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I'm bowhunting the next two days & have about 10 stands on 3 farms I could sit in that no one will care about in regards to gun opener. That doesn't include a few at my place which I've ruled out. Just trying to decide what to do there.

I am psyched for gun opener, but it's not quite as bad as it used to be as bowhunting is my bigger passion now. I have my opening morning stand that I sit on regardless of conditions. With 14 guys on 250 acres it's not like there's tons of extra stands. Fortunately mine is if not the best in the top three. It's about 6-8 hours of work a year to keep the shooting lanes & trails around it open, which is what makes it great though. The next couple of hours are going to drag. At least being it's so windy today I don't feel too bad about having to take the little goblins trick or treating tonight instead of being in a tree.

Good luck to everybody.

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2 1/2 hours left for this guy. I took Thursday and Friday off. Meeting the Uncle at the grocery store at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow and then off to the Shack. We should have a fire going and Chicken Dumpling soup on the stove by 11:00a.m. Then we are heading out grouse hunting for the afternoon. My brother should show up around 10 tomorrow night and then the rest of the Uncles and cousins sometime mid-day on Friday. I figured might as well go up on Thursday since working would be pointless! smile.gif

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I figured might as well go up on Thursday since working would be pointless!


I totally agree about that! I am sitting here at work and going through every deer hunting thread on the internet to hold me off till Friday afternoon when I leave. Good luck everyone!

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Typing this from a hotel room in San Jose... catching a red eye back tonight that gets in to MSP at 4:10 am. I got everything "staged" and ready before I left, so I just have to come home, spend a few hours with my wife and daughter, throw the stuff in the truck and head out at 10:00 am tomorrow morning. 2.5 hours later (as long as I don't fall asleep driving shocked.gif) and start telling lies about the size of the deer I'm going to get this year!

Last Sunday and Monday I was fishing stripers in the California Delta in 85 degree weather. This will be the first year I've ever deer hunted with a sunburn! It will be like blaze orange for my face!

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This will be the first year I've ever deer hunted with a sunburn! It will be like blaze orange for my face!


Ya usually around here lately you get the sunburn while deer hunting smirk.gif

This year I am not hunting in MN, so opening day isnt until Nov 17, which is opener for Wisconsin, and I am getting my stuff ready already for that, and almost done grin.gif .

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