Opening day for firearms is almost here in MN
 

Roll call for Minnesota hunters! What's your hometown and your hunting area!

Metro area for home. Lake county for deer hunting. Getting deer camp ready for the trip up north.

Elk River by way of Hayward, WI. Hunt the Hill City area. Super excited for this year. Get to take my oldest daughter for her first trip deer hunting.

Live in Minnetonka. Our group hunts near Isabella.

The long range weather forecast looks almost hot, with highs in the mid to upper 50's for the weekend and not cooling down until Tuesday. We're going to bringing ice up with us for the body cavity. Looks like I won't need the parka this year.

LOL have you tracked your weather forecasters record? Percent right and percent wrong?


:D Al

Hoping they're wrong, planning for the worst!!

Super excited here in Mpls....gonna take my daughter(12) out for her first deer hunt next weekend. She will be carrying her Great- Grandpa's old Ruger 44mag that I used to take my first deer. We're headed up to Aitkin county. We've got 3 kids to train in this year.....2 kids(12) are on their first hunt, one is her 2nd year(my niece- she's 14) and one other 15 yr old is gonna try to get his 2nd deer.....gotta love it when a kid walks into the cabin and asks "what, NO WIFI???" Hahaha!!

Hometown Buffalo,MN. Hunting near Sebeka,MN

My girlfriend and her family hunt by sebeka too! I'm from lonsdale, hunting near shieldsville in area 292. It's covered in deer

When does it start? Not until the Monday after Thanksgiving for us.

Generally, MN opens on the first Saturday of Nov. I've seen it as early as the 2nd of the month and as late as the 9th. Depending on how the calendar lays out that year.
But that also depends on which zone you want to hunt in.

I will be splitting my hunting between my area just South of Austin, and my spot up just South of Owatona. Sounds like its going to be in the mid 60's all weekend for us.

Be safe and good luck to all my friends and family hunting near the areas of Bemidji, TRF, Chatfield/St. Charles, Virginia, La Crescent! I'm looking forward to stories and pictures, and hope I'll be able to hunt with you again in the future!

How'd everyone's opening day go?

1st deer down at 7:35 Sat. morning (my daughter, 1st deer ever and 1st of the season for us).
2nd deer at 3:30 Sun. afternoon (my brother).
So far, 2 for 6 hunters with two more weekends to go.
Saw 3 more myself, but no doe tags for me this year. So no deer yet for me.

I posted our weekend in your other thread...