Late to the game here, but I managed to get out for the ML opened around Columbus. Saw nothing in the spot I got my 9-point during firearms opener and lots of other deer; open fields, allgone nocturnal. I left my long range gun by my seat and decided to walk through the woods as it was snowing. Of course not 5min away from my long range weapon a have a doe come out, 200 yards, had to let her walk as I just had irons on my stalking gun.

3.5 hours in the woods and saw nothing except 2 deer out in the open field when I looked out from a ridgetop. I got to the far and and turned into the open field to head for the truck. I didn't get 100 yards out and those two deer came up out of a ditch, I dropped in the corn stubble and waited. Eventually something made them nervous, and by dumb luck they ended up trotting across the field for the woods and passed within 100 yards of me. I hit the biggest doe from 81 yards with a 300gr Shockwave, knocked her down in her tracks.

The snow made it hairy, my old truck almost got to spend the winter in the field but it turned out ok!