Bob - 3 deer. 1 buck and 2 does.

Saturday, September 26, 2020 pm

Saturday, September 26, 2020 pm Sunset 7:00 pm Hunting closes 7:30 pm Temperature 72 degrees. Mostly sunny, Wind: S 1-3 mph. Anne took Charley overnight, so both Heidi and I get to hunt tonight. Heidi went to the Apple Tree, and I went to the ladder stand. We had 2 nice shooter bucks fighting this morning at 5:30 by the ladder stand. I hope they come through this evening. We got a later start then I wanted, but we were both set and ready by 5:00 pm. At 5:40 pm, I heard footsteps to the NW of me. I couldn’t tell what it was, but it must of smelled me because it blew and took off to the NW. At 6:35 pm, I had 2 does about 60 yards to the NE of me. They got nervous and took off back to the NE/E towards the X stand. They came back 10 minutes later. They got 20 yards to the north of me, but both were nervous and I couldn’t get drawn without them spooking. At 6:45 pm, Heidi had a doe with 2 fawns come in. Sounds like the same situation with too many eyes on you. At 7:00 pm, Heidi saw a doe out by the Stump blind. At 7:30 pm as Heidi was about to get down a doe came down the trail from the west. It was too late to shoot. Totals: Bob - 3 deer, 2 does and 1? Heidi- 5 deer. 3 doe with 2 fawns.

Thursday, September 24, 2020 pm

Thursday, September 24, 2030 pm Sunset 7:01 pm Hunting closes 7:31 pm Temperature 72 degrees. Mostly sunny, Wind: N-NE 2-5 mph. After work, I decided to sneak out and hunt tonight. It had rained overnight and into the morning, so I went to the Apple Tree. I was ready to go by 4:45 pm. I sat until close. Nothing. Totals: Bob - 0 deer.

Sunday, September 20, 2019 am

Sunday, September 20, 2019 am. Sunrise: 6:56 am. Hunting opens: 6:26 am. Temperature 58 degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: S-SE 10-15 mph. I decided to head back to the Apple Tree this morning. I was up and ready by 6:20 am. I sat until 9:15 am. Nothing. Totals: Bob - 0 deer.

Saturday, September 19, 2020 pm

Saturday. September 19, 2030 pm Sunset 7:13 pm Hunting closes 7:43 pm Temperature 68 degrees. Partly cloudy. Wind: S-SW 10-15 mph. I have been under the weather since my birthday, but I am finally starting to feel better. I slept in this morning, and Heidi gave me the green light to hunt tonight. The wind was perfect, so I headed to the Apple Tree. Heidi was in Stillwater with some friends , but now that Charley is 7, I could leave her a half hour in the house by herself until Heidi got home. I was up and ready to go by 4:40 pm. At 6:15 pm, I heard something to the east of me. Through the Apple tree I could see a nice 2 1/2-3 1/2 year old 8 pointer. At the same time, I looked to the south and there was a small 6 pointer sitting at 10 yards eating apples. The 8 pointer walked right through my shooting lane at 8-10 yards away. They ate apples by the south Apple tree 10 yards from me and then walked off together to the east. It was an awesome encounter. I watched the 2 bucks in the corn and then move to VEE to the beans west of the stump blind. At 7:05 pm, I heard something to the south. It was another 8, an almost twin to the first one. They ended up coming up and sparing about 10-15 yards away from me. They messed around for 15 minutes and ended up heading up the trail to the west. At 7:30 pm, I looked to the south and saw a big 10 pointer about 80 yards to the south of me down in the food plot. He went to the south. At 7:35 pm, 2 does came into the food plot about 90 yards to the SE of me. Totals: 6 deer. 4 Bucks. A 10 Pointer, Two 8’s and a 6 pointer.

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