I think I will use my Stevens 44-1/2 #45 32-40 with Lyman 321297 cast 1:20 and a stiff load of H4895 from my stand in Rusk County just 4 miles south of US 8 and a mile or so east of the county line.  As a kid we hunted north of Loretta close to the Chippewa.  I have a great family story from 1930.  My uncle and others pushed a hand car 7 miles up the old logging railroad from Loretta and camped just off the river where the railroad bridge was recently removed.  This was the first deer season for Wisconsin since 1919 (I think) so most of the deer had only seen a lumberjack.  Uncle George said that after making camp they walked around to check the area and in just about any direction they looked they could see a buck looking at them.
Next morning they were eating breakfast at 9 AM with a full buck pole.  I have a picture of it and there are some nice bucks hanging on it.  I hope we get lucky this year.

Good see all the excitement about the upcoming hunt. Those old pics are great. I've got some showing Hwy 70 as a narrow gravel road crossing what I think is the Oxbo bridge. Things have reversed completely since the 30's. Folks from the southern half of the state had to go north to hunt deer. I remember dad talking about near on 50 cars sitting along the highway watching a single deer graze in a hay field in Sauk county in the 50's. Good luck everyone, I'm off to camp at first light tomorrow.

Good memories, hunted an old family farm of distant relatives in Buffalo county, now long gone.

It's been a slow season at camp this year. Most everyone is seeing a few but no bucks.  This morning a small buck got to close me and the      32-40. Not a deer for the record books but it sure was memorable letting this 130 year old Highwall make meat again. Hopefully your hunts are going well. Neil