WiHunter, I will be hunting by Green Lake, WI. I need to get a doe out of the way! I shot today with broadheads. Everything seems to be working good. I am packing for Montanta tonight, as I leave on the 21st. First Bow Elk trip, I have to admit I am getting pumped.

Seems like we have a good team. That is one nice foodplot that Rick James put in.

Good luck Todd.

Todd I don't know much about the hunting up there. I have always hunted either the southwest part of the state or north central. I have not been north for a long time. Get those does taken care of early. DNR wants to do earn a buck for a lot of zones next year IF they do not get a 2 to 1 doe to buck kill. I am in the CWD crap so I can shoot as many bucks and does as I want. Rule in camp is each guy (there are 3 of us total bow hunting) can shoot up to 3 does. We can shoot any buck that comes by for our first IF we want to but a second buck HAS to be a big mature one or we let them walk. The other two guys are my son (18) and he is leaving for the Navy on the 26th and my girl friends son (15) who got his first with a bow last year with me. Well good luck to you on that elk hunt. Be sure to get back here and stick a big old bruiser for the team.

Welcome Anthony T. Glad to have you aboard. We are NOT a very talkative team but maybe you can add to what we have. Looks to me like most of us are only on at work.

Well 5 days from right now I will be watching the sunrise over the hill. Can't wait to get back out.

Hey Todd, the hunting by Green Lake can be pretty good. I went to Ripon College for my undergrad, which is like 5 minutes from Green Lake. The area is mixed farmland and small timbered areas. Lots of rolling hills though in most of it. Shouldn't be a problem getting a doe as there are alot of deer in that area.

I was outside all weekend doing some final pre-season work on stand sites, and now all is set for the opener and I'll be staying out of the areas until the 1st. Things look good with lots of trakcs around the field edges and I put the camera out so hopefully i'll have some good pics to post.

I will PM Anthony as well to make sure he knows he's on our team.

Mike

Mike thanks for PM'ing Anthony. That is cool that you have hunted WI too. I guess I was just thinking you hunted MI and IL. Have you ever hunted in Richland, Iowa or Sauk counties? Those are the ones where I have done about 90% of all my hunting. I used to got to Taylor county some but not for many years. Now I have 80 acres in Richland I do pretty much all my hunting right there. I kind of like knowing one area real well instead of lots of areas half assed.

Speaking of that, what else does everyone on here hunt. I USED to do a lot of hunting for everything. Now I pretty much do just archery deer and turkey. Sometimes I will do a little pheasant or grouse but not too much.

I have hunted just in Green Lake county for deer. Lots of grouse/woodcock hunting in florence and forest counties though. When I lived in MI, we hunted grouse everyweekend pretty much when we weren't bowhunting. I'm getting excited already for turkey season next year down here. My wife REALLy wants to get a turk and I've been practicing with my mouth calls so I may even be able to get one to come in. But its deer on the brain now!

Yippie! Checking in guys. My season opens oct 7th. Glad to be here guys.

I have a few good stands up this year and I have a good feeling about them. I've been seeing a few good bucks and one really nice one. I'm going to focus on him for awhile and if I have to, I'll take one of the other ones if I can. Hopefully I'll have my new Bowtech paid for by then. I hunt private land in Va. and some Natl. forsest also.

Another Bowtech guy, that's what we like to see!!!! Glad to have you aboard Anthony! Hope you can get one of those big guys you've been seeing. Your season sure opens late, I don't think I could wait that long!

Man, I tell ya, it's rough. Wayy to long to wait. It'll give me time to get the new bow ready hopefully. I'd hate to have to use my ancient PSE baby G again!