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Opening Day of Firearm Deer Season

BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,768 ******
edited November 2019 in General Discussion
Well, here in Michigan the season starts at sunrise tomorrow morning. I think I am ready, except for the nearly 3' of snow that is on the ground and baby, it IS COLD outside!!! :shock:

One of the fairly rare starts where our weather has given us more tracking snow than needed! Wish I could dial things down a bit but this year I am really in need of some fresh homegrown venison! I have a private land doe permit and have never really been into antlers too much except to make chew toys for the dogs that seem to really like me! :D

Anyway, wish me luck and if anything exciting takes place out in my backwoods, I will keep you all posted!

Joel......the black powder flintlock guy
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,526 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Shot a nice 8 pointer this morning in the back yard. He was between the house and my garage. Shucked the No 2's out of the 870 and was loading it with No 1 buckshot as I rounded the end of the house. He turned to go to the woods instead of running in front of me. Dropped it like a rock.
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  • dunbarboyzdunbarboyz Member Posts: 2,612 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Opening day is a holiday in the Upper Peninsula. Let the season begin!
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  • BobJudyBobJudy Member Posts: 6,671 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    dunbarboyz wrote:
    Opening day is a holiday in the Upper Peninsula. Let the season begin!

    Good luck to all Da Yoopers from a lifelong troll. Translation for the rest of you; Yooper is a resident of the Upper Peninsula and Troll is some one from lower Michigan or as they say below da bridge. Bob
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  • drl50drl50 Member Posts: 2,496 ✭
    edited November -1
    I'm ready for a MI UP opener tomorrow also. Temps going to skyrocket to 27 degrees on opener after touching zero and below a couple times this week. Got about 6 inches of powder and it should be a nice day in Gogebic county.
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  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,459 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    our opening day is thanksgiving week, rut will be over by then, they have been going strong all this week chasing does and fighting amongst themselves, should bring the timing of the second rut right into our muzzleloading season them big boys are a little sidetracked when they are chasing tail..........

    just got back from checking my trail camera, I have one of the widest 10 points I have ever seen in wva on it 3 days in a row, hope he hangs around till opening morning....
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,277 ******
    edited November -1
    Hillbillie, after many years of trying to figure out whitetail deer, I have a new opinion. I believe the bucks, big and small, hang around their home range during the peak of the rut. As things cool off, the big bucks start roaming to see what else is out there. The last few years, we have killed the biggest bucks during the last part of rifle season. Bucks that no one has seen up until that time.
    Of course, I?m probably way off in that thinking.
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  • JimmyJackJimmyJack Member Posts: 5,515 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good Luck, Im a week later across the line from you. Pick a nice fat doe, you never see a farmer eat a four or five year old bull?[/media]
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cold here in Cheese Land also! They started "hard water fishing" I noticed today on our lake's inlet ;) Way too early :x
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  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,459 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    jimdeere wrote:
    Hillbillie, after many years of trying to figure out whitetail deer, I have a new opinion. I believe the bucks, big and small, hang around their home range during the peak of the rut. As things cool off, the big bucks start roaming to see what else is out there. The last few years, we have killed the biggest bucks during the last part of rifle season. Bucks that no one has seen up until that time.
    Of course, I?m probably way off in that thinking.
    I agree wholeheartedly, we usually see some really big ones in muzzleloading season when the second rut comes in,some we have never seen, I think for the same reason as you said, a lot less does in heat and the big ones start roaming around looking for them and come out of their favorite hiding spots.......
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  • navc130navc130 Member Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good luck to all you Michigan deer hunters. I will not be with you this year - I'm hanging it up. The word I hear from northern Michigan is that the rut is well on.
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  • drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,620 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rifle Deer opens up tomorrow for Missouri.

    I bought some fancy Federal 165gr Trophy Bonded Tip for my Springfield M1A. Checked my sights with 3 shots on paper yesterday. 2 shots went purt near into the same hole. Elevation / windage looks good.

    Been seeing deer almost everyday around the house. Hoping to see them tomorrow.
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