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    Aspiring mule deer hunter

    I’ll keep my eyes peeled for a basic frame on marketplace, just saw one for $50 that looks like a Kelty cache hauler, seems to be quite a few under 100. Point taken on the windproof layer, wool is great but it’s definitely heavy and when I’ve strapped it to my climber for walking in it...
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    Aspiring mule deer hunter

    I have a buddy who hunts Kansas religiously, he’s asked me to go more times than I can count. He’s after whitetails and I’ve never heard him mention seeing mulies, guessing he hunts the eastern portion of the state. I might finally take him up on tagging along but he does hunt with a few other...
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    2020 bird season

    Just joined the page but figured I’d share my limited Wisconsin 2020 waterfowl season. Been struggling with some back problems and this fall I missed a few weeks of really good hunting because of it, did get in for surgery a couple weeks back though so fingers crossed next year will be better...
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    Aspiring mule deer hunter

    I I think I have like three sets of kwik sticks, they get passed around a lot for kids as standers on drives and they definitely seem to up the shot to meat quotient. I have a Harris ultralight bipod somewhere and used to carry it but I don’t know if I’ve ever shot a deer in the prone position...
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    Aspiring mule deer hunter

    I’m really excited for this, I’ve always liked the scouting here 100x more than the hunting. As long as I’m moving, thinking or doing some sort of active hunting I’m the happiest guy on earth whether I’m seeing game, sign or even just new scenery. I just can’t shut my brain off and sit...
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    Aspiring mule deer hunter

    Chippewa falls, would rather keep saying I’m a Cadott resident though.
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    Aspiring mule deer hunter

    I’m definitely wary of that. I think my boots fit well but I don’t really put much thought into it beyond being blister free and not rolling ankles. I’ve done a lot of 10 mile days driving deer but I don’t know what to expect hunting out west, probably more distance but hopefully less...
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    Aspiring mule deer hunter

    Let me know what I’m missing, seriously I’m not being sarcastic I just want to know if there are important things I’m missing. Pack wise I’m not against something nice but I’d hate to drop $500 in something to carry my carry my clothes and meat if I can reasonably do it with a $100-$150 Kelty...
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    Aspiring mule deer hunter

    I’m on a tight budget so I take a lot of time to pick at buying equipment, I want to start really early. I’m reading up all I can find about mule deer but I’m not too worried about being under prepared there. I understand that most of what I know won’t be applicable but when it comes down to...
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    Aspiring mule deer hunter

    I’m planning to replace whitetail hunting in my home state of Wisconsin with an annual trip west for mule deer/wt. I will be hunting with a rifle. My focus would be mulies, the idea of a giant bodied deer is really appealing to me. I’m planning on hunting Montana and something else for...
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    Help me love deer hunting again

    Honestly a large part of it is I really enjoy eating something I’ve killed and I particularly like venison. I could definitely plant my butt on a field edge and shoot does here for the freezer but there’s no fun in it anymore. I do love still hunting deer here, it has some element of...
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    Help me love deer hunting again

    I took a trip a few years ago to Prince of Wales Island fishing in late August. The fishing was kind of ehhh, tons of pinks that were so easy to catch they became an irritation and not too many cohos, should have gone later. Loved the country immediately though, felt like northern Wisconsin...
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    Help me love deer hunting again

    Hunting pressure in Wisconsin is really difficult to explain, maybe you know too but I’m not sure if you’ve hunted the gun season here. I can definitely get away from people but the amount of food sources literally everywhere and incredibly dense cover make it really easy for deer to become...
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    Help me love deer hunting again

    I’ve noticed the same thing in Wisconsin just in a different fashion. Trail miles or logging road miles don’t count for much, here the goal is usually to put water or thick regrowth between where the access is and where I want to hunt to break away vs using elevation to escape the crowds. I...
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    Help me love deer hunting again

    I’ve hunted my entire life in Wisconsin and learned what I like and dislike about my home state. I live for duck hunting every fall here, it takes up a majority of my time until our November gun season with a little bowhunting snuck in between, I do a lot of winter squirrel and rabbit hunting...
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