Damned weather! Last year we lost most of the week to rain and then a blown shot by a fellow hunter on the second week meant that we were meatless for last year. This year, I saw a little yearling on the first night up there and later in the week, my buddy got winded by a nice big buck and all he saw was it's tail end as it went bounding through the bush. That was the only 2 deer seen on what is normally a very productive and active piece of land. We saw some scrapes but they weren't re-visited. We figure that the mild weather screwed up the normal rhythm of their rut cycle. We had crazy mild weather! I mean who else was sitting on their deck at lunch in mid Nov. in a freakin' t-shirt! I decided to stay up and hunt the second week and it was the same deal. No track, no sign, and balmy temperatures. So what happens? The rifle season ends, we come home, and then the temperature drops to seasonal norm!!! I'm so ticked I'm seriously considering getting a crossbow since that'll give us until mid. Dec. to maybe get at least one tag filled. Don't get me wrong, being up there with good friends and enjoying nature is very satisfying. I saw fisher, an owl, lots of birds, and I even saw 2 red-headed woodpeckers fight to the death. Being up there is the cake and getting a deer is icing on the cake, but c'mon weather gods! Are you messing with us? Anybody else in that area with stories to share? Any fellow hunters had much better luck than us?
Skunked AGAIN in WMU 56!!!
- Thread starter LawrenceN
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My brother and I hunted WMU56 for one day and it was so windy and warm we might as well have not bothered. We didn't bother going north after that. I tagged out in WMU76B during the bow season. He's going to try to fill his with the bow before the end of the year.
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I didn't even bother going into my camp in 56 this year. The guys had a bust of a moose hunt, no tags and so warm they just went fishing at a few of the local lakes. I headed down to southern IL with my bow and shot a buck & doe on the 3rd day. This years big game season was brutal weather wise. I may head in before X-Mas if the weather is ok and try and shoot some grouse but even their populations are low in 56.
Patrick
Patrick
similar for us in 42. But enjoyed the nice weather, did some fishing, relaxing, work around the cottage, enjoyed some nice cold beers on the pontoon boat. Sure venison in the freezer would be nice, but I had a fantastic week anyway, so I'm not complaining.
I got my buck in 56. We saw 4 bucks over 3 days from our spot. My partner and I are both first time deer hunters and very happy with our success. We also spoke to some guys party hunting who claimed to have 4 bucks down in the same area.
Nice! Congratulations on your success.
Driving my daughter to school this morning, we had to stop to let a 170 class 12 pointer cross in front of us... he then had the nerve to stop 10 yards from us off the road and stand for 5 minutes... he was chasing a hot doe... when she headed across the road again behind us, off he went on her tail... sucks what you see when you are not hunting.
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
