With the season winding down & closing on the 25th of December, the weather looked to be cooperative the week prior, so I went back up to a different area of the National Forest. Again, I concentrated on the snowmobile trails and the Wisconsin Ice Age trail, which is a foot traffic only trail that winds through the NF, & is open to hunting.

Hunt Central........$37.00 a night, tax included grin

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Any"opening" that looked promising, I gave it a go, but results were the same.

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One afternoon, I made it back 1 1/2 miles, and found a marshy open spot. Decided to sit extra long, as there wasn't enough time left to get in another set. I sat & called for 85 minutes, and just when I quit & started packing up, a guy behind started talking. WTF? He had drove his ATV in from the other direction to cut wood, when he heard the Foxpro, he stayed behind me for an hour watching the show. I'm sure that didn't help my chances.....

The setup:

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