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Post by rockster11 on Nov 17, 2007 18:38:07 GMT -5
Just wanted to see if this happened to anyone else this morning... I sat at Mississinewa (I know crazy right?) Well the main reason I did was I wanted to fill my doe tag(already got my buck) with my bow and I figured this morning with all the shots it would be a good chance.. Well, turns out I was wrong.. there were TONS of cars parked there this morning and I only counted 34 shots?? ANd alot of these came from private ground... I didnt see one cotton picking thing run through, which is also very weird because I was sitting in a great escape route area... Did anyone else around the state just not see or hear much this morning?? Or was I in the wrong spot?? From what others said to me this morning I was not alone in not seeing anything out there?
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Post by ceannfiagaí on Nov 17, 2007 19:29:21 GMT -5
I agree. Only heard a handfull of shots, but my property was very active. Saw 4pt., second buck(small unable to fully see rack) and Finally took a nice 9pt. Pics to be posted as soon as my buddy uploads them to me.
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Post by Hawkeye on Nov 17, 2007 20:50:43 GMT -5
I agree,not near as many shots this day as opening day of gun season last year!
Of course ,All the Guys I saw riding around most of the day in pickups and 4 wheelers did not get many shots!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2007 21:51:19 GMT -5
Lots of shooting in Franklin County. There were tons of deer being checked in in Metamora.
I took a doe, my buddy took a doe, and his dad took an 8 pointer.
I saw 53 deer while hunting today...they were running everywhere.
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Post by bsutravis on Nov 18, 2007 2:17:00 GMT -5
I didn't hear a single shot.......... but of course I was at work and not out in the woods. LOL
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Post by drs on Nov 18, 2007 6:14:57 GMT -5
I heard a few "morning" shots in the surrounding area; but I saw not one Deer where I was hunting behind my home. Staid in my stand all day and only heard one afternon shot. Very little movement, on the Deer's part. In years past; I normally see around six Deer on any given day, during the season.
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Post by TagTeamHunter on Nov 18, 2007 6:21:32 GMT -5
Glad I wasn't the only one. Hunting State Forest. A lot of "First Light" shots rang out. Counted about 25 (15 of those were 3 sets of the 5 in a roll kind). Didn't see one deer. A lot of scrapes and deer tracks but not one deer pass my way. Oh well guess why they call it hunting.
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Post by scrub-buster on Nov 18, 2007 12:05:43 GMT -5
I only saw one squirrel on opening morning. Our property is split in half by a road and my dad and uncle were hunting on the other side. When I walked to the house, they were in my driveway with a nine pointer and a big ten. I picked the wrong side!
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Post by cambygsp on Nov 18, 2007 19:53:33 GMT -5
We counted 27 shots Saturday Morning....and some were pretty far off. I checked my deer at The Fishin Shed at Lake Monroe, they said they were WAY down for the same day last year, less than half and that was at 2:00pm
I also asked about Archery checked deer.....the girl said "was there an archery season this year".....she said it was an all time low for them.
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Post by hoyt1166 on Nov 19, 2007 5:57:32 GMT -5
Probably because the weather was too nice. If it had been colder, more people would have been up walking around. Only saw a couple of deer in the morning (passed on a couple of small bucks) but shot two does in the evening and now will wait for either a big boy or another doe. Freezer will be full this year.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 19, 2007 6:06:39 GMT -5
I haven't hunted Indiana yet. I've been over in Illinois for their early gun season.
A bowhunting friend of mine sat my Indiana stand on the opener and Sunday morning and he only saw one small (110 or so) buck. He said there was very little shooting going on and there were a bunch of vehicles parked up and down the road.
We will be passing out Thanksgiving baskets at our church food pantry this morning so I wont get out until tomorrow morning. I don't think the 2007 deer harvest will be near as good as the IDNR is predicting...
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Post by cambygsp on Nov 19, 2007 6:19:07 GMT -5
I don't think the 2007 deer harvest will be near as good as the IDNR is predicting... No, I don't either! Funny thing is I have seen more deer this year than any other year I can remember. I've hunted every weekend and had more shot opportunities with my bow than I can ever remember.....just couldn't close the deal. However I did only see one deer this past 4 or 5 days (they knew I had a gun).......I think there are still plenty of deer, but I think the deer hunters are just not out there. With the warm weather and $3.00 a gallon gas, some folks are just not going. |
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Post by deerhunter82 on Nov 19, 2007 6:38:58 GMT -5
This was a very odd opening day. Where I sat I usually have deer in bow range every time while in my stand. Well, Saturday morning I only saw two does. They were on another property, so I couldn't get a shot. Didn't see anything the rest of the day. Sunday morning I went to a new place I've never hunted. Saw two does and a tight racked eight point up wind on another property. While watching the buck I here a something snort to my left. I look out into the field and see nothing but whitetails. There must of been 15-20 deer bedded in a thicket down wind of me. The north east wind messed me up all day yesterday. In the afternoon I went back to the place I hunted opening day and saw four does about 200yds up wind the middle of the afternoon. Then about 4pm I look downwind of me and there are 2 does. Well once again they wind me and there was ten or twelve does. Well hopefully I will have better luck this week.
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Post by parrothead on Nov 19, 2007 7:46:29 GMT -5
Very slow where I was too. I counted 250 shots from 7-11 usually 350-400. Yesterday evening I counted only 20. which is unheard of down there opening weekend. I was in Jefferson/Switzerland Co.
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Post by chicobrownbear on Nov 19, 2007 8:22:52 GMT -5
Slow for me on Sunday as well. I don't know if they hunkered down or what.
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Post by hunter7x on Nov 19, 2007 8:25:50 GMT -5
Interesting, there were FAR more shots where my son and I was this year than the last 2 and FAR more cars parked along the road. Northern Miami co.
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Post by bw225 on Nov 19, 2007 11:35:48 GMT -5
Saturday morning was slow for me also. But I think it had more to due with the BRUTE cologne some fine local tresspassing Idiot poured all on and around my stand. But the season is still young and this only makes me more dedicated to taking the deer this person didn't want me to take
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Post by dbd870 on Nov 19, 2007 12:35:55 GMT -5
Wouldn't you love to know who did it and have him arrested.
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Post by bw225 on Nov 19, 2007 12:48:15 GMT -5
I have a pretty good idea who it was, but proving it is a tough thing to do.
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Post by mbogo on Nov 19, 2007 13:09:39 GMT -5
I counted about 80 shots by 9:00 am Sat. morning. I haven't hunted this area on opening morning for 3-4 years so I can't compare it to the last few years but I had to guess I would say that there was little more shooting than usual in this area.
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