it's too warm. My cameras have been out for months and about two weeks ago they stopped producing pictures of anything.

My 7 mag was not quiet this morning,..nothing special, bur will serve it's purpose.
Not many shots heard today

My son and I tagged out.

Our group saw a spiker and another buck and a couple does. The decent buck was too fast. Shooting wise it was probably the quietest opener I have personally ever heard. I think it’s gonna be good later this week when I’m working. Happy trapping! ScottW

Good Deal

I saw a buck I would have shot...but it was on the neighbors land.
Then we had a funeral in Wisconsin left at 9 b ot back to hunt evening
No deer yet

This is the first opening morning in my 41 years of hunting that I've never a shot fired before legal shooting light! It was 22 minutes into the season before I heard a shot. Crazy how quiet it was!

I believe our deer numbers are down and we are being told otherwise . Lots of hunters out at night around here and no one cares . I know some that have thermal optics . thats all I will say about this

Deer Numbers are down in a lot of northern areas and the cost of going after deer is getting very hi. Processing costs for the average guy are getting nuts as well. The guys I know up here in the larger long standing deer camps have member numbers fading. A tradition is slipping by.

Osky

I drove to Scheels in Rochester yesterday morning on 90. Weather sucked and I didn't see any orange from hwy. On way home seen one guy looked to be hiking back to his truck. Did see someone hit nice buck with car by Saint Charles. That one no hunter get chance at.
It's first time in years I have gone to Rochester first ever to Scheels. The wife is one wanted to go.
Note to self. Never again on a weekend. I think all the hunters were at Scheels.

Mac

Awful quiet this morning too. Been seeing deer all summer but that's changed over the past few weeks. Full moon, wolves or what have you, things have been very slow. Good thing I put one in the freezer during our early season. We're allowed up to 8 deer in our area, 9 if you own more than 80 acres of farm land but think that's going to be extremely difficult to do even if you wanted that many. View from my stand this morning.

Filled my buck tag.

Yesterday was slow . Today wind gusting at 30mph with snow . This afternoon I think we'll try and ease into the downwind side of bigger wood's and see if anything is moving in the woods . Neighboring hunting parties are not seeing much either . Deer numbers are pretty good just not moving

Good job, Pat! I am only bowhunting this year but have been outside almost all day for the past two days and have not yet heard a shot. This is extremely rare here since I can hear shots for a long distance and have never had this happen on opening weekend. Weird.

Pretty quiet here as well. This one came by at 1:45 yesterday

I'm not up to it this year. I didn't have a place to go any way. I went for a walk in the woods today and didn't see a single deer nor did I hear any distant shots.

Every opener is different but I still enjoy them all. I chose heavy cover to spend my time in this year.



Even with the wind it was warm and cozy in the "Birch Tree".




And one of the little bucks that gets to grow bigger.

No one says you have to be miserable in a deer stand. The older I get, the more like like o be comfortable.

It appears that the deer here have gone pretty much nocturnal for a few days.

Nice looking rifle. A comfortable setup is great. My wife’s is large, comfortable, with a woodstove and comfortable chairs.