The best way to rough it!! Good luck on the deer.
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Mule deer season with the Rem 700
I am having a kick in my new office (my 17 ft toy hauler) as I took my wife's work mifi with me to finish some billing and payroll before the end of the month while at deer camp.
I have the Rem700 6.8 with me and will be shooting 95g Barnes TTSX SSA Tac Loads and cannot think of one area with a shot over 400 yards here. Season opens Saturday and I will post up when I get it done.
In the mean time I am loving the view from my new office!
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I have the Rem700 6.8 with me and will be shooting 95g Barnes TTSX SSA Tac Loads and cannot think of one area with a shot over 400 yards here. Season opens Saturday and I will post up when I get it done.
In the mean time I am loving the view from my new office!
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Must be nice to have an early October deer season. I have to wait another month and a half.
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Good luck. Season opens Nov. 30th here.
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Good Luck. Stay Safe. Get some blood on those hands!
Btw, WE NEED FRIKIN PICS!
Good Luck. Stay Safe. Get some blood on those hands!
Btw, WE NEED FRIKIN PICS!
Is that snow in the picture? Great day It's still in the 90's down here...
Its due to our rich heritage regarding our WI Nov. 9 day gun deer season and more recently starting in the 80's our archery season being huge round here compared to most other states.Must be nice to have an early October deer season. I have to wait another month and a half.
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Personally I think everyone should get their tags they are allowed and fill em whenever and however and when they are filled they are filled, but of course our law makers turned it into a revenue generator full of politics and complicated ever changing laws.
To the OP, happy huntin, cant wait to see pics!
This is the first year since 1989, I will not be buying a Wi gun license. Plan on hunting out of state this year. Just fed up with Wi deer hunting in general.
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No snow there as that was the last warm day and the back of the trailer has stayed closed since except to load up the quad to come home. I just got home from week one and head back up on Sunday. I shot my buck on Wednesday evening with about 15 minutes left and the bugger walked into the woods and turned left along the treeline, took 25 steps and disappeared into the camo of the brush on the ground. We could not find it within the 15 minutes of critical light and backed out till morning. I went back with the quad and looked for another 2 hours to no signs and went back to camp. Temps over night are in the low 20s so no problem. Went back in the morning and found him laying 60 yards from where he was shot but was missing the right rear hind quarter and right front shoulder. A big putty cat came in and had a banquet dinner on my big boy. Shot him with a Barnes 95g ttsx at 150 yards and put it just behind the shoulder. The bullet went clean threw and had a nice exit would but did not find a blood trail for about 25 yards and then it was real obvious. That was the 3rd buck that we shot within 150yards of each other that day.Is that snow in the picture? Great day It's still in the 90's down here...
Back up Sunday to finish up the season next week. Only came home to bring a load of cedar firewood (over 1/2 cord) and drop off unneeded gear and flush the black and gray water tanks on the trailer and going back for more wood and a buck. Camp was awesome this week and most will be back on Monday even though they already tagged out which makes camp a blast. More to come
Did you pull an X zone or just hunting a D zone.
X1 tag this yearDid you pull an X zone or just hunting a D zone.
Man thats a drive. I drew an X1 tag for archery a LONG time ago. We were out of Tionesta. Saw a lot of deer. Glad you shot a deer.
Not in So Cal it's not. Opening day can be 90 degrees.Must be nice to have an early October deer season. I have to wait another month and a half.
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Yesterday was opening day in zone D-11. At 4200' elevation in the mountains, it was 77 degrees on Mount Baldy.
That zone had a 3% reported success rate in 2014. The estimated success rate was much higher at 6%.
What's to be fed up with?This is the first year since 1989, I will not be buying a Wi gun license. Plan on hunting out of state this year. Just fed up with Wi deer hunting in general.
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I hunt Central Wisconsin. The Whitetail hunting is absolutely outstanding... more deer than you can shake a stick at. but if you stay in northern Wisconsin I definitely understand the frustration, between the DNR and the Wolves... it's a frustrating situation. For a few years I hunted up by Merrill, but that certainly won't happen anytime in the forseeable future again.This is the first year since 1989, I will not be buying a Wi gun license. Plan on hunting out of state this year. Just fed up with Wi deer hunting in general.
