Thursday, September 25, 2025 pm

Thursday, September 25, 2025 pm Sunset 7:02 pm Hunting closes at 7:32 pm Temperature 75degrees. Mostly sunny. Wind: N- NW 2-4 mph. I am back behind the barns at Copper for an evening sit. At 5:15 pm, I had a nice big fat doe 50 yards behind me, just west of the valley road. At 5:30 pm, I had a small doe come off the west hill to the south of me about 80 yards away and she headed across the food plot and to the east and up the hill. At 7:03 pm, I had a doe come across the opening 1/3 of the way up the hill to the east of me going from south to north. It may have been the same doe that I saw earlier. At 7:08, a big doe with 2 fawns came in from the east down the hill into the food plot. They stayed about 30 yards away from me. I got down after dark and the does spooked from the food plot. Totals 6 deer. 6 does.

Thursday, September 25, 2025 am

Thursday, September 25, 2025 am Sunrise: 6:54 am Hunting opens at 6:24 am. Temperature 54 degrees. Mostly sunny Wind: N- NE 0-2 mph. First day to hunt this season. Out at Copper Creek with Kyle. I decided to go behind the barn on the north side. The stand got moved about 20 yards to the north and I had a little trouble finding it, but was all set up right at first light. At 7:10 am, I looked up and there was a doe with 2 fawns in the food plot 75 yards to the south of me. They ate in the plot for over an hour. At 8:10 am, I had 2 does come behind me from the NW about 60 yards away heading to the south. They stayed up on the hillside to the east of me. At 9:30 am, I looked across the hill to the east of me and there was a doe on the road half way up the hill heading to the north of me. Totals: 6 deer. 6 does.

Saturday, November 16, 2024 am

Saturday, November 16, 2024 am Sunrise 6:59 am Hunting opens at 6:29 am. Temperature 41 degrees Wind: E- SE 5-10 mph. Mostly cloudy. This morning I decided to give the Sue’s Lookout another shot. The wind is not ideal, but I will only be hunting until 11:00 am, so I can get back because we are going to Madison for the Badgers versus Oregon football game. At 10:05 am, Steve had gotten down from the river view stand and on his way out through the east valley, he kicked up a small 8 point buck to me. He came off the hill from the NE about 50 yards to the north of me. He then head across the hill to the north. That was it. Totals: Bob 1 deer. 1 buck.

Saturday, November 9, 2024 am

Saturday, November 9, 2024 am Sunrise 6:51 am Hunting opens at 6:21 am. Temperature 38degrees Wind: E- SE 5-10 mph. Mostly sunny. This morning I decided to give the Sue’s Lookout another shot. The wind is not ideal, but I will only be hunting until 10:00 am, so I can get back home for Charley’s hockey game. At 7:10 am, I heard a grunt to the north of me. I grunted a few times and a couple of minutes later a 2 1/2 year old 8 pointer came walking in. He came to within 10 yards and hung around for 10 minutes. I got some great video. At 7:20 am, I heard something to the north of me and a small 6 pointer was standing 15 yards to the north of me. He hung around for almost 30 minutes within 50 yards of me. At 9:30 am, I had a basket 8 come in from the north. He walked across down to the SW about 40 yards away. I sat until 10:00 am. Fun morning. Total. 3 deer, 3 bucks.

Friday, November 8, 2024 am.

Friday, November 8, 2024 am Sunrise 6:49 am Hunting opens at 6:19 am. Temperature 38degrees. Sunset 4:46 pm. Hunting closes at 5:16 pm. Wind: W- NW 3-5 mph. Mostly sunny. This morning I decided to give the new ladder water hole stand on the north side where the old platform stand was. At 6:35 am, I caught a glimpse of a deer that was north of me about 125 yards away. I am not sure what it was. At 11:00 am, I looked over my shoulder to the north and there was a big doe 125 yards out on the road heading south. She ended up heading down into the woods to the SE. I got down at 11:20 pm went inside and grabbed some lunch and headed back out at 1:20 pm. In the afternoon, I decided to give Sue’s Lookout a try up by the garage on the north side on top I had to trim a few shooting lanes, but it didn’t take long. At 2:05 pm, I had a really mature tall and thick 8 pointer walk by below me at 42 yards going from south to north. I tried grunting to him be he just kept slowing walking. At 3:05 pm, I had another big buck chasing a dies about 80 yards down the hill going from south to north. That was it. Totals: 5 deer. 3 does and 2 shooter bucks.

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Thursday , November 7, 2024 am Sunrise 6:47 am Hunting opens at 6:17 am. Temperature 42 degrees. Sunset 4:47 pm. Hunting closes at 5:17 pm. Wind: N-NW 3-5 mph. Mostly sunny. This morning I decided to give the Money Stand behind the barns another shot. I brought Fuzzy and set him up about 20 yards to the west of me we will see if he can draw some interest. At 6:44 am, a small nubbin buck came down the valley from the west. He got to within 10 yards of Fuzzy. He was curious, but never spooked. He hung around for a few minutes and slowly fed off to the south of me. At 7:40 am, I looked behind me to the SE and I had a nice buck on the road heading to the north of me. I grunted to him as he stopped and saw Fuzzy. He then turned and trotted up to the east. I took a 2 hour break to get some work done from 11:00-1:00, and then headed back out to the Money Stand. Wind were swirling until about 4:15 pm and then the died down. At 4:50 pm, I had 2 does and a small buck came in from the east. The 2 does ended up coming up by me and hung around for 30 minutes. The buck stayed on the other side of the valley and headed back to the east. That was it. Totals: 5 deer. 2 bucks and 3 does.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 p

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 Sunset 4:48 pm. Hunting closes at 5:18 pm. Temperature 46 degrees Wind: N-NW 5-10 mph. Mostly cloudy. After not seeing anything this morning, I decided to head in and regroup and try something else. I went looking for the new Key West stand, but I was not able to find it. I decided to back out and go to Gunners Gultch. I brought fuzzy and put him out about 20 yards to the south of me. At 4:35 pm, I had a doe sneak in from the west to about 50 yards. She must have seen Harry, because she spooked back up to the NW. That was it. Totals: 1 deer. 1 doe.

Wednesay, November 6, 2024 am

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 am Sunrise 6:47 am Hunting opens at 6:17 am. Temperature 42 degrees Wind: N-NW 5-10 mph. Mostly sunny. This morning I decided to give the Money Stand behind the barns a shot. I brought Fuzzy and set him up about 20 yards to the west of me we will see if he can draw some interest. I sat until 11:00 am. Nothing. Totals: Bob - 0 deer.