Calling Whitetail hunters

[GoPackGo]

I'm not seeing much sign of whitetail deer on my hunting grounds this year. There is Bear crap everywhere and I even saw a wolf. Are these predator animals scaring away all of the whitetails? I'm not seeing any buck rubs or deer crap. My first thought is to increase the food levels on the land by planting some hay or clovers but Bear like to eat that food too. What can I do? any ideas?

[Freak Out]

The wheels of steel don't sound like a great place to hunt in the first place.....I take it you are in Wisconsin? Bought 40 acres to hunt on?

[GoPackGo]

The wheels of steel don't sound like a great place to hunt in the first place.....I take it you are in Wisconsin? Bought 40 acres to hunt on?

I live in a van on 40 acres of land in northern Wisconsin. Do you have some good advice or what?

[Partial]

Hunt some bears. Make them know whos boss. If any of them talk back, yell "do you know what this is bra?!? This is the mace they use on bears faggot!"



Go with christ

[Deputy Nutz]

I don't think the Bear are your problem, it is likely the wolf population. If you are hunting in an area that doesn't have farm fields I would be careful using food dispensers because that is like a trap set up for the deer, they come and feed at night and those bloody cock sucking wolves jump their asses.

Another thing, do you usually see scrapes and rubs? We have two farms that we hunt, one with farm fields and corn and I hardly ever see any buck sign in the form of rubs and scrapes, but on our other acreage their is no corn planted and it is used as a travel and bedding area, which we see tons of scrapes and rubs. Both have nice bucks, but I think the doe population on the first farm is more and the competition isn't as great.

Anyways, I don't think you can kill wolf, I think they are protected, Bear you have to draw a tag and one dead bear ain't gonna help.

[BallHawk]

I live in a van on 40 acres of land in northern Wisconsin. Do you have some good advice or what?

Would that van happen to be down by the river?

[Little Whiskey]

I think i might have told this story, but last year while hunting in the Upper. We had wolves howling out side of our tent. I would have sworn they were sitting around our camp fire. a very errie feeling.

I agree that we need a season on wolves. the US's version of dangerous game.

[Deputy Nutz]

I think i might have told this story, but last year while hunting in the Upper. We had wolves howling out side of our tent. I would have sworn they were sitting around our camp fire. a very errie feeling.

I agree that we need a season on wolves. the US's version of dangerous game.

What about the Cougar that the DNR refuses to admit exist on the East side of the Mississippi River?

[Freak Out]

Is there any public land you can hunt on in Wisconsin? I have no clue how to hunt Whitetails...I hunt Moose, Caribou and Kodiak Blacktail deer. I shoot bears on occasion but only when necessary. Bears kill more moose and Caribou here than wolf do...but in the winter wolves can wipe out pockets of moose. Do you do most of your hunting from stands? Can you "call" in a buck during the rut?

[oregonpackfan]

Growing up in Northern Wisconsin, I learned one hazard of driving at night was hitting or nearly hitting a whitetail deer with your car. I had half a dozen near misses but finally hit my first whitetail 3 years ago when I came home for a family funeral.

In the Western part of Oregon, we have Blacktail Deer, which are smaller than Wisconsin's Whitetail.

For some reason, the Blacktails aren't hit by cars with the frequency that Whitetail deers are in Wisconsin.

Do any of you "Deer experts" have any theories on this?

[Deputy Nutz]

Is there any public land you can hunt on in Wisconsin? I have no clue how to hunt Whitetails...I hunt Moose, Caribou and Kodiak Blacktail deer. I shoot bears on occasion but only when necessary. Bears kill more moose and Caribou here than wolf do...but in the winter wolves can wipe out pockets of moose. Do you do most of your hunting from stands? Can you "call" in a buck during the rut?

Whitetail deer in Wisconsin are a different animal than whitetail anywhere else, the big problem is that we have an abundant number of deer. The lovely DNR claims that there is over a million of them running around in Wisconsin with a large percentage of them roaming the lower half of the state. The Doe in some places out number bucks 3 to 1 even 4 to 1. Most of the state is now in Earn a Buck where hunters have to take an antlerless deer before harvesting a buck. This due to the overblown media hype of Chronic Wasting Disease that has the DNR making new regulations every single season. It is difficult to call in Bucks or rattle them in because the competition in certain part of the state is minimal.

Hunters usually hunt in tree stands, ground blinds, and still hunt. Bow hunters are usually always in tree stands.

Buffalo County is one of the top areas in the United States for killing trophy size whitetails, unfortunately there is very little public land in that county, and many landowners have leased their land.

There is a lot of public hunting land in Wisconsin which is nice, several large state parks, and even small plots of land anywhere between 30 acres to 250 acres.

[Deputy Nutz]

Growing up in Northern Wisconsin, I learned one hazard of driving at night was hitting or nearly hitting a whitetail deer with your car. I had half a dozen near misses but finally hit my first whitetail 3 years ago when I came home for a family funeral.

In the Western part of Oregon, we have Blacktail Deer, which are smaller than Wisconsin's Whitetail.

For some reason, the Blacktails aren't hit by cars with the frequency that Whitetail deers are in Wisconsin.

Do any of you "Deer experts" have any theories on this?

There are more whitetails running around in Wisconsin than there are blacktails running around in Oregon.

[GBRulz]

If you can't kill a deer in northern WI during hunting season, perhaps you need to try leaving the tavern.

My Mom actually just killed a deer last Fri night....with her car.

The insurance companies are complaining to the DNR about how big of a problem the deer are, but they won't seem to listen. never seen a wolf up there, but have seen more bear and coyotes than I ever have. My parents live up there, in fact Dad and Brother combined own over 500 acres of land in northern WI. The deer up there are insane.

[MJZiggy]

I was driving home from Columbia and on one back road in a span of no more than 3 miles, I saw 5 dead deer along the road and one car that I'll assume swerved to avoid a deer wrapped around a street sign.

[Freak Out]

Is there any public land you can hunt on in Wisconsin? I have no clue how to hunt Whitetails...I hunt Moose, Caribou and Kodiak Blacktail deer. I shoot bears on occasion but only when necessary. Bears kill more moose and Caribou here than wolf do...but in the winter wolves can wipe out pockets of moose. Do you do most of your hunting from stands? Can you "call" in a buck during the rut?

Whitetail deer in Wisconsin are a different animal than whitetail anywhere else, the big problem is that we have an abundant number of deer. The lovely DNR claims that there is over a million of them running around in Wisconsin with a large percentage of them roaming the lower half of the state. The Doe in some places out number bucks 3 to 1 even 4 to 1. Most of the state is now in Earn a Buck where hunters have to take an antlerless deer before harvesting a buck. This due to the overblown media hype of Chronic Wasting Disease that has the DNR making new regulations every single season. It is difficult to call in Bucks or rattle them in because the competition in certain part of the state is minimal.

Hunters usually hunt in tree stands, ground blinds, and still hunt. Bow hunters are usually always in tree stands.

Buffalo County is one of the top areas in the United States for killing trophy size whitetails, unfortunately there is very little public land in that county, and many landowners have leased their land.

There is a lot of public hunting land in Wisconsin which is nice, several large state parks, and even small plots of land anywhere between 30 acres to 250 acres.

Game management is a bitch. How many doe can you shoot a year?