I hunted public in the NW corner of the LP for the opener and saw 20 deer; 19 does and one buck not within legal limits. Everyone in our 7-person party saw deer which is awesome. I've never seen so many deer on public land in my entire life!!

Seriously what college wouldn't put those 19 doe to 1 buck odds in their promotional material??

Of course our DNR cut antler less tags to practically zero. I'm really happy for the antler restriction and apparently they thought there was a great deal of winter die off but I didn't see it.

I headed south to a client's place NE of Muskegon where I nearly always see deer except this year when we hunted the entire youth hunt w/o seeing anything. It's in a thick riverine area w/ lots of hardwoods and adjacent farmland w/ standing corn. Spent all day Monday & Wednesday and saw lots of rather nice looking gobblers but no deer.

I did see enough tracks to believe my 9 yo and I can fill his doe tag Saturday though...