Any early reports?

I need to live vicariously through others this weekend as I'm not hunting until next weekend...

Good Luck!

marine_man

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Maybe everyone went fishing. My buddy smoked the walleyes on the Missouri this weekend. Saved the tag for later.

Probably a good call!

marine_man

I filled one of my doe tags Friday about a half hour before dark. It was only only one of two deer seen all weekend. Its going to be another year like last year. Called it a day early today with the rain.

Worse opener we've had in 30 years - ended up with one doe, there were four of us in the party. We did opt not to shoot some smaller does but few opportunities due to the corn. Talking with a relative it doesn't sound good that the harvest will move fast. He told me the elevators will probably only take corn on certain schedule since they will have to dry all of the corn. Heading back on Friday with my son - was hoping to hunt waterfowl and pheasants but looks like we'll have to chase some deer as well. Oh well, makes you appreciate the season's that are somewhat "normal" - although the last two years it feels like the rain will never end.

We had probably the best opener ever. Many deer shot but the bucks are not quite to the full rut yet.

I talked to my son who is hunting this week and he said the bucks are starting to move a bit very early in the morning with the cooler temps. By 9am, the bucks are gone until the next morning. We just need a little cooler weather and they should be running the does well.

Still a few does with fawns in tow.

Friday and Saturday evening I saw approx 81 deer with approx 5 bucks included. The bucks could have cared lesss about the does in the field. I did watch one buck rub on a fence post but never once went towards the does.

I would guess by this weekend, things should be looking good. I see on weather.com that it could snow Monday and Tuesday next week and that could be the trigger to set them off.

We have no corn in our area we hunt so it was business as usual.

Our opener was mediocre. Shot six deer for six guys. That may seem like a lot, but you have to keep in mind that we generally get six deer on the first day alone.
Certainly had chances, but few and far between. Oh well, it was still fun! Always good to get out, sit on the ground, and wait for all the yahoos that can't sit still for more than five minutes to push the deer right in your lap!
Will be out again this weekend. Crop report was not good from my uncle who took my cousing out last Saturday. They didn't see a single deer the entire day. Hopefully the cooler temps and maybe (dare I say it lest I jynx myself) snow will help get the deer moving.
Good luck to everyone for the rest of the season!

How long does it usually take for a non-resident to draw a buck gun tag?

Depends on the unit......3-6 years.

God we had a rough week in the field. Man the deer a just not moving during the day at all way too much crops for them to hide in. We did get a few. I did get a smaller buck on Sun. I now have one does tag left for noth of Valley City for this week

Good luck Jason. The bucks around the Leonard area really started to run on Saturday when the wind tirn and was out of the NW and the temps dropped. Bucks were running all day. I saw 6 in less than an hour Sunday and my friends daughter shot a 10 at 1 in the aft on Monday.