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Spent three days scouting antelope, hunted 20 minutes. Came home. OK with me.

Done this many times. One year we had three six point bull elk down within the first 20 minutes of legal shooting time, scattered over seven miles of mountains that we had scouted hard for the previous four days. Each of us went after a specific bull on opening morning.

And then a couple of years ago I spotted a shooter buck as it got light when I was a few minutes late driving to where I planned to hunt. Stop, got out, got legal, bang.

If its a gift, take it if it is the kind of animal you want. I love to sleep in if we are camping, cook, help others pack meat, shuttle a vehicle to a pick-up point, go fishing, etc.

A few years ago I tagged out on my best bull elk before the sun was peeking over the horizon and so did my uncle. We spend the next few days working around our outfitters place repairing an old dump truck, splitting wood, building fence and catching a bunch of trout from a series of high beaver ponds. It was a great trip that we followed up with a quick run up to Wyoming to fill 6 pronghorn tags in a day and a half of hunting on alfalfa fields. The truck was loaded on the way home.

Perry

The thing about tagging out on the first day, is that on the last morning of the hunt,... you are tagged out

Be Safe,

You can't eat a day on the calendar. But you can eat a legal animal that comes your way, regardless of weather it's the first day or the last day of a hunt. Here in Minnesota, party hunting is legal. As long as one member of your party has a valid, unfilled tag, you can continue to hunt after filling your own tag. Sure makes for some extra opportunities to spend time afield.