RE: Rifle season opens this weekend (MO)! Any tips? PLEASE?!
The 30-06 is a flat shootersighted in at50 yards you should be ok to shoot anywhere from 20 to 100 yards. I have been out the last two weekends and the bucks are chasing the does heavily. The buck I arrowed this weedend had stained tarsal gland and a swollen neck, so the time could not be better in my opinion.
Last year was tough and this year will be no different. There is going to be a full moon on the 15th, and warm temps for the opener on Saturday. There is also a bumper crop of acorns this year, so the deer dont have to move much for food.
All this being said I will be on the ridges between bedding areas, and plan on hunting all day, with the full moon the deer will be moving midday.