I hunt south of Fayetteville and saw a fresh scrape on Sunday, I've seen lots of does when I'm going to work in the mornings. The wife saw a 6 point run across the road on Monday at 8:30am.
Looks like a great opening day for us.
I need to know the same thing...What are the deer doing down south??????
I've been about to go crazy thinking about Saturday.
I am going to hunt around Bearden this weekend and I'm curious to know what I should expect. I hope to see some bucks moving...but with this Arkansas weather, who knows?
Did any of you guys have any luck on opening weekend? I saw three young bucks and two doe but nothing with any size. I was lucky enough to get a 6 point yesterday afternoon in the rain. Not a very big rack but a huge deer. He was definetly rutting....smelled to high heaven and his tarsal glands were black. A guy who hunts with us got a real nice 8-point but his buck didn't show any sign of being on the hunt for love.
Looks like the rain and warmer temps may be a factor for the rest of this week and through the weekend. Good luck and be careful out there.
My son got a 7 pt sat morning that aged out at 5 1/2. he was a good deer. i had a good one right at me but the thing wouldnt give me a shot cause i didnt get my lanes trimmed good enough.
my club killed 5 on sat. one 8 pt that also was 5 1/2 that was good. the others were younger.
sunday they went flat and i didnt see a thing but i saw alot of sign. maybe the wannabee rush is about over and i can get to hunting. i'm off all next week and heading that way.
Sounds like ya'll had a good weekend! My boss killed a big 10 point over in the eastern part of Union County close to the river. The buck didn't have very long tines but he was sporting a 21 1/2 inch inside spread. We don't see too many like that in this neck of the woods. Hopefully, that deer's brother will mosey on over my way.
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