Deer in wmu 47

So my brother and I just finished up our first deer hunt in the northern woods and didn't see one deer. We we're only able to hunt for 2 1/2 days and not one deer did we see. Lots of sighn around, found a few scrapes and heavily used trails. We sat sun up too sun down for 2 days and hunted from sun up till noon today. We have had great success hunting on our fathers farms in 87D in the past but thought we would try something new this year. What a difference hunting small bush lots and farmers fields vs the big northern woods. I'm not giving up on wmu 47 I will be back next year that's for sure. The area we hunted was around lake Commanda and area off 522. Did anyone else in the area have any luck or see deer?

I own some land in that area and the herd is way down. Northern deer hunting is what separates the deer hunters for the deer shooters - lol. Just saying.

Finally got a chance to get out, hunted Friday and Saturday, saw 7 doe and 2 fawns. Heard a big bucks grunting snorting stunning but couldn't get him out.. Saturday night had doe ans 1 year fawn with her within 20 yards. Decided not to shot. Still have meat in freezer.. first time hunting WMU 47 private land which is great. They're are hitting the apples hard..

Ya I hear you lol tough go up there. I was up there quite a bit this summer and saw lots of does with fawns all around lake Commanda and lake Restoule. Couple times I saw twins

Its been a rough two years in this area. An easy winter is needed by the deer herd.

Youll find a lot if people do pushes in the north which is often needed to get deer moving. Its a drastically different hunt then the south

Two weeks and got 3 deer; our lowest success since the dark days of the early 1970's. Same story for most of our neighbouring camps. The two CO's we talked to said all the camps they visited had between 0-3 deer.

The last 2 winters hit the deer hard. Never heard so much wolf howling before either. I also can't help but wonder if we have contributed to the problem over the last several years by filling all those doe tags that the MNR has been so generous to offer us.

I do think that everyone would have done better had the weather not been so unseasonable warm. Our deer sightings and success instantly jumped as soon as we got freezing temps and snow on the last day.

Lots of deer seen at my grandpa's he is on the east side of mwu 47 .
Before the season they got thousands of pics of deer.

They seemed to of moved out just before the season. They had several does and fawns with also with twins and a few bucks On his 100 acres.

They didnt see a deer in the first 10 days. Then Wednesday evening they saw and took a fawn. Thursday morning they got a doe and Saturday morning they ended their season . Was a tough go for sure. They saw a few moose aswell. By dad saw 3 as they pushed a neighbor's bush.That's
A young guy that bow hunts my grandpa's property had a big cow and calf walk out on him just before the controlled hunt .

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Originally Posted by ninepointer

Two weeks and got 3 deer; our lowest success since the dark days of the early 1970's. Same story for most of our neighbouring camps. The two CO's we talked to said all the camps they visited had between 0-3 deer.

The last 2 winters hit the deer hard. Never heard so much wolf howling before either. I also can't help but wonder if we have contributed to the problem over the last several years by filling all those doe tags that the MNR has been so generous to offer us.

I do think that everyone would have done better had the weather not been so unseasonable warm. Our deer sightings and success instantly jumped as soon as we got freezing temps and snow on the last day.

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I'd agree the warm temps had a lot to do with poor success. We - 4 guys - filled are only doe tag on Wednesday. I passed two does after that and missed a shot on a buck. Hunting with a tired 14 yo old beagle also hampered us, but she did move a few deer. Maybe time for a new dog. We did see deer every day, but usually they were moving pretty good.

2 does for our gang of 8 in 47 first week. Second week at our camp got skunked. Worst year ever! Heard tons of wolves. Spoke to a gang of 30 guys they got 1 doe and 1 bear. WTF???? We seen a few other does. None of the does we shot or saw had fawns.

"None of the does we shot or saw had fawns."

Not good.