From the stand reports

[kevfish1]

Hey Surface Tension: Please read the forum rules before posting again...

It is a new rule that if you are going to post a story like that...You need to include pictures. You must not have got that memmo

[mrklean]

Today was much better deer were moving more 3 bucks down no monsters but good bodies

[pinkfloyd4ever]

Go get 'em Mr. Klean! Hoping to get out next weekend, that evil 4 letter word work has interfered with my plans.

[Ely Lake Expert]

i havent seen anything from my stand, saw 3 does yestgerday while walking the edge of a swamp. 5 people in my shack and i am the only one gthat has seen any. i havent heard a shot within 5 miles and there is usually a shot every 5to10 minutes in my area on opener

[archerystud]

Took the first deer I saw yesterday morning. It was a nice 8 pointer. I didn't have this one on camera and it was bigger than the other 2 8's I had pictures of. Went out with my dad during the evening and had 4 does come through.

Nailed him with about a 40 yard shot (with the old Rem 1100). Will post pictures later.

[79LumaCraft]

Windy in Sheffield. Not seen a thing during shooting hours.

[Surface Tension]

Hey Surface Tension: Please read the forum rules before posting again...

It is a new rule that if you are going to post a story like that...You need to include pictures. You must not have got that memmo

Sorry won't happen again.

[DHost21]

Took a big 8 today with the bow. Moved through on a doe at around 830 and couldnt get a shot then again at 930. He was hot on that doe almost at a full sprint and somehow I got him to stop in my small shooting window. Was so awesome heard him grunting from 125 yards out and came all the way. The doe led him right behind my stand at 22 yards and the rage crushed him. He piled up after 40 yards. I will post pics as soon as my phone is charged. It died cause I had to text or call everybody. Field dressed at 189.7 and score 129 gross and 126.5 net. Just me doing the measurement so somewhere in there is close

[DHost21]

finally my first bow buck after passing on so many 1.5 and 2.5 year old bucks for 5 years now

[Spearing Machine]

Nice lookin' deer, DHost21. Not to be picky, but I hope you had some orange out there this weekend and you just took it off for the photo:)

[Steve Foss]

Took a mature 3-pointer today. About 18 inch inside spread between antlers, and a big body. Looked to me like maybe 2.5 or 3.5 years old. That's four deer seen in two days in the same location out in the big woods, including three different bucks. Think I'll be camping overnight in that spot the Friday before next year's opener!

Sorry, no pics. You'll just have to drool over my monster buck in your imaginations.

[Musky hunter 82]

Steve, My folks live right in the middle of the Echo Trail, about 2 miles from the Moose river. Do you get up there often, maybe you know them? We also have 80 acres off the 200 road that we hunt, I didn't make it up there this year, but waiting to her how they did. PM me and I'll send you their name. Good job on taking the buck.

[Steve Foss]

I might know them, MH. Especially if they have their place on the Moose Loop, not the Echo. But I do know a couple people on the Echo by the Moose River.

I'm up the Echo a whole lot for nature photography all seasons of the year.

[kevfish1]

DHost- please wear blaze orange at all times while in the woods this time of year.... You never know what or who is in the woods...

[MinnetonkaMan]

Sorry not from the stand but a total of five of us saw four doe's sitting in our stands Saturday and Sunday and around fifteen on the drives.. We also pushed a few groves and both had bucks pop out but our shooting was rusty and both made it away. Both were connected with doe's and followed them everywhere Made it tricky to not hit the doe while going after the buck. Trail camera had eight nice bucks on it but this wind kept the deer from moving in our area and only heard one other shot in the near area with limited long distance bangs. We were around St James. Others at the hotel said it was tough also. Need more doe tags they were every where when pushing!!!

[DHost21]

Hey guys I did have orange on just not in the pics. Also I am in Orono where there isnt any gun hunting allowed

[ozzie]

DHost21 that is a very nice looking deer...I like the dark rack.

For me on the weekend I saw 1 doe and shot 1 doe...but that was at 10 on Saturday morning and I hunted the whole weekend. Sure hope it picks up in the next week.

[chocolab]

saw a pretty big 6 pt. on saturday morning but hunt in APR zone so he got lucky. sunup to sundown in stand on sat and sun and that was it.

[NIBOWMAN]

DHost21 great deer love the chocolate rack. Well worth the wait I'm sure. Congrats

[DHost21]

Thanks guys! I am incredibly proud. I thought the same thing about the chocolate rack. I love that look too

[brassman]

My group got one 2.5 year old 8 point, I passed on two does at around 9:30 Saturday morning. Our group didnt see anything the rest of the day. Sunday was so windy that at 7:30 I got down to still hunt and didn't see a darn thing. The wind had them hunkered down and not moving. Our group saw nothing Sunday, but we quit at 9:30 because the wind was so bad.

A friend with a group of 16 went 0-16 sat-sun, but shot 7 this morning. When the wind dies down tonight they should really be moving. I'll be out tomorrow when it does!

[Tripleplay]

Not from the stand but an overall report. Hunting on new property and group went 4 for 5 with one hunter shooting all 4 deer. He finally put his rifle away! The same hunter also missed a doe that he should have taken immediately per our discussion of party hunting and my tag but he delayed and missed a much harder shot. He also missed the buck that was following his first doe that another member of our party had also missed him on opening morning. I'd say he was covered up by deer as compared to the rest of us and he even gave up his stand to another member of the party after opening morning. He is apparently a deer magnet!

My son couldn't fit on this new property and ended up hunting with his girlfriend's family and he put down 2 does on opening morning. This party typically averages a single deer every year hunting public land so he helped them out quite a bit this year. They ended up with 3 for opening weekend and the rain on Saturday evening may have cost my son another deer that he was positive he hit and jumped very close to where he shot while searching for blood in the dark--nothing found on Sunday morning.

All in all pretty darn good---the wind stunk and I sat all Saturday in a stand that had a 12" by maybe 20" chunk of plywood as the base so not much room for moving----wouldn't have traded it for anything and I didn't even raise my rifle to shoot.