opening day

bzz · Post by **bzz** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:17 pm

lets see some ontario pics of the opening day harvest

Patrice · Post by **Patrice** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:28 pm

well no pictures tonite, lots of action tho had a big 7 come in around 6 oclock didnt get a shot then right at 7 oclock 2 nice 8's came in but winded me before i could get a shot..definitly going to move the stand tomorrow to avoid that again..miserable nite cold a rainy...the vortex wanted to play big time haha
Patrice

TYE · Post by **TYE** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:31 pm

I was at work...

Fox · Post by **Fox** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:29 pm

Midterms

I think I will get out thanksgiving weekend though.

HW · Post by HW » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:33 pm

Had a small 4 point walk down the field I was sitting on. Only got to within 60 yards then slowly walked into the bush. He didn't spook but he did stare in my direction a few times.

Sandman · Post by **Sandman** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:55 pm

Had an emergent call back to work at 4 am so no morning hunt which turned into an all day event and then hockey tonight so I missed the evening as well~!

I have to go to Kingston tomorrow so It'll be Friday for me before I can get out for my first hunt~!

Go luck to all...

Cheers,
Robin

huntman · Post by **huntman** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:46 pm

Was out for an evening hunt but didnt see a deer. Had a fox come and pee on my carrots

at 20 yards, but didnt want to get blood on the carrots!!

Cold night colder then any other opener that i can remember! Be out again next week

Bow Life · Post by **Bow Life** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:29 am

I too had mid terms.

Thanksgiving weekend is going to be my 'opening weekend'.

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:55 am

Cold and wet. Didn't see a single deer, but when the sun came up a big heron came and sat in the river beside me, I watched him for a while, he didn't have much luck either.
I decided to take a short cut off the river up the cliffs edge, turned out to be a mistake.
It was a great morning no matter how I look at it though.

N8tr Boy · Post by **N8tr Boy** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:08 pm

Was out early (6:20am) didn't get light 'til 7. Went to a tree we setup night before and voice came out. You might want to go down a couple more trees there is someone here already. When it's pitch dark you don't see well. The night before it was pitch dark when we set up at "the perfect tree" not seeing the "perfect tree" beside had a stand in it already.

Well we setup else where and didn't see anything other then geese that wanted to come in. When we left 5 others hunters popped out of the woodwork

we talked nicely and the "perfect tree" fella saw 5 deer in the field on the other side ,no shot. They were a little upset by action but didn't say anything. We do have permission but will move to bush beside this one as we have permission and they don't.

A little tighter bush re-planted 30 years ago in evergreen ,but prime turkey and deer.

Taking down tree stand first.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:13 pm

n8turboy that's too bad at least all went well. thanksgiving here is in a couple weeks my brother got a doe last night.

DanO · Post by **DanO** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:32 pm

I hunted the early hunt and it was unusually cold. No deer to be seen.

My son did get a nice buck (his first deer and he just started bowhunting) in the late afternoon. His first time in a stand ........ beginners luck???

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:07 pm

i hear ya on that beginners luck dano. that was also my brothers frist time bow hunting and first time in a tree stand. he was there a total of 20 minutes

Brampton Mike · Post by **Brampton Mike** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:35 am

planter wrote:I hope Canadian Thankgiving is LONG before the one in the U.S. I would sure hate to wait until the end of November.

Pydpiper.. If your as half a patient as those Great Blue heron than your gonna do just fine. Those birds can sit a stand like the rest of us dream about.

It is the weekend of Oct 11th!!!!!!!! Thanksgiving Oct 13th!