Ready for the SZ opener on November 3rd

[halfnelson]

Lock n Load we're goin' in !!!!  Let's get em in the morning!  Hoping for no rain for a change and some bucks running around!  

Got to make up for the lousy bow season- never saw a deer from stands---a first! So I'm sure this will be better.

[wolc123]

I am ready for my first deer hunt in the southern zone this season.   Good luck to all those heading out for some archery hunting this weekend no matter what type of "bow" you choose.   

[Swamp_bucks]

Just finished getting gear together.  Hoping to atleast see something.  These next to weekends at my lease every year is the only reason i hold on to it.  Almost same weather tomorrow as a couple years ago and i saw 5 bucks.  So hoping for the same.  Up early and heading towards madison county.  Good luck to those going out.

[wolc123]

How did everybody do with their crossbows on opening weekend ?  It looks like there were a few kills and a miss in the "live" thread.  The weather was tough with all the wind and rain on Saturday.  I got in a few hours in the morning and late afternoon (mostly inside enclosed blinds)  but did not see anything.  This morning would have been nice but I had something better to do (church with the family).   I wanted to put in a lot more hours hunting afterwords, but the maples in our yard all dropped their leaves today and I have no daylight "free time" during the week.  Cleaning them up left me just an hour before sunset for hunting.   

I sprinted back to the closest stand and saw my first buck of the year (looked like the wide-bodied 2.5 year buck that I saw from the car on Wed night).   He was on a mission at 4:40 pm, and walked briskly in a straight line along the edge of a corn plot, 60 yards away.  That was about double the distance that I would take a walking shot with my crossbow.    If he pulls that stunt during shotgun season, he will be toast.   I tried a grunt but that did not even slow him down.  My next crossbow hunt will be on my last hunting vacation day this year, this Friday.  That was the day I scored last year so I am hoping for a repeat performance.