Desperate for a metro area deer hunt
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Andrew Rothman
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Post subject: Desperate for a metro area deer hunt Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:34 pm |
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If anyone knows anywhere within a couple hours' drive of here where I could hunt -- rifle or shotgun zones -- with even a decent chance of SEEING a deer, please let me know. Private land would be the holy grail, but I'll take any suggestion.
My three trips to the Mille Lacs Wildlife Management Area in the last three years have been bad, worse, and abysmal. Too many hunters, too much swamp.
Help a poor city boy from New York have a genuine Minnesota outdoors experience! Do it for the children!
Thanks!
Andrew
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JonnyB
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:43 pm |
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Andrew:
My son Matt was up near Mille Lacs the first weekend. They shot 6 deer for 7 hunters.
You'll have to go north now that the season ended here in shotgun country.
The muzzle-loader season is statewide, I think...
jb
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plblark
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:45 pm |
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metro season is through 11/30 with either gender.
I declined a guy's offer of $100 per PERSON to hunt his private land near the metro
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SultanOfBrunei
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:45 pm |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:50 pm |
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I've hunted public land, but only way up north. It's always been pretty deserted.
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someone1980
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:12 pm |
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The public land that I know of is dead this year. I am sort of wondering if I should even go out in the cold.
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MostlyHarmless
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:06 pm |
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mostlylawabidingcitizen
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:13 pm |
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Go North young man! WAY north. We go up on public land north of Virginia, and apparently that wasn't far enough as we only bagged one deer (my son's first deer on his first hunt carrying a gun). Everyone else got skunked.
There are deer up there - just have to get in front of them. On the other hand there are very few hunters to move them around - mostly due to my BIL and I needing to sit with our son's who can't hunt alone yet.
LONG drive though, about 4.5 hour trip from our place. One is tempted to just hit one on the way up and save on gas and ammo expense though.
Good luck
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:18 pm |
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plblark wrote: I declined a guy's offer of $100 per PERSON to hunt his private land near the metro
...excuse me while I jump on soap box for a moment..."this really pisses me off. $100/person? I used to believe that hunters/outdoors folks were some of the last 'good folk' left. very disappointing....off soap box now.
...not that I have land, but if I did, you could hunt there in exchange for one good set of tenderloins!
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