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Good luck guys let’s see some photos 

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good luck all!!!  ?

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The bucks are sniffin!  We watched a nice 10 come out and check every doe and fawn he could see by the east gate and campground area tonight.

 

Aanndd.... I buckeled and picked up a management tag tonight.  The juices got flowing after seeing 10 deer in 10 minutes.

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Builders
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@Wanderer saw this sign at a store! I hope ya get a giant buck!!

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Good luck today everyone!

 

Stay safe.

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Builders
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What are you guys seeing today?

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Way to go wanderer!! Congrats man!!

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Builders
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Can’t wait to hear the story!!

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Nice looking buck congrats 

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42 minutes ago, monstermoose78 said:

Can’t wait to hear the story!!

 

Yeah, I plan to explain myself but will have to later when less is going on.  It was an interesting day.

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56 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

 

I saw this one. ☺️

 

 

Ha love that. Saw this one!  Nice one indeed! ?

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  • Official Fishing Report Team - MN
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Congrats Wanderer heck of a Buck!!

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Builders
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Congrats indeed!  Dandy color on that bone!

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Couldnt be happier for Wanderer!  The buck looks even nicer in person.

Glad you got him.

 

My day was very uneventful, 1 deer, a 4 or 6, at 530pm was the only 4 legged mammal I seen all day.   Almost too nice of a day in the woods.

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators
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Very nice buck Wanderer!

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Anyone else see any

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Today was more of the same.  Only 1 deer for me until I pulled the plug around 3pm.

I did have an opportunity at a 2 yr old 8 pt around 8:30 this morning, I failed to execute the game plan today.

My partner saw 5 or 6 deer over the weekend all were baldies.

Overall deer seemed locked down for some reason, from listening to most hunters.

 

Day 1 total was 90 deer and around 40 day 2 when we left at 5:30.

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Builders
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It’s still fun to be there. 

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20 minutes ago, monstermoose78 said:

It’s still fun to be there. 

Absolutely

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@Wanderer ya know that was just right

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Congrates Again Wanderer!

 

How does he rank all time for you?  He is a beautiful deer.  

 

Thanks for putting up with all my texts this weekend.

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1 hour ago, ANYFISH2 said:

How does he rank all time for you?  He is a beautiful deer.  

 

Thanks for putting up with all my texts this weekend.

 

He does.  By about 25 lbs in weight and some inches of antler.  Not sure how many but at least a few.  I was reminded by a co-worker that he’s gotta be over the P&Y minimum.  That hadn’t occurred to me before then.

 

Your texts?  Thanks for putting up with mine too! ?

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Oh he is over the minimum P&Y(125) for sure. 

Gross I bet pushes 140.

Not that score matters, I can only guess the emotion walking up to him.  Glad it 

happened for you.

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Awesome story wanderer! Amazing deer to congrats. Glad you guys were able to find your deer before another party took off with it. I’ll agree I’ve heard many stores of others taking deer. Lucky for you those guys we’re respectful enough to not argue about it. 

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Wow, congrats Wanderer! That's a heck of a story and a dang nice buck! 

 

Unfortunately, we didn't harvest anything in Ripley. We were a party of three and 2/3 of us should have taken does within the first hald hour on Saturday. I had two come within 5 yards, but they were being pursued by a nice 6 (or eight) point buck. Unfortunately, the buck never came within range and it was the only buck I saw on the weekend. Between the three of us, we saw around 60 deer. 

 

One guy was about 100 yards from me and we both wound up missing the same doe. I stuck a really nice tree though!

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Almost forgot, I had a black bear come through leisurely Saturday around 11AM. Closest he got was about 60 yards, but he went right next to someone else's stand. I spoke with a coworker who had one go by him during the weekday hunt. We hunt very different areas of the park

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Wanderer ,,, You got your Ripley buck!!!!,,,, Scratch that off your bucket list,,, Now we need to work on getting you that Lake Superior King Salmon

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