Set up plans for the opener

[Ladys man]

What's everyone feeling for the opener, finding the acorns in the hardwoods or ag fields?

I'm a little torn with cooler weather.

 

[Volbuck777]

Acorns for me, I have no ag. Either way I'd be on acorns just because what I seen yesterday scouting. I haven't seen a nice buck on cam all year but in the last week I've noticed a lot of different deer patterns changing. Hoping Saturdays weather may get a big guy on his feet.

 

[akachuck]

On a pile of corn

I'll be in a stand in timber, nothing to special

 

[rtaylor]

I'll be sitting over a food plot with my 9 year old daughter. She says she's killing any deer that walks in bow range. I'm not sure which one of us is more fired up.

 

[philsanchez76]

My opening day spots are currently under several inches of water which means those deer have gone to dine on less soggy acorns. They'll be back but I think I will have to wing it for the opener.

 

[Ski]

I've got a couple public land spots with white oak stands I'm thinking of hunting. I haven't scouted them at all since last year so I'm hoping it's not just a shot in the dark. I was planning to hit Ohio but my folks up there are recovering from covid, so no bueno. That plan will be on hold another week or two.

 

[nso123]

I will be sitting on a small 25 yard wide opening between an oak flat and a bedding area.

 

[Trnr]

Ive also seen a big uptick in photos and deer sign in the woods around the acorns. Ill be sneaking in between the oaks and bedding

 

[Pilchard]

I'll be set up in a chair on the edge of a field watching my son play soccer

 

[TNGunsmoke]

I'm gonna pull camera cards at lunch Friday and then decide field or woods based on what I see, or don't see.

 

[Andy S.]

I'll be set up in a chair on the edge of a field watching my son play soccer

Same here. Soccer, squirrel hunting and scouting for the first mature acorns in my neck of the woods will be my focus this weekend. ANYTHING to be outside in the cool dry air. Few things make me happier than cool dry air with a light northerly breeze.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

I'll be chasing Rock bass waiting on m.l. to open.

 

[JeepKuntry]

Since I had the kiddos last weekend out of schedule, I get to hunt Saturday morning. I'll be in the hardwoods at pt19. Either on the backside of the powerlines or in a bottom that has a nice little pinch point. Sucky part about the second is the drag out!!!

 

[SwampChicken]

White oaks on secondary ridges, I have a big ole 6 pointer that just started moving in daylight a few days ago

 

[tree_ghost]

I'm gonna hit some public in Ky tomorow afternoon then head on to Ohio Friday morning to start scouting. Depending on what the crops look like I'll either go to the fields or go find some oaks in the hollers

 

[Hduke86]

I plan on sticking a doe early in the morning and dragging it 20 yards to my truck. They have been wearing out the acorns in the edge of the yard lol. Dang old chocolate lab just looks at the deer instead of running them out of the yard and my wife has had enough of them eating the hostsa plants the last few years. Maybe the survivors will get the hint that it's safe to eat acorns but eat the hosta and get stuck by an arrow. After that off to work by 9

 

[Ladys man]

I plan on sticking a doe early in the morning and dragging it 20 yards to my truck. They have been wearing out the acorns in the edge of the yard lol. Dang old chocolate lab just looks at the deer instead of running them out of the yard and my wife has had enough of them eating the hostsa plants the last few years. Maybe the survivors will get the hint that it's safe to eat acorns but eat the hosta and get stuck by an arrow. After that off to work by 9

That's my kinda plan, except the work part haha

 

[Ski]

I'm gonna hit some public in Ky tomorow afternoon then head on to Ohio Friday morning to start scouting. Depending on what the crops look like I'll either go to the fields or go find some oaks in the hollers

Good luck in both states! I'll be a week or so behind on Ohio, but I'd bet this cold front will have them moving in daylight. Dad says white oaks have been dropping up there for 2 weeks. I was there 3 weeks ago and did a camera check. Had some resident up & coming 2 & 3 year old bucks moving in daylight or right on the cusp of daylight from mid August on. Around the second week of October is when the big guys begin moving back in. Does with fawns keep them chased out during summer. My place is deep woods hills & hollers with a river bottom & ag about a mile down at the mouth of the main hollow.

