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by dan » Wed May 09, 2018 11:50 am » in Deer Hunting

I got some shocking and devastating news today... A man, a real man, my friend, Stanley Schmidt passed away yesterday.
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View first unread post Public land scouting workshop... Sunday February 17th 2019

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by dan » Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:37 am

Public land scouting workshop... Sunday February 17th 2019

This workshop is limited to the 1st 25 people who sign up. We can go a little over if...
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View first unread post 2019 Scouting Reports

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by Wannabelikedan » Sun Jan 27, 2019 1:43 am

Surprised it’s nearly February and one of these hasn’t been started yet. Be on my way out the door shortly. Good luck to all on their preparation for...
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View first unread post Short tutorial on reading topo maps.

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by Stanley » Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:54 am

There have been a lot of questions on topos and what they will do/not do, for the scouting part of hunting. So I though I'd start this thread on how...
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View first unread post Public land scouting workshop... Saturday February 16th

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by dan » Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:29 am

Public land scouting workshop... Saturday February 16th

This workshop is limited to the 1st 25 people who sign up. We can go a little over if the...
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View first unread post Public land scouting workshop... Saturday February 2nd

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by dan » Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:21 am

Public land scouting workshop... Saturday February 2nd

This workshop is limited to the 1st 25 people who sign up. We can go a little over if the...
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View first unread post Public land scouting workshop... Sunday February 3RD

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by dan » Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:24 am

Public land scouting workshop... Sunday February 3RD

This workshop is limited to the 1st 25 people who sign up. We can go a little over if the last...
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View first unread post Acorns in December?

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by Xpeditionshooter » Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:43 am

Came across lots of tracks and an open scrape around some smaller oaks that were dropping acorns. Anyone know what kind of oaks they might be? I...

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View first unread post Pine tree “rubs” with a red substance on it

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by mheichelbech » Sat Dec 07, 2019 2:54 am

I have found these in different places, a large pine or cedar that appears to be a rub and it has a red substance in different spots that appears to...

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View first unread post Target a Valley?

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by kdawg_901 » Sat Dec 07, 2019 6:28 am

Is a valley in Wisconsin Big Woods country a terrain type to target when scouting? The forest is your typical WI forest with swamps, but there is a...

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View first unread post Scouting snowshoes in the northwoods

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by 1STRANGEWILDERNESS » Tue Nov 05, 2019 12:28 am

True it is prime time but I’m already excited about off season scouting and prepping a few locations well ahead of time for next year..

Normally my...

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View first unread post Scouting Workshop 2020

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by Busch Light Bandit » Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:21 pm

Any preliminary dates in play for the 2020 scouting workshop?
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View first unread post getting in the game

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by bwwma » Mon Nov 07, 2016 5:05 am

Lee side, transition and thermals will put you in the game. Our public land is many thousands of acres, and I picked this spot on the map based on...
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View first unread post Buck Bedding - Scent

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by MNSconsin Hunter » Tue Nov 05, 2019 3:02 pm

New to the forum and just got farm country bedding.

Great information, to the point of information overload.

One question I keep asking myself...

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View first unread post Railroad Beds

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by funderburk » Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:00 am

Anybody got experience with finding buck bedding along railroads?

I was out scouting yesterday and came across a railroad running through the public...
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View first unread post Food source change-no does-no rut funnel??

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by mheichelbech » Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:44 am

Another property I hunt, a 40 acre woodlot that had the perfect rut funnel in years past, seems to have gone dry for the time being. A property owner...

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View first unread post Scouting before gun season

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by Dieselman966 » Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:51 am

Finally got some time to do a little scouting. Unfortunately we had some trick issues and got cut short a few hours. We walked the transition along...

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View first unread post Scouting Help

Last post by PublicLand « Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:02 pm
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by Busch Light Bandit » Sat Nov 09, 2019 12:07 pm

Hey there. Wondering if I could pick some brains on here. I recently have been given the opportunity to hunt in northern WI, private land. The land...

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View first unread post In-season scouting

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by tgreeno » Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:11 pm

I know in-season scouting is a huge factor in Dan's & many beast's success. IMO...many of my areas won't really let me "scout" them...
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View first unread post Changing your thinking

Last post by MedicineMan15 « Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:44 am
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by Jurist » Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:03 pm

So today I did a scouting run.

It was about 3 hrs through a public marsh. There are oak island everywhere in this marsh.

The thing I kept noticing...

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View first unread post Waiting for snow to find buck beds

Last post by headgear « Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:40 pm
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by Missionshooter » Wed Oct 30, 2019 1:47 pm

Anyone ever just plan on scouting in the snow to find fresh buck beds? To me, it is easiest to locate solo beds when we have snow. I find so few of...

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View first unread post Doe Bedding

Last post by headgear « Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:45 am
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by funderburk » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:50 am

With the rut just around the corner, I figured a good thread on doe bedding would be good to have.

So, what are key characteristics of doe bedding?...

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View first unread post Unofficial Beast Rub Study

Last post by headgear « Wed Oct 30, 2019 4:51 am
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by Lockdown » Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:44 pm

Ok guys I finally got time to start the rub study we talked about in another thread. We've had quite a few questions over the years asking how to...
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View first unread post aerial photos taken in the winter?

Last post by elk yinzer « Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:45 am
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by jonsimoneau » Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:55 am

Does anyone know if there is a source for aerial photos that were taken in the spring or winter months? Seems like it would be much more useful than...

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View first unread post red cedar trees

Last post by brancher147 « Fri Oct 18, 2019 9:23 pm
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by riceg53 » Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:49 am

The spot I hunt has a big long bike/hiking trail throughout much of the sections accessible to hunters. As i was following the trail summer scouting...

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View first unread post Is this a marsh on Ariel

Last post by mike_mc « Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:54 am
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by ehlusive » Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:24 pm

Is this a marsh to right of hardwoods?

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