Opening Day

[RangerClay]

May the Force be with you!

[RangerClay]

1 hour ago, Daveboone said:

Opening morning (used to be Tuesday) and thanksgiving....traffic on the throughway and 81 like it was rush hour, with every vehicle full of red /orange hats. The old drives did move alot of deer...if you sat still, chances are you would still see  something getting moved around. A few locations we went to it seemed as though there was a hunter behind every tree. Down on Connecticut Hill, the barrages would start way before first light! That was scary! 

My first opening day in 1981, I was 16 and was totally amazed at the traffic. Bumper to bumper down rte. 12.  It was an image I will never forget.

[fasteddie]

Sunrise for the Geneseo area is 7:11 am . No doubt there will be shooting by 6:30 . Seems like it never fails . I have to get one of those "infared" scopes ......

[Kmartinson]

8 hours ago, suburbanfarmer said:

I have only hunted for 20 years as I was a late starter. Never witnessed the excitement of a drive that you guys speak about, where deer run all day. 

Ill give you the heads up first weekend after Thanksgiving and couple times through the late focus season we drive the land. Its fun way to fill the freezer.

[suburbanfarmer]

3 minutes ago, Kmartinson said:

Ill give you the heads up first weekend after Thanksgiving and couple times through the late focus season we drive the land. Its fun way to fill the freezer.

You sir are a gem of a person and not many like you.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

All Field to Fork tomorrow.

[maytom]

Best of luck to everyone this morning. This is the second season I'll be missing to shoulder surgery!!!

[fasteddie]

I use to joke about going around various woods at 7am selling shotgun slugs after so many hunters had emptied their guns and extra slugs and were out of ammo . Could have made a lot of money . Not an awful amount of shooting yesterday morning . And the 1st shots were a couple minutes to 7am and were distant .

[ny hunter]

Saw nothing but doe heading back up Friday  Good luck everyone........