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Well guys... lets hear about your openers

I got a little rain in the early am, then the cold front roared through like a freight train... wind was crazy.. only stayed till 1030...

Hit a different farm in the eve, couldnt ask for better weather on the opener, usually its much warmer... had plenty of activity saw 4 bucks and a bunch of does.. passed up the deer in the pic.. he's still in full velvet.. but only a 1.5 yr old... hes one that needs to live! probably bout 100-110" was hopin for one of the big ones to show...but they didnt... I'll be out friday and sat...

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Good news guys, went out scouting tonight and saw the deer I'm after this season. He is a monster 10 with about 8-10inch G2's. I saw him in the fields walking right towards one of my stands. Hopefully he'll stick around 2 more weeks!!

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Weather was great but the deer were not where I was. I did see a doe and fawn but I couldn't get a good shot so I let them walk. I really thought I would be seeing more. I also went out Saturday night on a stand that has produced deer for me the last 2 years on opening evening. I was really hoping. Well with about 20 minutes left I see a nice doe with her head down. I just need her to walk behind the tree so I can draw and then into my shooting lane. All of a sudden HE looks up and has 1.5 to 2 inch spikes on his head. Well I am not shooting that so I let him go. NOTHING else came by. I just couldn't believe it.

Sunday morning was slow as I only saw one button buck. Going out Friday afternoon until Sunday again. Hope it is not too hot this time. Sounds like it will be warm.

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Here is a picture off my trail camera. I really need to get a doe or 2. With unlimited tags the past few years I didn't expect to see anything like these. Now I just have to find them out in the daylight. All pictures so far are at night.

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Stil waiting on opener here. I did get permission on 2 new locations that are gonna be very very good this year. I also stopped by James Valley Scents this afternoon on my way home with my semi and got myself $50 of scent to play with. As soon as it quits raining I will be going out and hanging new stands in the new spots. :D

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good pictures guys. hope everyone is practicing a lot. keep hunting and shoot straight! good luck

Tim- i pm'd you back feel free to call tomorrow if you haven't got your string taken care of. sorry i havent been around lately

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HuntingED, where can I get your signature picture , Or wahtever it's really called, for my computer background? I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!

Frank

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I am so excited to get out tomorrow. It is going to be in the mid 80's but I just don't care. I have to get a doe first so I will be out looking for a baldy.

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good luck wihunter whack one!

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Thanks shootem. I will be leaving in less then 6 hours and should be in the tree by 4:00pm today. Hunting closes at 7:25 or so. I will find out exactly when I get there.

Good luck to the rest of you that will be getting out this weekend.

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good luck this weekend guys, this is my off-friday so im hunting this eve and tomorrow... could make it outta bed this morn, plus the winds were bad for my spots...

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Good Luck guys. I don't plan on getting into a tree until 3rd week in October. Hopefully good things come to those who wait!

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Season starts here real shortly. I'll be sittin in the AM :D

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a week from tomorrow is my opener. i will hopefully be hunting the evening (school in the morning) and then the following morning. two weeks ago my cousin found a nice shed. the buck would easily score 140" if the other side is the same, plus what he has grown this year. im pumped.

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Didn't get to sit this weekend. We end up starting combining soybeans, the wind was blowing 25-52mph this weekend, and my grandma had emergency surgery. Hopefully, I'll be able to get out during the week.

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Well I got my buck tag now. On Saturday night she came by me. The hole is the enterance and it went just under the spine cutting the main artery and then deflating the left lung. She didn't go very far. Good to get that taken care of so I can start to look for one (or all 3) of the bigger bucks I have seen on my camera. Anyway here she is.

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congrats on the nice doe wihunter!

I sat friday eve and passed on a few 100" bucks and one 115"....

Im gonna change up this weekend and hunt an oak flat... the nuts are fallin real good now... Was way to hot to hunt sat... 88 and 80% humidity... plus I had to help my brother-in-law cut firewood...

Should be hunting all day sat.. and might sneak out one eve for a quick sit...

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Way to go wihunter!

I finally got to sit this evening for the first time. The wind wasn't perfect, but I had to get out. I hadn't been in my stand for a minute when I had a coon walk by, and deer started appearing. I end up seeing 12 does/fawns, and 1 buck.

I told myself if a doe presented itself, I would take it. I had a doe coming in at a good clip, when I turned for some odd reason to a licking branch/scrape behind me, and I had a doe there. I end up taking the doe behind me at 8 yards with the new G5 Striker. The doe managed to go about 50 yards before piling up. I got both lungs and the top half of the heart.

