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Old 09-16-2008, 04:14 AM
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Matt---what type of areas are you hunting? Fields.....open woods? How do you go about patterning them pre-season? Thanks.

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Old 09-16-2008, 05:01 AM
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Got one opening day in '06 in IL.

I also got one on my first time in the stand in 2000, but it was not opening day.
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Old 09-16-2008, 05:32 AM
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Maybe 8 or 9 years ago I shot a nice 7 point in velvet. He was running with 3 other bucks at the time. He ran into a big snarl of wait a minute vines and his velvet was a mess by the time I got him out of it.[:@] Maybe it was messed up to begin with but I didn't see it.. I did pull some off getting him out though.
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Old 09-16-2008, 06:14 AM
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No buck on opening day but a couple of doe. Always hope for freezer meat on the opener not that it always happens.
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Old 09-16-2008, 06:21 AM
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Two years in a row i did. First year was about 45 minutes in and second was 1 1/2 hours in. Both were in the 120-130 rangebut when you only can take one deer, it shortens your season a bit.
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Old 09-16-2008, 06:38 AM
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I've done it a few times. Matter of fact Last Year.
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Old 09-16-2008, 08:09 AM
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No, in 22 years i had one shot at a buck the first day. And I missed. At 1 yrd. Oops!
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Old 09-16-2008, 08:09 AM
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I came within about 6" of shooting an opening day buck yesterday.
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Old 09-16-2008, 08:26 AM
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I shot a small buck opening day of last season but due to my ownignorance, I didn't recover him [:'(]

Things are different now, that particular series of mistakes WON"T happen again.
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Old 09-16-2008, 11:54 AM
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No but I took my 1st archery deer ever on the 4th day of the season (Oct.) & my 1st P&Y Buck on the 4th day of the season 25 years later within 100 yds. of my 1st Bow kill . This is the 25 year anniversary, sooooo, maybe I will get a WORLD RECORD.
Good Luck to all this year.
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