shots

[nonteepical]

Wow I've counted 5 so far and 2 were way b4 legal shooting. Zone 240. Whats everyone else hearing.

[CrewJones]

heard about 30 or so 223 close to the sherburne wildlife refuge and there always lobbing slugs over there

[jay83196]

Heard 20 shots or so watched doe and fawn for 20 min .

[mainbutter]

Just came in and had a bowl of chili to warm up.

Right at legal shooting over a dozen shots went off within a 30 second window. I've probably heard close to 50 shots, all except a few were before 9:30AM.

Some of those 50 shots were three or four bozos who let off anywhere between three and eight shots in a row, I'm guessing shooting at running deer across a wide field out here in farmland.

I didn't see one darn deer this morning, and all those shots made me feel like I was really missing out.

I'm going to change into some softer clothes and slowly walk to a bedding area, might just find something worth putting the cross hairs on!

[HardWater9]

Got to my seat this morning and watched three fresh posts pop up on my screen at work. Man missing opener is a lot tougher than I thought it would be, especially since it is the first time in 15 years. Good luck everyone and I am living through your hunts.

[MJ1657]

8 minutes before legal shooting was the earliest I heard.

[alex1]

No lie got to my stand at 6:45 and at 7:00 I heard I heard the first shot. Legal shooting wasn't till 7:30 here in 213. Might have been someone loading there gun when it when off who knows, but I kinda doubt it.

[river rat316]

Lots of shots in 223 we got one this morning, and saw another one out of range

[ozzie]

I was reading this post in my stand at 2 n heard something turn n shot a 10 ptr!! My biggest deer! This is after I jumped a buck toy buddy this morning!!! Nowy buddy called n said he found a doe shot his morni g dead under a different stand of ours..eat pole is filling up!!!

[Dave S]

Haven't heard much for shots around here today. There was 4-5 this morning and only heard 2 more in the MN river valley. I think the dry creek beds sent the deer packing for the river valley.

[mrklean]

We heard one about 830 last night only one or two this morning

[Pinusbanksiana]

About 5 shots all day. 107. I quit at about 4pm, early, had to pick up kids.

[monstermoose78]

was not much shooting my me tonight in 223, I heard 5 or 6 shots is all. I am using my crossbow in my dads back yard!

[jay83196]

Only a few shots tonight in169 heard more this AM. Saw 3 does , but no permit.

[tipup]

Zone 156, I didnt count, but it didnt sound like many at all!!! Infact for the # of hunters that I saw, it seemed like 10 x's the hunters as shots. I did here one really close, my son shot his first deer ever 1 hour into the season!!!! Will post a pic later!!!

[chocolab]

Hunting in 348, southeast mn. First shot i heard was at 5:30am, 2 hrs before legal time. Crazy.

[nonteepical]

the silence was deafening tonight, but managed to have a doe and a 2 year old 5x5 following her about 1 o'clock. zone 240

[MattL]

Pretty quiet out my way. I didn't hunt this morning but did hear a few shots. I hunted from 1:30 til dark and only heard 3 sets of shots all afternoon and they were way off in the distance so I could barely hear them.

[KidMoe]

Only heard two shots from shooting time till about 9:30 yesterday. But from 9:30 till noon there was a ton of shooting. Area 177 & 119. Also only about 8 or so in the last hour and a half.

[MJ1657]

We were in the woods gutting a deer at about 8:30 last night and heard a shot.

[hockeybc69]

teep,

That was by far the quietest opener in 240 I have heard I am quite certain.....

Today was stunning at how dead it was. And with no wind, you could hear shots from several miles away I would guess.

We didnt see SQUAT. Second year in a row with no deer gunned down.... Doesnt even seem possible to say that in OTC anywhere... Simply bewildered as to whats going on the last few years.

[MattL]

Another slow day in southern MN. I hunted this morning until 10 am and didn't see anything. I only heard about 5 sets of shots. This afternoon I did not hunt but spent all afternoon working outside on the farm and do not recall hearing a single shot.

[nonteepical]

hockey,

i bet i didn't hear more than 20-30 shots all weekend, but this little butterball stopped about 15 yards infront of me opening morning and i let him go. Look at his tarsals, they aren't stained granted he's a young deer but i haven't found one scrape on the property yet.

[walleyeking19]

Heard the first shot of season about a half hour before shooting time. The person fired twice, so it couldnt have been an accidental shot. Not sure how he could see one without getting it in the headlights!!

[96trigger]

Too many shots to count where I am at. Could tell many of them were follow up shots. Was pretty quiet this evening though. Lots of shots in the river bottoms, not many on the hillsides. Dry weather has driven many of the deer to water, much like last year. On the bright side, never heard an illegal shot, seemed like plenty of hunters out there.