We had a pretty good opening day near Amherst as we saw about 50 total between 3 of us and passed 5 small bucks without getting shots and anything big. My father shot 2 does opening morning and I am glad he did. I did not have a good shot at a doe all season only fawns and small bucks. There seem to be a fair number of deer aroung here but not as many as we are used to seeing.
We hunt private land and my father and I will do a lot of small drives which normally produce a few. The majority of the cornfields we hunt are just being taken down now so muzzleloader should be good. I cannot understand why so few people are hunting around here, it seems after opening weekend they just stop and complain. I was reall disapointed to read about the farm bureau lobbying the DNR to shoot more deer.
