Minnesota does have a large deer population.
Tom

Population has been great over the last decade. Last winter was real hard on them. Lot of dead deer found this spring. Wolves have moved south as well.

South central mn, lots of deer. Probably not your "lots" levels though. Private land access is very difficult or expensive. Public land is limited.

The large deer population is definitely not in the area of my cabin about 30 miles north of Duluth. I don’t know of any deer shot within 5 miles of my cabin since about 2016. On my game cameras I get about 1 deer picture for every 10 pictures of a wolf or pack of wolves.
This was 2 of 3 that I see regularly
Gary j

There is no shortage of deer here.

You’re always in the hot spot!

Hunted a few days here and haven’t seen one yet. Just hasn’t come together yet, hopefully tomorrow! Happy trapping! ScottW

Gary - that is so sad and wrong.
I feel bad for you.
I have been watching this to learn what you guys do out there in wild Minnesota.
If the wolf infestation happened here, I could not contain myself.

One of my best friends gave up hunting in Montana because he saw far more wolves than game.

Very sorry my friend.

That's a deer season to remember- love it!

You just need to be the dominant predator.

Rob, that was a nice boy you caught but, I have no luck. I applied for a wolf tag the three years there was a season and got nothing.
Gary J

I actually was drawn 2 of the 3 years but one of the seasons I was out of state for work the first few days and the quota was reached the day I got back.

I was drawn 2 of the 3 also. When I finally got on the wolves my second season I got one day and the qouta was filled. If we ever do that again they need to have some kind of visual confirmation because a lot of the wolves brought in were coyotes. When I registered mine I was told over 50 percent brought in were not wolves, but they had been counted towards the qouta.

We have a good bunch of deer also but when the wolves move through we don't see deer for a week.

I had never heard that before. How big was the coyote you registered?

The deer herd in my area really took the hit when the wolves prospered 20 years ago or so. Visiting the guys in some large long-standing deer camps in the area the pictures on their walls show the same.
For many years we have had very limited if any allowable doe harvest and that doesn’t seem to help.
Unchecked wolves are bad, toss in tough winters now and again and it’s a deadly long term combo.

Osky

You a funny guy

Darn things keep plugging up my coyote sets.

Those don’t look like possums! Can’t be coyote sets, lol!
Great catches!!

Here’s one swimming from Iowa to Minnesota- not a good week for that.lol

We put 2 more in the garage today. An old 8 pointer with a small rack and a dry doe.