Opener

[lentz]

Whose all going out?

I am!!!!!!!

[Cody Gruchow]

I am to. Stickin a doe today if the chance presents its self

[deadeye]

I'm going to give it a test run today.  I plan to hunt this evening and tomorrow morning.  Mostly just making sure I have everything and still know how. 

[dakids]

Planning on going tonight with my daughter. She says she has an itchy triger finger that needs to get scratched.

[whiteoakbuck]

just got back in from the a.m. hunt no deer yet saw a few fox heading back out for the evening hunt hopefully have a deer on the ground by sundown good luck everyone and be safe

[HUNTER2]

Saw 9 this mourning. No antlers. My nephew saw about the same with a couple small 6's. I said too hot this afternoon.

[HUNTER2]

Saw a few turkeys this mourning also. Was so calm the deer could hear you fart 30 yards away.

[Cody Gruchow]

  5 different bucks this morning. No shooters. Went out this evening. Seen 8 deer 6 of those were small bucks...each a different one. I left at 7. After I shot a doe. Another doe came through and I left to start the cleaning process asap

[Cody Gruchow]

Here she is

[dakids]

Details?  Good job and good start.

[Cody Gruchow]

Well she was the 7th deer of the night and the 1st doe. Came from behind me slightly quartering to me. Stopped behind the brush and I drew, she stepped out at 6 yards and the rage 2 blade did the rest. She did 2 leaps and stopped 20 yards away wobbled back and forth and tipped over. Took out both lungs and the top of the heart.

[dakids]

Cody did you take a pic for the contest?

[Cody Gruchow]

Ya with a mno sign

[deadeye]

Yesterday evening my son watched 4 does and a fawn taking turns swimming in a beaver pond.  They hung around for half an hour sometimes directly below him.  I my son was more interested in watching than shooting.  This morning he had a 6 pt at 15 yards then he saw the big one about 5-10 yards behind him.  The big 8 or 10 was quartering strongly towards him at 20 yards.  The little guy circled him and hopped away and the big one turned and followed again no deceint shot. 

[kid #1]

Was your son all the way to the north end of your land?

[kid #1]

We didn't see anything.  Bad wind for the best stands so we stayed on the edges and didn't educate the deer. 

[lentz]

Nice sticker Cody

I saw 15 deer yesterday 5 in the am and 10 in the pm
2 bucks a 4 and what appeared to be a 8 or a 10 closest he got was 45 he was borderline shooter from what I saw

Could have shot 8 of them but didant have that itchy of a finger but my buddy shot one this morning

Longest one stayed for just under a hour man there hittin acorns hard if u got em on your property hunt them tommorrow Iv heard enough cracking acorns for the year

[Cody Gruchow]

yes they are hitting the acorns hard right now

[lentz]

Listening to bucks fighting ATM
So cool can't see it but I can hear exactly where it's happening

[lentz]

Bring a wheeze call been listening to that all weekend

[Stnmtz]

Well first morning seen 2 nice bucks and 4 does but they were all 300 yards away and kept getting spooked    .  That night seen a doe she still didn't want to get any closer than 300 yards    well bout hour before sunset Mr. Coyote come strolling 10 yards in front of my stand..... He wont be messing with the deer anymore    and even better yet got the whole thing on video 

[deadeye]

Stnmtz,
Way to go on the coyote.  I'm guessing a doe with fawn will be vary wary if a coyote is in the area.

lentz,
Are you sure they weren't just snorting at you or your scent?  I don't think bucks are fighting yet.  My son had two bucks come in together.  No sign of rut or agatation between them.
Yes, acorns, acorns everywhere.  My guess is you just about have to get in their bedroom because they only have to go a few yards to fill up on acorns.

dakids,
Saturday my son was up north by the beaver pond.  He was really amused by the deer taking turns jumping in the pond.  I guess if you have a water hole, that would be a good place to look for them.   He saw the bucks up to the north east where I had the camera last year.

Cody,
Congrats on the doe.  You are the MNO'er to score. Way to go. 

Hunter2,
Now we all know what NOT to do in a deer blind.

[Cody Gruchow]

most of the bucks i seen were together. they sparred a bit but that was about it. one set of twins before i shot the doe, were a little aggressive towards each other, ears pinned back and stiff legged walks trying to intimadate each other, they got a little physical when they started to spar. it was cool, it was only about 20 yards from me and i got to watch the whole thing. i even got a picture on my phone just before they started to spar.

[lentz]

I dot think they snorted at me bacause I could see different deer and they didant spook

And 10 min after that the started to fight and they did that for almost 15 min

[MNRealtree]

Had 5 eating under my stand Saturday night. One spike and the rest were does, all got a free pass. Hunted the Metro last night and passed an eight pointer that needed another year. Couple pics from Saturday night.