How was your day hunting for the opener???


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Re: How was your day hunting for the opener???

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passed up three 150 class bucks...all 3.5 years...

gotta let them grow if you want them to join the other 26 booners you got on the wall grin.gif

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oh man---i need to get my hip boots out of the closet for that statement grin.gifgrin.gif

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Re: How was your day hunting for the opener???

It was alright. Didn't see a thing from my stand but did see 3 doe when I got down. I saw them coming across the field so I snuck behind some brush. I had a shooting lane to my right and wouldn't you know they veered off to the left. Oh well, wasn't really looking to shoot one today unless it was a nice buck. The other guy who hunts the farm with us shot a nice 8 point today. I was thinking about goin out tonite but have decided not to. I don't want to burn out this early tongue.gif

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Re: How was your day hunting for the opener???

Had 2 little six pointers "sparring" in front of me for about 15 minutes.

Then a couple of does /fawns showed up ............ and the teen-agers took off after them..........

boys will be boys.......................................

JJL

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Re: How was your day hunting for the opener???

Well it rain here untill about 10:00, stayed dry but no deer. My son and I sit in our ladder stand on our clover plot from 2:30-7:30 and had a doe and fawn come out on the clover about 6:30 but nothing else.

Better luck in the morning.

Good luck to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The morning hunt was a bust. Went out that evening and saw 6 does and a little 5 pointer, all were within range except the biggest doe, which is the one I wanted to take. Had numerous opportunities at the others, which in a way looked like they wanted to be shot because they were so close and kept circling waiting for the combine to finish taking beans out. All in all was a fun hunt. Had the old leg shake and heart racing again, love that feeling.

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Re: How was your day hunting for the opener???

Opening day...you mean opening weekend right? grin.gif Well I'm filling up some of the space in my freezer again. I lost everything I had in it thanks to hurracane Katrina.

Around 7:00 on opening morning I put a doe down. I shot her for 23 yards and she went down within sight of my stand. Looked like she expired in mid air. She was trying to make a big jump over a brush pile but she never made it to the other side. Never seen a crash quite like that before.

On the 2nd morning of the season I added a bigger doe to the freezer. A few minutes after 8:00 a big doe gave me a 7 yard chip shot and she crashed only a couple of yards past where I last saw her. Love those short tracking jobs. grin.gif I was back to buck hunting again that afternoon.

All in all I saw 8 does and 5 fawns from a stand this past weekend. I guess with the temps getting into the mid 80's the bucks were laying low until after dark.

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