Wi public land hunt gtg. I'm on my way in a couple of hours.

Well that's at least explains something. I just have never ever not seen any deer. It's almost too weird not to even hear them moving around. I'd swear it's the wolves freaking the deer out and they're not moving much, maybe. I don't know but at least your friends experienced the same thing i did. the weather was going to be crappy the next few days so I cut my loses and head back home to hunt some private land i have access to.

 

Greg,
What's with not even seeing the does. that's what had me perplexed. you at least see them eating on the roadside at night. but nothing at all.

 

I don't know what happened with the does. For the last few months they were hitting my clover plot every day morning, evening and night. They may have had too much pressure from the bucks and started hitting my winter rye plots up on my ridge. I checked my cams yesterday and had all night pics. I thought that was weird too.

It's about to break open any time now.

 

I think the wolves are really doing a good job on the deer population in Black River Falls. My buddy put out 3 corn piles with cameras for almost 2 weeks and he didn't get a single picture of a mature deer. All fawns, spikes and scrub bucks, I know the wolves couldn't kill all the deer but they have them on high alert and have no tolerance for anything out of place.

 

I hunt/live in Black River Falls and have been getting pics just not seeing them when I'm out. Like Greg said it should turn any day.

 

Yeah, I probably just pulled the plug too soon, but then again I didn't want to sit another 4 days and not see anything. Did you guys have any storms move thru. I also made the decision to leave based on that there were to be storms moving in last night in through today. Now I looked at the radar and it's all gone south by me. But it is crazy warm there. 27 the other night and 52 this morning.

 

I understand not seeing any. No storms they missed us. It is warm though.

 

that is weird not even seeing any on the road side. there have always been plenty of deer and not uncommon to see several at night on the roadside and at least a few during the daytime. Figures the rain went south. That was one of the contributing factors for me leaving, now you guys are high & dry and were getting soaked.

One good thing for me coming back. Today my wife's car decides to throw a check engine light and won't shift out of low gear. my car's battery took a crap over the 4 days and won't start. So she would've been w/o a car till Sunday and she had class in Milwaukee tonight. It never ends.

 

Sorry to hear it was a bust. I have not been out in a stand in the last week. but I'm getting out there this morning. If you make it up next year let me know. I have a "Cabin" It's where we stayed years ago before I had a house on my property. that you could stay in. It has electric and heat and Direct TV . It would be a 20 min drive to where you hunt but it would save you some money on a camp site. Good luck on the rest of your season!!