SEPT 12TH - 18th hunt report
Contributors to this thread:Wisconsin
From: RUGER1022
12-Sep-20
lots of rain & Bugs . About 6:15 a mature Doe & a nice 8 point walked by. 6:45 the rain quit & the wind shifted toward the bedding area . I baled out in a hurry .
Felt good to be out. LIncoln county .
From: Reggiezpop
12-Sep-20
Rain stopped at 1700 on Portage County public. I sat some acorns I finally found after a lot of scouting. Had one 6 pointer come in and munch for 15 minutes and back out the way he came. I only forgot my rangefinder and pants, so a better start to most years!
From: Two Feathers
13-Sep-20
Saw a doe and yearling. No shots taken.
From: Casekiska
13-Sep-20
Went up to the cabin on opening day,.. Sauk Co. Rain, rain, and more rain. Didn't get out on stand. Did see a one antlered buck with two does only about 100 yards from the cabin. Even though I did not hunt it was still good to be on my hunting land, at the cabin, and in the outdoors on opening day. A little color starting to appear in the trees and the woods are thinning out a bit...it's evident, the momentum of fall is gathering and the event that becomes October in Wisconsin is not far off. My favorite time of the year, always has been, always will be. This is my 64th. bowhunting season.
From: xtroutx
13-Sep-20
I cant get out until maybe late this week. I am Still trying to get my winter wood cut and fall chores done before going in for back surgery. Best of luck to all that are getting out.
From: Pete-pec
13-Sep-20
Best of luck on the surgery xtroutx.
From: xtroutx
13-Sep-20
Thanks Pete
From: Reggiezpop
13-Sep-20
Hunting Portage public tonight. I’m in a sliver of pines with bedding to the west and acorns to the north and east. Hopefully catch something sliding through for a snack.
From: RUGER1022
13-Sep-20
Sitting on a ridge keeping an eye on a million Acorns.
From: Nocturnal II
13-Sep-20
May your arrows fly true if the moment presents itself.
Tied up like a dog in the chair of the living room right now. First hunt starts tomorrow and I have no idea what the future holds for me as far as deer inventory goes and i am satisfied by that thought too. Good luck to all out right now.
Ruger, I like the sound of it and looks of the picture.
From: Gusto
13-Sep-20
Hunted opening evening on a small piece of private. Had a buck sneak downwind of me and bust me... ugh... couldn’t get a good look at him to see how big
Guys in acorns... any luck ?
From: Two Feathers
13-Sep-20
Saw 15 does and 1 buck tonight. No shot taken.
From: Ru4snow
13-Sep-20
Ru4snow's Link
Just this doe Sunday evening. Although I didn’t see a buck it was great to be back on stand.
From: BW
13-Sep-20
hunting for a specific buck (unknown size or age) tonight since I had the right win for it. Probably a spot where I see him or nothing...ended up seeing nothing. Nice to get up in the tree. LOVE LOVE LOVE, the TETHRD Phantom and the TETHRD XL platform. I'm hooked!
From: Live2Hunt
14-Sep-20
I never made it out, rain Saturday got me working on one of my deer mounts from a few years ago that was tanned. Forgot how many holes needed to be fixed in it. My grandson came in the afternoon/evening and spent the night. Sunday I had good intentions, but decided to finish that deer and byt the time I finished, it was too late. Looks too warm this week, maybe Thursday.
From: Ru4snow
14-Sep-20
10 pointer
10 pointer
Had I sat a different stand it would have been game over.
From: Grunter
14-Sep-20
^^^Dont be so sure. I get plenty of nice buck pics at other areas. They dont show themselves often. So many things have to go right for even a glimpse. Good luck though.
I haven't been out yet. Waiting for later Oct. I did jump up a nice buck on Sunday while putting a new stand up. Cant wait for colder weather.
From: WausauDug
14-Sep-20
we had 8 guys hunting Saturday and Sunday nights in southern Clark. Not much for acorns and the deer were hitting the fields. Lots of does and fawns, a few little bucks and one miss at a racked buck. 15 yd chip shot that was saved by buck fever.
From: Nocturnal II
14-Sep-20
saw 8 tonight on my first sit. Sure was a nice evening.
From: Pete-pec
14-Sep-20
I saw 4 doe, and 2 fawns on my first sit tonight. Was just doing a little bit of inventory checking on the does, but it was nice to be out.
From: BigWiscoBooner
14-Sep-20
Hunted Waukesha county on opener evening. Saw about 6 deer (mix of doe and fawns).
Got a good look at one of the does and venison back in the freezer this year
From: Two Feathers
15-Sep-20
Hunted behind my house last night and saw nothing.
From: DeerBadge
15-Sep-20
8 pointer 20.5 inches inside spread.
8 pointer 20.5 inches inside spread.
I was very fortunate to harvest this 8 pointer on Saturday evening. He was the only deer I saw while overlooking a swamp. I saw him at a 100 yards and he decided to take the runway that comes to my stand, instead of the two that would go the otherway. I was able to draw on him while he was behind a tree before he stepped out of the swamp. He stepped out of the swamp and I was on him, but could not see through my peep at first, but I composed myself and got my anchor point set and released the arrow at 17 yards. I hit him right behind the front shoulder and it exited through his brisket. He spun around after I hit him and ran about a 100 yards before he crashed. I feel very blessed and thankful it all worked out like it did.
