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Post by sd51555 on Nov 12, 2021 0:50:21 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Nov 12, 2021 7:09:15 GMT -6
I'm amazed it's only down 10% in zone 2. I've never heard a firearm season this quiet
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Post by terrifictom on Nov 12, 2021 7:19:00 GMT -6
I would think the warm weather had something to do with the kill numbers being down on opening weekend.
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Post by smsmith on Nov 12, 2021 7:23:31 GMT -6
I would think the warm weather had something to do with the kill numbers being down on opening weekend. It did around here. A lot of hunters spent the weekend in the bars from what I could tell.
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Post by Sandbur on Nov 12, 2021 7:24:20 GMT -6
I wonder if they figure early antlerless into those numbers and youth hunt. I feel some got enough venison from the early hints, plus drove deer off of the lands they hunt.
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 12, 2021 7:39:24 GMT -6
I thought the weather was great for hunters this weekend. Maybe not the greatest for deer movement, but I didn't notice any lack of daytime deer activity. Maybe it's the lack of processors causing people to idle back? There seemed to be an awful lot of hunters riding wheelers to their stands this year. I'd never seen so much of that up to now. I also haven't been looking, but I'd guess it's a high number. Throw all that together, and I think those deep woods/wheeler accessed/high density hunter areas didn't produce well.
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Post by smsmith on Nov 12, 2021 7:47:59 GMT -6
I thought the weather was great for hunters this weekend. Maybe not the greatest for deer movement, but I didn't notice any lack of daytime deer activity. Maybe it's the lack of processors causing people to idle back? There seemed to be an awful lot of hunters riding wheelers to their stands this year. I'd never seen so much of that up to now. I also haven't been looking, but I'd guess it's a high number. Throw all that together, and I think those deep woods/wheeler accessed/high density hunter areas didn't produce well. Me either. I had movement pretty much all day every time I hunted.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Nov 12, 2021 9:43:08 GMT -6
The deer were moving last night . I saw around 20 total and that’s unusual in my area during the gun season with a lot of pressure from neighbors. My food plots & hinge cuts really help, and they’ve bumped deer into mine.
Warm weather followed by a snow storm gets them riled up !! No doubt.
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Post by biglakebass on Nov 12, 2021 10:18:50 GMT -6
I'm amazed it's only down 10% in zone 2. I've never heard a firearm season this quiet Opening weekend sounded like second weekend in years past. Amazingly quiet during the prime first and last 30/60 minutes.
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Post by wklman on Nov 12, 2021 12:33:20 GMT -6
It always catches up during the week and over the second weekend.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Nov 12, 2021 15:23:30 GMT -6
There will be a lot of deer shot today, Saturday and Sunday. I’m seeing more guys in orange than usual. I think they saw the weather and hit up here early.
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 17, 2021 19:19:08 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Nov 17, 2021 19:24:01 GMT -6
Last weekend was ridiculously quiet around here. I saw next to zero orange. Maybe heard 10 shots all weekend. Fine by me I hope license sales drop 25% next year
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Post by wklman on Nov 18, 2021 3:19:22 GMT -6
It's up to 145,000 now and climbing. Still have muzzleloader to go. We'll get close to last year yet.
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Post by wklman on Nov 18, 2021 3:21:46 GMT -6
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