2010 Minnesota Whitetail

[wamuledeer]

My buddy has family with a 300 acre farm in Minnesota we are able to hunt. This was my second year there but my first whitetail. Not too much of a story, just lots of cold days sitting in a tree stand or ground blind. On the 4th day it was below zero with the wind chill when I was sitting in a ground blind at the corner of a plowed corn field when I saw this buck come trotting along about 200 yards out. I waited until he slowed and turned broadside and shot him about 65 yards with a 12 gauge. Decent older buck with good mass, double eyeguards and 18 1/2" wide. Teeth were wore down and had a slight roman nose so looked to be an older buck. Pretty slow overall this year for by buddy and his family as we received a little bit of everything as far as weather.

[cx2vandine]

Congrats.  What part of Minnesota?

[wamuledeer]

Southeast, near Rochester.

[adam.WI]

Nice looking buck, congrats

[RightPlace-RightTime]

Nice buck,  Love the eyeguards,  good job on your first whitey. 

[Wea300mag]

Nice looking buck, you gotta love that MN weather.

[dscubame]

Looks heavy.  Good work.

[C-Money]

Great looking buck! Sounds like a fun hunt. Love those mid west bruisers!

[colockumelk]

The World Record White-Tail deer as far as weight goes was shot in Minnesota and it weighed 511 lbs.   

[wayner]

sweet buck. Do you know what it weighed?

[wamuledeer]

Thanks for the comments. Not sure what it weighed but not a huge body. I would guess 225-250 lbs.

[Whitetailatheart]

It is my sister and her husband's farm, she did her brother right huh!  Heading back in Nov as I do every year and they are seeing a few 160-180 inch bucks!

[Swatson]

Whitetailatheart, I see you're still going around posing with that deer I shot a few years back!   

[buckhorn77]

Nice Buck!!  You can be very proud of a first whitetail like that!  I'm a Minnesota deer hunter on my way very soon to hunt for mule deer in Washington.  I've hunter mule deer with my bow, but have yet to get one.  I'm hoping rifle season in WA is going to be the difference.  Good hunting to you.

[jackmaster]

those deer back there sure got some thick coats, i bet it gets colder than a well diggers butt back there

[Woodchuck]

those deer back there sure got some thick coats, i bet it gets colder than a well diggers butt back there

I grew up in northern MN and yes, yes it does. We would leave deer shot on opening day hang for the whole season with no issues, in fact usually frozen stiffer than a board. 

[buckhorn77]

Yes, I've sat many days on the deer stand in below zero weather, usually late in the rifle season or during muzzle loader season and December bow season. But it deer hunting so it's worth it.

[jackmaster]

i wouldnt mind seein some pictures of you fellas in your huntn clothes all of you probably look like the stay puff marshmellow man  , ever had a problem with your skin freezn to the barrel 

[buckhorn77]

Woodchuck, Where in northern MN are you from?  I live in Carlton and hunt mostly in southern St Louis County.

Jackmaster, Just wear heavy gloves or use a hand muff with a hand warmer in it.  I have had my bloody hand stick to my rifle barrel after gutting out my buck though. 

Gotta go guys, Time to to hit the bow stand.  It's beautiful here today, sunny and in the mid 50s (above zero)! 

[Woodchuck]

 
I grew up in Warroad, Roseau County, Moranville township 

[buckhorn77]

Woodchuck - that's way up there alright!!  Good walleye fishing too!

[Woodchuck]

Yes indeed, I miss it sometimes but then the thought of checking calves in the middle of the night and the thermometer in the barn reading -50 usually shakes it off.

[Huntboy]

Nice buck.

[wamuledeer]

Here are a couple pictures of the mount. It is still in Minnesota but hopefully will be shipped out here soon.