Longest week of the year

[NYbuck50]

starts now. This time next week i'll be in a tree!

[Fantail]

Reminds me of those ketchup commercials with the anticipation song. 

Damn sometimes I feel old..er.

[PSEcopenhagenHUNTER]

Work all week, get one more trip up for salmon and then it's all about whitetails!!!

[NYbuck50]

i'll be at trestle saturday for one last go with the salmon as well.

Work all week, get one more trip up for salmon and then it's all about whitetails!!!

 

[Witty]

Got 5 stands up and ready to roll. Hopefully I can come up with a good excuse to get out of work Tuesday afternoon. This will be a very long week, hopefully it is worth it.

[t_barb]

Is it just me or are there others out there that wished we would go back to a 10/15 bow opener..

 

Don't get me wrong, I love to hunt and bowhunting is my strongest passion, but I think it has made the season to long and has extended it into a period that is generally warmer and less "hunter friendly"..

 

You can do a lot of "damage" heading out when it is warm...  getting all sweaty and then climbing up a stand, broadcasting a strong scent can really hurt your chances later in the year..  Sure it can be that warm 2 weeks later, but the chances get less and less.

 

I am not trying to "rain on anyone's parade"..  I just liked things the way the used to be.  Anyone else feel the same way?

 

BTW...  I will be out there, just because I can't not unt when me buddies are..  the "pull" is to great

[NYbuck50]

i really like the first few weeks of october. hard to beat hunting in a sweatshirt with crunchy leaves,

[jjb4900]

Is it just me or are there others out there that wished we would go back to a 10/15 bow opener..

 

Don't get me wrong, I love to hunt and bowhunting is my strongest passion, but I think it has made the season to long and has extended it into a period that is generally warmer and less "hunter friendly"..

 

You can do a lot of "damage" heading out when it is warm...  getting all sweaty and then climbing up a stand, broadcasting a strong scent can really hurt your chances later in the year..  Sure it can be that warm 2 weeks later, but the chances get less and less.

 

I am not trying to "rain on anyone's parade"..  I just liked things the way the used to be.  Anyone else feel the same way?

 

BTW...  I will be out there, just because I can't not unt when me buddies are..  the "pull" is to great

I agree.........I'm off all next week and doubt I'll go out.

[TeeBugg]

i really like the first few weeks of october. hard to beat hunting in a sweatshirt with crunchy leaves,

I agree!

[RangerClay]

I'm going out this Saturday just to be outdoors.  With a hot forecast for that day I doubt I will release an arrow.  I just need some "Me & Mother Nature Time".

Edited September 26, 2013 by RangerClay

[asav2013]

Being sweaty you,can control , walk in slow, dont over do it, I think this early season gives the guys who really do there homework an advantage, big bucks are very patternable right now, but when the opener was the 15th it gave us 14 days to run our coyote hounds and get them in shape take a few pounds off, we respect other hunters and we are all deer hunters.so we do not rub our dogs during an open deer season, so it limits us from Christmas to march, depends on how the Dec seems to think this early opener works out, it may or may not stay last I knew this was only suppose to be a 5 year thing,

[phade]

Being sweaty you,can control , walk in slow, dont over do it, I think this early season gives the guys who really do there homework an advantage, big bucks are very patternable right now, but when the opener was the 15th it gave us 14 days to run our coyote hounds and get them in shape take a few pounds off, we respect other hunters and we are all deer hunters.so we do not rub our dogs during an open deer season, so it limits us from Christmas to march, depends on how the Dec seems to think this early opener works out, it may or may not stay last I knew this was only suppose to be a 5 year thing,

 

That's funny talk on this site.

 

Many here bank on plopping in a funnel in November for success.

 

OP - Not really following "damaging" something? What are you trying to "save from damage"?

 

Edited September 26, 2013 by phade