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Opening day luck????
#6904125
09/30/17 03:54 PM
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 473
Tru2lifetaxidermy
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Bird Dog
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Anyone have any luck this morning?
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6904223
09/30/17 07:24 PM
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Joined: Nov 2016
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jbseamus83
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Not this morning. Gonna head back out here in a little bit. Pics on the camera are showing more activity in the evening anyways. Fingers crossed. It's nice to be back in an actual hunting season though.
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6904285
09/30/17 09:29 PM
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TxDispatcher
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Pics last night right at dark...I may get stuck up in the tree if they don't show up a little earlier this evening
I will get off in a little bit You shouldnt have said that
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6904297
09/30/17 09:48 PM
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Joined: Aug 2008
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Deerhunter61
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Saw a few this morning but no shooters.
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6904307
09/30/17 09:57 PM
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Joined: Jan 2010
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Stevarino
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My oldest shot a sow around 8. Saw some doe and sat till 1130ish. Had bucks in around 1030 am this week but didn't show today. Just got back in for the afternoon.
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6904315
09/30/17 10:07 PM
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Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 111
slippinaround
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Woodsman
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Seen 5 bucks this morning and a hand full of doe No shooters. Two of the bucks were chasing doe.
Saw scrapes this morning with fresh urine in them. Hunting in east TX
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: slippinaround]
#6904319
09/30/17 10:09 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
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ChrisB
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I had a young 8 point, a doe and a fawn this morning. Surprised to see them all three come in together.
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6904321
09/30/17 10:14 PM
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Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 124
jbseamus83
Woodsman
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Woodsman
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Back in for the evening hint, but the guys on the property rightu next to mine are having target practice or something. I thought they might be dove hunting, but I hear handguns and what sounds like ar15.
Sounds like the 4th of July out here...
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: jbseamus83]
#6904356
09/30/17 10:45 PM
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Joined: Oct 2012
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Creekrunner
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Back in for the evening hint, but the guys on the property rightu next to mine are having target practice or something. I thought they might be dove hunting, but I hear handguns and what sounds like ar15.
Sounds like the 4th of July out here... That just means more deer for your area. Good luck.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: jbseamus83]
#6904364
09/30/17 10:56 PM
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Joined: Jun 2012
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Fat Tire
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Back in for the evening hint, but the guys on the property rightu next to mine are having target practice or something. I thought they might be dove hunting, but I hear handguns and what sounds like ar15.
Sounds like the 4th of July out here... You in Erath County? Just listening to the same thing out here a bit ago.
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6904420
09/30/17 11:50 PM
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rickym
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Yup, kids about 400 yards from me on different property as screaming up a storm.
Haven't seen anything other than birds and squirrels.
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: jbseamus83]
#6904438
10/01/17 12:22 AM
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Joined: Aug 2008
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Deerhunter61
THF Trophy Hunter
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Back in for the evening hint, but the guys on the property rightu next to mine are having target practice or something. I thought they might be dove hunting, but I hear handguns and what sounds like ar15.
Sounds like the 4th of July out here... Me too! Guy across the street was dove hunting and the guy behind me I guess was target practicing but he wasn't biting anything cuz I heard the rounds fly by.
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6904550
10/01/17 03:02 AM
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SowHntr
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Great post been wondering the same thing, keep it going!
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6904642
10/01/17 11:08 AM
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Joined: Sep 2017
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Clay co hunter
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Green Horn
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Here's how my opening day went.... got all the way in the stand to realize I left my phone in the truck, then very quickly found out that even if the Thermacell is the best invention in recent times, it doesn't work without the repellent part that was sitting on my bar back home. Also figured out that the feeder was stopped up (was fine Friday afternoon) and finally didn't see a thing all day. Went home hungry and a little frustrated. But I am back this morning trying again. Good luck.
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6904696
10/01/17 01:13 PM
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Joined: Aug 2004
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Jimbo
THF Trophy Hunter
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We've got tons, and I mean tons of turkeys. So many that you can't keep corn on the ground for the deer. You run a flock off another shows up right behind them or they come back. Hogs same way. Between hog and turkeys there is little for the deer to eat. Saw several smaller young bucks and a few does. No acorns, this year and the animals don't look in that great a shape.
Thursday at 12:45 PM #33 Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6904891
10/01/17 05:43 PM
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Kawabuggy
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It was about a 7/8's moon last night. I think deer are feeding through the night and bedding down early. The moon being that bright *should* mean some activity during daylight hours. Your experience may vary.
I was out yesterday and saw nothing except squirrels. The neighboring property was shooting rifles, hand guns, cannons, fireworks, and anything else that would make a loud bang. I'm not sure but I believe they are anti-hunting. Going back out again this afternoon. Missed the morning hunt. Most activity we are seeing on camera is in the evenings anyway.
A hog is nothing more than a bullet receptacle.
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6905687
10/02/17 02:58 PM
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CurtisCatfish
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Got a 13 point opening day at 6 in the evening ! Don’t know how to post pictures on here anymore !
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6905695
10/02/17 03:04 PM
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Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 9,185
hook_n_line
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We saw nothing. Have pictures up to the 27th and after that nothing. Acorns started hitting the ground so I suspect the deer are under a tree somewhere.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
#6905746
10/02/17 03:33 PM
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Joined: Oct 2017
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D Rogers
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I got pigs on the cam and a couple nice bucks. When I say pigs...I mean pigs....hundreds of them it seems like. They've trashed just about every feeder, fence and road we've got. I have cam pics with 15-20 of them at a time
~Dustin
"Life's complicated, man, like a dang ol' Rubik's cube, man. Talkin' 'bout blue and red, man. Dang ol' get one side, dang ol' messed up th' other side, man."
-Boomhauer
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Re: Opening day luck????
[Re: CurtisCatfish]
#6915967
10/10/17 11:06 PM
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Erathkid
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Wow. Great buck. Congratulations.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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