Minnesota Deer Camp - 2023!

The Patchin Family is headed to northern Minnesota for the time-honored tradition of deer camp. Their camp is situated in the Superior National Forest near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Will anyone get a deer? Will anyone SEE a deer? Tune in to find out!

[@duaneblaisdell6345]

Ha !!! Nice buck!!! That appears to be Mike complaining about cards. Lol

[@patchinfamily]

Always! 😂

[@duaneblaisdell6345]

Spent a lot of time on the golf course with him

[@spgopher1]

Terrific video. Haven’t hunted the ORR/BWCA area once and it was a life experience. Can relate to your work. Good buck-not easy up there these years. Mild winter may help herd recover.

[@patchinfamily]

Thanks! Yes, so far it’s been a good winter. We’ll see what January and February have in store.

[@bobbygreen2291]

Congratulations on the nice buck

[@patchinfamily]

Hey thanks! It was a welcomed surprise.

[@steveshears1293]

Nice Buck! it's all about timing.

[@patchinfamily]

Thanks - you got that right!

[@whitetailwarriorsdeercamp88]

Nice video. I hunt same type of terrain up at my camp in Michigan’s U.P. Love the camp👍 congrats on a nice big woods buck! New subscriber!

[@patchinfamily]

Thanks! We’ve always loved the UP. Spent 5 years at Michigan State and traveled through and visited that country regularly. Looks very familiar. Just subscribed to your channel as well.

[@whitetailwarriorsdeercamp88]

@@patchinfamily thanks a lot really appreciate that!!

[@gregeliason9625]

Survey tape? Reflective thumbtacks?

[@patchinfamily]

We use both!

[@SameerHinduja]

Give me the beat boys, and free my soullllllll

[@patchinfamily]

You know it!

[@johndemeen5575]

All the deer moved to St.Paul, better living conditions. No wolf’s. St.Paul,Minnesota.

[@patchinfamily]

They’re in our yard at home too! I drive 5 hours one way to see fewer deer!

[@peterchalk1192]

Is baiting legal in Minnesota like some other states?

[@patchinfamily]

No baiting in Minnesota. Thanks for watching!

[@thefrozenphotog6780]

grouse season you'll never see them!😂

[@patchinfamily]

Never fails!

[@EugeneYus]

Wow a real hunter, on public land getting a buck! Tik tok and Facebook make it seem deer don’t exist 😂

[@patchinfamily]

I was wondering myself if they really existed! 😂

[@EugeneYus]

@@patchinfamily it’s been kind of mind boggling to me to see the north put the blame on wolves on dwindling numbers when disease and years of past harsh winters are more prevalent than wolves. Yes there are more wolves but they aren’t the main reason. Black bear populations have exploded in Wisconsin and they are moving to MN. People never bring up that their favorite food are fawns. People never bring up Canadian deer hunters and the fact that there are more wolves there than here. Wildlife gonna wildlife and there’s nothing we can do about it.

[@patchinfamily]

@@EugeneYus Yeah it is definitely a combination of factors. We've always had wolves and bears in our woods. They have been prominent on our trail cameras ever since we starting hunting there. The winters have been the worst culprit in my opinion, though the DNR tried to manage our area for moose several years ago and deer and moose don't generally get along so the DNR worked to reduce the deer herd and gave out too many doe permits. That worked to reduce the deer herd, but the moose never really moved in. So I think we are still recovering from all of the above. This winter has been pretty mild (so far), so hopefully we will get some good reproduction in the spring.