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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: jackelope on October 11, 2008, 12:13:57 PM

Title: missing opening day
Post by: jackelope on October 11, 2008, 12:13:57 PM: first time ever i think i am missing opening day.
my wife has been sick all night and still is today, so i have to stay home and take care of our 1 year old daughter.
i will be out tomorrow and FWIW am having a fun day playing with the little one.

hope you all are notching your tags on some great deer today.
Title: Re: missing opening day
Post by: addicted on October 11, 2008, 12:27:00 PM: hope your wife gets better soon.

I'm sitting by the phone waiting for my wife to call me saying she shot her first deer
Title: Re: missing opening day
Post by: jackelope on October 11, 2008, 12:32:12 PM: thanks, bud. i'm waiting for an update from e-wa too. the boys left the house this morning and when the sun came up my mother in law said there was 20something deer in the ffront yard. sounds like the guys should have just sat on the porch.
we'll be over there next weekend.
Title: Re: missing opening day
Post by: Gamblin Guy on October 11, 2008, 04:43:41 PM: First opening day i've missed in quite a few years, but we did the next best thing and went to the range and shot the rifles some more. Took me a while to find the target with my 06, hasn't been shot for 20 years since I picked up the bow. But it's dialed in now, might still use my boys .243WSM instead though, less meat damage.

Hope your wife is feeling better, the crud is going around.
Title: Re: missing opening day
Post by: Crunchy on October 11, 2008, 05:11:36 PM: You didnt miss much on my end. Hunted till 1pm and called it quits. Some decent sign but didnt see a deer.
Title: Re: missing opening day
Post by: robb92 on October 11, 2008, 05:38:00 PM: Talked to my uncle he popped a white-tail doe this morning, him, my brother, and cousin have doe tags. Cousin missed on 2 does and so did my brother.

Hope your wife is feeling better!
Title: Re: missing opening day
Post by: MHWASH on October 11, 2008, 07:46:15 PM: The only times I've missed the opener is I was hunting with a diferent weapon, or had a late tag. But it still feels funny.

I hit the opener today, but I've got to tell ya, it was way over rated. Too many hunters, and a lack of deer made for a frustrating morning. Even though I hunt private land exclusively around here, there's still too many people.
Title: Re: missing opening day
Post by: shag on October 12, 2008, 12:02:10 PM: I was able to hunt opening day!! 8-9 does and a fork horned buck in a 3 point area.. Today I'm on potty training detail with Bentley(new pup)!!!!!!!!!!