A friend of mine and myself planned a Big buck whitetail hunt early last year (10-28-06 to 11-5-06)to Kenora Onterio .
He went the year before with 3 other guys , had a little luck with an outfitter but went early (mid October) and there was very little deer movement or sightings because of warm weather.
So we planned a trip the next year (2006) with out an outfitter .
We hunted a couple different places.
One was a clearcut a couple years old near a small lake and the other was a power line and clear cut a little older near the Manatoba boarderline.
We hunted with ground blinds and by foot dark till dark .
I seen a few does a couple days and he seen a few does a a small 3 pointer a few times .
It was in the low 20,s at night and 30,s during the day , and snow.
We have more than 20 years experience with deer hunting so were not new to the sport .
We ended our hunt by shooting a 6 and 7 pointer on the last day.
We seen tons of deer near the town , but when you got 20 miles or so out of town the deer ans deer sine were scarce.
We really thought we went at the prime time of the season and we were in a great spot to get a couple nice racked , 200 plus pound deer .
Where were the big bucks ????
What happend to the rut ??
We never seen a buck chase a doe when we went.
Anyone else go to Kenora and come home empty handed or with a smaller buck than expected ? []