Saturday, September 18, 2021 pm

Saturday, September 18, 2021 pm Sunset 7:15 pm Hunting closes at 7:45 pm Temperature 76 degrees. Mostly sunny Wind: S-SE 7-10 mph. Back out again tonight. This time I brought a guest. Charley wanted to join me for the on hunt. We decided to go to the rebuilt VAT stand. It was pretty warm initially, but by 5:30 the clouds had gotten below the trees and we were in the shade. At 6:35 pm, 2 does were down in the creek about 50 yards to the south from us. I spotted them and told Charley to get down. She was super excited and moved too quickly. They saw us for sure. They both came into the food plot about 35 yards away and they were both locked on to us and they were super nervous. They ended up blowing and trotting off to the west. Fun to see. At 6:55 pm, a doe with 2 fawns came down from the SE. they were down by the creek, but must have spotted us. They ended up blowing and heading back to the east. At 7:25 pm, I looked over my left shoulder to the NE and there was a fawn standing 8 yards away from us. I could see there was another deer behind it. For some reason they spooked and they ended up jogging through the food plot and headed off to the west. It was 2 adult does and 1 fawn. Totals: Bob and Charley - 8 deer, all does and fawns.

Saturday, September 18, 2021

Saturday, September 18, 2021 am Sunrise: 6:54 am Hunting opens at 6:24 am. Temperature 46 degrees. Mostly sunny Wind: S-SE 0-2 mph. Bow hunting opener. Super pumped. I decided to head to the newly built Apple Tree stand. It is about 6 feet higher in the tree so it makes for a steeper angle on the shot, but it is much bigger and more comfortable. It didn’t take long. At 6:50 am, I looked to the SE and there was a beautiful mature 10 pointer that was thrashing a willow tree about 100 yards away. I grunted to him a few times but he walked off to the north. Closest he got was 75 yards away. At 7:20 am, I heard something behind me and a doe and fawn came through from behind me. They circled around the stand at 10 yards and headed off to the north. With that big 10 pointer in the area, I didn’t want to mess around with her especially since Heidi will be out tonight. I stayed until 9:15 am. Totals: Bob 3 deer, 1 buck and 2 does.

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.