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Moose's Report - Cambridge-Elk River-Foley-Milaca-Mora-Ogilvie Fishing Reports


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11 hours ago, smurfy said:

why not...i would given the opportunity!!!!!!! like he said a conversation piece!!!!!!👌

It’s all about the stories.

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If you need ice fishing stuff you better start looking now.

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7 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

If you need ice fishing stuff you better start looking now.

Truth.

 

Good luck finding anything else too.  Last weekend Scheels was completely switched over to ice fishing.

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Iffin the fish don't wanna bite on the fishing tackle I already have, well they don't wanna bite that bad.🥴🤣

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3 hours ago, Wanderer said:

Last weekend Scheels was completely switched over to ice fishing.

 

I noticed that too and it did not please me.  I went in there looking for bass plastics, line, and some other items and virtually the entire open water fishing section was gone other than rapala crank baits.  They lost my business that day.

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Good luck deer 🦌 hunters this weekend 

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19 hours ago, Wanderer said:

Still think you have a chance for the one on camera?

Yeah he has been showing up every 4-5 days

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2 hours ago, Wanderer said:

Great bunch or grouse!

 

Good luck on that buck - he sure is nice!

The grouse are snacks for the Vikings game tomorrow. Not one deer seen this morning but boy did I see some ducks flying over head

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11 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

Yesterday my cousin and I went out grouse hunting for two hours for his birthday and well we did well! 

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Lol either you or your cuz posted this on another forum. I told him not to waste good food on the Vikings game, it could make you sick! 😆

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1 hour ago, leech~~ said:

Lol either you or your cuz posted this on another forum. I told him not to waste good food on the Vikings game, it could make you sick! 😆

That was me leech

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On 11/6/2021 at 9:18 PM, monstermoose78 said:

That was me leech

So did you watch the game? It made my sick! 😆

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12 hours ago, leech~~ said:

So did you watch the game? It made my sick! 😆

Yeah but the grouse was great

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Well a few grouse taken yesterday morning. My old man is out to find his limit of grouse today. I am still trying to get a buck. 

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My dad finally seen a deer and it was a 6 pointer and it went through to fast or he was on his cell phone 📱 playing a game. 

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On 11/9/2021 at 10:32 AM, monstermoose78 said:

Well a few grouse taken yesterday morning. My old man is out to find his limit of grouse today. I am still trying to get a buck. 

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Would you two concentrate on Deer and leave a few Grouse for next year! 😁

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3 hours ago, leech~~ said:

Would you two concentrate on Deer and leave a few Grouse for next year! 😁

I take what I can get man!  I got some fish locked down if you want go ice fishing 🎣 let me know.

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dang moose........thats more grouse then i've SEEN in the last 4 years. 🙄 i went out the thursday/friday before deer opener and they were spooky. 

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1 hour ago, smurfy said:

dang moose........thats more grouse then i've SEEN in the last 4 years. 🙄 i went out the thursday/friday before deer opener and they were spooky. 

I carry some 3 inch 6s for grouse and I put the bead on the top of their head and boom. 30-40 yards is so able compared to using low powered trap loads. 

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I harvested this 9 pointer on private land south of Milaca on Wed, Nov 10 at 10:30am.  I had seen it earlier behind me chasing a doe and 2 fawns in the brush but couldn't take a shot.  At 10:30am, he trotted out to my right and presented an easy 40 yard broad side shot.  I also filled a bonus tag on Tuesday evening with a small corn fed doe.  I kept the doe for the freezer and gave the leathery old buck to someone else.

 

It was the best season I've had in years in terms of deer activity.  I hunted 7 days of the 9 day season, and Tues and Wed were especially good before that weather front came in on Wed evening.  I even was able to watch a large 8 pointer at 400 yards in the grass with almost completely white antlers chase off four smaller bucks for almost an hour every time one of them got near his doe.  It was fascinating behavior that I rarely get to observe.  Every time one of those smaller bucks would get too close, that big one would drop his head and charge.  I saw that buck a couple more times during the season but never close enough to take a reasonable shot.  If he makes it until next season, he'll be a big buck.  I nicknamed him "whitey."

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4 hours ago, gimruis said:

I harvested this 9 pointer on private land south of Milaca on Wed, Nov 10 at 10:30am.  I had seen it earlier behind me chasing a doe and 2 fawns in the brush but couldn't take a shot.  At 10:30am, he trotted out to my right and presented an easy 40 yard broad side shot.  I also filled a bonus tag on Tuesday evening with a small corn fed doe.  I kept the doe for the freezer and gave the leathery old buck to someone else.

 

It was the best season I've had in years in terms of deer activity.  I hunted 7 days of the 9 day season, and Tues and Wed were especially good before that weather front came in on Wed evening.  I even was able to watch a large 8 pointer at 400 yards in the grass with almost completely white antlers chase off four smaller bucks for almost an hour every time one of them got near his doe.  It was fascinating behavior that I rarely get to observe.  Every time one of those smaller bucks would get too close, that big one would drop his head and charge.  I saw that buck a couple more times during the season but never close enough to take a reasonable shot.  If he makes it until next season, he'll be a big buck.  I nicknamed him "whitey."

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"and gave the leathery old buck to someone else"  Minus the rack-right! 👍

 

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2 hours ago, leech~~ said:

Minus the rack-right!

Haha ya I cut the antlers off before he picked it up.  He isn't picky about what deer I give him and his whole family loves eating it, so its a win-win.

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Saw some ponds were ice covered the other day they opened up today from what I saw. Getting excited for ice season.

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21 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

Saw some ponds were ice covered the other day they opened up today from what I saw. Getting excited for ice season.

Can not wait for it. Any new interesting gear additions for anyone this year? I will be hitting up a couple ice expos in the next couple weeks those are always a blast.

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15 hours ago, Austin12345 said:

Can not wait for it. Any new interesting gear additions for anyone this year? I will be hitting up a couple ice expos in the next couple weeks those are always a blast.

nope no new gear here..........iffin the fish dont wanna bite on what i currently have.........well they can just.......just go away!!!!!!!!!🤭

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