[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thanks for the Ping. Looks like a perfect Christmas Gift for all the hunters in my life! :)

We don't bait; salt licks are in the barn yard for the mule and steer. But, I DO see deer scat nearby from time to time. I DID put up a sign and all, LOL!

We haven't harvested any BIG deer out of here for a number of years. Beau has gotten some nice ones through the years, of course. My last kill was when I was in my 20's. I like red meat and all, but I don't want to be the one to pull the trigger. I am getting to be an OK butcher, though. Played plenty of rounds of 'Deer CSI' through the years.

[marktwain]

Funny sign! A type of deer “sign”, I guess.

[irish guard]

I live in a metro Wisconsin county and can bow hunt deer from October through the end of January. Most days I head out my back door, sit in one of three tree stands and just listen to the animals in the woods (turkey, tweety birds, squirrels and deer) wake up. If I see a doe in early fall, I never shoot, but often draw on them to see if my motion spooks them. If I see a buck, same thing…..but I’ll only try to shoot a buck that is big enough. Big enough is always a tough call. Never four pointers or less and I’ll even add six pointers to that mix. So it’s only eight pointers and up that I’ll try to shoot. That’s said, I’ve only seen one in that class close enough to shoot and his head is mounted on my basement wall. Have seen larger bucks, but farther out than 60 yards, so I don’t feel comfortable trying to take a shot that far and only wound a buck.

I’m with Diana in Wisconsin. I like and eat red meat.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Uhm. Glad you clarified and good to know that the deer in Wisconsin can read! :)