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Old 10-01-2009, 05:51 PM
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i hunted this morning and seen 5 deer and a decent buck about a 120 but let him walk hoping to kill one of the bigger deer i have on my trail cam. This evening i only seen one deer and it was a small doe so i passed on her. Everyone i talked to that hunted today said it was slow and hardly seen deer.
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Old 10-01-2009, 07:05 PM
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damn it! why is it that every body other than me always has a good opening day. also we are going out in the morning in a ground blind if it rains. i mean i got an oats food plot, i have deer trails every where.... now its the season and there are no damn deer.
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Old 10-02-2009, 05:38 AM
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Went out last night and saw nothing. I just got cold and wet.....going out later today so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
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Old 10-02-2009, 07:16 AM
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boogied home after work yesterday and was able to score this doe. I was in the stand about an hour and 5 minutes. Good way to start out... this is my 1st opening day deer in IL.

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Old 10-02-2009, 08:48 AM
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Congrats on your first opening day deer.

Nice shot placement!
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Old 10-02-2009, 11:06 AM
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I went out Friday morning thinking it would be a perfect morning after the rain last night. Well I didn't see a thing. Planning on going out again on Sunday.
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Old 10-04-2009, 09:45 AM
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well i still havent seen a damn thing at all!!! but it was actually nice to be in the stand today. but seeing as it was a full moon last night i would guess they did their feeding last night.

i did find a rub on another property only trouble is i found out that the property line was 100 yards away from where i was so... good news is i didnt get arrested, bad news is i need to totally scout a differnt spot.
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Old 10-04-2009, 09:52 AM
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in truth i havent seen any deer movement at all.
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Old 10-04-2009, 10:23 AM
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The trail cam doesn't lie. Early last week had deer pics in the morning around 8:00am, as the moon got brighter they went nocturnal with the pics going from 7:00pm on the 30th to midnight on the 1st. Still plenty of season left, no need to hit the panic button...
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Old 10-04-2009, 10:45 AM
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well im just ticked off because it was an awesome morning and now deer.
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