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Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: Pappy on September 23, 2016, 07:38:21 am

Title: Opening day.
Post by: Pappy on September 23, 2016, 07:38:21 am
Opening day, here I come. ;D ;D ;D  It would seem as many years as I have done this [41 ]that the excitement of opening day would ease a little, but that's not the case, I am like a kid at the candy story the day and night before the opening day of Bow season, I will hardly sleep tonight I can guarantee that, will be up every 15 minutes checking the clock and finely up for good by 4am maybe earlier just itching to get in the woods, probably be in the stand at least an hour maybe a little more before shooting light, just can't wait. I love it all the time but something about opening morning just fires me off. Hope everyone has a good one whenever yours opens and hope most feel the same excitement as I feel. Love it. ;)
 Pappy
Title: Re: Opening day.
Post by: osage outlaw on September 23, 2016, 08:00:07 am
Good luck Pappy.  I hope a fat doe or a nice buck walks by in range for you.  I will miss my opening morning for only the second time in 25 years.  My daughter has a big cross country meet that morning.  She has really worked hard this year and I don't want to miss seeing her win the conference meet.  I'll  be out opening night though.
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Post by: Eric Krewson on September 23, 2016, 08:09:08 am
I am going to stay home tomorrow, Tn season always opens before I am ready to hunt. I still have bush hogging to do and stands to put up plus the 90+ degree temps take the fun out of it for me.
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Post by: BowEd on September 23, 2016, 10:57:20 am
You bet I'm always excited about the opening day too.To finally get in the woods to seriously shoot at something legally besides just stump shooting.Good luck fellas.
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Post by: sleek on September 23, 2016, 01:00:51 pm
Yall have fun. Opening day is oct 1st for us. But, right now I dont have a place to keep any deer I shoot. I gadda find a friend with a freezer. Or buy one and keep it at their place. I wont have much time to hunt either unless i take time off work, but I do have sundays and thanksgiving. And I have some short bows that are just begging me to take them into the woods.

Yall have fun, good luck, and be safe!
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Post by: Ed Brooks on September 23, 2016, 01:04:42 pm
Good Luck Pappy! You got me excited all over again just reading this. Ed
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Post by: JoJoDapyro on September 23, 2016, 01:42:32 pm
It is the ingrained hunter in us. Some of us have it, some don't. Those of us that do know all about it!
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Post by: bradsmith2010 on September 23, 2016, 02:24:38 pm
hey Pappy,,know you gonna get one,,
I will get to go oct 3 in texas for a few days off work
Talked to Bryon today and he said hes gonna go but spose to be in the 90,s,, whew thats hot,,
you got to kill one early and get it on the ice,,right,,
what bow you shooting this year and what arrow set up,, are you sure your practiced enough:):):)  for that 5 yard shot you gonna get,, :)
Title: Re: Opening day.
Post by: GlisGlis on September 23, 2016, 03:41:00 pm
I cant bowhunt where I live
you are exciting me beyond sustainable
let me live it a little bit through your storys
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Post by: Badly Bent on September 23, 2016, 07:27:19 pm
Good luck Pappy. I've got the itch to get out there opening day myself and do every year when I'm able,  one more week until our season opener.
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Post by: Stixnstones on September 23, 2016, 07:41:58 pm
Good luck Pappy, cant wait to see the pics.
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Post by: chamookman on September 24, 2016, 03:15:44 am
Good luck and be safe Pappy - go get 'Em ! A week from today, I'll be feeling the same thing - Bob.
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Post by: mullet on September 24, 2016, 08:04:55 am
Good luck, Mark, get that 7 point.
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Post by: H Rhodes on September 24, 2016, 08:31:42 am
Good luck Pappy!  I have a little less than three weeks of anticipation to go.  Fields to disc and planting to be done, so that will keep me busy for the next couple of weeks.  Once the days start getting shorter, the acorns start dropping, Orion's belt  shows up in the night sky, I get afflicted with a loss of hair on my left forearm.... If I get to use every broadhead I have sharpened in the last week, I should have a freezer full! ;D  I will never get cured of this excitement.  I have over forty years of hunting seasons behind me, and I am as stoked about this one as I was about the first one.  Planning a hunt, setting up a tree stand, building a ground blind, doing the scouting, is all good and I enjoy it, but that first morning waiting on the sun to come up is a special thing.  It won't be long now! 
Title: Re: Opening day.
Post by: sleek on September 30, 2016, 03:56:12 am
I get to be out in the woods sunday. A deer this year would be especially nice. I cant decide if I am hunting with slightly ticked again or another even shorter one.
Title: Re: Opening day.
Post by: Pappy on September 30, 2016, 04:28:01 am
Well it's a week into our and I am still fired up, the weather has finely eased and is supposed to be a beautiful weekend, last weekend was as hot as I have every hunted especially in the evenings, but I still enjoyed. Hope all of you that are just getting started this weekend have a great hunt and shoot straight. :)
 Pappy
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Post by: selfbow joe on September 30, 2016, 06:44:46 am
Saturday is open day for us in Indiana. Looks like it's going to be a good weekend.
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Post by: bjrogg on September 30, 2016, 08:02:56 am
I've had many opening days and they where always exciting, however none where opening bow season for me. I can't explain how much anticipation I feel  waiting another 24 hours for the sun to break the darkness and shine it's light on whatever hunting opportunities are out there. However the weather man say's the sun probably isn't going to shine and the rain is predicted. I'm thinking I'll be close to one of my gun blinds if I have to get out of the rain for a bit.
bjrogg
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Post by: bradsmith2010 on September 30, 2016, 01:51:57 pm
I get to go Monday afternoon,, for the first time,, wishing everyone the best of luck,,  :)
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on September 30, 2016, 05:04:53 pm
Ours starts tomorrow. Rain and wind is forecasted. So I decided last night I would build me a new yew recurve bow this weekend rather. I cleaned up the back and laid a bow out. Hope to get it cut out tonight and floor tillered, maybe even reflexed and straightened.
Title: Re: Opening day.
Post by: BowEd on September 30, 2016, 05:43:00 pm
I'm anxious here  to ambush too.The weather is good but could get just a little cooler yet for more deer activity yet I'd say.The best is yet to come for sure.I brought in another osage stave myself to ponder on.It'll need some coaxing.
Good luck to everyone this year.