Tom, you and I hunt similar stuff here in the Midwest and opening day here is unlike it seems to be out in the Dakota's. For one thing those are a different sub-species being prairie whitetails according to Lenard Lee Rue's whitetail book "The Deer of North America". Personally just scooting around SD on my motorcycle and car in the Deadwood - Devil's Tower area, I saw way more deer standing around out in the open than I've ever seen here or in MN.. I had a buddy that lived in Deadwood and we were coming back from elk hunting in early November and I stopped for gas out there. I mentioned the open deer season to the guy at the station and he was so laid back about maybe going out after work to look for a deer. It sure didn't seem like here where blaze orange is everywhere and everything stops for the deer season like some kind of pilgrimage into the woods.
