What time did you hear the first shots today.

[burmjohn]

What time did you hear the first shots today.  

[Sbufan]

What time did you hear the first shots today.  

In Naples... some clown already let one rip


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[burmjohn]

I just heard a shot far away.  6:24 - 

[Al Bundy]

I heard one about 15 mins ago...

[Deerthug]

6:15

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[Moho81]

6:32am I had to look at the time because I wasn't even in the stand yet.

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[Rockspek]

I was still in my house

[Jeremy K]

Right about 7

[rob-c]

6:20 heck I could only see 30 yards max at that time . 

[GreeneHunter]

Half Hour before sunrise !

[FX62]

6:40. 24 shots before legal

[BizCT]

624. Sunrise 648


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[46rkl]

First shot at 6:25. Steady shooting till 8:30. Sunrise was 7:08 in 8H. 

[Core]

6:40. Sunrise is officially 7:12 or something. But in their defense it was very bright.

I heard the BULK of gunfire this morning before sunrise. It then petered off massively by 7:30 and then just a smattering from time to time continually less in frequency until I had to go home at 9:30.

[Doc]

At 6:35, the far hill kind of lit up for a few minutes as apparently some deer began to run the gauntlet. Then shooting got real sporadic with just a few shots here and there. It is probably one of the quietest openers that I have heard in a long time. I know that the DEC whining about huge overpopulations of deer is pretty much on target. The hunter traffic seemed to be a little heavier than it has been in recent years. So I am not sure just what is happening, but things are very quiet.

However, I deserve an Atta-boy from the DEC, because I dropped a doe about 8:00 or actually a bit before 8. Here in 8N, they tried last year to threaten and harangue the bowhunters with demands and threats that they are the chosen ones to single-handedly reduce the herd in this and several other WMUs. Well, I didn't do it with the bow, but I did do it. The .270 once again came through. 

[Deerstalker]

635 am 

[wheelieman]

7:04 legal light, First shots 6:32 could barely see, 

[bkln]

3 shots way before legal light (about 6:15 legal light was 6:48)

[greg54]

6:30 first I heard this morning 

[Big_Bean_Dog]

About 6:20. 2 shots about a minute apart.

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[SuperMag]

6:19 here in 6s


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[fasteddie]

14 shots before legal time in Geneseo 8H . 

The first shot I heard was at 6:32 . Sunrise was 7:09 

[uberyan]

Haha. This thread is making me think I should have a strobe light on me while I'm walking into the woods. 

[Buckstopshere]

First shot was at 6:15 am. I figure that early, even though the moon was still bright...and you didn't need a flashlight to walk through the woods, somebody shot a hole in their truck, cabin porch or wall. Knuckleheads doing something stupid. Maybe someone was shooting at a deer, and that is certainly possible..but I think at least a high percentage of these crazy early shots  are caused by just bad or inept gun handling.

I counted 87 shots by 8 am. And probably 150 or so in the next hour, but I had stopped counting. For many years I have been counting shots until 8 am. This  morning's count was a slightly below average shot count for Southern Allegany County. A little over 100 is about average.

[wolc123]

I heard about a dozen before sunrise in 9F.   My buddy shot a button buck about 1/2 hour after sunrise.  That was the first legal shot I heard.   I always have a vision of a game-warden going immediately to the sight of the first illegal shot.   They could get the unlucky poacher on two charges: hunting before season and shooting before sunrise.