anyone rethinking the opener for a day off?

[Robhuntandfish]

seriously considering rescheduling my day off from Tues to Wed or thurs.  Tues forecast - 81 and stormy.  Wed 68 and rain.  I like the drop in temp for sure thursday might be the day.  Gonna hate not being out on opening day though.  

[Skillet]

Yep, looks like crap. I might switch to Thursday or Friday off. Will still hunt Tues afternoon tho.

[BizCT]

Tempting but I just can’t skip the first two days. Wednesday says 85 for me.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[BowmanMike]

i can get a short morning or evening hunt in on either of those days,i will see what feels right.

[doebuck1234]

Thinking of switching mine aswell.temps at end of week look ideal

[Jeremy K]

I think im gonna head out afterwork for a few hours Tuesday, not taking the day off.

[Core]

If weather sucks I won't hunt. It's just not enjoyable, and the season is long. This is also why I plan work time off for hunting at last minute. Working around weather is not even as hard as working around my kid-taxing schedule in the evenings.

[grampy]

Too much can go wrong, bowhunting in a steady rain. Been there, done that. Also, I just don't enjoy it as much in high temps, and or rain. I'll pass. 

Long season, plenty of time to hunt. Used to be, the season didn't open until the 15th, so these first two weeks still feel like "bonus time" to me.

[G-Man]

1 hour ago, doebuck1234 said:

Thinking of switching mine aswell.temps at end of week look ideal

I know a few people in byron did a paleontology dig there for 20 years

[Jeremy K]

I never trust a weather report a week ahead of time ,I'm not gonna start now.

[Hock3y24]

Work 8pm-4am, can hunt any morning or evening I want!

[The_Real_TCIII]

Im hunting the morning come hell or high water. Ive got a 6AM flight Wednesday morning so the evening is out. I cant be trusted to not shoot a doe and cant be running around getting it taken care of

[The_Real_TCIII]

6 minutes ago, Jeremy K said:

I never trust a weather report a week ahead of time ,I'm not gonna start now.

They usually get the temp right 

[doebuck1234]

18 minutes ago, G-Man said:

I know a few people in byron did a paleontology dig there for 20 years

Interesting....where abouts?

[G-Man]

22 minutes ago, doebuck1234 said:

Interesting....where abouts?

Just west of town .there is a flashing signal there now. Maybe 1/4  mile up on left . Museum owns 40 acres there has pole barn on it. . Oh good times visiting skinny dipping hole down the road  a little bit and visiting the juice bar...

[doebuck1234]

35 minutes ago, G-Man said:

Just west of town .there is a flashing signal there now. Maybe 1/4  mile up on left . Museum owns 40 acres there has pole barn on it. . Oh good times visiting skinny dipping hole down the road  a little bit and visiting the juice bar...

Haha!familiar with that area as ive fished trestle park many of times and hunting grounds are just east off ivison/dublin rd

[G-Man]

1 hour ago, doebuck1234 said:

Haha!familiar with that area as ive fished trestle park many of times and hunting grounds are just east off ivison/dublin rd

Never hunted out that way though I've had invites through farmers I met over the years through friends there.. I'm to lazy to drive that far to hunt.

[Jamoke]

Not sure why anyone would waste a vacation day that early. You'll wish you had it for more time in the woods in another 4 weeks.

[Robhuntandfish]

1 hour ago, Jamoke said:

Not sure why anyone would waste a vacation day that early. You'll wish you had it for more time in the woods in another 4 weeks.

wasting a day of vacation is going to pottery barn not bow hunting.  Am taking an early vac day cause can only take so many days off in late Oct/early Nov without work thinking i won the lotto and sailed away.  Not gonna take the first if it stays true to be 81 and stormy but wed or thurs if it drops 20 degrees i will be out.  

[UpStateRedNeck]

Yeah I'm waffling on opening day now.  Friday looks like the day, we'll see as the forecast firms up.  Looks like a possible frost Friday night :

[turkeyfeathers]

They can’t forecast yesterday’s weather correctly. Get in those trees ! 

[BizCT]

7 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

They can’t forecast yesterday’s weather correctly. Get in those trees ! 

from the ground?

[G-Man]

2 hours ago, Jamoke said:

Not sure why anyone would waste a vacation day that early. You'll wish you had it for more time in the woods in another 4 weeks.

here is 2 reasons last 2 years..

[BizCT]

Just now, G-Man said:

here is 2 reasons last 2 years..

Early October bucks i assume? Regardless of weather, I still firmly believe 10/1 is just as good of a chance to shoot a big buck as any day in November. Which is why I am off lol

[t_barb]

I thin it depends on the property..    If you can hunt the edges and don't have to walk too far and get all sweated up it is one thing..   If you have to walk a quarter mile thru your property leaving a sweaty scent trail, you can really screw yourself...   Hard not to sweat when it is over 70 degrees  Just my opinion..