Full_Drawn Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 well rifle season in Wisconsin has came to a end as of yesterday, so i was wondering if there are any Wisconsin bow hunters on here that have had any luck with late season bow? I have hunted late season in the past and have failed to see any deer. Its been 2 yrs since ive went out for late season bow and well im just not ready to pack my gear away for the year. So i was just wondering if anyone has had any Wisconsin late season bow success and if so is there any tips or pointers you'd like to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cray8705 Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 I usually don't go out for late season bow, never had any luck anyway. I don't about where you hunt, but where I hunt there is now a muzzle-loader season until the 8th then on the 9th through 14th there is a doe only gun season, and then the 24th through january 9th there is another earn-a-buck season, so pretty much if I were to go bowhunting i'd be wearing blaze orange anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full_Drawn Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 yeah pretty much the same here where i hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Normally I tend to pack it in after gun season. Three months of not shooting anything and barely seeing anything worth shooting kinda gets old after a while. I probably will go out this year though, we got some beans that the deer are hitting hard so Ill try to get a doe for some meat and maybe with a little luck a nice buck will step out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gzilla45 Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 For the first time in my life I'm going to attempt late season bow hunting. Most years I freeze my butt sitting on a bucket fishing but I have an extra doe tag to fill still and figured I'd give hunting another shot. I'm guessing at this time food sources will be the number one thing for deer so that is what I'm going to hunt over. We'll see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 I let the woods calm for this week then hit those spots that had less pressure with the muzzleloader and bow. Food and cover is critical this time of year. The colder/more snow the better. Deer will feed before dark if it is cold. I seldom hunt the mornings as the deer are very nervous after gun season and easily alarmed. A warm late season will bring fewer deer sightings during hunting hours. Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milwaukee Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 I hunt in the southern part of the UP and food sources are the best bet late season! We've had only a few mature bucks in our sights over the years but does are plentiful. I agree that evenings appear to be best with most sightings at last light. The bucks are hungry and run down after the rut so they look for food sources but do so under low light and no light conditions (in my experience). We have seen some dandy bucks late season so it is worth a shot. One year I shot a nice 8pt on December 29th. When my tracking assistant found the deer, it had no antlers :hammer2:. We ended up backtracking and finding the left side antler that night but I did not find the right side until spring thaw. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full_Drawn Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 thanks for all the pointers guys and i think ill try and give it a shot this year...we'll see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 If I had to choose a time it would be late season..give me snow and cold!! Deer have to be up and feeding in this weather..the worse the weather the better!..even the big boys are on their feet, about Dec 20th or so the does that were not bred are coming back into estress too.. get between bedding and food source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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