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Two friends across the road shot a 6-point (her first buck) and two does on a corn field that was cut yesterday. Still mostly standing corn around us though.

11.5 hours on stand, 5 shots at 6:15 AM, 3 Roast Beef and Swiss sandwiches, half a box of Little Debbie's, 6 capri sun, some guy shooting at 4:45 PM as we walked to my truck, and no deer. Not a single deer in a metro unit, 77M. Either the guys at the DNR are mentally retarded or really, really inept. Because this sure doesn't deserve the metro designation. The day was salvaged by the most important part, a great day out with my youngest son. I'll hit it tomorrow, my son is going to sleep in, just couldn't hold his interest any longer. Those shots were the only shots all day.

Heard the first shot at 6:15 am. Pretty dark at that time to be shooting. Yikes!

Very foggy tonight. Expct rain tomorrow.

About 8:00 am an average 8 walked by, stopped broadside at 15 yards. I let him keep walking. Only deer I saw.

Three days ago this bad boy showed up in easy range of that same stand, that is really AM, not PM. I think he is in his prime, thinking 4-5 years old. Your thoughts?

Partner saw one buck, big body and could have shot but could not tell just what his antlers were so he did not shoot.

I took a very little walk to see where those deer were chasing, and realized I need to buy a few more stands. There is so much of this property I don't bowhunt, that I need to. Found out the grass is greener where I set up my ground blind. It is a 3/4 mile walk, but well worth looking into. I can drive my four wheeler to this spot, so deer dragging will be minimal.

I do not particularly like gun season. Too random for my liking, even on private land. Bow hunting is so much more peaceful. I guess knowing four deer are gone in one day from my core area saddens me a bit? I pass many deer throughout the season, and always wonder why more bucks don't reach maturity? Didn't realize (because this is the first time I gun hunted this land) that this many hunters got off their asses to gun hunt? This country block 960 acres is bow hunted by four hunters. Gun season rolls around and that number multiplies substantially.

My report, PATHETIC! No other way to put it. Sat all day Saturday. Sat 5 AM until 10 AM and from 1:00 PM on today and did not see a deer. This is the same property where I have been hunting a big buck for more than three years with a bow, where I passed on several does, took a 1.5 year old doe, passed on three bucks, arrowed but did not recover a buck and saw countless fawns during early bow season. All I can figure is they are locked up in the uncut corn across the roads to the north and west. Or, everyone around me is baiting with front-end loaders. probably 20 plus road hunters slowly drove by today. Not a single shot in the entire 3.8 mile rectangle that makes up the block where my 40 is, the entire weekend. Listened to shots 5 plus miles away. I can tell you this, gun season next year, I will be north of 64!

Pineriver that is awesome. Post a picture if you can.

Im going to hit it hard all week with the hope of getting lucky! The ffed bag should be on them now. My guess is evening will be better.

Sat pretty much all day on Saturday with the impending weather on Sunday. Real nice morning, little wind, temps were pretty decent. I saw a doe and 2 fawns about 8:30 AM. They hung around for quite awhile so I observed them through my range finder and binoculars. I kept hoping a buck would follow the same line through the woods they did but no luck. A group of about 10+ hunters drove the area I was hunting about 11:30 and I didn't see anything pushed through. Went in for a little lunch and then came back out for the afternoon. I found an area where the deer had been bedded down all over the place but no one home that evening.

I had planned to hunt that same area Sunday morning but the fog was so thick in Northern Wisconsin you couldn't see anything. On public land that can just be scary too! I elected to wait awhile and see if the fog cleared. It was still foggy up that way at 1:00 PM. Just crazy weather!

Just happy to get out in the woods and see some deer. I didn't see too many deer on trucks headed home yesterday afternoon.

I'm hoping I can get back out there after Thanksgiving on Thursday. Maybe Friday afternoon I'll sneak down to hunt an afternoon.

We will head to another parcel that has way less browse and small trees. Visibility should be better there.

Shot a nice doe at 4:00 pm. myself and my gun were coated in snow. Damn wind really sucked. It was a long sit.

Very cool photo trapper!

There is about 900 Lbs of deer hanging on the beam so far.

Too many guys hunt the same stand year after year out of tradition and then complain when things change and they dont see deer. Gun hunt like you bow hunt and move around and scout and most of all hunt dark to dark. You can only kill them when you are in the woods.

There are a ton of deer in the area. The picked corn fields are full of deer in the am and pm. The volume of sign and trail cam pics tells us the population is strong. Ive seen deer on every sit. Shot a bunch and passed a bunch and would have had another if my bolt didnt freeze up.

I did help another member of our group with gutting, rinsing and hanging his antlerless deer on the beam.

The rest of the group is itching to do drives for the next 2 days but I am done for the year.

Another great season for our group and now the butchering phase kicks in. Not as thrilling as the hunt but still a great time with the group as we share the harvest so even the leakers that saved their bullets will get some meat (the can have the necks) grin.

So, that said, this morning I killed my mother a nice young doe. Rest of the day off, then back at it again tomorrow. Best of luck to all and best wishes for a great Thanksgiving.

Reports I am getting from Washington and Sheboygan Co, is lots and lots of does, but they are holding out for nice bucks.... I know one guy on the line, hunting public land has passed up, 10bucks in the last two weeks,,,,

I did get one more piece to the puzzle that is the 2014 Gun Deer Hunt though. Around 8:30 there was a bunch of shooting to the South about a half mile as the crow flies. So, when I left my property for home, I decided to have a look see. Came up on a group that had been doing a drive and they had six on the ground. 4 buck fawns and 2 doe fawns. Stopped to congratulate them and take a picture to post here for everyone to see. Three of the guys blocked me from taking a picture and threatened to kick my ass if I did. Apparently they are man enough to put them on the ground but, too ashamed to admit it. So much for passing on bucks in the future.