How was your opening weekend luck?

[splitshot]

   wet and windy.  got some exercise.  wanted 2 give my new outdoor edge knife some exercise, but nope.  as always had fun.  mike w

[PolarBear]

Had to bail early on Saturday due to mechanical problems. Hit the woods around 11 on Sunday. Went up high and only found some fresh bear tracks, no deer. Headed low a couple hours before dark. The last hour 1/2 deer were everywhere but nothing we wanted to shoot. In 10 hours total of being in the woods we saw one 3, one 2x3, 6 2 points, 4 spikes and 23 does. I know of several small bucks being killed but nothing big. 

[swanny]

As much as I wanted to get out, I stayed in doors, recovering from a nasty flu and nursing what I believe is a broken hand (went over the handle bars of my mountain bike and landed in a rocky jeep track). I know I should have the hand examined but I can carry and shoot a rifle, so I'm just going to wait. I did purchase a back-up knife for my Havalon, an Outdoor Edge Swing Blade, and picked up four bottles of deer pee. I'm a believer.

Dude!  Get to the doctor.  Those are the types of injuries that ache like crazy when you get older.  Take care of it.  You'll be ready to go by late buck.

Under here is 4 pins as a result of going over the bars of my bike a week ago. Go get it checked out.

[JeffRaines]

Only had one day to hunt so stuck to the west side. Headed up in some of the higher vail areas but turned myself around due to extremely high winds and no chainsaw so no way to cut myself out when the trees fall. Headed down low and didn't see much of anything... but then again I'm in no rush - I took off the last 4 days of the season so I'm not gonna run myself ragged trying to fill my tag before then. Have to watch the kiddo today so I'll be out again next Monday.

[bigbore40]

With no plans on doing any hunting for myself until the end of the month I took a buddy out on Sunday to fill his tag who is unable to hunt much at all this year. 8:15 found this dude in the timber and closed the deal. Crazy thing was this dudes neck was swelled up and scent glands were oozing the stinky sauce ! Also was within 20 or so yards of some doe . Could be an interesting October  ?

[heronblu]

Walked the timber opening morning but cut the day short because of the supposed storm. Sunday I walked into a gated clear cut and had the whole thing to myself. Glassed until my eyes were sore and didn't see a single deer. The wind was worse on Sunday which I'm sure contributed to the lack of roaming animals. I've got the rest of the week off so I'll keep at it until I connect with something. In the meantime my roadkill deer is in the freezer.

[Stumps]

Saturday I was in the woods for 12 hours, saw 2 cows. Had a coworker with me that had never hunted. I put him in the better spots throughout the day. He saw a buck and 2 doe. The buck ran up a shear hillside and he only caught a glimpse.

Sunday I did not head out until 3pm. Saw 4 doe, 2 cows and a nice 5x5 bull in under 3 hours.

Today I am home doing dad stuff.

[_DarkTimber_]

Lots of good stories, and that's a bummer to those of you who are sick. Hopefully I don't catch that bug. My job is looking to be rained out for a couple days so I'm heading out to hit the hills now.


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[bosshogg112]

Only deer to be seen were doe where I was.  I did however get to see 3 moose this weekend.  Did not see as many pumpkins as I have in prior years, but I also am getting better at controlling my WOTNR syndrome (whats over the next ridge) which has allowed me to see more critters I believe. 

[tgomez]

Seen 67 does and 13 bucks. Legal bucks all were on private land. The first one 4×3 I saw on state land was over 500 yards away, and it was too far to shoot especially in the wind. I ran into a group of hunters who shot a 4×4 whitetail, a 3×3 mule deer, and a 3×2 mule deer. I didn't see any giants this opening weekend dead or alive.

[ballpark]

Opening morning

[JDHasty]

With no plans on doing any hunting for myself until the end of the month I took a buddy out on Sunday to fill his tag who is unable to hunt much at all this year. 8:15 found this dude in the timber and closed the deal. Crazy thing was this dudes neck was swelled up and scent glands were oozing the stinky sauce ! Also was within 20 or so yards of some doe . Could be an interesting October  ?

The bucks are rutted up & stinky and I saw that quite a few does seemed to have kicked their fawns out (saw quite a few fawns by themselves Saturday) .   I didn't see any does walking around with their tail straight out though. 

[pd]

20 years?  Holy Cow, Ballpark, it's about time!

Congratulations to you.  Yes, your wife would surely love the tenderloins (if she ate the heart and liked it, but didn't like the loins, then you had better come back here and tell us another story).

[_DarkTimber_]

Nice buck ball park 👍🏻


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[Duckslayer89]

Some awesome Blacktails going down so far already. Dark timber, went out tonight where I ran into you on your bike, 10 miles rode and 0 deer couldn't believe it. Around 25 elk though 2 nice Bulls.