Opening day

[rjohannsen]

Good luck tomorrow!! Have fun, stay safe and happy hunting! Post pics of your opening weekend harvests here!

[Patriot]

Hey there all MN hunters. I have been very delinquent in visiting the forum, but plan to check it more now that the season has begun.

My buddy Rick and I harvested/took/bagged/killed these two does on Sunday of opening weekend.

[kellory]

Looks good to me! Congrats!

[mnmaverick]

Nice work Patriot! I saw you guys featured on the daily email.

I shot a 1 1/2 year old doe on Saturday night, but unfortunately either she dropped or I shot high, and I could see the shot went just under her spine and above the lungs. She took off into a huge field of 6ft tall weeds, and despite my best efforts to track her for over 3 hours, I finally lost the blood trail. I went back the next morning but it rained and washed away any hope I had. Hopefully she will survive the shot since it wasn't likely fatal, but I feel horrible nonetheless!

[dewey]

Congratulations Patriot and to your buddy for the good looking does! What kind of zone are you in this year, ie lottery, managed, etc.? Did you see any more deer while you guys were out and about?

Dewey

[Patriot]

Thanks fellas.

I'll be out again today (just a mile from my home). It will be my first hunt on some new land I just received access to. They have some real bruisers on their trail cams, so I am excited.

[Patriot]

Oh....those does were taken at my in-laws farm (lottery zone). There are more hunters in our group, so we are able to party hunt.

I saw 21 deer opening day from an obervation stand. Based on my opening day overvations I moved to a stand in the area the deer were moving. Worked like a charm as I took the 12 yard shot at 5pm the next day.

My wife took her first ever shot on opening day. She missed the spike buck, but was thrilled with the encounter.