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Deweybagger

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Being new to this site this fall what does everyone do after pheasant season is over in wisconsin? Does this site slow till next season?
We typically start grouse hunting up north once pheasant closes, snowmobile, watch a lot of hockey games, get ready for turkey season but our one thing we look forward to the most is reloading rifle cartridges in anticipation for our annual prairie dog shoot in South Dakota. What does everyone else do to pass the time until next season?
 
Heading to Arizona tomorrow for a couple months to get out of this cold north country. Plan to do a couple NSTRA field trials while I'm down there and then when I return it will be field trials in April and May.
 
When it isn't minus 25*, ice fishing. And looking forward to a Caribbean vacation, scuba diving and golf, lots of beach time.
 
Got a kitchen pass - Im headed up north ice fishing tomorrow. I guess its not cold enough around here:D
 
We have snow to play with for at least 5 months each winter, so I snowshoe and cross country ski to stay in shape. This is a good time to start reloading shotgun shells for the spring/summer trap league. Also my hunting buddy Sadie the GWP needs lots of running to keep her and me sane.
 
chasing yotes, scouting for deer season, shed hunting, shooting, painting some rooms in the house, training for UT and VGP, among other things.
 
Snowmobile, ice fish, grouse Hunt, downhill skiing, maybe a preserve hunt, the activity of choice depends on the weather conditions. Get the boat out in the summertime.

The nice thing about living in Wisconsin it that there is no excuse for not being able to find something to do outside on the weekends. :thumbsup:
 
I'll hit some preserves until April. I like Dark Acres near Fort Atkinson. Friendly folks and good cover. I'd like to grouse hunt 1 or two more times. I applied in for a turkey permit in zone 5. I've seen a bunch on our land near Rhinelander. I've never turkey hunted before. Does anyone know the likelihood of receiving a permit on my first attempt? Any tips for a newbie?
 
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I'll hit some preserves until April. I like Dark Acres near Fort Atkinson. Friendly folks and good cover. I'd like to grouse hunt 1 or two more times. I applied in for a turkey permit in zone 5. I've seen a bunch on our land near Rhinelander. I've never turkey hunted before. Does anyone know the likelihood of receiving a permit on my first attempt? Any tips for a newbie?
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Never applied for 5 but I'd guess you'll stand a good chance of getting a tag. If not you'll be able to pick up left over tags for other zones if you want.

Learn to yelp, and then everything else you need to learn will be found in the woods.
 
bbasil said:
I'll hit some preserves until April. I like Dark Acres near Fort Atkinson. Friendly folks and good cover. I'd like to grouse hunt 1 or two more times. I applied in for a turkey permit in zone 5. I've seen a bunch on our land near Rhinelander. I've never turkey hunted before. Does anyone know the likelihood of receiving a permit on my first attempt? Any tips for a newbie?
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The best advice for any hunting....scouting! You can be the best caller in the woods but if your not where they want to go there's a good chance they'll gobble, drum and strut but never come in for a shot. On the other hand if your in their preferred spot a bad caller can look like a seasoned veteran. Scout often, they move a lot in the early spring, may be there for months and a week before they just vanish and show back up in the fall. Good luck!
 
Tired of taking a break so decided to see if I could find some birds. Picked up some great photos of a couple nice points. Love the camera on the new phone.



 
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We road snowmobile up to our cabin to check our trail camera and see how deep the snow is in the area. I pulled up to my first camera in the field facing our standing corn field, hopped off and right up to my a$$ in snow! Thought I'm in a drift, pulled up to the next camera, same thing! Wondering how hard its going to be on all game animals being we aren't half way into January? We have some bucks, does & fawns and a lot of turkeys and a few bobcats on camera. My favorite pictures of all are all the trespassing hound hunters chasing our bobcats and coyotes!
 
Talking with a friend from Northern Wisconsin, and the facts to date, un-reported, is that the tendency of Northern deer to "yard up" (gather together in deep snow and browse, and as the snow gets deeper, they actually are fenced in by snow,) is probably gonna to be significant in the predation by the current wolf packs, which are also very hungry in the deep snow/harsh cold.

Spring may tell.

For me, I rage against the weather gods until Spring, then rage against the mud for about a month, then go out and rage against the late opener for trout, then drag out the project boat du jour, and rage against my lack of skills with tools.


(OK, maybe I don't rage, but I grumble a lot.)
You know, just the average year. :)
 
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