 

[Hduke86]

That's my kinda plan, except the work part haha

I'll at least make it a little sporty and hunt from the treehouse lol

 

[Hduke86]

Good luck in both states! I'll be a week or so behind on Ohio, but I'd bet this cold front will have them moving in daylight. Dad says white oaks have been dropping up there for 2 weeks. I was there 3 weeks ago and did a camera check. Had some resident up & coming 2 & 3 year old bucks moving in daylight or right on the cusp of daylight from mid August on. Around the second week of October is when the big guys begin moving back in. Does with fawns keep them chased out during summer. My place is deep woods hills & hollers with a river bottom & ag about a mile down at the mouth of the main hollow.

That one buck is a wide joker

 

[tree_ghost]

Good luck in both states! I'll be a week or so behind on Ohio, but I'd bet this cold front will have them moving in daylight. Dad says white oaks have been dropping up there for 2 weeks. I was there 3 weeks ago and did a camera check. Had some resident up & coming 2 & 3 year old bucks moving in daylight or right on the cusp of daylight from mid August on. Around the second week of October is when the big guys begin moving back in. Does with fawns keep them chased out during summer. My place is deep woods hills & hollers with a river bottom & ag about a mile down at the mouth of the main hollow.

Yeah this cold snap will have them moving. Ky will be more of a scouting mission than anything unless I find hot sign I gotta climb on. It's a new piece of dirt I haven't been on but it's small, off the beaten path, and appear to have a lot of diversity in close proximity to each other. Hopefully I can gather some good intel for the future.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

I don't even know. Not many deer around here anymore. May hunt for bear/hogs instead.

 

[megalomaniac]

It's amazing to me how much enthusiasism I can have for a bowhunt 3 weeks ago, but zero enthusiasm I can have for the next 4 weeks of season. I guess it's because all the bucks I would want to shoot have gone nocturnal since the velvet came off. I guess I could slip onto the edge of their core bedding areas, but I would do more harm than good

Or wait, I can shoot does this weekend! And leave spotted fawns without a mother/teacher...

I think I'll go fishing for specks instead.

 

[Ski]

That one buck is a wide joker

Yessir he's a rare breed. I always get a lot of real nice bucks through my place but not often I see one that size at such a young age. I'm pretty sure he's only 3.

 

[Rackseeker]

Good luck to everybody headed to the woods this weekend. Hope everyone has a safe hunt and kills whatever they are after. As for me I will be at home finishing up some projects I have started. My hunting don't get good until December anyway. The way its looking Nov. 18th will be my last day to work this year so I have plenty time to hunt.

 

[Hduke86]

Yessir he's a rare breed. I always get a lot of real nice bucks through my place but not often I see one that size at such a young age. I'm pretty sure he's only 3.

Yea his neck looks like a younger buck

 

[Snake]

I'll be hunting a ridgetop that has three ridgelines coming together. There are oaks all around but I also have a trophy rock lick that they been wearing out . I have two stands about 75 yds apart for different wind directions and another about 300 yds away to hunt about any wind direction around that top .

 

[huvrman]

Gideon prayer breakfast, putting in food plots, setting up in the PM between a persimmon tree and a previously planted plot. Then full bore Monday and Tuesday.

 

[reloadxx]

I am hunting a oak flat buy not much hope since I had 2 cameras stolen and one SD card taken out of the other camera SO I'm going in blind just hope no one comes in and ruin my hunt

 

[PossumSlayer]

What's everyone feeling for the opener, finding the acorns in the hardwoods or ag fields?

I'm a little torn with cooler weather.

I'm in a small saddle with a food plot 200 yards away on hilltop ... camera showed deer on food plot near dark, camera near saddle had deer about an hour earlier.
I'm back in the saddle again
2weeks ago I had acorns dropping in the saddle.