Hope to geta doe ASAP.

My plans for opening day are depending on the wheather , if it rains I'll be in my Double Bull ground blind.
If it's sunny and warm I'll be in one of two of my stand locations , either way nothing is going to stop me from being in the woods.
My goal is to take a good size mature doe within the first week to get some much needed venison and then concentrate on getting a nice big buck.

I already know where i want to be for a slick head right out of the gate [8D]
As for a buck, mabey, but not 100% commited just yet. Got some more area to hunt this year and im still piecing that one together.

I'm working nights when bow season comes around in VA this Otober. I'm working 12 hour shifts from 7PM - 7AM. So I won't get off until 7AM on opening day. I might go hunt until 11 or so and then go to bed to do it all over again. I just want to be in the woods on opening day....I never miss opening day.

I'm still working on which tree I'll be in that day.

Opening day here is in 2 1/2 weeks , set my stand on public land saturday . Illl be huntig on the edge of a swamp next to some dryer beding area , a week after that and Im in Montana hunting elk for a week , this time of year is not too bad .

Opening day i will be sitting at work. Our bow season opens on a Monday and I am saving my vacation time for late October early November for the rut. I will be out in one of two stands located on opposite ends of a corn field Sat. morning for sure.

Shoot anything that walks in range. I will be in the stand that has the right wind direction also

I, along with a buddy will sit our private property on the morning of opener and then likely sit a nice spot on public land smack in the middle of crops and two water sources.

I'm hoping to pull a rabbit out of the hat for an opening day buck, still on his summer feeding pattern.

I've got a little isolated field corner that's adjacent to a heavy bedding area, and I know the deer are using it nightly. I just don't know what and/or how big.

Problem is, it's a one-and-done spot. There's no way to get in there and glass it without clearing the fields when I stand up to leave, so I've left them alone, and will continue to leave them alone until the opener. Sorta like a kid unwrapping a present on Christmas morning - we'll see then what's lurking. When I climb down on the first evening - it's gonna clear the fields, and I'll have deer blowing everywhere. There's only one way in/out, so after Day 1, I'll have to give that place a minimum of a week or two to settle down again.

Last year, I was all over a big buck in the same area (in the pre-rut) beforeI bumped him out. Apparently, I was a little over-aggressive. He's still living, and I think I'll have a legitimate chance if he's settled into a feeding pattern that gets him on his feet before dark.

Go out, kill deer. That's my plan.

With a favorable wind in NJ I have a good stand that should put me in front of some doe in the evening to take care of my earn-a-buck for my zone. The morning I'll be in a hedge row in an observation stand seeing where the deer come through when bedding.

In PA, I have no idea yet.