Ok I can’t remember the last time the weather and moon cycle were in as good as a position for opening weekend than this coming weekend here in Missouri. Temps will be crisp and clear and winds more than reasonable from what I have gather as of today. Good luck to all my Show Me State brothers, and may that buck of a lifetime present himself for a shot. On the flip side, come evening may the fire be warm and the drink to your satisfaction!
For the first time in 8 years I wont be there on opening morning. My son has surgery on the following Monday, so I wont be able to head up until Tuesday.
Sambo, I will also be hunting public land on Truman. Have for years. Deer ain't great, but it sure is fun.
I'm pretty excited. I'll be hunting public land in Morgan county, Lamine River Conservation Area. This will be my 5th year there. It gets a good amount of pressure, but I've somehow managed to get 4 bucks there the last 4 years.
I'll be up there with several other guys. One of whom has a wall tent with wood burning stove. Get a buck or not, it's always a fun time.
We are heading there Thursday to set up camp and do some scouting.
I am fired up too, the weather forecast looks GREAT. I'll be hunting up to 7 days over the whole season, on our private land near Deer Ridge CA in NE MO. Will then be thinning out does on my buddy's ranch out near Owensville in December, and ML hunting there after Christmas for a big buck if I don't bag one at my place during rifle. Sure love the many days of hunting available to us. And I'm looking forward to being on relatively flat land after the arduous and challenging CO elk hunt I had out there in first season last month, in killer steep terrain at elevations over 10k!
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/tmp/83748.jpg Up here in NW Missouri, our numbers are still very low. We went thru the blue tongue thing a 2 or 3 years ago and now predators are reeking havoc with newborns. Used to get lots of pictures, but now very few. In fact, I just pulled camera cards after 10 days and just had 3 does, a yearling, a scraggly one horn buck, and a spike out of 7 cameras on 400+ acres. Pretty bleak, but I'll be there anyway come Saturday hoping I can repeat another similar to the one in the picture. Good luck and safe hunting, Phil
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/tmp/83748.jpg Up here in NW Missouri, our numbers are still very low. We went thru the blue tongue thing a 2 or 3 years ago and now predators are reeking havoc with newborns. Used to get lots of pictures, but now very few. In fact, I just pulled camera cards after 10 days and just had 3 does, a yearling, a scraggly one horn buck, and a spike out of 7 cameras on 400+ acres. Pretty bleak, but I'll be there anyway come Saturday hoping I can repeat another similar to the one in the picture. Good luck and safe hunting, Phil
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/tmp/83748.jpg Up here in NW Missouri, our numbers are still very low. We went thru the blue tongue thing a 2 or 3 years ago and now predators are reeking havoc with newborns. Used to get lots of pictures, but now very few. In fact, I just pulled camera cards after 10 days and just had 3 does, a yearling, a scraggly one horn buck, and a spike out of 7 cameras on 400+ acres. Pretty bleak, but I'll be there anyway come Saturday hoping I can repeat another similar to the one in the picture. Good luck and safe hunting, Phil
I could be happy shooting does the rest of my days if I tagged something like that
We are seeing a tremendous amount of activity at the moment in Central MO. The best buck we had on camera was killed by my son's friend with a bow about a month ago. It was a Mid 150's 2.5 yr old 10 pt. We have several smaller/younger bucks, but now that the rut is kicking in, there is no telling what might show up. Going to be good either way, getting a deer is just gravy.
I'm pretty excited. I'll be hunting public land in Morgan county, Lamine River Conservation Area. This will be my 5th year there. It gets a good amount of pressure, but I've somehow managed to get 4 bucks there the last 4 years.
I'll be up there with several other guys. One of whom has a wall tent with wood burning stove. Get a buck or not, it's always a fun time.
We are heading there Thursday to set up camp and do some scouting.
I was present when river otters were released at the Lamine River bridge some 35 years ago. Would greatly appreciate seeing some pictures of your camp, and the river if you could post them
I myself will be hunting in Owensville MO just before Bland. This will be the first time in many years that one of my sons is not hunting with me. Middle boy is now in Kansas and the other two are up in Columbia attending school. Neither one of the two can make it down this weekend due to school commitments.
I lost my son who was my main deer hunter because he moved to Virginia. Also, my oldest granddaughter who has fired 9 shots at deer and has 9 deer to her credit. Its not going to be the same. Phil
i'll be on our farm in southern callaway county with my lovely wife, maybe my pop, and hoping my main pard HUGH. got the whole season off, and have been seeing some great bucks on the cameras.
I hunt public ground in the deep Ozark's. My son and I have a couple good ones located while bowhunting. We'll see what happens. Weather's gonna get cold, bucks are chasing does pretty good right now.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
I'll be down in Cooper Hill can't be far from your spot. Thinking rut is in early stages, love watching them bucks running does. Even if you don't see Mr Big, watching them is always fun. Good Luck to all.
KC
You can easily vote your way in to Socialism; but you'll have to shoot your way out.
Our crew will be hunting private ground in Vernon county. First year we have had access to this place. So far no trail camera pics of anything to get real excited about and we've had cameras on one of the places since last April. Fella that farms the place has seen four different bucks on the place that he says are heart stoppers though.
Good luck to all.
Your mind is your primary weapon. Never let it get rusty.
I'll be down in Cooper Hill can't be far from your spot. Thinking rut is in early stages, love watching them bucks running does. Even if you don't see Mr Big, watching them is always fun. Good Luck to all.
KC
Yea you will be just a little North/Northwest of me. I don’t need Mr Big but I will happily oblige him should he present himself. I hunt for table fare first, home apparel second. Cheers to all.
Well, I'll be going out to Missouri for, hopefully, a little deer hunting and maybe some duck hunting next week. Both of my boys live out there now with their families and I am going for a visit. They are located in, I think, Randolph County, around Huntsville. I've only been out there once before, and that time all we hunted were rabbits, but we sure got a pile of them. I'd sure like to come across some of those fox squirrels as well, the ones they tell me are as big as house cats. No matter what, I'll have fun with my boys and the grandkids.
