A buddy and I hunted a private spot near our homes in early December of 2001. We hit the second rut just right one evening. I sat for just over 2 hours and saw 52 deer with 14 different bucks coming by. Sad thing was I never got a shot as all the deer were running all over and never stopped to let me shoot.

I hunted a management hunt this last January. The DNR put on the hunt and issued the municipality a special permit to remove deer after the season closed. I was lucky enough to be drawn for the hunt, it was the first time the area had ever been hunted. It was in a metro area surrounded by homes. We hunted in som pretty cold temps, in the -10 degree range so we were only able to sit for a couple hours at a time. I saw 35 on one sit and 37 on another sit. Both sits about 2 hours. We didn't shoot bucks on that hunt as it was for management purposes, but I saw several P&Y or better bucks within shooting range. I did manage to take out 4 does on that hunt.

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