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  1. MN_Bowhunter4

    Comeback season!

    Well, what it is!?? Don’t be keeping us in the dark here!
  2. MN_Bowhunter4

    EF2’s 2020 Fall Hunt

    You had a helluva season this year @ElkFever2! Thanks for taking us along for the ride and enjoy all those good eats!!
  3. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    I am starting to look at wader access spots a lot more now. Another adjustment for next year. I've got my eye on a piece south of me that I think waders would completely eliminate every other hunter. Good advice!
  4. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    This has actually been one of my most successful seasons as far as sighting since I've been in MN. I've put some serious emphasis in not hunting the same properties over and over, as well as the same spots. I think that's helped. I've also driven quite a bit farther away from the Cities which I...
  5. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    Driving home on Friday evening, I made the decision to hunt a totally new piece of ground on Saturday. I have one that's been marked on my onX since the summer, but I haven't had time to get down there. I awoke a little later on Saturday and made the drive down, planning to scout my way into a...
  6. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    I got back to the lot a little after noon and was fortunate to be the only car there at that time. I decided to slowly walk the timber and try to find a good setup for the evening. As I was working through the timber I saw a group of pheasant hunters pushing the fields and thin strip of timber...
  7. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    I took Friday off to give it another go with the muzzleloader. I decided to head back to the WMA I hunted way back in September. It's a mix of mostly ag, with a little timber. They had harvested most of the corn but left perhaps 5 acres standing and I thought this would be a good late season...
  8. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    Hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving! We spent the holiday in Iowa with a small family gathering. Good times and good food. I got out on Sunday AM with my blackpowder. I headed out super early to an area about 90 minutes away that I'd never hunted. Saw two bucks in the headlights going in...
  9. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    Going to be heading south to try out bluff country.
  10. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    Tired, frustrated and needing to get some stuff done around the house in preparation for thanksgiving, I decided to sleep in on Sunday. I am still pondering whether or not I'll apply for this park next year. We ended up tallying 11 deer between 30 hunters and 8 total hunt days. Not great, but...
  11. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    Saturday morning I tried this same parking spot, but headed in a different direction. I ended up on a field edge where the timber sloped up into the field corner. The morning was chilly, and altogether uneventful. I was pretty discouraged and frustrated. The early mornings, long hours and lack...
  12. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    Friday I decided to shift about 40 yards closer to the field, thinking that's where the deer would be heading to or from. I again arrived well before daylight and was greeted by a the flock of turkeys. They again worked all around me, and at one point spooked by an intruding coyote, but aside...
  13. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    I used the same combination of bike and foot power to access the spot on Thursday morning. As I was crossing the ravine and making my way up to my spot I realized I was passing under a flock or roosted turkeys. Their soft clucks were entertaining from the ravine floor, and it wasn't long until I...
  14. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    I returned to the park on Wednesday to set up for the second period. My plan was to head way back to the farthest corner and set up on an oak ridge on the other side of the ravine. I rode my bike along the paved path as far as I could, then ditched it and continued on foot. As I approached the...
  15. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    Sunday morning was incredibly windy, and I returned to the ridge spot that I sat the night before. I climbed the tree initially, but ended up giving that up due to the swaying and took up a position in a deadfall. I'm thinking the deer were hunkered down with the wind, and the morning passed...
  16. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    Saturday morning I sat in the same spot as Friday evening. I planned to sit until 10-10:30 and then scout my way back to the lot. About 9 a small buck flew by my tree. He was either onto a doe, or just got beat up and was hightailing. He didn't slow down long enough for me to even count points...
  17. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    Friday I decided to take the longest hike possible and get up on a ridge system. I made the walk in the dark and only saw one set of boot prints, right where I was planning to go! I ended up backing up slightly and taking up a post on the top of a good ridge. This was the coldest day of all, and...
  18. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    The first weekend of the second park hunt was held Thursday through Sunday. I had my stand set up on Wednesday and got a chance to review a camera I had out in the area. There were a bunch of good pictures of various bucks and does, including some really good bucks! Thursday morning was...
  19. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    Saturday evening was still warm and windy. I decided to head to another archery only property near the Wisconsin border. I had hunted this piece during turkey season a number of years ago, but never for deer. I was going in blind for all intents and purposes. I marked a spot on onX that looked...
  20. MN_Bowhunter4

    Minnesota 2020 Season

    Firearm opener was on Saturday and I chose to head to an archery only property to escape the crowd. I got a little later start than I intended (thanks to the dog) and ended up climbing in the grey light. It was windy and warm morning with temps in the mid 60s and I wasn't sure what to expect...
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