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1 hour ago, Mike89 said:

your truck??

Yup.

 

One month after I raised my comp deductible up from $500 to $1,000.

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3 hours ago, Wanderer said:

Yup.

 

One month after I raised my comp deductible up from $500 to $1,000.

Dat all learn ya.  At least got some venny from it!👍

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11 hours ago, Wanderer said:

Or you could go big bore tree fitty and get yerself a deer.

 

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I told my wife when I can't get out in the woods anymore. I'm putin on a great big cop bumper and driving the back roads morning and evening really fast! 🤣

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14 hours ago, Wanderer said:

Or you could go big bore tree fitty and get yerself a deer.

 

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That looks pretty close to home!  

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good thing he tossed the beer can before the coppers showed up!!!!!!! 🤣but he should of at least not tossed it right by the deer!!!!!!! 🙄

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13 hours ago, leech~~ said:

That looks pretty close to home!  

Right by a park that a fella could take the grandkids camping at.

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6 hours ago, smurfy said:

good thing he tossed the beer can before the coppers showed up!!!!!!! 🤣but he should of at least not tossed it right by the deer!!!!!!! 🙄

That was the deer’s.  It got damaged in the accident too.

 

Feel free to use that one yourself if you need to.

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9 hours ago, Wanderer said:

Right by a park that a fella could take the grandkids camping at.

I think I know that one? 

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Walked today and yesterday, flushed 9, shot at two and got two. Hopefully next year I'll have a dog to hunt with. Still warm up here, skim of ice on ponds. Weather has been nice. Hopefully walk a bit more the next few weeks. Been pretty cautious walking for birds to not interfere with deer hunters. There sure are not the deer hunters there used to be 

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 How's the ice coming along? Looked at a few Webcams, its starting on some bigger lakes!

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The lake i live on locked up Wednesday but it's pretty shallow and wind protected. I'd venture to say by next weekend lots of these little lakes will be sitting at 4-6 inches

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8 hours ago, smurfy said:

Thanks bud!! Thinking 2nd weekend I'm headed up 

I'll know more by mid week. Hopefully we don't get too much snow this week 

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Tamarack on Winnie opened to foot and ATV travel.  Stating a real possibility of UTV travel by this weekend.

 

Crazy MN weather.

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hoping all the lakes are locked up with some decent ice.......wed the wind is supposed to really crank up............ if there not..........i could see having a pile of ice on some shorelines!!!!!!!!  

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9 hours ago, smurfy said:

hoping all the lakes are locked up with some decent ice.......wed the wind is supposed to really crank up............ if there not..........i could see having a pile of ice on some shorelines!!!!!!!!  

I’m seeing reports of up to 6-7 inches in the Brainerd area.  Edward as much as 8 by shore and 4 still out quite a way.

 

The big lakes might take that hit but I doubt the smaller ones will be affected,  Man, it turned fast this year.  This weekend there will be a ton of people out.

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3 hours ago, Wanderer said:

I’m seeing reports of up to 6-7 inches in the Brainerd area.  Edward as much as 8 by shore and 4 still out quite a way.

 

The big lakes might take that hit but I doubt the smaller ones will be affected,  Man, it turned fast this year.  This weekend there will be a ton of people out.

thats sounding great. honestly unless we get a pile of snow i am pretty sure the ice will be in great shape by the weekend of the 13-14th.  i spent 10 days at the cabin deer opener...8 days in Wi chasin deer, part of me says i should stay home for a bit, .......but naw that itch is getting worse to hit da ice and throw that fork!!!!!! 😆

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Lots of medium lakes are locked tight, big lakes like trout in colraine, turtle caribou north of Marcell are open. I'd venture small and medium lakes will be good for foot travel and or atv this weekend 

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45 minutes ago, Kettle said:

Lots of medium lakes are locked tight, big lakes like trout in colraine, turtle caribou north of Marcell are open. I'd venture small and medium lakes will be good for foot travel and or atv this weekend 

saweet to hear........and an extra week sure isnt gonna hurt. 

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23 minutes ago, smurfy said:

saweet to hear........and an extra week sure isnt gonna hurt. 

It’ll hurt your arms as you’ll have to saw through that thick, thick 12 inches instead of 6-8. 😉 

 

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1 hour ago, Wanderer said:

It’ll hurt your arms as you’ll have to saw through that thick, thick 12 inches instead of 6-8. 😉 

 

I got all the time in the world to getter done!

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is that 5-6 inches on smaller lakes or ........... bigger water bodies. i'm guessing knowing the lakes i fish or would like to should maybe have more. i will be seeing a former coworker who livws of hwy 6 north of deer river saturday, hoping he's got a good report.

 

he's a neighbor and good friend to CO Fairbanks so should get some good intel. i know Mike well too!

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4 hours ago, Kettle said:

It's definitely winter, we have about 4-6 inches of fluffy snow on the ground which has predominantly blown off the ice. I have several friends out on the ice as of late 5-6 inches of ice. I work the next two days, will get the gear together Saturday and go Sunday. I'd be completely fine if we have an early spring like earlier this year. 

 

Fall was like a month long.  Maybe even less.  I'm quite a bit south of you but I can recall fishing in short sleeves in late October.  Less than a month later, prior to Thanksgiving, winter arrived.

 

September and most of October were way more like summer than fall.  Kind of too bad, I like fall.

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