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Offline howdydoit

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opening day
« on: November 15, 2008, 01:32:27 PM »
How did you guys like that wind and the snow we had today?

I thought it was a beautiful morning but the wind was cutting through my old military jungle boots. So my feet were cold to say the least.

What did you guys think?
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Offline nodlenor

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Re: opening day
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2008, 04:36:42 PM »
I was in my Outhouse blind with a Coleman heater and killed the best deer of my life. It was a beautiful day.
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Re: opening day
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2008, 08:25:47 PM »
Very nice!!

Wheres the Pics tho and were were you huntin,

I guess i want the story. hehe.

If there are pic the sorry im at work and cant see them.
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Re: opening day
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2008, 03:50:41 AM »
My computer won't let me post pics right now. I'll try again later. It hasn't been working very good lately. I hunt in north central Missouri. The deer I got isn't a record book deer but he is a trophy for me. He has 9 points with good mass and long tines. He also has a split brow tine. It snowed here and was very windy. I posted a picture earlier that I got with my trail cam and it is the same deer.

The temperature was in the 20s here and as I remember, those jungle boots weren't made for that kind of weather. Not for my feet anyway.
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Re: opening day
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2008, 07:29:38 AM »
I about froze my behind off yesterday and the only deer I saw was two that were holed up in a bunch of brush and I stumbled on them when I was going home.  I didn't get a shot.  Today I made up for it with a 8 point buck at about 10:00 this morning.  He was chasing a doe and made the mistake of stopping when I bleated to him.  I was hunting alone and I still don't know how I got him up into the pickup bed.  I just checked him in and now I have to go clean him.  Then to the recliner for the rest of the day.  I may go out after a doe tomorrow or not.

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Re: opening day
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2008, 02:12:53 PM »
well day two and skunked again. ???

It was  perfect day for hunting tho, and again shots all around me but i never saw hide nor hair.  Good luck guys

nodlenor sounds like a very nice buck and grats.

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Re: opening day
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2008, 02:28:29 PM »

Here he is. I finally got this thing to work.
Here is a pic taken 10/30/08 with my trail cam.
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Re: opening day
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2008, 03:13:57 AM »
Saw a lot of deer on Friday.  Saw a few on opening day. Saw more on Sunday. The windy weather had them bedded down on opening day.  It was cold in the Doghouse blind, but colder outside.  The guys up in the trees were really cold.  Sunday was perfect. 

Everybody in my deer camp and at a cafe in Versailles where we ate dinner agreed that counting points has had an effect on whether we took shots.  Many weren't taken because the animal ran off while we were fumbling with our binos.  We will learn. 

Has anybody heard the opening day statistics.     
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Re: opening day
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2008, 03:29:27 AM »
no stats yet.

Morning 3 and still havent seen anything but squirrels, im about to get my 22 out lol. :-\
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Re: opening day
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2008, 07:38:31 AM »
There have been mornings where I think I could have put more meat in the freezer by shooting squirrels than by shooting a deer. :D

RJ
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Re: opening day
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2008, 11:50:37 AM »
I got cold, too.  Brrr!  The dang wind holwed here as well in southeast Mo. 

I seen 8 deer opening day.  No racks that I could tell.  I shot a doe at 1:10PM because I wanted the meat and I wanted to get back in the house where it is warm.   ;D
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Re: opening day
« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2008, 03:38:05 AM »
took tues off.

I still havent seen a thing yet. Anyone else getting skunded out there. :-\
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Re: opening day
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2008, 05:10:14 AM »
I have hunted off and on every day but other than the deer I saw the first two day I have not seen anything.  My hunting area is an overgrown area between two wooded ridges.  There is little food in my area and it is mainly a passing area between the two ridges and occasionally a bedding area.  When there is little hunting pressure on the two ridges there are not too many deer in my area.  We are going down to my father in law's land in Wayne county this week end and hopefully we will see some deer there.

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Re: opening day
« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2008, 01:33:05 PM »
yep Wed. is gone, hunted all day and im still not seeing anydeer. Now im back to work and might get out Mon and Tue.

I guess there is still ML season.

Luck to all you guys.
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