Holy Cow...it's 30° here and I thought that was bad.

I'm debating my decisions to walk past my old man shack to sit in a different tree stand.

Have a Great hunt this morning

Good luck today.

Good luck and be safe everyone,watched a double beam buck last evening.Hope one of the kids will have a chance at it this afternoon sit.

Wishing everyone a safe and successful hunt!

Was in my stand by 7;05 and had a buck walk by less than 10 minutes later but too early to shoot. Too dark to tell how big he was but maybe he'll meander on back sometime later today. Then had three does follow the same path as the but but still to dark to make a good shot. Would rather pass on a shot than take a chance on wounding a deer. It's opening day so have plenty of time left.

Not in Minnesota but had a good morning. After almost 24 hrs of moisture coming down deer were really moving thus morning. Light dusting of snow and about 32 degrees.15 to 20 does
And at lest 6 bucks maybe a couple more just could keep them straight. Deer in sight from first light until I left at 1030. One fight and all bucks moving the does around looking but no takers.

As we speak Governor Walz is across the road for the Minnesota Governors Opener. I sure hope he's careful and avoids Big Bertha, the black bear.

You're hunting the George Floyd Square unit, too?

Well if anything happens, I'll supply all the Tum's Big Burtha needs for a speedy recovery.

My house is directly across the street from the hunt zone.

I have not heard a single gunshot all day.

They are probably suppressing all the real hunters to accommodate Super Tim.

I'll help sharpening claws

Did they keep the spot secret like the fishing opener to avoid all the protesters?

Nothing new there, placed birds for his pheasant hunt a couple years ago,...good photo shoot,...he still wants your guns!

The exact spot, yes.

The location of Three Rivers Park Reserve, not so much. ~5000 acres within a few counties in the northwest metro offers a bit of hiding space.

I was really suspicious that I heard no shooting all day, so i did a little sneaking around. I found a very few hunters with the expected very few kills. Something was happening, but pretty selective.

Someone post a picture of a deer.
I forgot what one looks like
I've heard more poachers shooting over the years than I heard shots today.

Nothing in the Stribune yet about the whole Governor deer hunt fiasco. Not surprised as they have to carefully ride the fence on this one. Don't want to annoy the base by actually shooting a poor helpless deer, while pretending to the outdoor crowd that you really are one of them.

This has got to be one of the most quiet deer openers in this area I have ever heard. There was hardly any shooting at all. Deer are not moving very much here.

I'm actually at home on the Minnesota deer opener which never happens. But I had to bring this bowkill home from Iowa yesterday to put in the freezer before I turn right around and head to Kansas. It's the rut baby.

It was quiet here too. The three of us saw about 15 deer total, 5 of them small bucks. My Neice's boyfriend shot his first buck. No tracking and no dragging so did well by my account!

I seen one buck and 3 does, all well before legal shooting time. Very few shots right away in the morning then none the rest of the day. One of my neighbors blames in on wolves but it seems like it's been very quiet all over. Several hunters I talked to today said opener has never been this quiet in the past 40 years. Somethings up but I don't know what it is.