Live from the field 2022 - 2023

[upwind predator]

Got blanked yesterday morning and evening. Huntin a piece of private this evening. 1st time hunting it in the evening this year. There was plenty of sign in the day old snow monday morning before it melted so we shall see. Happy new year everyone.

[ihookem]

One of the best evenings to be out. 2 mph wind 33 degrees dark grey clouds and ready to drizzle. I kick up a deer 100 yds from my stand I wanted to hunt. I get almost there and the wind changes from S.W. to E. WHAT? I decide there is only 90 min. to hunt so I walk in a little and it switches back to S.W. several times in 20 minutes. My scent likely drifted right into the bedding are. I decide to go to another sport and had 1 hour left. Nice sit, but after kicking up a deer , walking around and wind shifting , I figure I greatly reduced my chances of seeing a deer on the stand and and bet against me seeing anything... Finally , I was right in life. Tomorrow is the last day of our special gun season in Wisconsin.

[Grizzlyadam]

Last day!! I ended up seeing a couple of does very close up this morning and watched some squirrels getting fattened up.

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I sat in a promising spot this evening but didn't see anything. I heard a shot not far away just before closing time and got rained on. It was a good day.

According to my journal I hunted a total of 29 days this season with 100 hours spent in stand and I saw 92 deer. I was blessed to kill three nice bucks and a fat doe this year. It was a great season!!
We had a nonexistent acorn crop this year and the oak trees got hit hard by gypsy moths. I spent my whole season focused on green fields and anything green. Usually I spend a lot more time in the oak hills but they were a ghost town this season. I spent more time driving around and glassing which really helped me, I was able to capitalize on most recent information (MRI). And that was an advantage that made a big difference on my success.

Good luck to all who can still get out and have a safe and happy New year!!!!!

[Hawthorne]

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Last day of the season here in Michigan. Lots of fresh doe sign coming in. A doe might be in trouble or could get lucky and see a buck. I haven’t hunted since November

[jmaas07]

Good luck Brandon

[Dhoff]

Went for a walk today to check tracks and pull a camera along a field edge. First time I've seen a coyote paw up a scrape. I thought it was from a deer til I saw the tracks.

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[Lockdown]

Good luck Brandon

Did you mean to say “let’s go”?

[Lockdown]

So I never updated the dismal end to my season. I ended up feeling like crap on Saturday. Had the all clear from the wife to hunt all day too. Just couldn’t sleep and there was no way I could get up. It sucks because the wind was perfect for my set!! Would have been a super high odds sit for a doe and I know I would have seen plenty of deer.

Oh well. I maybe coulda mustered the energy to go that night but my girls have been bugging to go fishing. And I didn’t want to end up on a tracking job that put the ka-bosh on our sleepover in the shanty.

So I decided to be a good Dad and skip the hunt. We ended up putting 3 walleyes in the pail and had fresh fish for lunch on Sunday!

[Brokenarrow1980]

Still grinding it out, little over a week left.

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[Marshbuster89]

A little late to the party, but was able to go down to Missouri the other day and fill a tag on a respectable main-frame 8 during their alternate firearms season. Brought my new tracking hound along, she wasnt needed, but she appreciated one last track, and fresh liver dinner, for the season.

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[Jackson Marsh]

Congrats marshbuster

[greenhorndave]

A little late to the party, but was able to go down to Missouri the other day and fill a tag on a respectable main-frame 8 during their alternate firearms season. Brought my new tracking hound along, she wasnt needed, but she appreciated one last track, and fresh liver dinner, for the season.
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Congrats! Nice buck

[KRONIIK]

That's a brute, Marshbuster.
Congratulations!

[Brokenarrow1980]

Congratulations marshbuster!!!!

[Lockdown]

A little late to the party, but was able to go down to Missouri the other day and fill a tag on a respectable main-frame 8 during their alternate firearms season. Brought my new tracking hound along, she wasnt needed, but she appreciated one last track, and fresh liver dinner, for the season.
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Mr. Consistent