Well, its only a week and a few days and its time to start the annual find a nice buck season.

I have two doe tag and my non res buck tag and I am pumped for the season to start. I also have my archery tag to use yet too if time allows.

Good luck and may the deer Gods run a big trophy in to your sights.

Got a buck tag and two dow tags. Hopefully the weather lets up a bit so the farmers can start harvesting their corn and sunflowers, otherwise it might be another tough season like last year. Good luck everyone!

With all the standing crops it ought to be interesting!

marine_man

those who hunt ND; do you guys do alot of deer drives through the crops?

Good luck, fellas! Save a few for us lowly bowhunters...

Tom, stick a big one!

Thats my goal this year Scoot. If I do let the younger ones walk, I should be able to shoot a very nice 10-12 pointer before seasons end.

I have been rifle hunting at the ranch for close to 20 years as a non res. I have always said that I should just hunt every day of the entire season.

This season to start off with, I will hunt at least 8 of the first 10 days. If no buck by then, I hope I can hunt the last 7 also.


Its nice to take the rifle out as it makes hunting so much easier.

Sometimes I feel like I am cheating when I use a rifle over my bow.

Shot the gun today everything is good there. Got my gear laid out now I just need to not have to work next weekend.

Good luck with that!

marine_man

I have been packed for about 10 days already and I won't leave for three more.

Since I did not hardly bow hunt this year, it cannot get here soon enough.

The buck I will shoot is large enough by now.

Lets go hunting.

Good luck to all.

Wow.. they're forecasting around 55 on Friday and 50 on Saturday... going to be a warmer one!

Good luck to everyone headed out; I won't be out until the second weekend, but be safe!

marine_man

I'll be in the badlands.....65 on Fri and Sat.Not good for the rut.

Hunting success will be low in the SE part of the state. Very little soybeans and corn have been combined and there is water everywhere. With corn moistures of over 35%, there is no way that the corn will be harvested by the end of the deer season.

Our group sits in stands.


I'm really scared of deer drives. I always worry that if a huge buck gets running, someone may lose their sense of direction and another could get shot.

We hunt them from trees and getem as they walk by.

Here you go. No you can't without permission of landowner

16. Posting and Trespass

Only the owner or tenant, or an individual authorized by the owner, may post land by placing signs giving notice that no hunting is permitted on the land. The name of the person posting the land must appear on each sign in legible characters. The signs must be readable from the outside of the land and must be placed conspicuously not more than 880 yards apart. As to land entirely enclosed by a fence or other enclosure, posting of signs at or on all gates through the fence or enclosure constitutes a posting of all the enclosed land.

Hunting on posted lands without permission from the owner or tenant is illegal and punishable by suspension of hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for a period of at least one year.

Any person may enter upon legally posted land (without a firearm or bow) to recover game shot or killed on land where he/she had a lawful right to hunt.

It is illegal to hunt in unharvested cereal and oilseed crops, including sprouted winter wheat, alfalfa, clover and other grasses grown for seed, without the owner’s consent.

It is illegal to deface, take down or destroy posting signs.

Failure to close gates upon exit or entry is a criminal violation punishable by forfeiture of hunting licenses.

It is illegal to hunt upon the premises of another within 440 yards of any occupied building without the consent of the person occupying the building. This does not prohibit hunting on land owned by neighbors (private or public) even if the land is less than 440 yards from the occupied building.

Good luck to everyone tomorrow!