Had a little year and a half come in at 7am ish... Downwind and crossed walk in path and kept going... Cool to experience ground hunting in a marsh/crp area... Later went to check a cam close in area and got within 40 of a small doe with the sun at my back... Good check I'll be trying to hunt that area after working this weekend 2 nice bucks around there just no daylight pics will have to gameplan to move in close to suspected bedding provided they aren't in the corn there... All public land se wi.. tight(bow)strings and good luck everyone this season. I'm pumped!
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2021/22 bow hunting reports
waupaca co: hunted saturday evening, with the warmer weather i expected to see some movement the last hour, had a small 8pt come thru and then saw a really nice 8-9pt he trotted by at about 60yds still nice to see him, buddy down the tree line saw the same 2 I did and another nice buck. Wont be up until gun deer now.
Goodhuntin all and congrats to all who have gotten a deer.
Hunt the next 4 days, they are running all day in Central Wisconsin. Had a big buck, and several small bucks cruise through all day long until 3 pm. Weather is perfect now also except a little windy. Not sure what people wait for. Next week they will be locked up with the does already.
SM- dandy buck! The 2nd picture sure shows the tine length!
Obligations this morning kept me from getting in my stand before daylight but I sat from 11:00am till dark and was covered up in does and fawns pretty much the entire time. Unfortunately about 5pm I had a big doe get downwind of me and blew a couple times, probably messed up the last hour I’m sure. No sign of any rut by me.
Not sure if I should hit it hard the next couple days or wait a couple days. Cameras are still showing a lot of nighttime buck movement but getting closer to shooting time. Thoughts?
What's the difference i grew up shotgun only. Now its rifle . Back in the day if I walked a 100 yards I could use a rifle but couldn't shoot past the east fencline. To each their own. Hunt as long as its legal. The DUDE more power to you my shoulder has been messed up going on 20 years gave up bow hunting enjoy watching the dog work. If and when I get back into bowhunting it will be with a crossbow. So the haters can hate. You hypocrites.????
To crossbow or not to crossbow, that is the question. I think that is Shakespeare ?? I bought a beautiful new Hoyt compound 3 years ago, near $1000 cause I have always wanted a NICE bow. Bought my kid a cheap crossbow cause that might get him back into the sport. He still isn’t interested and i got a nice 9 last year with his crossbow. I like the crossbow, just me. power of a gun without the loud boom and flinch of a gun. I suck at shooting guns at deer. AND it is my choice while i hunt friends farms and private property. So my crossbow hunting ain’t hurting anyone, only taking a deer that might be shot second weekend on one private property. To each their legal own.