TJD,

I hunt about 10 miles to the southwest of Mondovi. Just off of Cty Hwy J. This is our
4th season there, and its been great.

Trust me, I've been kicking myself all fall for not taking care of my EAB last year. I really don't like to shoot does/fawns under any circumstances. So, i was trying to tell myself that our DNR wouldn't have us in EAB this year, so I stayed off the trigger. Then this year so far, I haven't had as much time to hunt as I'd like, so haven't had many opportunities to take a antlerless other than a few fawns. So, I guess I'll have to try to get it done during the gun season.

This whole EAB thing just stinks. We pay a lot of money each monthto make the payment on the land, we pay 2,400.00 for taxes, and spend a ton in
gas money to make the 3 1/2 hour drive to get there and back, and then after all that, we can't shoot
abuckbecause the trusty DNR says we can't untill we kill Bambi first? To me, that just stinks.

I'm still one of those guys who really believes that the DNR's population "goals" are way too low and
really wish they'd wake up and take the politics out of managing our natural resources.

DNR: Destroys Natural Resources


Anyway, I have a buddy that hunts in Buffalo and says that the rutting in the last week up there has been horrible. No chasing, no grunting, seeing deeract like its still early october. Wierd.