Meanwhile, the doe that was coming in steady was still on her way, she caught the trail of the doe I had just shot and started to circle downwind of me. I happened to have 2 doe tags, so I took her at 32 yards as well.

My batteries on my camera died, so I didn't get a pic of both of 'em.

And to make things more interesting, I had a 125" 4x4 come by at 26 yards as well, you have no idea how tempting it was to fill all 3 of my archery tags in 4 minutes......

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Rammer that is too cool. Two deer that quickly and then to pass up a nice buck. Would have been sweet to get but I can see that it would be hard to know your bow season is over that early when you had 3 tags. Nice shot and good luck filling the buck tag.

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hey guys congrats on your does I shot a doe on sat. night in a new spot I found this year. It was my second time on the stand the first time I had a buck walk past right where I have no shooting lanes, so I moved the stand the next night and had this doe come out I let her feed for awhile hoping the buck would come by.Shot her at 8yrds she went about 20yrds.I'm headed to Pa. this weekend for a week of hunting.Good luck everyone!

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opener tomorrow!! finally the day has come. i will be out from about 2 until dark. good luck tim if you get to go out too!

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I'll be out morning for sure, the winds supposed to be perfect. Good luck out there. Post back with news tomorrow evening, sightings, anything!!!

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Hope you guys are having good luck out there. I get back out on Oct 12 and then it is every weekend plus some time off until thanksgiving.:D

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well i shot a doe last night at 4:45pm. didnt even get to stay until dark so maybe ill see some bucks thursday morning if i end up getting to go back out. if not thursday i will get to hunt both morning and evening this saturday. work is demanding this time of year plus we are short handed for the next two weeks so i wont be getting to hunt that much. then the added school work. good luck everyone!

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Congrats!!! Where's the pics at?

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dont take pics of does usually. will have to get one of the next one i kill. will be going out again tomorrow morning.

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Congrats on the doe. You should always take pictures of any deer. We post them in the cabin of every deer and turkey shot. Get another one and do post that one. It is just fun to see everyone with their deer no matter buck or doe. What is it that you do that you are busy this time of year? It would suck to have that problem. Good luck this weekend and Thursday if you get out.

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Hey guys, good luck out there this weekend.. Im gonna be out all day fri & sat... its supposed to be warm, but I'll give it my best.

They are tearin up the oaks right now...

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I have a buddy that is getting married this weekend, so no hunting for me:(

G'luck to everyone this weekend!

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i have school three days a week, and exams and papers due this friday, and next wednesday. plus working 40 hours a week. then time to prep for school work along with regular homework. ill be making it out tomorrow probably so ill get a picture if i score again. good luck everyone

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I went out tonight because supposed to be the last cool day here in central IL for about 5 more days. Saw 3 does and 2 fawns but no bucks and neither of the three deer presented a shot for me. I can't wait for about mid October when weather's actually normal around here. Best of luck to everyone else!

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i agree Tim this weather sucks! good thing i dont plan on being able to hunt until next thursday anyways...

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We are getting the same crappy weather here too. Works out well that I won't be going this weekend. Maybe by next weekend we will get some regular temps.

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Anybody getting out this weekend? I won't get out again probably until Tues at the earliest.

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Pretty quiet group. I hope everyone is out hunting. Well looks like the next 6 weekends I will be out and my son is trying to get home from Oct. 31 to Nov. 7. If he does I will be out most of those days with him so I should be able to get something for the team.

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I've been patiently waiting for the wind to get out of the right direction to hunt my stand where I've been watching 5 different bucks, 2 of which are over the 140 mark. Hopefully, they got the extended forecast right, and I'll be able to hunt it Thursday.

Combining corn is kinda getting in the way of archery hunting right now as well :(

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hey guys, it was terribly warm here this weekend, like most of the country im sure, I went out twice and didnt see anything... should be gettin nice and cool for the weekend, so I'll be out then... Season is going slow for me so far... the acorns have changed their patterns.

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Some friend he is... Getting married during deer season.;)

I haven't been out due to wheather.....Way too hot for it in my area. Deer won't move all all until well after dark. This weekend I'll start my season.

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Yeah, I ddo believe I may have mentioned to him that it was hunting season more than a few times ;)Wedding went good, hunting woulda been terrible anyway, NOT :D

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Weather here has broke.Highs in the 60's lows in the 30's. This weekend will be great. I hope all you eastern guys get this weather in the next day or two.