2015 Bow Hunting Reports

[maplelakeduckslayer]

Gotta give it a go this time of year hopefully it don't lightning

[maplelakeduckslayer]

Didn't see anything...surprise surprise

[greatwhitehunter3!]

I didn't sit a single time til the first week of October this year. Had great buck sightings from there until Halloween but nothing I wanted to shoot. I thought for sure this year's rut was going to be the best one I can remember hunting. Boy was I wrong.

Here's to hoping this changes soon. The closer we get to Thanksgiving, the less of a chance at a nice buck for me. I definitely need to thin the does down anyhow and hopefully my dad can take one out too.

[maplelakeduckslayer]

Yeah I've seen some bucks but zero rut activity on my property, last year was a ridiculous amount of activity I just don't get it. Had really really high hopes this year. I usually still have pretty decent hunting/bucks trailing does until the end of November...maybe after lockdown it will get better. I put new batteries in my game cam so at least I can see whats moving through still, probably let that go until early next week and check it.

Don't think I will go out tonight depending on how long my meeting takes. Too windy and the field is going to be a mess walking out

[Mallard_maniac]

I'll echo everyone else's opinions...

I really thought with all the scraping and doe's near me it was going to be a banner early Nov. So did some of the better whitetail minds that I know, this weather killed it IMO. I still have pictures of great bucks and have them following doe's but its at 10:00 pm and later. Just nothing doing during the daytime. This last week/weekend and the days leading up to gun season combined I probably heard of 25 +/- P&Y's hitting the ground across MN and Iowa. I only heard of one being completely "rutted up". Most were solitary bucks feeding without thick necks or stinky glands. I heard a story here and there of a immature buck chasing a doe but for every one of those I heard alot of doe's with fawns, and bucks near doe's on a food plot but could have cared less about anything other then eating....

odd year for sure, I've never seen such a promising pre-rut followed by an otherwise absent rut

[greatwhitehunter3!]

I heard a story here and there of a immature buck chasing a doe but for every one of those I heard alot of doe's with fawns

odd year for sure, I've never seen such a promising pre-rut followed by an otherwise absent rut

Just this week I've finally started seeing lone does. Hopefully a sign of good things to come.

I cant agree more with the bolded part of your statement!

[maplelakeduckslayer]

I ventured out...there's almost zero wind in this back field and the field wasn't bad walking...mist have got much less rain here. I just want to see a deer don't matter what it is haha

[maplelakeduckslayer]

Nothing haha. Heading back to SE MN tomorrow, see what's going on down there

[maplelakeduckslayer]

Definitely nocturnal down here.

[greatwhitehunter3!]

Doe and fawn this morning and nothing tonight. Depressing.

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