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| The first signs of rut activity |
We were up at camp last week helping the Spillars and saw Red Lake's first frost Oct. 10.
My trail cameras here are starting to pick up whitetail bucks on the move. Pretty much all summer there have been nothing but does and fawns.
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I've been paying close attention to the weather this fall and it seems very, very unusual. I was in RL Sept 18-22. Although the temps were within seasonal average, Superior/Duluth was 90 degrees! I felt sick. The good news is that the water temps were 52 surface, meaning they may have dropped to 48 or so for the LT to spawn. Any info about spawning results?
Hello Dan Will you Moose hunt this year? or maybe do a little deer hunting in Nolalu?
We were in camp for the end of the spawning project. They fell short of their target for eggs to send to the hatchery, no doubt because of the warm weather and water. The good news was most of the eggs they did send survived the trip. The researchers were going to try netting a bit back toward town to see if any trout were spawning in that direction. They have tried this is the past but always came up empty.
No moose hunting for us this year. We just didn't have the time. Once we build our cabin in Gooseberry Bay next summer we may give it a go again. The regulations have changed dramatically now. Incredibly the MNRF wants hunters to shoot adult moose, even cows, and leave the calves go. We always did the opposite knowing that a calf has no chance of survival without a cow. This regulation is about as lamebrained as they come. They also don't allow calf hunting in the first two weeks of the season. We always hunted the first week, then closed camp the second and third week. Now that we are retired we might think of hunting later. First we need to build that cabin.
I probably won't bag a deer in Nolalu this year either although I do have an antlerless tag. I would really like to spend some time in the deer stand even if I don't shoot anything. There's nothing as relaxing and educational as watching the wildlife from a tree where they have no idea you are around.
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