Deer opener This weekend

[Cody Gruchow]

So where is everyone going?
what rifle you shooting and scope?
what type of bullet and weight?
Does anyone have theres hearts Set on a specific deer?
Hunting in the Timber or on a feild edge?


Im hoping to get up to the family farm up by Park Rapids, if work allows it. if not ill be by victoria in the metro shotgun hunting.

Ill be shooting my charles daly 30-06 bolt action, with a federal barnes triple shock 180 grain bullet. ill be looking through my nikon prostaff scope

We have a few real nice deer running around. im hoping for the big thick 8 pointer i seen in the cut corn a month ago, we named him fat boy. hes a big mature deer, with tons of mass.

Ill be on the point of the swamp(bedding area) facing the corn feild(still hasnt been cut ) hoping he comes out to check on the does


What about everyone else?

[dakids]

.243 savage bolt action
85 grain Barnes copper my brother loaded
public timber
West of Grand Rapids
no specific deer

[proangler16]

Savage Axis Camo-XP in 7mm-08 W/Rem Core-Lokts 140gr.
TC Venture in .280 rem W/Nikon Prostaff 3x9x40 W/Hornady Superformance 139 gr. SST's

Hunting around Grand Marais, MN both Private and Public for first 5-days, then off to Merrifield, MN through that following Sunday...
Big Woods and clear cuts. 
Hoping for a big buck!!!

[BowFever91]

Gonna hunt with my bow all through rifle season! Shooting my Diamond Outlaw and using my Nikon spotting scope.  Im hunting the edge of a swamp that butts up to wooded area where ive seen a nice 8 pointer and a couple smaller bucks.

[deadeye]

I'll be using my old Remington 721 in the 270 caliber.  Win Fusion 130 grain bullets.  Leupold VII scope.  I will be in the timber waiting for a big one to make a mistake. 

[nontypicalhunter]

I'll be out, but not with a gun! Taking my oldest boy for the first time, he is 13. He will be shooting a .243 Savage bolt action with Federal 100 gr. Power Shok rounds. Have all of about 200 yards out the backdoor of the house to go, we are west of Rush City.Sure hoping he gets one! Good luck all!


If, and that's a BIG if, I do decide to grab a gun and hunt, it will be the good-ol' single shot .410 with a 3-9x40 scope and Winchester rounds, drop many deer with that gun!

[glenn57]

.243 savage bolt action
85 grain Barnes copper my brother loaded
public timber
West of Grand Rapids
no specific deer

how far west of rapids??????????

[glenn57]

itasca county.not far from squaw lake well about 12 miles east...near sand lake.
remington 30-06
220 grain remington shells
not sure of scope
all timber........i believe its owned by some consevatory???????

[beeker]

rem 700 7mm / leupold VXIII 

winchester 150grain

mc grath.. private timber/swamp

3 kids under 15 with.. i'll only shoot a big un and let the kids shoot the tag fillers

[sandmannd]

Good old Remington 870 with a Hornaday rifled slug.

Hunting in Forest Lake on Carlos Avery access through in-laws land. Pretty private, only way to the spot for several miles is private land.

[Stnmtz]

I'm in the Army National Guard and have drill this weekend.
Rifle M16
.223
Got my heart set on some Bud light  (ooohhh you said deer opps  )

[FireRanger]

308 Woodsmaster with a 160 grain tip with a peep through site.
Just Outside of Bemidji up Hwy 87.
approx. 500 acres of u name it, timber, swamp, lakeshore, field/pasture
But, my spot is behind a little 'House of God'
Myself and the wife's family.

  let's hope this year blesses our party with some venison once again. GL to all

[Onin24Eagle]

Savage model 14 in 270 WSM or Marlin 30-30 lever action.

The Savage is fitted with a Nikon Buckmaster 4-12 x 40 scope
The 30-30 has a peep sight.

Which gun I use depends on where I'm hunting that day.  If I'm down in the swamp and thicket, the 30-30 gets the nod.  If I'm in a spot with longer range shots, the 270WSM, mainly because of the scope.

for the 270 WSM I normally use Winchester CXP2 ammo in 140gr but, like dakids, I do have some handloaded ammo left over from last season tipped with 140gr Barnes copper XPB bullets.  I may give them another try.

I haven't done any reloads for the 30-30 yet.  I have so many boxes of ammo left over from previous years it will probably be a couple of seasons before I need to.  For this gun I use the Remington Core-Lokt in 150gr.

Timber/swamp/field.  I will hunt the opening weekend with my dad, brothers and cousins West of Itasca Park.  Then I will hunt at my in-laws up by Fosston sometime during the week.  That's mostly open fields.  My dad's place is mostly oaks and swamp.

Yes, I have a specific deer picked out, but there are two or three others that I would "settle for" as well....

[wildlifeminnesota]

 Marlin 30-30 lever action. 170 gr, i will on my 40 s of staple right on HWY 210 and county RD 11 it the old tree farm it as swamp Lot of pine tree , I have 8 stand there 5 close in I have not been there for some time now, here some of my stands The first photo is the stand I will be in first 

[glenn57]

ruffin it eh willy????????????? whats the thermostat set at!!!!!!!!!

nice stands though!!!!

[ray634]

Remington model 76 in 30-06 w/Rem. PSP150's
East of Fort Ripley on 320 acres of family woods.
Any of 6 bucks that I have on camera.