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3 Weeks from tonight......I'll go to bed early....and get up early and carry my stand and my bow.

God Bless America (and NC).;)

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Man, I am telling ya, its getting exciting, isn't it!!! I have 5 weeks but hey, tomorrow I head to the woods to check up on some deer and pigs.

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42 Days Time seems to slow down about now.

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I'm with ya buddy!

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Jeff you using a climber - thought you have had some stands set in place

And i am getting anxious as well, not sure if i will make opening week but the first chance I get I am in the woods

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New approach, this year.

I'll climb only for the first two weeks. I didn't go in my woods.....thinking I didn't want to risk spooking anything by setting stands. We'll see.....

I'll set my hang ons on a good rainy day in a couple of weeks. (after the opener)

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whats your game plan jeff? buck huntin or take a few does or depends on what walks out?

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I don't know about Jeff but I am shooting whatever walks out...doe, buck or pig. But of course, I am looking for a very particular 8 point!

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I'll drop every doe I get a shot at...until I get to a magic number.....then I'll buck hunt (If I get to that number).

Take a buck if it works out.....OK if it doesn't.

Good luck to all.

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Man it is killing me! i still got 49 days 13 hours 3 min. and 50...49...48...47...46...45...44...sec.

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Oh yeah......

At the end of this season....I may be the "go to" guy on how fast you can process a deer.

;)

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We're 3 weeks awat here in Ga too. I am excited but frustrated at the same time. I was supposed to be in SC this wed, butI have still go t some punch list stuff to do on a landscape job we just finished and can't leave again today. It's so hot any way--so maybe I'll try again next weekend.I am also hunting in Nc north of Raleigh in Arcola.

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Here in MD just 28 days and a wake up........I am ready to go now. The anticipation is killing me.

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I know where some big deer are up in GA. I have a friend that has 100+ acres up there with a food plot on it. Need to call him this weekend and see when we can drive up!

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Getting access to a prime piece of private land this year...and seeing some awfully nice bucks over the last four weeks has me more excited than I can remember being in a while. I always look forward to it...but the excitement level is just higher this year. But when I walk outside and it's 95 and muggy as heck (like today)...it saps some of that excitement just a little!

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Me to G, the upstate of SC open for archery on the 15th of Sept. We planted some food plots a few weeks ago, but it hasn't rained over there in several weeks.[:@]Hot as HELL. Stands already in place.

Good Luck, B

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[quote]ORIGINAL: GMMAT

New approach, this year.

I'll climb only for the first two weeks. I didn't go in my woods.....thinking I didn't want to risk spooking anything by setting stands. We'll see.....

I'll set my hang ons on a good rainy day in a couple of weeks. (after the opener)



HUH?? Your hunting over my head. I set mine 45 days prior so I don't spooke them after the opener.

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Lot`s more people here that live and hunt in the south than what i first thought:eek:? Good luck to all you guys this season hunt safe.

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Approximately eight weeks to go for me.10/15

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Woohoo 28 day to go and counting! :D

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Jeff I'm with ya, I too will be playing with some does. ;)

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UNREAL! Those McMansions don't even phase them.:D

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Hunting in Suburbia at it's finest. Its lots of fun until you shoot one and it goes on someones lawn. Thats happened already.

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Moho:

I'm trying an approach I read from Eberhardt. He said he has used this tactic to try and catch a buck still on his summer pattern.....before he goes in there and risks being scented or spotted. It's just a theory.

I'll pick a good rainy day a couple of weeks after the opener and set my 3 lock ons. I rarely hunt a lock on, anyway. I like the versatility of the climber to get exactly where I want......based on where I'm observing them as I'm hunting. Nothing exact....just a theory.

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I don't really call that hunting, do you? That seems like killing to me...dunno. Guess I might be just jealous.

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Yeah, rub it in will ya! [:o]:D

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Oct 15th for me .....Longtime left

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Nevermind, myspace counter didn't work here...lol

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Rub it in guys, rub it in. I'm looking towards the end of Oct, sooner if the leg heels enough and I can sneak out without the wife giving me hell.;)

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Isn't hunting, killing? If not im doing something wrong.

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You got a stand in that tree yet?:)

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I do have permisson for this field but I do must of my hunting down the road, thats where most of these deer bed and spend the day. They also feed in another field off the woods where I have stand setup. This place needs some serious herd reduction, fast.