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Well, no tags where I live/hunt for past two years, the rigid 9 day season where many people can't get off work and the Dnr won't change season structure, the lawlessness I observe including driving ATVs through the woods, walking down marked roads ready to shoot as part of a deer drive, ect, the party atmosphere where the season is used as a reason to get drunk, even while hunting(I see people drinking while on breaks during deer drives every year), the wasted meat I see tossed on logging roads, etc. I see carcasses disposed where the back straps, some hams, etc are taken but most other meat is thrown out to rot. I hunt public land and the majority of deer I see are running. The deer seem to sit so tight because of pressure you rarely see any deer if you don't drive them. The attitude of other hunters where they have no problem sitting right next to you even though you were there before sun rise and were there before they arrive an hour after sun up and then try to cut you off instead of just going a 40 over. The new way they give tags in areas that have them to include public/private tags where you seem to be punished if not a landowner. I've hunted out of state in Wyoming for years and you rarely see another hunter, the deer are more relaxed and you seem to be able to actually hunt in a relaxed atmosphere. I get very upset on the law violations I see every year and the lack of enforcement as the Dnr is too busy to address it. I've been hunting the same area for about 7-8 years now and only ever seen one cop out there all those years and it was a county deputy. People bait when they shouldn't, normally with ATV trails right through the woods off trails. Hunters arguing over deer if it runs off and drops out of sight and another hunter gets to it first. Things like this generally turn me off enough that I get frustrated and don't enjoy myself. I could go on or elaborate on certain things but I think I've made my point.What's to be fed up with?
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Wow. Well I hope you enjoy WY!
Welcome to the wonderfuul world of sport hunting! It is no different in Wyoming (Kemmerer is no different from what you describe), California or Texas. Get used to it. As for law enforcement? Get used to that too as they have a huge area to cover with fewer LEOs than most Police Departments.Well, no tags where I live/hunt for past two years, the rigid 9 day season where many people can't get off work and the Dnr won't change season structure, the lawlessness I observe including driving ATVs through the woods, walking down marked roads ready to shoot as part of a deer drive, ect, the party atmosphere where the season is used as a reason to get drunk, even while hunting(I see people drinking while on breaks during deer drives every year), the wasted meat I see tossed on logging roads, etc. I see carcasses disposed where the back straps, some hams, etc are taken but most other meat is thrown out to rot. I hunt public land and the majority of deer I see are running. The deer seem to sit so tight because of pressure you rarely see any deer if you don't drive them. The attitude of other hunters where they have no problem sitting right next to you even though you were there before sun rise and were there before they arrive an hour after sun up and then try to cut you off instead of just going a 40 over. The new way they give tags in areas that have them to include public/private tags where you seem to be punished if not a landowner. I've hunted out of state in Wyoming for years and you rarely see another hunter, the deer are more relaxed and you seem to be able to actually hunt in a relaxed atmosphere. I get very upset on the law violations I see every year and the lack of enforcement as the Dnr is too busy to address it. I've been hunting the same area for about 7-8 years now and only ever seen one cop out there all those years and it was a county deputy. People bait when they shouldn't, normally with ATV trails right through the woods off trails. Hunters arguing over deer if it runs off and drops out of sight and another hunter gets to it first. Things like this generally turn me off enough that I get frustrated and don't enjoy myself. I could go on or elaborate on certain things but I think I've made my point.
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Bubbas will be Bubbas! You will not change them.
Guessin your a gun deer hunter only, the archery season is a whole different experience in Wis., much more relaxing and enjoyable and all I hunt is public, I hardly see anyone and never while on stand. The deer are more relaxed during the 1st archery round before gun season.Well, no tags where I live/hunt for past two years, the rigid 9 day season where many people can't get off work and the Dnr won't change season structure, the lawlessness I observe including driving ATVs through the woods, walking down marked roads ready to shoot as part of a deer drive, ect, the party atmosphere where the season is used as a reason to get drunk, even while hunting(I see people drinking while on breaks during deer drives every year), the wasted meat I see tossed on logging roads, etc. I see carcasses disposed where the back straps, some hams, etc are taken but most other meat is thrown out to rot. I hunt public land and the majority of deer I see are running. The deer seem to sit so tight because of pressure you rarely see any deer if you don't drive them. The attitude of other hunters where they have no problem sitting right next to you even though you were there before sun rise and were there before they arrive an hour after sun up and then try to cut you off instead of just going a 40 over. The new way they give tags in areas that have them to include public/private tags where you seem to be punished if not a landowner. I've hunted out of state in Wyoming for years and you rarely see another hunter, the deer are more relaxed and you seem to be able to actually hunt in a relaxed atmosphere. I get very upset on the law violations I see every year and the lack of enforcement as the Dnr is too busy to address it. I've been hunting the same area for about 7-8 years now and only ever seen one cop out there all those years and it was a county deputy. People bait when they shouldn't, normally with ATV trails right through the woods off trails. Hunters arguing over deer if it runs off and drops out of sight and another hunter gets to it first. Things like this generally turn me off enough that I get frustrated and don't enjoy myself. I could go on or elaborate on certain things but I think I've made my point.
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I suggest taking up archery hunting with compound or crossbow and/or muzzleloader season. And as for the political end of it and yahoos, get used to it, otherwise you my as well hide in a box cause it is the same in all parts of life, dont let it ruin your attitude and good sportsmanship otherwise you become just as bad as them. Pay more attention to yourself and your own actions, dont worry about others so much. Goes for myself and everybody, will make one a lot happier.
Another tip, esp. for Wis. public land, stay away from logging roads, 4wheeler trails or any other trails and gates, hunt thicker and deeper, hunt weekdays and mornings more.
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