From: Pete-pec
15-Sep-20
On the board! Well done. Nice buck!
From: Mnhunter1980
15-Sep-20
Awesome buck deer badge! Congrats!
From: Live2Hunt
15-Sep-20
Nice buck, first on the board.
From: DeerBadge
15-Sep-20
Thank you, I am more than pleased with it. It was a great night.
From: RUGER1022
15-Sep-20
LOVE A BIG CLEAN 8 PT . VERY NICE
From: Casekiska
15-Sep-20
Very nice buck. You told us all how to do it! Great job! Congrats!
From: RyanB
15-Sep-20
Attempted to have my first sit Sat afternoon. Walked out at 4:00pm. This buck beat me to the open field behind my tree line stand. I did not see him until about 40 yards away. We had a stare down for about a half hour both in open field. He charged me twice trying to figure out what I was, he finally calmed down at 20 yards. Of course 1 time I do not knock an arrow on my walk out this happens. He put his head down a few times to allow me to knock and pull back. After 100 mosquito bites and what seemed a lifetime he gave me a shot. Ran 20 yards after shot. After 20 years of hunting this was my first Velvet experience. FYI, you no longer have to contact DNR if you harvest a buck in velvet. This is an old policy no longer effective. Don't listen to old timers telling you to contact DNR.
From: Pete-pec
15-Sep-20
Nice buck Ryan. I knew there would be velvet deer taken this year. I saw one just yesterday still in velvet, so I figured there would be a few killed. Well done!
From: Casekiska
15-Sep-20
Nice velvet buck. Way to go. Good story to go with your success, that sort of thing when the animal stands there looking at you for half an hour does not happen all that often. Congratulations.
From: Brother of the bow
15-Sep-20
Nice bucks, Badge and Ryan!
From: Nocturnal II
15-Sep-20
Awesome wi velvet buck. Quite the rarity! Get that guy mounted. Badge that buck is a tank. I love big 8s like that.
From: Two Feathers
15-Sep-20
DeerBadge - Nice! Ryan, I've never gotten a velvet anything. Very cool.
Saw 4 does and a buck tonight. The does were out of range but not the buck. I let it walk and wonder if I'm going to regret that decision.
From: happygolucky
16-Sep-20
Wow, congrats guys on a couple of awesome bucks and nice stories to go with them.
From: DeerBadge
16-Sep-20
Nice buck Ryan, it is a rare experience to shoot a buck still in the velvet in WI, but you are the third person I have seen that shot one. I saw another nice ten pointer still with velvet at the Meat Block in Greenville, when I dropped my deer off to be caped out.
From: Novice
17-Sep-20
Awesome job guys! Congrats. I only sat twice so far with only 3 does and fawns sighted. Only have one 2.5 yr old buck on camera (out of a handful of cams.) Hopefully, a more productive weekend starting tomorrow.
From: Two Feathers
17-Sep-20
Hunted some public land along the river last night. No deer seen.
From: Live2Hunt
18-Sep-20
Well, had my first outing last night in an area I regularly hunt. It sure looked dismall, no acorns in any of the oak groves I walked. It turned into more of a scouting/stump shooting affair after seeing very little sign at one spot I was going to sit. So I walked through a few of my spots in that area, did not look good. I did drive under a guy sitting in a treestand over the road? The well used forest road came to a tee and he was sitting in a tree at the tee. I was nice and waved to him as I drove under him, he should have a clearance sign under his stand though, LOL. Heading North to Phillips for the weekend this afternoon, generally see deer up there.
From: smokey
18-Sep-20
I have not hunted yet but this morning I was out trying to photograph the elk near Clam Lake. I heard two bugling until around 8:30 AM. They never stepped into the clearing I was standing in but tghay got close. I walked to a few places scouting and located two fresh scrapes. The first of the year.
I will be checking trailcams this afternoon and back out filming Saturday. The winds look wrong for my stands so I won't hunt unless they change direction.
From: Two Feathers
18-Sep-20
One doe seen tonight but out of range.
From: Nocturnal II
18-Sep-20
Missed a good one tonight. He hit my scent stream, locked up, and i went right over. He was the 17th deer of the evening. Private land.
From: xtroutx
19-Sep-20
Haven't got out yet. 12 deer in the cut corn field again at 6:45. I turned the corner to go home and they all trotted into the woods headed toward my house. 2 stayed in the field, one looked pretty big, but to dark to see if any had horns. Hoping to get some pain meds when I see the neuro surgen on Tuesday, Right now I can't sit still, so its pointless for me to go out just to spook anything that happens to come by.
From: Novice
19-Sep-20
Bummer Noc. Xtroutx hope you get better. I had a great sit last night. 2 bucks and 6 gobblers entertained me. Here's a pic of the bigger of the 2. Still a little young. Wish there was a pic rotate feature on the mobile version.
