How are things looking in MI?
 

I haven't seen much activity from my fellow Michiganders. What are some of the early reports from the Michigan bowhunters out there?

RE: How are things looking in MI?
 

ya good question. i want some nice stories

huntingmichigan

RE: How are things looking in MI?
 

I made it out friday night and passed on a small 4 point and 4 more "antlerless" deer. Duck opener sounded like a literal blast for some guys who hunted jensen and martiny but, sucked for my group on john brown and horsehead lake.

RE: How are things looking in MI?
 

well guys the deer seem to be moving pretty good down in my neck of the woods i had 17 deer come into my stand last nite at 5:30 there where 2 spikes a button buck which was the first out, and then a very nice 4 pointer that i think if he makes it through gun season will be an impressive buck next year, well after watching these deer for a while i decided to fill a doe tag an put some venison in the freezer, it was a perfect double lung and heart shot she didnt go real far when i got her home we put her on the scale she was 130 lbs and also when i was dressing her i noticed the tarsals where already turning dark an you could smell them

good luck to the rest of the michiganders

RE: How are things looking in MI?
 

Well, my opening weekend went something like this...

I went out friday afternoon, put up my treestand and climbing sticks. I hunted friday nite from the stand but had no luck. Saturday morning I came back to my tree and found that there was no stand at the top of my climbing sticks. Someone stole my damn stand. So, i hunted from the ground saturday morning, didn't see anything but squirrels.

Saturday evening, I setup my ground blind, and some guy with 2 mutts was stomping his way through the woods squirrel hunting. His freakin dogs came right up to me barking up a storm.

Sunday morning, i went to a different area and hunted a few yards behind a small field. Around 8am or so, some dove hunters with a lab sat about 60 feet from me shooting like crazy.

By Sunday evening i was about to give up... I decided to just go out dove hunting because i figured that all the dogs/dovehunters/squirrel hunters probably ran the deer off. I did see one dove, got one shot, but missed!

Needless to say, i had a pretty bad weekend! I hate public land!

Btw, this was in Onstead State Game area Lenewee county.

RE: How are things looking in MI?
 

Well I gotta' say that things up here in the Northeastern part of lower Michigan are moving pretty slow!! [&o]

The weather has been too warm except for one day, (this past Tuesday) and they were movin' around a bit. I saw 8 does that morning. It's been really windy up here too, not the best combination for the deer to move a bunch (heat & wind)

I'm sure that when the colder weather does show up it will put a different aspect into motion and the deer will follow suit.:D

RE: How are things looking in MI?
 

Hunted in K-zoo county Oct. 1,2,3 and saw a total of 72 antlerless deer 1 spike and 2 button bucks holding out for Mr. bone head. Back home in the Soo 3 trips out and not one sighting....

RE: How are things looking in MI?
 

Started off slow here on the opener for me seen some does no bucks yet/!! Any signs of rutting in southern Mich yet?

RE: How are things looking in MI?
 

Slow for me here in Norther Oakland county. Have been hunting quite a bit. Saw good bucks all summer and now all I'm seeing are does, spikes and tons of turkeys. Didn't even see a deer yesterday evening. That's very strange. Gonna lay off for a week or so and hopefully the rut will start some activity. Haven't even found a scrape yet.

clattin

RE: How are things looking in MI?
 

The last 5 days have been REAL slow! Tricked down from the last post,.. from those 8 to 4 to 2 to 1!!:(
Yesterday and today nothing,.. cold front is starting to move in with rain & high winds. They say it might turn into SNOW tonight![8D]

RE: How are things looking in MI?
 

Was hunting all last week in Livingston County. My buddy saw deer almost nightly - does, yearlings, and a variety of year and a half olds. I saw nothing the entire week. We weren't too far apart and I set him up to see deer because it was his first trip out bowhunting, so no surprise I didn't see anything. Yesterday was his last day here before heading back to Florida - we went out to his stand to put more bait down for me to hunt it next weekend and found three freshly made scrapes around the stand, one within 5 yards of the bait pile. Rut is on! Should be some good hunting in the next week or so.

I've talked to guys around the area that have been seeing a ton of deer, just no bruisers.