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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Fish4Fun on October 10, 2013, 06:21:50 AM

Title: How many consecutive opening days for you ??
Post by: Fish4Fun on October 10, 2013, 06:21:50 AM: With opening day just 2 more days away, how many straight opening days will this make. My wife was asking me this the other day. Pretty easy I told her, got my first hunting license at 10 years old, I am 53 now.

So, this will make 43 straight openers on Saturday morning. :tup:
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Post by: Buzz2401 on October 10, 2013, 06:27:20 AM: 23 for me
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Post by: rtspring on October 10, 2013, 06:56:13 AM: 27. Damn Im getting old
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Post by: bankwalker on October 10, 2013, 07:38:49 AM: #18 this year. Every year since the very first time I picked up a rifle at age 10.
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Post by: deltaops on October 10, 2013, 07:38:59 AM: First year in WA and this season will be my second for hunting
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Post by: Crunch14 on October 10, 2013, 10:41:17 AM: Due to my Military service, this will be #10. Other than that I've been at every hunting camp since I was 4 months old... Oct. 1979.
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Post by: 6haase6 on October 10, 2013, 11:26:38 AM: 10 years of archery and rifle. 5 with archery muzzle and rifle. Not sure how you want to score that!
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Post by: lover_of_all_racks on October 10, 2013, 11:33:39 AM: First deer, first season at age 12... and I'm 24, so this is

#12

But Ive been at hunting camp (which is opener) consecutively every year of my life since i was 1 1/2 MONTHS old....

pretty cool seeing al these numbers in the 20's
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Post by: jackmaster on October 10, 2013, 11:35:49 AM: 29 for me, damn i feel old as well :tup:
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Post by: finnman on October 10, 2013, 11:45:31 AM: #22 for me!!! :tup:
Missed the opener the year I got married....two years later she was by my side and shot her first buck, a spike up near Curlew! 20 years later we will be up near Sherman Pass again, looking for something a little bigger!! :IBCOOL:
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on October 10, 2013, 11:46:15 AM: 42 here in Wa and I am still hoping to bag a deer
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Post by: frazierw on October 10, 2013, 11:52:52 AM: 18th straight... started when i was 8... Thanks dad!
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Post by: jackmaster on October 10, 2013, 12:02:14 PM: Quote from: Skyvalhunter on October 10, 2013, 11:46:15 AM
42 here in Wa and I am still hoping to bag a deer
this is just a question not a slam, but have you been deer huntn for 42 years and have yet to bag a buck or are you being sarcastic :chuckle:
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on October 10, 2013, 12:07:01 PM: What can I say I just don't have what it takes. :dunno: Not that its any better that I hunt BT. Hoping this is the year.
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Post by: hntrspud on October 10, 2013, 12:16:18 PM: 22 for me. Not all modern tho
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Post by: PA BEN on October 10, 2013, 12:18:39 PM: 36 for me missed 2 years for the military.
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Post by: coachcw on October 10, 2013, 12:22:53 PM: Quote from: Skyvalhunter on October 10, 2013, 12:07:01 PM
What can I say I just don't have what it takes. :dunno: Not that its any better that I hunt BT. Hoping this is the year.
Somebody throw him a back yard buck !!!!! I'm at 28 or29 since I was 13.
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Post by: Mike450r on October 10, 2013, 12:24:57 PM: 30 something
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 10, 2013, 12:28:48 PM: 24.
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Post by: bobcat on October 10, 2013, 12:32:25 PM: Counting the upcoming opener this Saturday, it will be three years for me. Did muzzleloader in 2010.

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Post by: gunrinwa on October 10, 2013, 12:37:14 PM: 26 years. Ugh. I'm getting old.
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Post by: boneaddict on October 10, 2013, 12:38:06 PM: My favorite time of year. I was at a soccer match last year and will be again this year. My tag is notched, but I still like to get out.
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Post by: Fish4Fun on October 10, 2013, 12:45:24 PM: Looks like a lot of experience from most of us will be getting after them this Saturday :tup:
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Post by: coachcw on October 10, 2013, 12:46:51 PM: It will take a pretty nice buck for me to pull the trigger , but my buddy isn't picky !
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Post by: Fish4Fun on October 10, 2013, 01:02:49 PM: Quote from: coachcw on October 10, 2013, 12:46:51 PM
It will take a pretty nice buck for me to pull the trigger , but my buddy isn't picky !

I am not the picky type either, got a run going now of 27 for 27 all off of public land :IBCOOL:
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Post by: turbo on October 10, 2013, 01:05:18 PM: 25 and most of the season every year. Full season this year. :tup:
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Post by: Old Man Yager on October 10, 2013, 02:16:17 PM: I've missed a few due to weather, I won't even go if it hasn't rained yet. Some years if we get an Indian summer, I'll just stay home, and then hit it hard when it finally rains.
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Post by: alecvg on October 10, 2013, 03:52:31 PM: This too is my favorite time of year, although October isn't my favorite time for hunting, I love the weather, the best time of fall. This will be my second year in a row not being out this weekend, too busy guiding in Idaho.
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Post by: mossback91 on October 10, 2013, 04:15:34 PM: Been 4 or 5 years since Ive been out on rifle season. Switched to archery hunting and have spent the last couple opening weekends for rifle working, but I'll be out this weekend tagging along with the family!! hopefully find them some bucks to shoot! Best part is after work tomorrow all I have to do is roll into the camp they have set up then eat all their food and drink all their booze!!! :IBCOOL:

