Minnesota firearm opener

Saturday Nov 7th is firearms opener. Hopefully the deer will be moving like they were during bow season. This time out if I can see em I can hit em. With any luck I'll fill my tag opening morning.

Bill

I Love that phrase. Never heard it before

"If I can see 'em. I can hit 'em"

Good Luck WildBill

Go get 'em!!!

Well now I know what my problem is. Nobody ever told me you had to see em. Bet that will make a heck of a difference. Go get em Bill. Draggon

Don't you have to see 'em to catch 'em when you're fly fishing?

I never fly fished before. I was always using Mepp spinners and we would look for spawning beds with a trout in it and then throw a spinner through it trying to agitate the trout into striking it.

I think you'll do well Bill, good luck!

Mark

Go get 'um, Bill. I have a feeling you'll do just fine this season.
I was watching a hunting video on t.v this morning. It was about hunting whitetails in, the lower part of Northern Mich. They were doing an old fashion 'deer drive'. I couldn't believe the number of deer they were pushing out. Had to be private hunt club. The guy did get him a big 10 pt. though.

Good luck, Bill! Shoot straight and have a safe hunt.
Don

We had our firearm opener a week or so ago..I went in the back room and opened up all my firearms..Now what am I supposed to do?

Leep:

LOL

Bill

Brain fart. That's my excuse. A doe stands perfectly broadside at 100 maybe 150 yards. I put cross-hair of my 308 above the doe's back. No deer today. The 50+ temps didn't seem to keep the deer laying down. There was a fair amount of shooting. Tomorrow 25+ mph wind, that'll be fun.

Bill

C'mon Bill!!!

Well it's not what I was hoping for. But I am first and foremost a meat hunter. After bow hunting for a month and a half. Then watching that field with my 308 for 9 days with only 7 days left. I decided to take the first deer the presented me with a good shot.





The day started out very interesting. I went out at 10 AM. We had a hard frost but the temps would get up into the 40's. About 10:40 I heard a buck grunting loudly, like he was chasing a hot doe. I blew my call but I knew he wasn't going to respond, he was busy. About 11:30 I saw what I was sure was a deer lying down in some Diamond Willow brush about 500 yards away. At 4:30 it came out and started feeding. I watch that bugger for 45 minutes before I realized it feed it's way to about 225 yards. I decided I'd take it when it turned broadside. It was about the last minute of legal shooting light. Finally the deer was broadside kind of quartering to me. But I knew I could make it work. The 308 barked and fireball shot out from the barrel. When the rifle settled back down after the recoil, I didn't see anything running, and I couldn't see anything lying on the ground (the grass is kind of tall and the ground slops down anyways). I didn't hear anything crashing through the brush. I called my dad on the radio and he came right out. He found the deer right where I shot it. The 150 gr Power Shok 308 did it's job quick.

Only one tag here this year so I'm done until September '10.

Bill

Way to go Bill

Venison is in the freezer

That was a long shot. Way to shoot!!

Great shot, Bill. Looks like ya'll will have some fine eating this winter.

Congrats Bill! Should be some nice tender eating. Great shot on top of everything!
Don