Been awhile since Ive seen the pumpkin patch should be interesting!! :yike:
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Post by: hoyt2002 on October 10, 2013, 04:51:13 PM: well consecutive will be 12. I missed afew while I was in the Marines. I've made 19 opening days since I started hunting.
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Post by: jdb on October 10, 2013, 05:39:54 PM: 31
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Post by: Ridgeratt on October 10, 2013, 06:26:12 PM: started in 1965 and less the time spent in the service haven't missed even made 1 year during the military time.
Guess I'm just old and need you guys to whisper a few easy honey hole to me in P'M's.

More if you count the ones as a kid tagging along.
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Post by: MooseStock on October 10, 2013, 08:23:29 PM: This will be # 50 for me....started when I was 10......WOW...where did the time go............Les
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Post by: Hangfire on October 10, 2013, 08:53:37 PM: I don't hunt on the weekends since I am retired and there were a few opening days I had to work, but this is my 61st hunting season. Didn't kill a deer every year, but many years passed up a lot until I found what I wanted or didn't shoot. One year hunting mostly in 113 I shot the 113TH buck I saw that season. That was the last day and I wanted some meat so took a small buck, the 13 buck I saw that day. One of the most exciting buck was a three point blacktail that I shot at 20 feet with the muzzle loader in thick timber. He had all points broke off on one side and half of the main beam missing on the other. Getting that close and getting him with out him knowing I was around was exciting.
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Post by: 6x6in6 on October 10, 2013, 09:03:04 PM: 41.....
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Post by: coachcw on October 10, 2013, 09:07:56 PM: dang 61 seasons that's assume !
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Post by: mtndew on October 10, 2013, 09:08:59 PM: 37 consecutive. But not this year. Going to miss the whole season. Working in Sweden for a month. But I hope to be home the day before elk season starts!!
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Post by: Rodney107 on October 10, 2013, 09:21:20 PM: 9 years for me
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Post by: BLR 243 on October 10, 2013, 09:33:32 PM: 42 years all in Wa. almost all Blacktail.
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Post by: n2thecraft on October 11, 2013, 10:19:35 AM: If you include tomorrow,,,, my score will be 1 :dunno:
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Post by: wall of wood camp on October 11, 2013, 10:36:59 AM: actually hunting and packing a gun i've been out since I was 11 I tagged along with dad not packing a gun since i was 9 and now im 34 so i guess that marks 23 years straight some of them were very short either tagging out or running home to make it on the bus in time. I ran cross country throughkiddle school, highschool and college and the meets were always on Saturday but i still got up and went out for the opener then hightailed it off the hill in time to catch the bus and get a quick three to six mile run in and then return to the field after the meets crazy times thats for sure. I live for this day every year my wife says Im obsessed and she just plans on seeing very little of me for the month of October. Good Luck tomorrow everyone and stay safe. Looking forward to all the success pictures!
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Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on October 11, 2013, 11:14:31 AM: If I go tomorrow, one. I've hunted a lot of opening days over the years, but I find them over-rated. I'm not one who cares for big crowds when I'm hunting. I like to wait until the middle of the week, in the middle of the season. The animals have been pushed hard, then the crowds let up and the deer show back up. I may go tomorrow to take my young son out tho.
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Post by: usmc74 on October 11, 2013, 12:05:57 PM: Wow, started hunting in '68 at 14, delay entry in USMC so I could hunt '74 (got first elk), missed '75.
Made every opener (whether bow, muzzy or rifle choice) every year since. So, 37(?)
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Post by: zagsfan1 on October 11, 2013, 12:46:14 PM: This would make 32 for me. #2 for my 13 year old son and hopefully his first deer 8)
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Post by: Dbax129 on October 11, 2013, 01:11:43 PM: #2 for me tomorrow. Hope I grab one!
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Post by: baker5150 on October 11, 2013, 01:27:03 PM: Quote from: n2thecraft on October 11, 2013, 10:19:35 AM
If you include tomorrow,,,, my score will be 1 :dunno:

Gotta start somewhere.

This will be my 3rd for Deer. Hunted ducks my whole life but just recently got into big game.
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Post by: Rick on October 11, 2013, 02:48:25 PM: Started at 10 and just turned 40. Haven't missed a year,30 in a row.
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Post by: Bigshooter on October 11, 2013, 03:36:06 PM: 24
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Post by: dawei on October 11, 2013, 05:15:31 PM: I've lived in WA State since 07/1987 that makes it 27 for me.
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Post by: h2ofowlr on October 11, 2013, 05:24:15 PM: I always skip the opener and start on the Mon. or Tues. after the weekend road hunters thin out.
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Post by: kenzmad on October 11, 2013, 11:13:10 PM: I started at age 12. 30th anniversary for me. Just started my daughter this year also at age 12. Hopefully, when she is my age, we will still be going when i am 72.
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Post by: csaaphill on October 11, 2013, 11:32:43 PM: Missed a few times so not exaclty consequitive but for the most part since I was 14 46 now well 46 for at least a half hour or so :chuckle: